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AVANT-CORPS [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
DEF

That part of a building which projects prominently from the main mass ...

CONT

... on the principal elevation, the avant-corps is distinguished by a different color and separated from the volume beneath by a cornice that runs the length of the entire façade.

OBS

[For example] a pavilion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
DEF

Toute partie de bâtiment ou membre d'architecture qui forme saillie sur une façade.

CONT

Dès son apparition à la fin du XIXe siècle, la maison à toit plat, même si elle tendra très tôt à l'uniformisation, se verra animée de diverses façons. Par exemple, l'avant-corps percé de fenêtres jumelées apparaît sur plusieurs d'entre elles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura de viviendas
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