Illustrated Architecture Dictionary - INDEX
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary - INDEX
Parapet
PAIR a pit, -pet
A low guarding wall at any point of sudden drop, as at the edge of a terrace, roof, battlement, balcony, etc.
Latin: "parare" = to guard + "pectus" = breast, i.e., breast-high battlements in balconies, platforms, and bridges
Parapets on flat roofs (wall extends up beyond roof edge) are found in Beaux Arts Classical, Italian Renaissance Revival styles
Parapets on gabled roofs are found in Tudor Revival, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque styles
Examples from Buffalo architecture
