Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ...................... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
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Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Arcade
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Architecture1. A series of arches supported by pillars, piers or columns
2. An arched covered passageway or lane, especially one with shops on either side3. A building that includes many shops
Roman builders used the pattern to construct large wall surfaces: the Colosseum, with 80 arcaded openings on each of its three stories, is one of the finest examples of this architectural form.
Arcade window: central mullion and 3 round arches. Example: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi (Not to be confused with windows in an arcade, i.e., arcade windows)
Aisle windows: Aisle may or may not be an arcade.
Interlacing arcade/intersecting arcade: An arcade, especially a blind one, composed of arches resting on alternate supports and overlapping in series where they cross
See also: Blind arcade ... Clerestory ... Triforium
FurnitureA shaped piece which is fixed between the leg of a settee or chair, or below the frieze rail of a table, cabinet, or chest; usually it is decorated with carving, or is pierced or shaped
Found in almost all styles of architecture
Examples from Buffalo:
- Illustration above: St. Louis RC Church - Arches
- 88 West Utica St. (designed by E. A. Kent)
- First Presbyterian Church
- Daemen College President's House, 726 LeBrun, AMHERST
- Seymour H. Knox House
- St. Mary of Sorrows / King Urban Life Center
- Saints Peter & Paul RC Church
- 412 Linwood Ave
- St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church/St. Luke's Mission of Mercy
- Market Arcade
- Holy Family Church
- Health Sciences Charter School Interlacing arcade
Other examples:
- Two Meeting Street Inn in Charleston, South Carolina
- Pompano, Florida, Atlantis Condominiums - an arcaded parking ramp screen
- Colosseum, Rome, Italy
- Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy
- Bargello, Florence, Italy
- Basilica of Sante Croce, Florence, Italy Exterior
- Basilica of Sante Croce, Florence, Italy Interior
- Siena Cathedral, Italy
- Sforza Castle, Milan, Italy
- Synagogue of Santa Maria La Blanca, Toledo, Spain
- Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Palais Royal, Paris, France
- Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
