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Balustrade |
An entire railing system including a top rail,
and it balusters and sometimes a bottom rail.
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Banner |
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Baptistery |
A building or part of one wherein the sacrament
of baptism is administered.
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Baptismal Font |
A large vessel - typically of stone, metal or
glass where a baby is baptized.
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Baptismal Pool |
A large tank - typically of fiberglass - where
adults are baptized in religions where baptism as an adult in
an important tenant of that faith.
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Baroque |
A European style of architecture and decoration
which developed in the 17th century in Italy and late Renaissance
and culminated in the churches, monasteries and palaces of southern
Germany and Austria in the early 18th century. It is characterized
by interpenetration of oval spaces, curved surfaces and conspicuous
of decoration, sculpture and color.
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Bar Tracery |
A pattern formed by interlocking bars of stone
within the arch of a Gothic window.
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Basic Services |
The services performed by an architect during
the following five phases of a project: schematic design, design
development, construction documents, bidding/negotiation and contract
administration.
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Basilica |
(Latin, from Greek) Originally, a Roman colonnaded
hall; later applied to churches where the form is generally oblong,
with nave, aisles, galleries and an apse at the end opposite the
entrance.
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Bead and Real
Molding |
A semiround conves molding decorated with a pattern
of disks alternating with round or elongated beads.
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Beam |
A structural member whose function is to carry
transverse loads as a joist, girder, rafter or purlin.
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Beam and Girder |
A system of floor construction in which the load
is distributed by slabs to spaced beams and girders.
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Bell |
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Bell |
The body of a Corinthian capital or a Composite
capital with the foliage removed.
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Bell Cage |
The timber framework which supports the bells
in a belfry or steeple.
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Bell Cot, Bell Cote |
A small belfry astride the ridge of a church
roof, often crowned with a small spire.
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Bell Gable |
A small turret placed on the ridge of a church
roof to hold one or more bells
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Bell House |
A tower-like building for housing bells - typically
found in Ireland.
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Bell Tower |
A tall structure built either independent or
part of a church to contain one or more bells.
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Bema |
In a synagogue a raised pulpit from which the
Torah is read.
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