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I’m here to tell you about Chicago Style Windows!
#architecture #design #windows #architecturedictionary #architecturenerd
Check out Chicago Architecture Center's video! #TikTok https://t.co/Mo6Vg6ixpM
We’ve got skeletons in our buildings! Ok, I know that was bad. Help me out with a better headline. #Chicago #architecture #design #skyscrapers #architecturedictionary
I get it. Architecture terms can be intimidating. Here's a short description of bas-relief (which I always thought was a fancy word). #architecture #architecturedictionary #Chicago #basrelief
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Dormer: a small structure with a window that projects out from a sloping roof
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📸: Eric Rogers
#Chicago #architecture #design #bungalow #architecturedictionary #dormer
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Pinnacle: a small vertical structure that is on top of a Gothic buttress or pier
https://t.co/oUIV4fBAR9 📸 : Holy Name Cathedral
#Chicago #architecture #design #architecturedictionary #pinnacle #gothic #gothicarchitecture
#ARCHITECTUREDICTIONARY #CenturyofProgress Exposition: Despite it's name, the 2nd #Chicago Exposition, (1933-34) was less a retelling of Chicago’s first 100 years & more a showcase for modern living, consumerism & entertainment. https://t.co/8rvngC5CQ8
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Bas Relief: sculpture that projects only a short distance from the wall on which it is attached
https://t.co/bfRm4eZcwG
📸: Art Institute of Chicago
#Chicago #architecture #design #architecturedictionary #basrelief #artinstituteChicago #AIC
#ARCHITECTUREDICTIONARY #BundledTubeConstruction: a structural system for a tall building that uses giant square tubes, made up of individual columns, that provide stability against wind loads https://t.co/TJMPwDCRZb 📸: #WillisTower (formerly #SearsTower) #architecture #design
#ARCHITECTUREDICTIONARY: #1909PlanofChicago: One of the most noticeable portions of the plan to come to fruition is the city’s 25 miles of lakefront (out of its 29 miles of lakeshore) that serve as public parkland https://t.co/bfXGMEHu4X #architecture #Burnham #urbanplanning
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Clapboard Siding:
long thin wooden boards thicker on one edge than the other, laid horizontally on the exterior of a building 📸: Clark House https://t.co/g1BCmJB4Is #ClarkHouse #Chicago #architecture #design #historicChicago #ChicagoHistory
#ARCHITECTUREDICTIONARY #GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete): a composite material commonly used when replacing historic #terracotta pieces; made by spraying concrete reinforced with fine glass fibers into a mold
https://t.co/JoBmDGzECE 📸: #SullivanCenter #Chicago #design
(I'm only assuming this because I think that's a wreath?) I love looking at old photos. 🤩
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#Chicago #architecture #architecturedictionary #design #Holabird #Roche #HolabirdandRoche #Root #HolabirdandRoot #skyscraper #firstskyscraper #starchitect 3/3
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Tracery: the open ornamental, branches or lines of stone in a Gothic window
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📸 : Holy Name Cathedral
#Chicago #architecture #design #architecturedictionary #tracery #HolyNameCathedral #Gothic #GothicArchitecture
#ARCHITECTUREDICTIONARY #Girder (not to be confused w/"girdle", tho there's an interesting etymological similarity): a principal beam that supports other beams often located above the column https://t.co/soICnEMWKq
📸: Construction of the #JohnHancock
#Chicago #architecture
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#SkeletonFrameConstruction: a method of construction done by creating a frame of thin pieces of wood, steel, or concrete & hanging an exterior material (glass, brick, steel, or stone) on the outside. 📸: #HancockTower construction
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Bas-Relief: sculpture that projects only a short distance from the wall on which it is attached
Pictured is a Bas-Relief on the Art Institute of Chicago.
https://t.co/bfRm4eZcwG #Chicago #architecture #design #basrelief #AIC #artinstitute
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Cantilever: a beam that projects out and is supported only at one end
https://t.co/Bg9xi5Ua4l
Pictured: Robie House, Frank Lloyd Wright
#architecturedictionary #cantilever #robiehouse #FrankLloydWright #architecture #design
#ARCHITECTUREDICTIONARY: #ArtDeco: Art Deco emerged as a popular style of American #architecture the 1920/30s. It originated as a visual art movement in France at the beginning of the 20th Century https://t.co/CBEBDZ5P7A #Chicago #design
📸: Carbide & Carbon bldg, Eric Rogers
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Clear-Span Construction: a structural system that does not use any columns between the exterior walls
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Ex: Inland Steel Building
#Chicago #architecture #architecturedictionary #architectureterm #inlandsteelbuilding
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Terra Cotta: Latin words for "cooked earth"; a building material such as a tile piece; #terracotta is made from moist clays formed in molds and then fired at a very high temperature in a kiln https://t.co/LDLGTE5Yq9 🏙: Reliance Building in Chicago.
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