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Porches and door
Porches, porticos and porte-cocheres, were often given the castle treatment, an imitation portcullis on the larger houses would occasionally be suspended above a front door, flanked by heraldic beasts and other medieval architectural motifs.

Porches and roof
Porches typically are architecturally unified with the rest of the house, using similar design elements as the rest of the structure, and may be integrated into the roof line or upper stories.

Porches and .
Porches supported with posts and Gothic-arch brackets … The interior is richly finished with wood ; red, rich brown, and light yellowish brown floor tiles ; ornamental plaster ; and oak staircase ; and stone fireplaces .” ( p. 464 )
Porches flank the tower and chancel.
Swift was an artist and long time Carvoeiro resident who founded Porches Pottery.
* An Escape, and a Retreat: Porches in the Sky Bind a Neighborhood by David W. Chen, New York Times, August 15, 2004.
Many service clubs help the community by organizing community-wide events, such as the Santa Clause Parade, Festival of Porches and Verandas, and Victorian Christmas.

balconies and elaborate
The famous old French and Spanish buildings with their elaborate wrought iron balconies and the narrow streets of the Latin Quarter present an Old World scene.
The precast ornamentation, elaborate wrought iron porte-cochere and balconies, the loggias and high cellings ideal for the circulation of air under tropical conditions, all created a building of imposing appearance.
Originally, both the " D " and " E " buildings had elaborate balconies on every floor, which were removed in the 1970s.
Such balconies were often decorated with elaborate wrought iron balustrade.

balconies and door
Similar forms are found in the hovering winged disc and sacred trees of Mesopotamia, the caduceus wand of Hermes, the ubiquitous scrolled scallop shells in the canopy of the renaissance sculptural niche, originating in Greek and Roman sarcophagi, echoed above theatrical proscenium arches and on the doors, windows, wrought iron gates and balconies of palaces and grand houses ; the shell-like fanlight over the door in Georgian and similar urban architecture, the ' gul ' and ' boteh ' motifs of Central Asian carpets and textiles, the trident of Neptune / Poseidon, both the trident and lingam of Shiva, the ' bai sema ' lotus-petal-shaped boundary markers of the Thai inner-temple, Vishnu's mount, Garuda, the vajra thunderbolt, diamond mace or enlightenment jewel-in-the-lotus of Tibet and South-East Asia, the symmetrically scrolled cloud and bat motifs and the similarly scrolled ruyi or ju-i scepter and lingzhi or fungus of longevity of the Chinese tradition.

balconies and window
" The structure repeats on the first floor and in the design of two windows at the ends forming galleries, but on the large central window there are two balconies as described above.
Modern Juliet balconies often involve a metal barrier placed in front of a high window which can be opened.
Juliet balconies are named after Shakespeare's Juliet, who, in traditional stagings of the play Romeo and Juliet, is courted by Romeo while she is on her balcony — though in fact the play itself, as written, makes no mention of a balcony, but only of a window at which Juliet appears.
The Ottomans nevertheless built the old town of Massawa on Massawa Island into a prominent port on the Red Sea in typical Islamic Ottoman architecture using dry corals for walls, roof and foundation as well as imported wood for beams, window shutters and balconies.
Over the course of his seven decades long career, Simmons created over 500 separate pieces, including iron balconies, window grills, fences and gates.
Outside the house there is an extending ledge connecting the balconies of each described window.
This window is different from the two balconies to either side of the outer arch.
A large horseshoe-shaped window, the chaitya-window, was set above the arched doorway and the whole portico-area was carved to imitate a multi-storeyed building with balconies and windows and sculptured men and women who observed the scene below.

balconies and frames
This was a period that emphasized the facade of teh buildings, with large verandas Apresentam uma forte valorização da fachada, with protruding balconies, fine gratings, frames spans over worked masonry and the application of curved lines, especially in the design of courtyards and windows along street corners.

balconies and became
Horace became attached to a four-inch Merz comet seeker, which he placed on the balconies of the 15-inch refractor, spending many nights in search of new comets.
Among the seed specimens of South American ornamental plants sent by Sellow were two new species of begonia ( Begonia semperflorens ) and white petunias ( Petunia axillaris ), which became wildly popular in the summer balconies of homes across Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
On 10th Street, the balconies of Renwick Row became the setting for a gathering of grotesque sophisticates.

balconies and common
The premises rented may include not only specific rooms, but also access to other common areas such as off-street parking, basement or attic storage, laundry facility, pool, roof-deck, balconies, etc.
Guard rails along stairways are common, and catwalks and balconies are also lined with them.

balconies and did
Better known as Geological Hall throughout its early years, it did indeed contain the College ’ s primary chapel until 1925, although the chapel was not formally laid out with its balconies and wood paneling until the 1870s.

balconies and complex
Ando's housing complex at Rokko, just outside Kobe, is a complex warren of terraces and balconies and atriums and shafts.
Because the interior of the atrium presents a complex background of doors, windows, balconies and stairwells capped by a coffered ceiling, Calder stressed simplicity in the design of the sculpture.

balconies and wooden
The city center is small, and most Late-Medieval and Renaissance buildings have been restored to their original pastel colours and wooden balconies.
When Censor in 318 BC, Gaius Maenius provided buildings in the Forum neighborhood with balconies, which were called after him maeniana, in order that the spectators might better view the games put on within the temporary wooden arenas set up there.
The houses of the town are slender and characterised by wooden balconies and windows of the Anatolian type.
The wooden balconies and wrought-iron railings of VallettaTraces of the ascendancy of the Crown of Aragon in the Mediterranean, and Spanish governance over Malta from 1282 to 1530, are still evident in Maltese culture today.
Two examples are the enduring importance of the Spanish guitar ( Maltese: il-kitarra Spanjola ) in Maltese folk music, and the enclosed wooden balconies ( Maltese: gallerija ) that grace traditional Maltese homes today.
The architectural style is one of refined eclecticism, blending massive, austere, North European brick construction and playful elements reminiscent of oriental and venetian architecture, such as turrets adorned with golden starlets, decorated balconies, wooden masts, and statues.
A straight narrow wooden choir, allows access to balconies which extend to the front of the church and the exterior facade, as well as the corridors of the remaining wards.
Distinctive features of American Queen Anne style ( rooted in the English style ) may include an asymmetrical facade ; dominant front-facing gable, often cantilevered out beyond the plane of the wall below ; overhanging eaves ; round, square, or polygonal tower ( s ); shaped and Dutch gables ; a porch covering part or all of the front facade, including the primary entrance area ; a second-story porch or balconies ; pedimented porches ; differing wall textures, such as patterned wood shingles shaped into varying designs, including resembling fish scales, terra cotta tiles, relief panels, or wooden shingles over brickwork, etc.
The few old houses in the city are usually two or three stories tall, with brick façades, flat roofs, richly carved wooden balconies and overhanging windows.
It is one of the most finely decorated buildings of Stone Town, with large carved wooden balconies, stained-glass windows, and neo-classical stucco adornments.
Much of the character and charm of the seafront houses has been lost as a result, although on the narrow village streets in the heart of Gżira one can still find examples of traditional Maltese facades, with their enclosed wooden balconies ( gallarija ) and bow-fronted, wrought-iron balconies.
Some of the houses have carved wooden doors, pillars and balconies.
The circular minaret rests on an octagonal base ; it had 2 wooden balconies and was topped by a lantern.
Many houses have a colourful or richly-decorated façade, wooden balconies or bay windows.
The center of the town has cobblestone streets, traditional rustic houses with wrought iron fixtures, balconies, and wooden windowsills, which is the legacy of its 300 year heritage as a colonial town populated mostly by indigenous people.
The narrow lane is filled with burkha-clad women, bangle shops and old buildings with wooden balconies, bargaining and haggling is part and parcel of this market.
Carolina is a small town of well laid-out cobblestone streets, containing many houses with antique handmade wooden balconies.
At the sides rise two minarets, 42 meters high, topped by beautifully carved, wooden balconies with stalactites running down the sides.
The most characteristic additions were the baths ( usually in the back of the buildings ) and the enclosed wooden balconies οn the facades over the narrow streets. In this way most of the buildings of the Hospitaliers ' period in the Medieval Town were well preserved.

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