Attic Architectural Terms

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Attic architectural terms.

A characteristic particularly of classical architecture by which the two sides of a facade or architectural floor plan of a building present mirror images of one another. Attic an attic is an unfinished room at the very top of a house just below the roof. A habitable attic at the top of a larger building generally with sloping walls and with skylights or dormer windows. An attic sometimes referred to as a loft is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building.

Attic in classical architecture the term attic refers to a story or low wall above the cornice of a classical façade. An opening with a curved or pointed top. It s often the setting for creepy stories because it s a room people don t go in very often. Hides the roof entablature architecture the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof.

A common base used for columns in classical architecture the attic base is made up of an upper and lower torus separated by a scotia with fillets. Utilized by the ancient romans principally for decorative purposes and inscriptions as in triumphal arches it became an important part of the renaissance facade often enclosing an additional story the windows of which became part of the decoration. Attic story the part placed above the entablature of a building e g. Often seen in triumphal arches.

Because attics fill the space between the ceiling of the top floor of a building and the slanted roof they are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed rafters and difficult to reach corners. A window lighting an attic story and often located in a cornice. Attic in architecture story immediately under the roof of a structure and wholly or partly within the roof framing. An architectural term applied to a colonnade in which the intercolumniation is alternately wide and narrow.

Loft garret roof space more synonyms of attic cobuild advanced english dictionary. Originally the word denoted any portion of a wall above the main cornice. Attic architecture a low wall at the top of the entablature.