- Look up
clerestory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In architecture, a
clerestory (/ˈklɪərstɔːri/ KLEER-stor-ee; lit. 'clear storey', also clearstory...
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facing toward the sun,
clerestories and
other windows may
admit unacceptable glare. In the case of a p****ive
solar house,
clerestories may
provide a direct...
- (middle) and
clerestory (top) Notre-Dame de
Paris nave (rebuilt 1180–1220) Three-part
elevation of
Chartres Cathedral, with
larger clerestory windows Nave...
- it may
occur at the
level of the
clerestory windows, or it may be
located as a
separate level below the
clerestory.
Masonry triforia are
generally vaulted...
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longer arches of
finer design,
which run from the
outer surface of the
clerestory wall, over the roof of the side
aisles (hence the
visibility from the...
- windows,
transom windows,
sidelight windows,
jalousie or
louvered windows,
clerestory windows,
lancet windows, skylights, roof windows, roof lanterns, bay windows...
- 1+1⁄2-story,
frame house. It has an
English ba****t,
gable roof, and
features clerestory dormer windows. In 1848, a 13 feet by 30 feet
addition was
added to the...
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typically of two stages, with a
third stage of
window openings known as the
clerestory rising above them.
Arcading on a
large scale generally fulfils a structural...
- bay, the
clerestory windows are each made up of a pair of
lancets with a plate-traceried rose
window above. The nave and
transept clerestory windows mainly...
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particularly thick to
avoid the need for
external buttresses altogether. The
clerestory and
vault are
reinforced with
flying buttresses,
which were
added at a...
