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outer boundary of a
voussoir forms an extrados,
internal - an intrados. In
Visigothic and
Moorish architectural traditions, the
voussoirs are
often in alternating...
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support is
needed while rings of
voussoirs are
constructed and the
rings placed in position.
Until the
topmost voussoir, the keystone, is positioned, the...
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voussoirs (arch stones) in arches, or
embellished with a boss. A "dropped keystone" is one
where the
keystone projects lower than the
other voussoirs...
- that
interlocks blocks (such as a lintel's
stone blocks or an arch's
voussoirs).
Often joggles are
semicircular and ****-shaped, so
joggled stones have...
- house. The
roofs are
constructed in two skins: an
inner skin of
limestone voussoirs,
capped by a
closing stone, and an
outer skin of
limestone slabs that...
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transformation of the
morphemes of the
architecture itself: the
arches and
voussoirs.
Because we
share the
belief that
architectural components must by definition...
- is
called a
crown Voussoir (a wedge-like
construction block). A
rowlock arch is
formed by
multiple concentric layers of
voussoirs.
Extrados (an external...
- valve, vault, volte, voluble, volume, voluminous, volva, Volvox, volvulus,
voussoir, **** vom-
discharge Latin vomere vomit, vomition, vomitory,
vomitus vor-...
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Reflecting pool
Riwaq Sahn
Socarrat Stucco decoration Tadelakt Vaulting Voussoir Windcatcher Zellij Types Albarrana tower Alcázar
Bazaar Caravanserai Bimaristan...
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supporting double arcades of
piers and
arches with
alternating red and
white voussoirs is an
unusual treatment that, structurally,
combined striking visual effect...
