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Lintel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Lintel (architecture)) Jump to navigation Jump to search Structural lintel Ancient Roman Severan Basilica at Leptis Magna, Libya A lintel or lintol is a structural horizontal block that spans the space or opening between two vertical supports. [1] It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. It is often found over portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. In the case of windows, the bottom span is instead referred to as a sill, but, unlike a lintel, does not serve to bear a load to ensure the integrity of the wall. Modern day lintels are made using prestressed concrete and are also referred to as beams in beam and block slabs or ribs in rib and block slabs. These prestressed concrete lintels and blocks are components that are packed together and propped to form a suspended floor concrete slab. Contents

Sash window From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search A sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels, or "sashes", [A] that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes (or "lights") by glazing bars, also known as muntins in the US (moulded strips of wood). [1] Although any window with this style of glazing is technically a sash, the term is used almost exclusively to refer to windows where the glazed panels are opened by sliding vertically, or horizontally in a style known as a "Yorkshire light", sliding sash, or sash and case (so called because the weights are concealed in a box case). Contents 1 History 2 Mechanism and application 3 Issues 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History [ edit ] The oldest surviving examples of sash windows wer

Bay (architecture) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Lyme Park in Cheshire, England. The main facade is divided by pilasters into fifteen bays. Looking down the center aisle of the Saint Roch Parish Church of Lemery, Batangas, Philippines, the spaces between each set of columns and roof trusses are a bay An interior bay, between the supports of the vaults, in a cathedral. In architecture, a bay is the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment. Bay comes from Old French baee , meaning an opening or hole. [1] Contents 1 Examples 2 East Asia 3 See also 4 References Examples [ edit ] The spaces between posts, columns, or buttresses in the length of a building, the division in the widths being called aisles. This meaning also applies to overhead vaults (between ribs), in a building using a vaulted structural system. For ex

Mullion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For other uses, see Mullion (disambiguation). A mullioned window in the church of San Francesco of Lodi, Lombardy A mullion is a vertical or horizontal element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively. [1] When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid support to the glazing of the window. Its secondary purpose is to provide structural support to an arch or lintel above the window opening. Horizontal elements separating the head of a door from a window above are both a head jamb and horizontal mullion and are called "transoms". Contents 1 History 2 Design 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References History [ edit ] A Moorish mullioned window in the Alhambra of Granada Stone mullions were used in Armenian, Saxon and Islamic architecture prio