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23 Apr 2017, 7:27 pm

Quinlan Terry, British Architect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinlan_Terry



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23 Apr 2017, 10:47 pm

Rose window:

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24 Apr 2017, 6:50 am

^a beautiful window

Spire - a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building

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24 Apr 2017, 8:42 am

Taj Mahal



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26 Apr 2017, 12:22 am

Undercroft

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26 Apr 2017, 12:38 am

Volutes:

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26 Apr 2017, 12:56 am

Wainscoting

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26 Apr 2017, 2:34 am

ImageThe rock-cut tomb at Naqsh-e Rustam north of Persepolis, copying that of Darius, is usually assumed to be that of Xerxes, http://www.crystalinks.com/Achaemenid_Empire.html



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26 Apr 2017, 3:41 am

that is incredible! thanks, traven

Yu Hao - Chinese structural engineer and architect, during the Song Dynasty period



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26 Apr 2017, 9:26 am

Zaera-Polo, Alejandro

Spanish architect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Zaera-Polo



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26 Apr 2017, 10:56 am

Arch



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26 Apr 2017, 10:57 am

Bauhaus



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26 Apr 2017, 11:00 am

Collage. (Would that count? :lol: )Image


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26 Apr 2017, 11:10 am

^I have seen similar, on the sides of buildings, so, why not? : )

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"Term used to designate an intercolumniation of three or four diameters".



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26 Apr 2017, 11:19 am

(Oh, okay. :mrgreen: )
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27 Apr 2017, 5:26 pm

Finessese.. as a term of art and style.