03-14-11 Council Agenda & Packet

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(3) Atrium - A sky lit central court in a building. (4) Bay - One unit of a building that consists of a series of similar units, commonly defined by the number of window and door openings per floor or by the space between columns or piers. 5) Belt Course - A narrow, horizontal band projecting from the exterior walls of a building, usually defining the interior floor levels. (6) Brace - A diagonal stabilizing member of a building frame. (7) Bracket - A support element under eaves, shelves or other overhangs; often more decorative than functional. (8) Building Mass - The height, width and depth of a structure. (9) Building Scale - The relationship of a particular building, in terms of building mass, to other nearby and adjacent buildings. (10) Cantilever- A projecting beam or part of a structure supported only at one end. (1 I) Casement- A window with sash hung vertically and opening inward or outward. (12) Colonial Style - The style of architecture, decoration, and furnishings of the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries, mainly adapted to local materials and demands from prevailing English styles. (13) Cornice - Projecting ornamental molding along the top of a building or wall. (14) Craftsman Style - A movement that originated in England in the late 1800s as a reaction to poor-quality, mass-produced goods, conceiving of craft and decoration as a single entity in the fabrication of objects. (15) Cupola - A dome shaped roof on a circular base, often set on the ridge of a roof. (16) Dormer - A vertically set window on a sloping roof, the roofed structure housing such a window. (17) Eaves - The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a roof. (18) Egress - An exit. (19) Flat Roof-A roof that has no perceptible pitch or slope. (20) Fenestration - The arrangement of windows in a wall. 3