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DOMINANT FEATURES OF OLD BUILDINGS
Heritage Conservation
Presented by Yasir HussainEmail id :- [email protected]
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Festoons/ garland
A festive decoration of pendant semi loops with attachments and loose ends, especially a swag of fabric, or representations of such decorations, or decoration in form of a wreath
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Festoon: a garland of fruit and flowers.
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Bull’s Eye
Round or oval opening; open, louvered or glazed
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Roundel Small circular panel or window
Stained glass roundel: Circular disk of stained glass in a leaded window
Roundel windows are often called bull's eye, oculus, oeil-de-boeuf, oxeye or circular light
Some roundels look like the bottom of a bottle
Roundels are found in corners of rectangular doors or window frames.
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Rosette/ Rosace A round floral ornament, usually carved or painted.
Auvers-sur-Oise_Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption_rosace_282
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notre_dame_de_paris_rosace
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Rose windowA large circular medieval window containing tracery disposed in a radial manner
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Spire
Any slender pointed construction surmounting a building. Generally narrow octagonal pyramid set above a square tower.
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Broached Spire
Octagonal spire surmounted on square tower, the transition between being made by broaches
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Spire
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There are four spires on each of the two main facades and four more yet to come which will surround the central vault which is not yet complete. Each spire represents an apostle. The statues of the individual apostles can be seen low on the spires and their names are carved in Latin just above the long vertical windows.
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Finial Ornament that terminates the point of a
spire, pinnacle, etc.
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Pommel
Round finial
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Acroterion Ornament at the corner or peak of
the roof
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Cupolas Domical roof on a circular base, often
set on ridge of a roof; local version of cupolas is chatris, used in mohatta palace and Hindu Gymkhana Karachi
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Tracery
Curvilinear openwork shapes, of stone or wood, creating a patternBar-tracery, branch tracery, fan tracery, etc.
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CorbelsIn masonry, a projection or one of a series of projections, each stepped progressively farther forward with height, used to support an overhanging member above
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PortalAn impressive or monumental entrance, gate or door, to a building or courtyard, often decorated.
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Portico A porch or covered walk consisting
of a roof supported by columns, a colonnaded porch.