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Daylighting
0 linksPractice of placing windows, skylights, other openings, and reflective surfaces so that sunlight can provide effective internal lighting.
Practice of placing windows, skylights, other openings, and reflective surfaces so that sunlight can provide effective internal lighting.
An alternative to a skylight is a roof lantern.
Orangery
0 linksRoom or a dedicated building on the grounds of fashionable residences of Northern Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries where orange and other fruit trees were protected during the winter, as a very large form of greenhouse or conservatory.
Room or a dedicated building on the grounds of fashionable residences of Northern Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries where orange and other fruit trees were protected during the winter, as a very large form of greenhouse or conservatory.
Domestic orangeries also typically feature a roof lantern.
Renaissance architecture
0 linksEuropean architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.
European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.
Michelangelo’s dome was a masterpiece of design using two masonry shells, one within the other and crowned by a massive roof lantern supported, as at Florence, on ribs.
Cupola
0 linksRelatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.
Relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.
Cupolas often serve as a belfry, belvedere, or roof lantern above a main roof.