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11 Sep 2017, 4:00 am

Newel - The central supporting pillar of a spiral staircase. It can also refer to an upright post that supports the handrail of a stair railing and forms the lower, upper or an intermediate terminus of a stair railing usually at a landing.



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11 Sep 2017, 10:50 am

Oculus -- the "eye" in the roof of a dome.

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11 Sep 2017, 10:54 am

Palladian style



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11 Sep 2017, 10:58 am

Quadriporticus - 'Also known as a quadriportico – a four-sided portico. The closest modern parallel would be a colonnaded quadrangle.'



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11 Sep 2017, 11:26 am

Reichstag, Berlin

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14 Sep 2017, 9:26 am

Sagrada Família, Barcelona.

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14 Sep 2017, 11:42 am

Tatami

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16 Sep 2017, 6:16 am

Upper floor slab construction.

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16 Sep 2017, 7:38 am

Vanvitelli, Luigi (1700-73)

Architect of the Royal Palace at Caserta, near Naples.

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16 Sep 2017, 8:55 am

Wasserorgel, Hamburg.

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18 Sep 2017, 10:36 am

X-Acto Knife.

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18 Sep 2017, 11:37 am

Yurt!

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18 Sep 2017, 12:25 pm

Zürich railway station.

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17 Oct 2017, 5:32 pm

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22 Oct 2017, 2:13 am

Breuer, Marcel L. (22 May 1902 – 1 July 1981) architect and furniture designer

Breuer Building - 3rd home of the Whitney Museum, in New York (1966)
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Covered bridges (for which New England is famous).

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