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08:57 Aug 24, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Architecture
Additional field(s): Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: oriel window
Definition from Residential design glossary:
A window placed in a projection of an exterior wall of a building is called an oriel window when the wall projection does not extend all the way to the foundation.

Example sentence(s):
  • Oriel windows most commonly appear in homes built in either the Queen Anne or Gothic Revival style of architecture, although they are increasingly common in modern design, and examples of oriels dating back to the 15th century are readily visible in Europe today. wisegeek
  • Much of the charm Atterbury added to the house was in the assortment of windows. On the west end, a two-story copper oriel window, in half-oval shape, lighted both the living room and the master bedroom above it. The New York Times
  • the famous " Maison des Têtes " or " House of Heads "of 1609 with its rich decoration (of 105 masks!), a wonderful oriel window rising two floors high and topped with a balcony, of Renaissance style, on " Rue des Têtes"; Colmar
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Definition from GREC:
Espai cobert i tancat amb vidres construït sobre la llosana d'un balcó; mirador.

Example sentence(s):
  • Conjunt de tres edificis de dues plantes amb tribuna de l'arquitecte Morera (1914). Cal destacar l'ús del marbre, els estucats florals i la fusteria. - Turisme de Lleida  
  • Edifici en cantonada alçat l'any 1857 i reformat el 1910 per Pujol de Barberà, que hi afegí una notable tribuna d'estil modernista. Aquesta consta d'un seguit d'arcs de mig punt entre columnes clàssiques i està flanquejada per dos balconets individuals. Així mateix, la tribuna serveix de balcó a la planta superior. - Casa Joan Busquets, Tarragona  
  • Aquest vitrall decora la tribuna de la galeria que dona al pati interior del pis principal. (...) El disseny d’aquest vitralls ja sigui finestra, tribuna, porta de menjador, ho decoració d’una peça de mobiliari, va estretament lligat a tota la resta de la decoració. - Vitrall domèstic de la casa Rigalt  
Aïda Garcia Pons
United States
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
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