awning window
Synonym:
projecting top-hung window,
Awning windows are attached to the top or bottom of the frame with hinges and open outward.
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The Windows of the Komai House by W. M. Vories & Co.
The soon-to-be 100-year-old Komai House, now called the Taku & Shizue Komai Museum, stands along a canal path in Kitashirakawa, a suburban neighborhood in Kyoto’s Sakyo Ward with open views of Mou…
15 Jan 2024
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Awning windows
,Awning windows have a horizontal rotational axis along the top of the frame and are opened by being pushed outwards. The glass surface acts as an awning, keeping rain from being blown inside. Some ar…
12 Dec 2023
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Stacked awning windows
,Stacked awning windows are composed of a vertical arrangement of sashes that swing up and outwards all at once with the use of a handle. They allow one to control the amount of airflow by adjusting t…
08 Mar 2024
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Four Tectonic Features that Reside Within Prouvé’s Window Details
Jean Prouvé was originally a metalworker by trade, but he became a leading modernist architect himself through collaborating with progressive architects such as Le Corbusier. He is particularly known …
04 Aug 2021
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Coffee & Cake
The window of a café in Myeongdong, Seoul. It is composed of folding windows with metal frames on the top, and a showcase window with sliding glass doors on the bottom. An additional aluminum sheet fo…
03 Jul 2017
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America (2)
French and German Traditions The French who had settled Quebec to trade fur descended south along the Mississippi River and founded New Orleans in Louisiana, while Germans in Pennsylvania settled area…
28 Feb 2017
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La Medusa Ristorante
The windows of a restaurant in Porto Venere. A pair of outward-opening windows sits between fixed windows of the same size on either side, creating a set of four continuous windows. Planters are set b…
09 Oct 2015
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Paradise Road Gallery Café
The windows of the Paradise Road Gallery Café in Colombo. Awnings and sudare hang between the round columns. On the other side, concrete benches are built into the spaces between the columns. ,,,Parad…
09 Mar 2015