designslinger - Word of the Week: spandrel


[spandrel, Barker Building (1875/1899) /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

spandrel [SPAN-druhl]  n. in a multi-story building, a panel like area filling in the space between the the top, or head, of a window on one level and the sill of the window in the story above.


[spandrel, Reliance Building (1895) /Image & Artwork: designslinger]
Posted by designslinger at 7/14/2010 2:02 AM
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