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Buildings
As Structures
The elements that comprise buildings Ceiling • Corridors • Elevator • Façade • Fans (mechanical) • Fire Escapes • Named • Rooms |
Ceiling The interior top of a room or other enclosure.Generally not a structural element, but a finishedsurface concealing the underside of the floor or roof structure above. |
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Corridors, As Part Of A Building's Structure Today, the (entrance) hall of a house is the space next to the front door or vestibule leading to the rooms directly and/or indirectly. Where the hall inside the front door of a house is elongated, it may be called a passage, corridor (from Spanish corredor used in El Escorial and 100 years later in Castle Howard) or hallway.[from wikipedia] |
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Elevator, As A Building Detail An elevator (US and Canada) or lift (UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Nigeria) is a type of vertical transportation that moves people or goods between floors (levels, decks) of a building, vessel, or other structure. Elevators are generally powered by electric motors that either drive traction cables and counterweight systems like a hoist, or pump hydraulic fluid to raise a cylindrical piston like a jack.[from wikipedia] |
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Façade Façadeis the notable front part of a building |
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Fans (mechanical) Rotating blades move air to cool or exhaust. Fans produce air flowswith high volume and low pressure, as opposed to compressors whichproduce high pressures at a comparatively low volume. |
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Fire Escapes Provide fire egress and criminal escape.A fire escape consists of a number of horizontal platforms, one at eachstory of a building, with ladders or stairs connecting them. Theplatform and stairs are usually open steel gratings, to prevent thebuildup of ice, snow, and leaves. |
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Named, Buildings, As Structures Notable building by name |
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Rooms The basic subdivisions within any building |
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