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A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. A dormer window (also called dormer)...

end in which to put a window, which may be the only window available for an upper floor room (if there is no dormer—adding a dormer to an existing roof...

steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer windows. The steep roofline and windows allow for additional floors of habitable space (a garret)...

the Conversation Room which includes the rounded oriel window in one corner and a dormer window in the middle which looks out over Queen Street. The Conversation...

slate. There are two dormer windows on the roof, each with an elaborate copper cresting and an ornate frame. Above each dormer window is a segmentally-arched...

general architecture a lucarne is a dormer window. The term is borrowed from French: lucarne, which refers to a dormer window, usually one set into the middle...

English and American architecture. Meanwhile, the cylindrical towers with dormer windows and the square towers with balustrades were inspired in particular by...

sloping roofs and eaves with unenclosed rafters, and typically feature a dormer window (or an attic vent designed to look like one) over the main portion of...

Chambord (1519–1538) The double-spiral stairway at Chambord A lucarne or dormer window at Chambord Sculpted vaulted ceiling at Chambord Detail of the roof...

cement quoins and a tiled roof. It is one storey, with dormer windows. The ground-floor windows have three lights and three-pane casements. The vertical...

were warned not to look out of the window or attempt to signal to anyone outside, on pain of being shot. From this window, they could see only the spire of...

cross. The term eyebrow window is used in two ways: a curved top window in a wall or an eyebrow dormer; and a row of small windows usually under the front...

crowning facades with dormer windows later caught the admiration of Serlio when he arrived in France in 1540. He described that dormer windows "are great ornaments...

a larger staircase and extra bedrooms. The date 1616 is carved on a dormer window, but it is not known if this date refers to the original phase or the...

in a shape that conjures up a section of Mansard roof, complete with dormer window. It is visible from the gates of Columbia University at Broadway and...

from its time that still retains its gambrel roof and its original dormer windows. It also retains its original cornice, which displays "handsome detailing...

the painting Christina's World about a year later. After opening a dormer window to cool down the attic he was working in, Wyeth was inspired by the...

attic with dormer windows. The long south front comprises 13 bays, and was refaced with red bricks c. 1815. It has 13 ground-floor windows set in blank...

house. It has an English basement, gable roof, and features clerestory dormer windows. In 1848, a 13 feet by 30 feet addition was added to the west of the...

canal being too great, Casanova prised open the grate over a dormer window, and broke the window to gain entry. They found a long ladder on the roof, and...