In American English, a stoop is a small staircase ending in a platform and leading to the entrance of an apartment building or other building. Originally...
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Look up stoop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stoop may refer to: Stoop (surname) Stoop (architecture), a small staircase leading to the entrance...
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Stairs (category Architectural elements)
(for use in stair framing) Steps of Cincinnati Steps of Pittsburgh Stoop (architecture) Watermen's stairs "U.S. Access Board Guide to ADA Standards Chapter...
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This page is a glossary of architecture. Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z See also Notes References Abacus A flat slab forming...
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Porch (category Architectural elements)
structure, usually enclosed with glass, but can be an enclosed porch. A stoop is a landing, usually small, at the top of steps and when covered by a roof...
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Igbo Architecture are architectural styles developed by the Igbo people. Igbo architecture refers to the distinctive architectural styles, designs, and...
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Porch sitting (redirect from Stoop sitting)
Porch sitting, i.e., sitting on a front porch or stoop, usually of a private residence is a leisure activity which can be a direct or indirect form of...
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Seiichiro, ed. (2018). An Illustrated guide to Japanese Traditional Architecture and Everyday Things. 京都: 淡交社. p. 28. ISBN 978-4-473-04237-8. Лучкова...
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Gerard da Cunha (category School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi alumni)
children and stairs. Brick arches, sometimes set so low that adults have to stoop to enter, become the doorless entryways. The highlight of the outdoor amphitheater...
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Merchant's House Museum (category 1830s architecture in the United States)
Merchant's House Museum has a raised basement, a front doorway accessed by a stoop, a slate roof, and a rear garden. The interior consists of a family room...
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through the display of small Madonna statues, the retention of plastic-metal stoop awnings and the use of Formstone in house cladding. All of the aforementioned...
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Hans Rupprecht; Green, J. Richard; Le Guen, Brigitte; Paillard, Elodie; Stoop, Jelle; Wilson, Peter (eds.). Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World...
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non-linear interactions. For recent examples in economics and business see Stoop et al. who discussed Android's market position, Orlando who explained the...
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at least in his youth. In old age, however, he is described as having a stooped body, with slack and wrinkled limbs. Various Buddhist texts attribute to...
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Roosevelt The three-story brownstone house features a mansard roof, and a high stoop above the basement. The hooded moldings above the windows and doorway are...
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Clarence True (category Defunct architecture firms based in New York City)
In 1891 he designed buildings at 157 and 159 West 88th Street, the low stoop row houses were each constructed for $12,000 apiece. His development corporation...
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Brownstone (category 19th-century architecture)
million dollars to purchase. A typical architectural detail of brownstones in and around New York City is the stoop, a steep staircase rising from the street...
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Sorrel–Weed House (section Architectural style)
William Jay in Savannah. This is a center stairway ascending to a mid-floor stoop, from which one can walk to the left or right to ascend to the second floor...
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moved to Antwerp in 1844 to study architecture at the Royal art academy. He was taught by Frans-Andries Durlet, Frans Stoop and Ferdinand Berckmans, all pioneers...
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clear skin had a line of hair from his neck to his navel. Despite a slight stoop, his stride was brisk and purposeful. Muhammad's lip and cheek were ripped...
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Morgan Library & Museum (category 1900s architecture in the United States)
Madison Avenue facade is divided vertically into three bays. An entrance stoop with a balustrade leads up to a central portico with two Corinthian columns...
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Stoops Hotel is a historic tavern and hotel located at Battenville in Washington County, New York. It was built in two phases, with the oldest phase built...
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Strawberry Hill House (category Gothic Revival architecture in London)
onward. It is a typical example of the "Strawberry Hill Gothic" style of architecture, and it prefigured the nineteenth-century Gothic Revival. Walpole rebuilt...
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his present Majesty, for repairing and widening the road from The White Stoop, near the north end of the town of Derby, through the towns of Duffield...
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churches, cafes, bars, clubs, libraries, gyms, bookstores, hackerspaces, stoops, parks, and theaters, among others. In his book The Great Good Place (1989)...
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Hamilton-Holly House (category Federal architecture in New York City)
basement level up till the beginning of the first floor, it has a high front stoop to the main entrance on the left which is characterized by the Baroque style...
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Cockloft (category Architectural elements)
firefighting, since they are difficult to access, are unlighted, require stooping or crawling, with no walkable floors, and are typically constructed with...
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James Renwick Jr. (category Defunct architecture firms based in New York City)
wrote in The New York Times in 1990 that, "Old photographs show a high stoop arrangement with the figure of an owl on the peaked roof and a plaque with...
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