combination of these. The caisson is a general name for a coffer. In the case of Chinese architecture, however, the caisson is characterised by highly...

structure Caisson (vehicle), a two-wheeled cart for carrying ammunition, also used in certain state and military funerals Caisson (Asian architecture), a spider...

panels was often used as decoration for a ceiling or a vault, also called caissons ("boxes"), or lacunaria ("spaces, openings"), so that a coffered ceiling...

with the Tang dynasty, Chinese architecture has had a major influence on the architectural styles of neighbouring East Asian countries such as Japan, Korea...

massive central Avant-corps and vestibule decorated with Doric columns and caisson ceilings (1767–75). The late baroque church of Saint-Roch at 196 rue Saint-Honoré...

the Forbidden City, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, has 10 statuettes. A caisson is set into the roof, featuring a coiled dragon. Above the throne hangs...

Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci. Harvard-Yenching Institute. p. 193. ISBN 9780674025134. Photograph: Caisson ceiling at Longsang...

architecture Byzantine Revival architecture Caisson Caldarium Calendar house California bungalow Camarín Camber beam Cambridge School of Architecture...

gate. Lobby Bar and Cafe The plum flower and dragons on the lobby ceiling caisson. Hotel room balconies with traditional Chinese-style railings (pictured...

emperor. Set into the ceiling at the centre of the hall is an intricate caisson decorated with a coiled dragon, from the mouth of which issues a chandelier-like...

in the center of the first floor of the pagoda, with an ornate zaojing (caisson) above its head (the pagoda is named Sakyamuni Pagoda due to this statue)...

Construction Co. The two anchorage caissons were each 16.4 m by 8.2 m, with two wells 4.9 m square. The caissons were so designed that the working chambers...

Dense-Eaves architecture as the Zhenguo Pagoda. The Sweet Dew Altar of Precepts (甘露戒坛) is used for Buddhist believers to ordain the precepts. The caisson (藻井)...

pillars that supported the first-floor platform, cleared up vaulted and caissoned ceilings in the galleries, and removed "unhistoric" 19th-century oil paint...

notable for being underpinned by three separate submerged buoyant concrete caissons, which are spanned by long steel girders supporting the building above...

sculptures of the Sixteen Bodhisattvas of the Auspicious Eon, and colorful caisson paintings. Adjacent to Foding Palace stands Foding Tower and the Ming Dynasty...

uses a lattice vault design with a grid of stone structural ribs. The caissons are filled in with lighter or smaller blocks of stone. In the 16th century...

project to pass underground with a clear path. The platform is rested on caissons that are drilled underground into the solid bedrock known as Manhattan...

needed to be, the greater the challenge. Special water-tight boxes called caissons were invented to deal with this problem in England in 1830 and adopted...

construction of the Chicago Spire was to begin in the summer of 2007, with caisson work scheduled to begin as early as June 2007. DuSable Park was designated...

The foundations are supported on RCC caissons and piles. Piled foundation of abutments are buried. RCC caissons which are used as foundation under the...

fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier Jeep Landing craft Limbers and caissons (military) Mega Tank Mini-Tank German Panzer Aircraft carrier Escort carrier...

chips arranged in layers. The concrete conglomerate was thrown into wooden caissons (arcae) testified by the presence of the typical holes left by the construction...

site was excavated using 33 reinforced concrete caissons each measuring 3 ft (0.91 m) across. The caissons descend at least 30 ft (9.1 m) deep. Where the...

(1170–1791) Valbonne Charterhouse (Chartreuse de Valbonne) in Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson (Gard) (1203-1792; Protestant 1836–1901) Valenciennes Charterhouse (Chartreuse...

auditorium, but the highlight and focal decorative feature is the octagonal caisson from which a sculpted five-toed Imperial Chinese dragon springs. A large...

is supported by 130 concrete caissons, which replaced the original wood pilings under the terminal building. The caissons are H-shaped, with rebar reinforcement...

cleared. The old Manhattan Company building was the last to be cleared. Caisson construction could not be used to excavate the site since the existing...

basement level was constructed in the 1980s the piers were replaced with caissons. The base of the studio's facade is wainscoted, visually linking it with...

three treasures (Tahoto Pagoda, Yangzhi Guanyin Stele, and Nine-Dragon Caisson), three rocks (Rock Pantuo, Heart Rock, and Rock Ergui Tingfa), three caves...