In architecture, a niche (CanE, UK: /ˈniːʃ/ or US: /ˈnɪtʃ/) is a recess or cavity constructed in the thickness of a wall for the reception of decorative...

(through the Spanish, alcoba).[citation needed] Niche (architecture) Mihrab Box-bed Tokonoma Setback (architecture) "alcove". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster...

called Niche Niche (architecture), an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size A cell of a columbarium for a cremation urn Niche (company), an Internet...

the issues that affect design success. Space architecture borrows from multiple forms of niche architecture to accomplish the task of ensuring human beings...

rovers on Mars and a variety of satellites. It has since become a niche architecture for personal computers, particularly with AmigaOS 4 implementations...

alcove shrines or niches of Buddhist architecture. Niches were already a common feature of Late Antique architecture prior to the rise of Islam, either...

is seen, even on the smallest scale, as a prayer niche. Both Baroque and Neoclassical architecture used exedrae. Baroque architects, (for example, Pietro...

Gothic architecture. Sculptured figures may be set in niches or placed on plinths. They are not integral to the building as in Medieval architecture. The...

frame, window frame, door surround, window surround, or niche surround is the architectural frame around an aperture such as a door or window. This may...

higher, and had more dramatic architecture and sculpture. At Amiens Cathedral (c. 1220), the porches were deeper, the niches and pinnacles were more prominent...

Niche construction is the process by which an organism alters its own (or another species') local environment. These alterations can be a physical change...

the Indus Valley Civilization. Architectural decoration is extremely minimal, though there are "narrow pointed niches" inside some buildings. Most of...

Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different...

Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half...

Loculus (Latin, "little place"), plural loculi, is an architectural compartment or niche that houses a body, as in a catacomb, hypogeum, mausoleum or other...

these niches show a joggling of the voussoirs rare in Roman architecture Boas, Adrian J. (2010). Domestic Settings: Sources on Domestic Architecture and...

correctly to ensure proper drainage and avoid leaks. Alcove (architecture) Niche (architecture) What Is An Egress Window Well? | RockWell Window Wells Window...

lack of Ali's name. Prayer niches Main prayer niche Dikka flanked by two pre-Fatimid prayer niches Pre-Fatimid prayer niche with the medallion with a star...

Dravidian architecture, or the Southern Indian temple style, is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from Southern India,...

In architecture, an apse (pl.: apses; from Latin absis, 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek ἀψίς, apsis, 'arch'; sometimes written apsis; pl.: apsides) is...

known in Sasanian architecture. The spherical triangles of the squinches were split up into further subdivisions or systems of niches, resulting in a complex...

which rows or tiers of niche-like elements are projected over others below. It is an archetypal form of Islamic architecture, integral to the vernacular...

Mosque architecture in Indonesia refers to the architectural traditions of mosques built in the archipelago of Indonesia. Initial forms of the mosque...

references on Islamic architecture often refer to this architectural tradition in terms such as architecture of the Islamic West or architecture of the Western...

In Islamic architecture, a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of prayer. Minaret In Islamic architecture, a tall spire...

patron God of a village, town or a city. Smaller household shrines or votive niche, such as the worship of Zaoshen and Caishen. Gōng (宮), meaning "palace"...

Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (Persian: معمارى ایرانی, Me'māri e Irāni) is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia,...

Beaux-Arts architecture (/boʊz ˈɑːr/ bohz AR, French: [boz‿aʁ] ) was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly...

churches. They also tend to display a higher level of contemporary architectural style and the work of accomplished craftsmen, and occupy a status both...

to try to produce the Solstice as a highly styled, low-cost, low-volume niche vehicle for enthusiasts, it became apparent that there were no existing...