Visual Dictionary of Architecture Volume 2 (copy)

Design

Creation and organization of formal elements in a work of art

Form

Shape and structure of something as distinguished from its substance or material. Also it gives unity to a whole and includes a sense of mass and volume

Shape

Outline or surface config of a particular form or figure

Line

Edge or contour of a shape

Door

Hinged, sliding or folding barrier of wood, metal or glass for opening and closing an entrance

Swinging door

Door that turns on hinges or pivots about a vertical edge when pushed or pull

Single acting door

Door hung on hinges that swings in 1 direction

Double acting door

Door hung on hinges that swings in 2 direction

Double doors

Pair of doors hung in the same doorframe

Leaf

Hinged or sliding section of a door

Active leaf

Leaf wc latching or lock is attached

Unactive leaf

Leaf wc strike plate is fastened to receive the lock. Also standing leaf

Astragal

Molding attached to one or both meeting stiles of both door to prevent drafts for passage of light, noise or smoke

Mullion

Slender vertial member dividing the opening for a pair of double doors

Pivoted door

Door carried on and swinging about on a center or offset pivot

Balanced door

Pivoted door that is partially counterbalanced for easier opening and closing

Automatic door

Door that opens automatically at the approach of a person or automobile

Door opener

Mechanism that automatically opens a door when actuated by a radio, transmitter, electric eye or other device

Folding door

Door with hinged section that can ve folded flat against one another when opened

Bifold door

Folding door tgat divides two parts. Inner leaf hunged and outer leaf pivoted

Accordion door

Multileafed door that is hunged and opens by folding back in accordion manner

Sliding door

Door that operates or moves by sliding on track

Pocket door

Door that slides into and out of a recess in a doorway wall

Rolling door

Large door consistingbof horizontal interlocking metal slats guided by a track on either side, opening by coiling about an overhead drum at the head of the door opening

Revolving door

Entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a bldg

Wing

One of the leaves of a double or revolving door

Sweep

Flexible weatherstripping along the edges of a revolving door

Air curtain

Stream of compressed air directed downward across a doorway so as to form a shield to exclude drafts

Overhead door

Large door constructed of one or several leaves, opening by swinging or rolling up to a horizontal position above the door opening

Rough opening

Opening in wall where door frame is fitted

Jamb

Either of vertical sides of a doorway

Case opening

Doorless opening finished with trimwork

Casing

Finished often decorative framework around a door opening

Subcasing

Rough casing for a doorway opening

Buck

Subframe of wood or metal set in a oartition to support the finish frame of a door. Also door buck or rough buck

Door clearance

Clearance required to prevent binding bw a door and its door frame of ffl

Door bevel

Angle of the lock edge in relation of the lock stile

Overdoor

Ornamental painting or carving of woodwork directly above a doorway

Transom

Crosspiece separating a doorway from a window or fanlight above it

Transom window

Window above a transom. Also transom or transom light

Reveal

Part of a jamb of a window or door opening that is visible bw the outer wall surface and the window or door frame

Sconcheon

Reveal of a window or door opening from the frame to the inner face of the wall. Also esconaon or scuncheon

Doorframe

Frame of a doorway consisting of two jambs and head or lintel

Head

Uppermost member of a door or window frame

Doorjamb

Either of two sidepieces of a door frame

Stop

Projecting part of a doorframe

Planted stop

Stop formed by attaching a molding

Rabbeted stop

Stop formed by rabbetin

Blank jamb

Doorjamb having no stops

Sill

Horizontal member beneath a door openig

Threshold

Sill of a doorway covering the joint bw two flooring materials or providing weather protection at an exterior door

Saddle

Raised piece of flooring bw the jambs of a doorway to prevent its binding when opened

Fanlight

Semicircular window over a doorway

Sidelight

Window at the side of a door. Also winglight

Splay

Surface that makes an oblique angle with another

Venetian door

Doorway having a forn similar to a palladian door

Paneled door

Door having framework of stiles, rails and sometimes muntins filled with panels of thinner materials

Rail

Horizontal member of framing panels

Top rail

Uppermost rail connecting stiles

Lock rail

Rail that meets the shutting stile at the level of lockset

Bottom rail

Lowest rail connecting stiles

Panel

Distinct section of division of door recessed below ir raised above the general level enclosed by a frame

Stile

Vertical or upright members of panel

Hinge stile

Stile of a door wc is hung. Also hanging stile

Lock stile

Stiel of a door that closes against a door that closes. Also shutting stile

Muntin

Stile on the center of a door leaf

Meeting stile

One of the abutting stile in a pair of double doors

French door

Door having rectangular glass panels extending throughout its length and often hung in pairs. Also casement door

Louvered door

Door having louvered opening for air passage. Also blind door

Louver

Opening fitted with slanting slats to admit air

Vision light

Small light in the upper portiin of a door glazed with clear glass for viewing

Combination door

Exterior door having a frame wc diff types of panels can be inserted

Storm door

Outer or supplementary door usually glazed for protecting entrance door from drafts

Screen door

Exterior door havubg wood or aluminum stiles and rails that hold a wire or plastic mesh to protect from insects

Glass door

Door of heat strengthened or tempered without rail or stiles. Usually as an entrance door

Dutch door

Door divided horizontally so that upper and lower part can be closed or opened separately

Batten door

Doo constructed of vertica boards held together by horizontal battens and diagonal bracing

Jib door

Door hinged to be flush with wall on either side and treated as to be indiscemible when closed. Also gib door

Flush door

Door having a smooth surfaced faces

Solid core door

Wood flush door having solid core of lumber or mineral board

Hollow core board

Wood flush doors having framework of stiles and rails

Core

Wooden construction as in a door forming anbacking for face members

Cross banding

Plywood or hardboard veneer beneath the face of veneer. Also crossband

Doorskin

Surface veneer of plywood bonded to crossbanding or core of flush door

Prehung door

Door hung in a doorframe before installation

Adjustable door frame

Doorframe having a split head and jambs for installation in various wall thickness

Acoustical door

Door having sound deadening core. Also sound insulating door

Kalamein door

Door having a structural wood core clad with galvanized sheet metal

Hollow metal door

Door having face sheets of light gauge steel binded to steel channel frane

Throat

Openigg bw the backbends of a metal door frane

Backbend

Face at the other edge of a metal doorframe that returns to the wall surface

Hollow metal frame

Doorframe having a head and jambs formed from a single piece of metal

Knockdown frame

Metal doorframe composed of three or more parts for assembly in field

Welded frame

Metal doorframe completely set up and welded at factory

Jamb anchor

Any metal devices for securing the jamb of a doorframe to masonry, steel stud or wood stud wall

Anchor

Any metal devices for binding

Base anchor

Metal clup or device securing the base of a doorframe

Spat

Protective lining usually stainless steel at the base of doorframe

Cutoff stop

Stop having a closed end tgat terminates above the ffl. Also hospital stop or sanitary stop

Flush frame

Metal doorframe to be installed during construction of a masonry or stud wall