Key Palm Springs Structure Phrases  

Preparing for Modernism Week in Palm Springs quickly? Structure has a number of particular phrases. Listed below are some you might be prone to encounter whereas having fun with a drive or a self-guided tour round Palm Springs: 

Butterfly roof. With its lowest level within the center and better “wings” on both finish, this iconic roof is well-known in Palm Springs. Native architect William Krisel often will get the credit score for its creation. Nonetheless, Krisel admits he was impressed by a design from modernist pioneer Le Corbusier. 

Cantilever. A part of a constructing or a roof that tasks out seemingly with none assist from beneath. It offers the phantasm that the constructing or the roof is hovering. 

Clerestory (or clear story) home windows. Slender home windows set excessive up on a wall and sometimes proper below the roofline. 

Colonnade. A construction used to shade open courtyards or utilized in panorama design. Colonnades are most frequently characterised by a row of columns supporting a roof. 

Folded plate. You’ll see this uncommon roofline once in a while and will realize it by its “W” form. 

Hyperbolic paraboloid. An architectural kind that makes use of straight traces to kind a seemingly curved floor which may resemble a saddle or a Pringles potato chip. 

Spider leg helps. Help beams, typically metallic, that challenge from the within of a constructing to the skin and make a proper angle to kind a assist leg. Their slim, typically unclad, nature makes them look spindly, like spider legs. 

Seeking to dive deeper on a few of these structure phrases? Take a look at our articles on cantilevers and clerestory home windows.

To see extra of those structure phrases and options in motion, don’t miss Atomic Ranch at Modernism Week! Discover tickets right here to Atomic Ranch: Transformed Marvels ebook occasion right here and a home tour with AR and H3K right here.

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