Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Bay window

The window of a protruded bay

The windowed bay, rising from the ground for one or more stories

Bay


A bay window rises from the ground for one or more stories; an oriel window is supported from below with a corbel or bracket. Oriel windows are always sited on upper floors.

Bow window: curved bay window

Introduced in Gothic domestic architecture and found in almost all styles afterwards

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Examples from Buffalo architecture

• Illustration above: Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
  
  
• 321 Ellicott St. - oriel
  
  
• Ansley Wilcox Mansion / Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
  
  
• Clement House
  
  
• Dorsheimer House
  
  
• 175 Windsor Ave.
  
  
• 53 Lexington Ave. - Front
  
  
• 53 Lexington Ave. - Side
  
  
• Brendel House
  
  
• 160 Park Street
  
  
• 256 North Street
  
  
• Harlow C. Curtiss House / International Institute
  
  
• Miller Mansion
  
  
• 155 Depew Ave.
  
  
• Saturn Club

Photos and their arrangement © 2002 Chuck LaChiusa
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