Illustrated Architecture Dictionary - INDEX
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary - INDEX
Blind arcade
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A decorative row of arches applied to a wall as a decorative elementFound especially in Romanesque style buildings
A "raking blind arcade" is a slanting blind arcadeA blind arch is a single arch applied to a wall as a decorative element
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Illustration above: Buffalo Gas Light Company
- St. Casimir's RC Church
- Blessed Trinity RC Church
- Raking blind arcade: Corpus Christi RC Church
- St. Mary of Sorrows / King Urban Life Center
- 470 Linwood Ave.
- St Francis Xavier RC Church
Other examples:
