Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Lucarne
loo KARN

A small dormer window in a roof or spire

See also: Windows

Found in Gothic Revival,Richardsonian Romanesque styles

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Examples from Buffalo architecture

• Illustration above: St. Mary of Sorrows / King Urban Life Center

• St. Louis RC Church

• St. Joseph's Old Cathedral
  
  
• St. Stephen's RC Church
  

Other examples:

• Trinity Church, New York City
  
  
• Centraal Station, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  
  
• Parliament Building (Palace of Westminster), London, England

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Photos and their arrangement © 2002 Chuck LaChiusa
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