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Jettying
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Jettying is a building technique used in medieval timber-frame buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below. This has the advantage of increasing the available s
A double jettied timber-framed building. The ends of the multiple cantilevered joists supporting the upper floors can easily be seen.
A double jettied timber-framed building. The ends of the multiple cantilevered joists supporting the upper floors can easily be seen.
A jettied portion of the façade from a 16th century London house is preserved in the Daylit Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum (also note the "
A jettied portion of the façade from a 16th century London house is preserved in the Daylit Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum (also note the "carell" windows).
The under-side of jetties in Germany are sometimes decorated and called a windbrett (wind board). This is an example of a jetty supported on brackets.
The under-side of jetties in Germany are sometimes decorated and called a windbrett (wind board). This is an example of a jetty supported on brackets.
Paul Revere House Boston, Massachusetts, US, built 1680. This is framed on a few cantilevered beams.
Paul Revere House Boston, Massachusetts, US, built 1680. This is framed on a few cantilevered beams.
Daylit Gallery
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The Daylit Gallery is an exhibition venue in London's Victoria and Albert Museum. It was created in 2009 from previously undeveloped and underutilised exterior spaces between the buildings of the muse
Sunlight and shadows on a 16th-century wooden staircase from a townhouse in Brittany, France (Simon Sainsbury Gallery; Room 64b)
Sunlight and shadows on a 16th-century wooden staircase from a townhouse in Brittany, France (Simon Sainsbury Gallery; Room 64b)
Sky view through the Daylit Gallery's clear glass roof panels and frosted glass structural "ribs"
Sky view through the Daylit Gallery's clear glass roof panels and frosted glass structural "ribs"
View showing the roof structure and a glass balustrade of the "circulation hub" staircase, a 13th-century bronze English church bell, a remnant of the
View showing the roof structure and a glass balustrade of the "circulation hub" staircase, a 13th-century bronze English church bell, a remnant of the wooden façade of Sir Paul Pindar's London house (c. 1599), and a plaster cast of a Donatello sculpture on an ornate pedestal.
Opposing view showing the gallery's circulation hub staircase in front of the lightwell and lifts
Opposing view showing the gallery's circulation hub staircase in front of the lightwell and lifts