Types of Architectural Window
Types Of Architectural Window is a structured architecture dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Window Type, Era/Origin, Typical Use. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
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Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Window Type, Era/Origin, Typical Use, Materials, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
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- Comparing Window Type, Era/Origin, and Typical Use across architecture entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Window Type↕ | Era/Origin↕ | Typical Use↕ | Materials↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rose Window | Gothic (12th century) | Cathedrals | Stone tracery + stained glass | Notre-Dame's iconic circular masterpiece, radiating petals of colored light |
Bay Window | Renaissance onward | Residential homes | Wood/stone frame + glass | Projects outward creating a cozy reading nook, San Francisco Victorian houses |
Clerestory Window | Ancient Egypt onward | Churches, modern homes | Various | High-placed windows flooding space with light from above, basilica architecture |
Lancet Window | Early Gothic (12th century) | Gothic churches | Stone + stained glass | Narrow pointed arch, often in groups of three or five, York Minster's Five Sisters |
Oriel Window | Medieval (14th century) | Castles, colleges | Stone/wood corbels + glass | Projects from upper floors without ground support, Oxford and Cambridge colleges |
Palladian Window | Renaissance (16th century) | Grand estates, churches | Stone columns + glass | Three-part window with arched center, Venetian elegance, Andrea Palladio's signature |
Dormer Window | 16th century onward | Attic rooms, lofts | Wood frame + shingles | Pokes out from sloped roof, adds light and headroom to attics, Parisian rooftops |
Oculus Window | Ancient Rome | Domes, facades | Stone/concrete | Pantheon's open eye to the sky, rain falls through, dramatic circular opening |
Transom Window | Medieval onward | Above doors, commercial | Wood/metal + glass | Horizontal bar above a door, allows light and ventilation, 'over the transom' idiom |
Skylight | Roman baths onward | Museums, homes, studios | Glass + metal frame | Roof-mounted natural light, artist studios, Louvre pyramid, modern green building staple |
Juliet Balcony Window | Renaissance Italy | Apartments, hotels | Glass doors + railing | Full-height window with small railing, no actual balcony, Romeo and Juliet romance |
Stained Glass Window | 7th century onward | Churches, mosques | Colored glass + lead came | Sainte-Chapelle's walls of glass, biblical storytelling, medieval light show |
Picture Window | Mid-century modern | Living rooms | Large single pane | One massive unbroken view, frames landscape like art, Frank Lloyd Wright style |
Jalousie Window | 18th century | Tropical homes | Glass/wood louvers | Angled slats for ventilation in hot climates, Caribbean and Hawaiian homes |
Ribbon Window | Modernist (1920s) | Modernist buildings | Glass + steel/concrete | Le Corbusier's 'Five Points', horizontal band of windows, Villa Savoye icon |
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