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stalactite
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
stalactite. 1. System of corbelling, called...elaborately carved to resemble a series of stalactites, in Islamic , particularly Moorish...2. Stone or stucco forms resembling stalactites or icicles, called congelation , found...
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dripstone
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
...precipitation of calcite from water as excess dissolved carbon dioxide is diffused into the atmosphere. Dripstone takes various forms, including stalactites , helictites (having spiral form), curtains, ribbons, and stalagmites .
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muqarna
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...scalloped surfaces and pendants they present a very rich sight when seen from below, sometimes resembling an effect like stalactites . The most spectacular muqarnas may be found in C14 rooms in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, and in the C15 dome of the...
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Islamic architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...characteristic features, including the pointed, multifoil, low, wide, four-centred, and horseshoe arch, the muqarna or stalactite corbel , cladding of coloured glazed earthenware and patterned tilework, fretted gables of stone, marble, or stucco, and...
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rustication
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...hipped roofs set on their sides, also called prismatic or pyramidal rustication;frosted: carved to look like icicles or stalactites, also called congelated rustication, normally found on fountains, in grottoes , or other situations associated with water...
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tufa
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
tufa( calc-tufa ) A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition or precipitation of calcium carbonate, or more rarely silica, as a thin layer around saline springs, or by the encrustations on stalactites and stalagmites .
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calcite
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...carbonate. It is a major constituent of sedimentary rocks, can occur in crystalline form, and may be deposited in caves to form stalactites and stalagmites. DERIVATIVES: cal·cit·ic / kalˈsitik / adj.
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stalagmite
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...tapering column rising from the floor of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water and often uniting with a stalactite. DERIVATIVES: stal·ag·mit·ic / ˌstaləgˈmitik / adj.
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Expressionism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...Schauspielhaus (Great Playhouse), Berlin (1918–19— destroyed), with its interior resembling a cave of stalactites, by Poelzig; the Einstein Tower, Potsdam (1919–21), by Mendelsohn ; the Chile-Haus, Hamburg (1922...
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Kreis, Wilhelm
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...circular Rheinhalle (Rhine Hall) with its lozenge-patterned brickwork, buttresses , openings topped by inverted Vs, and a stalactite vault inside recalling Poelzig 's work. In the 1930s Kreis turned to a monumental stripped Neo-Classical style for buildings...
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