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Examples of spandrel
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In the left spandrel, black detailing of robes, eyes and architecture is intact.
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It is the oldest fully stone open-spandrel segmental arch bridge in the world.
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The Alexander Hamilton Bridge is an example of an open-spandrel arch bridge.
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In one spandrel is a seated figure with an outstretched arm holding a book.
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The spandrel panels are polished granite supported by a steel truss system.
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It has a full-height glazed atrium which consists of a light post-and-spandrel structure.
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Spandrel areas must have non-combustible insulation at the interior face of the curtain wall.
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In architecture, a spandrel is simply the space between two arches.
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In the right spandrel, these details have been lost in the cleaning.
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- An approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them
- A spandrel (less often spandril or splaundrel) is the space between two arches or between an arch and a rectangular enclosure.
- In evolutionary biology, a Spandrel is a phenotypic characteristic that is a byproduct of the evolution of some other character, rather than a direct product of adaptive selection. ...
- The space (often triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them; The triangular space under a stair; the material that fills the space; A horizontal member ...
- (Spandrels) Corner designs in the field of a throw rug, often arc shaped.
- (Spandrels) The four corner elements in a medallion and corner layout.
- (Spandrels) The four corners that square off round clocks dial, often featuring painted designs or metal decorations.
- (Spandrels) in the evolutionary debate, Stephen J. Gould's (1996) proposed name for functional features that arise as initially fortuitous dimensions to an adaptation, as an effect of orders not relevant to the problem solved by the adaptation. For a discussion, see Gould on adaptationism.
- (spandrels) Triangular spaces formed where two arches intersect. Used by Gould and Lewontin to refer to structures that are necessary by-products of traits that arose for reasons quite unrelated to any present function.
