Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Balconet(te)
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A pseudo-balcony; a small window balcony

A balconet -- or guard rail -- fronting windows, prevented people from falling through deep sashes and provided a light and stylish miniature balcony.

Found in derivatives of Classical Greek and Roman architecture, including Beaux Arts Classicism,, , ..... Federal, Georgian Revival, , ..... Greek Revival, , ..... Neoclassicism, , ..... , ..... Renaissance Revival, , ..... Second Empire, , ..... Second Empire

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Balcony:

1. A platform that projects from the wall of a building and is surrounded by a railing, balustrade, or parapet.

2. A gallery that projects over the main floor in a theater or an auditorium

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Examples from Buffalo:

• Illustration above: Grover Cleveland High School
  
  
• One Niagara Square
  
  
• Birge Mansion
  
  
• Lafayette High School
  
  
• Lafayette Hotel
  
  
• Charles W. Goodyear House
  
  
• Charles W. Goodyear House (second balconet)
  
  
• Campanile Apts.
  
  
• The Midway, 475 Delaware Ave.
  
  

Other examples:

• La Maison des Paons, Geneva, Switzerland
  
  
• Rue Ferdinand-Hodler, Geneva, Switzerland  Bellied balconet
  
  
• Place Neuve, Geneva, Switzerland
  
  
• Oshevnev House, Kizhi, Russia
  

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