Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Bay

1 - A part of a building marked off by vertical elements, such as columns or pilasters

2 -A bay window

Bow window

Canted bay: A bay window with a flat front and angled sides

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: Corpus Christi Church (Definition #1 - bays in an arcade)
  
  
• Larkin House (Definition #1)
  
  
• Harry Larkin House (Definition #1)
  
  
• Wendt House  (Definition #1)
  
  
• Harlow C. Curtiss House / International Institute (Definition #2)
  
  
• Miller Mansion (Definition #2)
  
  
• 155 Depew Ave. (Definition #2)
  
  
• Saturn Club (Definition #2)
  
  
• 51 Park (Definition #2)
  
  
• Buffalo Seminary (Definition #2)

Other examples:

• Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, VA (Definition #1)
  
  
• Arundells, Salisbury, England (Definition #1)
  
  
• Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza  (Definition #1)
  
  
• The King's House, Salisbury, England (Definition #2)

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