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Spanish term or phrase:
levantes negros de pizarra
English translation:
black slate roof-tops [extensions]
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Vemos París con sus levantes negros de pizarra sobre los edificios nobles, algunos coches antiguos y dos calles que se entrecruzan. Una de ellas es la Rue de Téhéran,
black slate---what?? Clearly a reference to an aspect of the building-
Vemos París con sus levantes negros de pizarra sobre los edificios nobles, algunos coches antiguos y dos calles que se entrecruzan. Una de ellas es la Rue de Téhéran,
black slate---what?? Clearly a reference to an aspect of the building-
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| 3 | black slate roof-tops [extensions] |
liz askew
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| 4 +2 | black slate garrets |
philgoddard
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| 3 +2 | black slate gables |
patinba
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Apr 28, 2024 13:37: liz askew Created KOG entry
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black slate roof-tops [extensions]
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black slate garrets
We've had this before, but I don't think 'overbuildings' works here.
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-general/348...
A garret is a habitable attic, a living space at the top of a house or larger residential building, traditionally small with sloping ceilings. In the days before elevators this was the least prestigious position in a building, at the very top of the stairs.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garret
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-general/348...
A garret is a habitable attic, a living space at the top of a house or larger residential building, traditionally small with sloping ceilings. In the days before elevators this was the least prestigious position in a building, at the very top of the stairs.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garret
Peer comment(s):
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neilmac
: I like "garrets" as (for me, anyway) it evokes Parisian artistic history....
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Andrew Bramhall
: Yes, would-be artists yet to make the grade starving in them!
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Adrian MM.
: an architectural improbability - a black slate (shingle) garret would describe the interior, rather than the exterior.
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Of course it's not the interior.
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black slate gables
Traveller's guide: The Dordogne and the Lot
The Independent
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May 29, 2010 — ... slate gables and turrets and formal French gardens (00 33 5 53 50 51 ... By rail, the main approach is on the "classic" line from Paris Austerlitz ...
The Private Lives of the Impressionists by Sue Roe, ...
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On the Left Bank, the horizon was wide open as far as the blue slate gables of the hôtel de ville; on the right bank you could see as far as the lead ...
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The levantes are evidently exterior features of the buildings, not a room or a garret.
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(DOC) A Paris in To the Lighthouse | andre gerard
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Read against the chimneys and gables of Paris, Woolf's eschewal of the overt and the specific calls attention to the indirection and subtle deftness of her ...
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The background of this pastoral scene are the walls and gables of Paris itself; in fact, the same buildings whose roofs were represented in the month of May ...
The Independent
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May 29, 2010 — ... slate gables and turrets and formal French gardens (00 33 5 53 50 51 ... By rail, the main approach is on the "classic" line from Paris Austerlitz ...
The Private Lives of the Impressionists by Sue Roe, ...
Barnes & Noble
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On the Left Bank, the horizon was wide open as far as the blue slate gables of the hôtel de ville; on the right bank you could see as far as the lead ...
$19.99
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Note added at 1 día 18 minutos (2024-04-22 15:26:18 GMT)
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The levantes are evidently exterior features of the buildings, not a room or a garret.
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Note added at 1 día 3 horas (2024-04-22 18:15:31 GMT)
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(DOC) A Paris in To the Lighthouse | andre gerard
Academia.edu
https://www.academia.edu › A_Pa...
·
Translate this page
Read against the chimneys and gables of Paris, Woolf's eschewal of the overt and the specific calls attention to the indirection and subtle deftness of her ...
Research And How To Articles
Revival Clothing Company
https://revivalclothing.com › research-and-how-to-articles
The background of this pastoral scene are the walls and gables of Paris itself; in fact, the same buildings whose roofs were represented in the month of May ...
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Adrian MM.
: but agree that overbuilding is ambiguous as an action or structure https://stock.adobe.com/at/images/black-slate-shingle-gable-...
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Thank you!
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liz askew
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Thank you Liz!
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oh,here
https://urbenarquitectos.com/es/portfolio-item/levante-con-c...
looks like extra roof space/roof level/extension
Levante con cubierta curva en edificio de viviendas de San Sebastián
Ambicioso proyecto de levante en edificio de viviendas del área romántica de San Sebastián. Reforma que plantea muchos retos, el principal, la cubierta curva, que se apoya en vigas de una sola pieza y logra un espectacular y luminoso espacio interior.
En la última manzana del Área Romántica, sobre un edificio entre medianeras de seis plantas altas, se realiza la reforma total y segregación de la última planta y levante sobre ésta de una nueva planta con una vivienda en dúplex aprovechando el espacio bajocubierta.
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oh,here
https://urbenarquitectos.com/es/portfolio-item/levante-con-c...
looks like extra roof space/roof level/extension
Levante con cubierta curva en edificio de viviendas de San Sebastián
Ambicioso proyecto de levante en edificio de viviendas del área romántica de San Sebastián. Reforma que plantea muchos retos, el principal, la cubierta curva, que se apoya en vigas de una sola pieza y logra un espectacular y luminoso espacio interior.
En la última manzana del Área Romántica, sobre un edificio entre medianeras de seis plantas altas, se realiza la reforma total y segregación de la última planta y levante sobre ésta de una nueva planta con una vivienda en dúplex aprovechando el espacio bajocubierta.
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