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Latticework is an openwork framework consisting of a criss-crossed pattern of strips of building material, typically wood or metal. The design is created by crossing the strips to form a grid or weave.
Latticework may be functional – for example, to allow airflow to or through an area; structural, as a truss in a
File:Amber Fort Screen (6652771501).jpg, Lattice screen at Amber Fort
File:Masuleh Window.jpg, Latticework window in Iran
File:Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero, Exposition Universal, 1900, Paris, France.jpg, Eiffel Tower structural latticework
File:Guilford vermont bridge covered bridge interior.jpg, Lattice truss bridge in Vermont
Latticework is an openwork framework consisting of a criss-crossed pattern of strips of building material, typically wood or metal. The design is created by crossing the strips to form a grid or weave.
Latticework may be functional – for example, to allow airflow to or through an area; structural, as a truss in a lattice girder
A lattice girder is a truss girder where the load is carried by a web of latticed metal.
Overview
The lattice girder was used prior to the development of larger rolled steel plates. It has been supplanted in modern construction with welded o ...
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used to add privacy, as through a lattice screen; purely decorative; or some combination of these.
Latticework in stone or wood from the classical period is also called Roman lattice or ''transenna'' (plural ''transenne'').
In India, the house of a rich or noble person may be built with a ''baramdah'' or verandah surrounding every level leading to the living area. The upper floors often have balconies overlooking the street that are shielded by latticed screens carved in stone called jalis which keep the area cool and give privacy.
Examples
See also
*Brise soleil
''Brise soleil'', sometimes ''brise-soleil'' (; ), is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within that building by deflecting sunlight. More recently, vertical Brise soleil have become popular. Both systems allow low-l ...
* Jali
* Lattice tower
* Lattice truss bridge
A lattice bridge is a form of truss bridge that uses many small, closely spaced diagonal elements forming a lattice. The lattice Truss Bridge was patented in 1820 by architect Ithiel Town.
Originally a design to allow a substantial bridge to be ma ...
* Lattice stool
The lattice stool was the most popular type of stool in ancient Egypt. It is rectangular in form with a combination of features. These features would include: square section legs connected by a perimeter stretcher, a single cove, double cove or ...
* Mashrabiya
* Mesh
* Pergola
A pergola is most commonly an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained. The ...
* Reticulum
* Tessellation
* Trellis (architecture)
* Truss
* Wattle (construction)
* Yurt
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