Overhang (architecture)

History

In late-medieval and Renaissance Europe, the upper stories of timber-framed houses often overhung the story below, the overhang being called a "jetty". This technique declined by the beginning of the 18th century as building with brick or stone became common.

By the 17th century, overhangs were one of the most common features of American colonial architecture in New England and Connecticut. This style featured an overhanging or jettied second story, which usually ran across the front of the house or sometimes around it; these dwellings were known as garrison houses. In the early 20th century, the style was adopted by Prairie School architecture and architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, thus making its way into modern architecture. An overhang may also refer to an awning or other protective elements.

Gallery

File:Stillwater Dwellings Overhang Glen Ellen CA.jpg|alt=|A contemporary home in Glen Ellen California exemplifying the practice of Indoor-Outdoor Living design through an elongated overhang. Builder: Stillwater Dwellings. File:Dick Turpin's Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 845553.jpg|15th century timber-framed houses with overhanging jetties in Thaxted, England. File:Audienzhalle.jpg|Overhang of the Diwan-e-khas (Hall of private audience, Fatehpur Sikri, built 1570s, Mughal architecture. File:McIntire-Garrison House, South Berwick Road (State Route 91), Scotland (York County, Maine).jpg|The late 17th century McIntire Garrison House in York, Maine. File:Lahore Museum, Lahore.jpg|Overhangs of the Lahore Museum, Pakistan in Indo-Saracenic architecture, 1894. File:BauernhausEmmental.jpg|Emmental farmhouse with overhang reaching the ground, Switzerland. File:Bradley House Madison.jpg|Overhangs of the Harold C. Bradley House, Madison, WI, by Louis Sullivan and George Grant Elmslie representative of Prairie School architecture. File:Craftsmanhouse.jpg|Deeply overhanging eaves in American Craftsman-style bungalow, San Diego, California, late 19th century. File:Darwin D. Martin House.jpg|Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York with wide overhang. Frank Lloyd Wright, 1905. File:Barcelona Pavilion pool.JPG|Barcelona Pavilion, with hovering overhang, 1929, by Mies van der Rohe, Modernist Bauhaus architecture. File:The Concourse 5, Aug 07.JPG|The Concourse, Singapore, featuring prominent overhangs, 1994.

References

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