Architecture Term
Elevation
A scaled drawing of one exterior face of a building. In review, all four elevations matter, not just the street-facing one.
Architectural terms describe the massing, materials, and detail that define estate homes in the European vocabularies used throughout Skyecroft.
For the wider treatment of this subject, read Architectural Styles. Definitions here are general editorial explanations of common usage — they are not legal definitions and do not interpret any specific recorded document. See Disclosures.
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