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Picture Dictionary of Window Types & Architectures

WINDOW TYPES, PHOTO GUIDE - Guide to window designs, window functional types: awning, hopper, sliding, fixed, double-hung, casement window
- Eyebrow Dormer Windows
- Definition of Double-Hung and Single Hung Windows
- Photo / sketch guide to all window architectural types & shapes: attic, bracketed, gothic, hood top, label top, Queen Anne, oriel windows, ox-eye, patterned, paired windows, Palladian windows, broken top vs. un-broken top pedimented windows, ribbon-style windows etc.
- Window Styles / Nomenclature by Window Pane Count in Each Sash - x over y sashes
WINDOWS & DOORS - separate article lists window & door choices, installation & repair articles
Questions & Answers about all types of residential & light commercial building windows & window types, properties, uses, features - window architectural style guide
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Complete photo dictionary of window types, architectural styles, designs: this article provides a visual guide to identifying just about every type of window & window features. What is a dormer window, what is an eyebrow dormer? What is an oriel window? What's the difference between a bay window and a bow window? What is a window pediment? What is a 6 over 12 window? What is a two over two window? What's the difference between a double hung and single hung window?

Residential Building Window Types

Readers should also see Guide to Window Types, and see our additional photo and drawing guides to building architectural styles in the links listed at page top or at Related Topics see ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING COMPONENT ID for illustrations of building architectural types, roof shapes, dormers, windows, and other architectural features. Also see AGE of a BUILDING - how to determine as well as individual building component links listed at Related Topics .

Common window types on residential buildings include

Awning windows, great to be able to leave these open in rainy weather

Casement windows (this photo shows 19409's vintage steel casement windows, Poughkeepsie, NY),

Double hung windows, two movable sashes. Also see our discussion below explaining the difference between double-hung and single-hung window sashes.

Hopper windows (upside down awning window, rarely found: Watch out for rain entering this window type if it's left open in wet weather)

Jalousie windows (on an abandoned mobile home, photo)

Single hung windows, also see our discussion below explaining the difference between double-hung and single-hung window sashes.

Slider windows (antique, on a log cabin, Two Harbors MN)

Fixed-glazing windows (upper glazing in the gable end of this sunspace photo, built by the author, Poughkeepsie, NY)

Skylights are discussed separately. See SKYLIGHT LEAK DIAGNOSIS & REPAIR how to find the cause of leaks in rooftop skylights and other sloped glazing. (Photo of steel skylight, Vassar College)

Energy efficient window types sketch source: U.S. Department of Energy (left) shows traditional window styles used in North America.

The window types sketched above are included in our Photo Guide to Window Architecture, Styles, Details, Features provided below in this article.

For information about window types, selection, installation, inspection, and repair, see our list of window articles beginning at WINDOWS & DOORS, Age, Types. Also see SKYLIGHT LEAK DIAGNOSIS & REPAIR how to find the cause of leaks in rooftop skylights and other sloped glazing

A Quick Guide to Eyebrow Dormer Windows

Because there has been some confusion between eyebrow roof dormer windows and "eyebrow windows" we include here this excerpt from Roof Dormer Types - Photo Guide.

Eyebrow window types (C) Daniel Friedman

Real estate agents, home inspectors, as well as building owners have often referred to the small second floor windows on antique colonial homes (photo at left) as "eyebrow" windows that we include these details to help sort out the confusion.

Our sketch and photo (above) show what an eyebrow window looks like.

Our photo (left) of windows on the Seneca Howland house in Pleasant Valley NY (undergoing renovations by the author) are not eyebrow windows. Windows in this design appear in these architectural styles: Greek Revival, Beaux Arts, Italian Renaissance.

Definition of Double-Hung and Single Hung Windows

At left the sketch, courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates illustrates the difference between a single-hung window sash and a double-hung window.

As you can see, only the lower sash is movable in a single-hung window sash.

Complete Photo Guide to Window Architecture, Styles, Details, Features

Window Shape	Window Properties	Common Architectural Styles Where Used
	Attic story windows (3 windows set in white wood framed attic-level room, at left). In the U.S. in its colonial era property taxes were reduced in some colonies by avoiding constructing full-height windows on the top floor.	Beaux Arts Greek Revival (Seneca Howland House, Pleasant Valley, NY - see closeup, above) Italian Renaissance
	Awning Windows, operate by a crank and open outwards from the bottom, hinged at the sash top. Here is a photo of a modern awning type window observed in Buenos Aires. A "hopper" window is essentially an awning window turned upside down (and is a design that catches rain and directs it indoors if the hopper window opens "out" towards the outside.	Modern. Also see WINDOW HARDWARE PHOTOS and WINDOW EFFICIENCY Features & Ratings
	Basement windows are set at or below ground level, often requiring a window well. Basement windows are not an architectural style per se, and may be designed as fixed, sliders, hoppers, awnings or other types of windows. However because their location exposes basement windows to roof spillage, rain splash-up, snow (in some climates) as well as animals and insects, these installations need to be made of durable materials and properly installed and sealed to avoid building damage.	Various
	Bay windows project out from the building wall and may incorporate both fixed vertical glazing and operable sashes of any type, usually double-hung or casement style. If the roof over a bay window is not maintained, or if the window is not properly installed, leaks and condensation are likely. This bay window uses fixed center glass and double hung sashes at either side. Also see Oriel & Bow windows.	Modern, Victorian. Also see Oriel Windows. Also see WINDOW HARDWARE PHOTOS and WINDOW EFFICIENCY Features & Ratings
	Bow windows project out from the building wall and may incorporate both fixed vertical glazing and operable sashes of any type, though in the curved frame of a bow window the sash may also be specially constructed and glazed to follow that arc, or the operable units in the bow window may simply be small individual panes that operate as sliders or awnings. At left our bow window, shown on a home in Boston, MA, is constructed with the bow extending to floor level. And at right is a smaller oriel window, also a bow but whose window opening does not extend to floor level.	Modern, Victorian. Also see Oriel Windows. Also see the same links as above for Bay Windows.
	Bracketed Window Tops	Empire style Gothic Revival style Italianate style Second Empire (left, Main building, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY, James Renwick, 1865) Stick
	Casement Windows open outwards from hinges mounted at the window left or right vertical side. This casement window photo shows an incompetent window replacement job - the windows cannot open because they hit the soffit overhang.	Modern. Also see WINDOW HARDWARE PHOTOS and WINDOW EFFICIENCY Features & Ratings
	Corner Windows on modern buildings require cantilevered support to permit the omission of a corner post. At left is corner window glazing installed by Frank Lloyd Wright at Talesin, West, AZ, at the request of his wife. In older structures corner windows could be constructed as this ornate Boston MA corner window demonstrates.	Modern, Prairie School.
	Curved Sash, Curved Glass Windows - shown are curved sashes on a Boston MA home.	Gothic Revival style Victorian Others
	Double Hung Windows. Both upper and lower window sashes can be moved in position. See sketch at Definition of Double-Hung and Single Hung Windows Also see Single Hung windows.	Nearly All, including Modern. Also see WINDOW HARDWARE PHOTOS and WINDOW EFFICIENCY Features & Ratings
	Dormer windows, eyebrow dormer or peaked dormer windows are designs that set the window and surrounding structure into the building's roof as shown here. See eyebrow dormer below.	Various
	Second Empire style window details, Vassar Campus, Poughkeepsie, NY	Second Empire
	Eyebrow windows or eyebrow dormers may be fixed or operable and are built protruding through the slope of a roof surface. Our photo shows an antique eyebrow window on a roof in New York state. Eyebrow windows may also appear as small peaked installations but the classic is rounded such as we show here. An "eyebrow" window is a miniature dormer in essence but requires less supporting framer than a larger dormer. An eyebrow window is not a dormer or dormer window (see Dormers, above).	Various
	Fixed glass or fixed glazing, shown on a home overlooking the Hudson River, NY	Modern, Praire, others.
	Fortress Windows, shown at left, the Ahlambra, Granada, Spain. Here is a similar keyhole-shaped window, also at the Alhambra. Also see the musket slot "windows" in the top of the parapet wall above this ox-eye window at the Hacienda Tenexac in Tlaxcala, Mexico, ca 1532.	Various
	Gothic Window styles. Here is a photo of gothic style windows and building details in Boston, MA.	Gothic Revival style Sketch courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates
	Hood Top-mold Windows	Italianate architecture shown at left, Hood Top-mold style windows on Empire style Mansard, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
	Jalousie or "louvered" windows - shown: Buenos Aires, Argentina apartment building window.	Modern. Also see WINDOW HARDWARE PHOTOS and WINDOW EFFICIENCY Features & Ratings
	Label Top-mold Windows	Chateauesque French Eclectic Gothic Revival (left) - Justin Smith Morrill Homestead, Vermont combines label top & Gothic window styles. Tudor (rare)
(Photo wanted - Contact Us)	Large Pane surrounded by smaller panes	Queen Anne
	Moorish window styles, at left from the Alhambra, Granada, Spain. Here is a Moorish style window seen from the building interior, in Rabat, Morocco.	North Africa, Southern Spain
	Octagonal Windows	Modern & various.
	Oval Windows. Shown, Oval window, Boston MA. Also see round windows.	Modern & Various
	Oriel Windows - similar to a "bay" window but the framed-out window opening extends to the building's floor level.	Victorian to Modern
	Ox Eye Windows. See this exterior view of this ox-eye window at the Hacienda Tenexac in Tlaxcala, Mexico, constructed ca 1532, shortly after the arrival of Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro.	European & New World, from ca 1530
	Patterned Upper Pane, Blank Lower	Queen Anne Eclectic
	Paired Windows. Shown, paired windows, Boston, MA.	Italianate many other uses
	Palladian combination. Also see our photos at Round-Top windows.	Palladian architectural style, also illustrated at ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING COMPONENT ID Sketch courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates
	Pediment Style, Broken Shape. Here is a photo of an ornate window pediment observed at the Alhambra, in Spain.	Gothic Revival Tudor Chateauesque Sketch courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates
	Pediment Style Windows, Unbroken. Here is a photo of a variation on the pediment style window from Barcelona, Spain.	Adam Beaux Arts Colonial Revival Georgian Italian Renaissance Italianate (also see Second Empire) Neoclassical Sketch courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates
	Projecting Windows: Also see Bay windows. Bay windows include openings whose faces are comprised of straight lines.	left, Second floor bay window, Poughkeepsie NY (1900) Bay windows, Pratt House, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY sketch of a bay window design, courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates
	Projecting Windows: Bow windows, similar to bay windows, are constructed in a curve. Here is a bow window photographed in Boston, MA.	Sketch courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates
	Projecting Windows Oriel. Also see Oriel windows above in this table.	Additional example of a row of Oriel windows, Hudson NY.
	Ribbon Style Windows	Craftsman International Modernistic Prairie Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque
	Round topped windows; arch topped windows. Also see Palladian.	Various.
	Round windows. Shown, an ornate pedimented round window, Spain.	Modern, Gothic, & Various.
	Single-hung sashed windows. Only one of the two sashes, usually the lower unit, can be moved. The other window sash is fixed in place. Shown, Palmer House, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. See sketch at Definition of Double-Hung and Single Hung Windows Also see Double-Hung windows.	Modern, Victorian, Colonial, others.
	Slider Style or "sliding sash" Windows, may also be referred to as "bypass sash" windows. Shown, 1920's vintage multi-paned sliding wood sash windows, Buenos Aires, Argentina.	Gothic, Victorian, Various. Also see WINDOW HARDWARE PHOTOS and WINDOW EFFICIENCY Features & Ratings
	Skylights are an example of sloped glazing, normally built into a roof surface. Our skylight photo shows a series of custom-built copper-clad skylights in a re-roofed section of a similar building, both on the Vassar College Campus in Poughkeepsie, NY. Skylights may be operable for ventilation or fixed. See SLOPED GLAZING DETAILS and see SKYLIGHT LEAK DIAGNOSIS & REPAIR.	Various
	Stained-Glass windows. Colored glass cut to form an image or pattern, secured in place by lead. Shown: fixed stained glass windows on a Victorian architecture home in Poughkeepsie, NY. Here is a photo of a more ornately-framed stained glass window on a church in Barcelona, Spain.	Gothic, Victorian, Various.
	Storm windows are additional windows, fixed or operable, that are hung or installed over the main window sash to reduce heat loss through the window. Traditional wood-sashed storm windows hang from brackets above the window opening, are secured at their bottom by hooks and eyes or possibly external turnbuckles, and were designed to be removed completely and swapped for screens during warm weather. A modern (usually aluminum) "triple-track" storm window incorporates a movable screen and upper and lower widow sashes, obviating the need for seasonal ladder-climbing. Each layer of glazing added to a window cuts heat loss through the window glass by about one third, but if the window is drafty any energy savings will be lost until the drafts are found and sealed. Also see AIR LEAK MINIMIZATION and AIR SEALING STRATEGIES as well as ENERGY SAVINGS RETROFIT LEAK SEALING GUIDE And see STORM WINDOW WEEP HOLES - why we need weep holes to avoid sill rot at storm windows	Various from Victorian era
Window Styles / Nomenclature by Window Pane Count in Each Sash - x over y sashes
	Here we a give a few of the very large number of window sash designs that are referred to according to the number of panes or "lights" in each sash (of an upper and lower sash pair), starting with a Two over Two window sash (left) x over y window nomenclature generally pertains only to window sashes in which one (or both) sashes open by sliding vertically.	Various

	Six over six window sash	Various
	Eight over twelve window sash	Various
	Twelve over twelve window sash design

At Field Guides to North American House Architecture we list (and you can buy at Amazon) books we have found particularly helpful in identifying architectural styles, including: as this more extensive list of architectural styles: Folk Houses, Native American Houses (U.S.), Pre-Railroad houses, National Architectural Styles (U.S.), Colonial Houses (1600-1820), Postmedieval English, Dutch Colonial, French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, Georgian, Adam, Early Classical Revival, Romantic Houses (1820-1880), Greek Revival style architecture, Gothic Revival style architecture, Italianate style architecture, Exotic Revivals style architecture, Octagon houses, Victorian style architecture Houses (1860-1900), Second Empire style architecture, Stick style architecture, Queen Anne style architecture, Shingle style architecture, Richardsonian Romanesque style architecture, Folk Victorian style architecture, Eclectic Houses (1880-1940), Anglo-American style architecture, English style architecture, and French Period Houses, Colonial Revival style architecture, Neoclassical style architecture, Tudor style architecture, Chateauesque style architecture, Beaux Arts style architecture, French Eclectic style architecture, Mediterranean Period Houses style architecture, Italian Renaissance style architecture, Mission style architecture, Spanish Eclectic style architecture, Monterey style architecture, Pueblo Revival style architecture, Modern Houses including Prairie style architecture, Craftsman style architecture, Modernistic style architecture, International style architecture, and American Houses Since 1940: Modern style architecture & Neoeclectic style architecture as well as unusual houses such as Mongolian Cloud (photo, Kuehn) houses and Underground Houses (photo, Roy).

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A Field Guide to American Houses, Virginia & Lee McAlester (1984) ISBN-10: 0394739698 ISBN-13: 978-0394739694 includes a pictorial key and glossary to these architectural styles: Folk Houses, Native American Houses (U.S.), Pre-Railroad houses, National Architectural Styles (U.S.), Colonial Houses (1600-1820), Postmedieval English, Dutch Colonial, French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, Georgian, Adam, Early Classical Revival, Romantic Houses (1820-1880), Greek Revival style architecture, Gothic Revival style architecture, Italianate style architecture, Exotic Revivals style architecture, Octagon houses, Victorian style architecture Houses (1860-1900), Second Empire style architecture, Stick style architecture, Queen Anne style architecture, Shingle style architecture, Richardsonian Romanesque style architecture, Folk Victorian style architecture, Eclectic Houses (1880-1940), Anglo-American style architecture, English style architecture, and French Period Houses, Colonial Revival style architecture, Neoclassical style architecture, Tudor style architecture, Chateauesque style architecture, Beaux Arts style architecture, French Eclectic style architecture, Mediterranean Period Houses style architecture, Italian Renaissance style architecture, Mission style architecture, Spanish Eclectic style architecture, Monterey style architecture, Pueblo Revival style architecture, Modern Houses including Prairie style architecture, Craftsman style architecture, Modernistic style architecture, International style architecture, and American Houses Since 1940: Modern style architecture & Neoeclectic style architecture
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