Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
fenêtre-bandeau
English translation:
horizontal window/ribbon window
Added to glossary by
Helen Shiner
May 6, 2016 20:35
8 yrs ago
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French term
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fenêtre-bandeau
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Architecture
Dès 1926, Le Corbusier définit « UNE architecture moderne » (et non pas « l'architecture moderne ») en cinq points (ce sont les Cinq points de l'architecture moderne) :
les pilotis
le toit-terrasse
le plan libre
la fenêtre-bandeau
la façade libre
les pilotis
le toit-terrasse
le plan libre
la fenêtre-bandeau
la façade libre
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | horizontal window |
Helen Shiner
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| 4 | strip window |
Francois Boye
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| 4 | ribbon window |
pooja_chic
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Change log
May 15, 2016 23:17: Helen Shiner Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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horizontal window
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier's_Five_Points_of_...
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Note added at 10 mins (2016-05-06 20:46:02 GMT)
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4. The horizontal window. Together with the intermediate ceilings the supports form rectangular
openings in the façade through which light and air enter copiously. The window extends from support to support
and thus becomes a horizontal window. Stilted vertical windows consequently disappear, as do unpleasant
mullions. In this way, rooms are equably lit from wall to wall. Experiments have shown that a room thus lit has an
eight times stronger illumination than the same room lit by vertical windows with the same window area.
The whole history of architecture revolves exclusively around the wall apertures. Through use of the
horizontal window reinforced concrete suddenly provides the possibility of maximum illumination.
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/courses/arch20/pdf/art_hum_rea...
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Note added at 14 mins (2016-05-06 20:50:15 GMT)
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UXjiQP2LNI4C&pg=PA58&lpg...
Another way of translating it that I have seen is 'ribbon window'.
This large opening (seen in a full-scale interior at MoMA, one of four from the exhibition), in particular, presages the ribbon window of Le Corbusier's Five Points. Small openings prevailed in much of the house, but the liberation of windows from structural exterior walls would have allowed for even large openings.
http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/12917425/list/design-icons-le...
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Note added at 10 mins (2016-05-06 20:46:02 GMT)
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4. The horizontal window. Together with the intermediate ceilings the supports form rectangular
openings in the façade through which light and air enter copiously. The window extends from support to support
and thus becomes a horizontal window. Stilted vertical windows consequently disappear, as do unpleasant
mullions. In this way, rooms are equably lit from wall to wall. Experiments have shown that a room thus lit has an
eight times stronger illumination than the same room lit by vertical windows with the same window area.
The whole history of architecture revolves exclusively around the wall apertures. Through use of the
horizontal window reinforced concrete suddenly provides the possibility of maximum illumination.
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/courses/arch20/pdf/art_hum_rea...
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Note added at 14 mins (2016-05-06 20:50:15 GMT)
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UXjiQP2LNI4C&pg=PA58&lpg...
Another way of translating it that I have seen is 'ribbon window'.
This large opening (seen in a full-scale interior at MoMA, one of four from the exhibition), in particular, presages the ribbon window of Le Corbusier's Five Points. Small openings prevailed in much of the house, but the liberation of windows from structural exterior walls would have allowed for even large openings.
http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/12917425/list/design-icons-le...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
44 mins
Francois Boye
United States
United States
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United States
An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
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pooja_chic
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Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, Portuguese to English
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ribbon window
https://www.google.co.in/#q=Ribbon windows
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ribbon windows
http://ws.dian.is.sirep2.ccb.org/pdfs/grn_bldgs_org_success....
The old building, in contrast had high ribbon windows
that were inoperable, no skylights, and no interior street or similar gathering place
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=ribbon window&biw=1366&bih...
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ribbon-window
http://www.houzz.com/ribbon-window
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ribbon windows
http://ws.dian.is.sirep2.ccb.org/pdfs/grn_bldgs_org_success....
The old building, in contrast had high ribbon windows
that were inoperable, no skylights, and no interior street or similar gathering place
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=ribbon window&biw=1366&bih...
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ribbon-window
http://www.houzz.com/ribbon-window
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Helen Shiner
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