cantilevers
Anchored extending supports
Cantilevers are structural elements anchored at only one end, projecting horizontally into space without external bracing at the free end.
This design allows balconies, bridges, and aircraft wings to extend outward while bearing significant loads.
The verb cantilever means to build or extend using this principle: The deck cantilevers over the hillside.
Something cantilevered appears to defy gravity, supported only at its base.
Rays or supports
- bracketsMarks setting off text
- overhangsSections projecting beyond base
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- supportsSustains or reinforces
load-bearing · spans · extensions · outriggers · joists · girders · trusses · flanges
Raised exterior platforms
- awningsFixed overhead fabric shelters
- canopiesOverhead fabric coverings
- eavesProjecting roof edges
- porchesCovered building entrances
terraces · bay windows · Fallingwater · modernism · facades · rooflines · suspended · floating
Upper body limbs
- leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
- brakesDevices for stopping motion
- pivotsTurns on fixed point
fulcrums · calipers · suspension · probes · tooling · clamps · fixtures · extensions
Elevated bridges over valleys
- spansReaches across a gap
- piersWaterside mooring platforms
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- segmentsSeparate parts of something
anchorages · abutments · railway · crossings · riveted · steel construction · balanced · approaches
beams
Rays or supports
- bracketsMarks setting off text
- overhangsSections projecting beyond base
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
supports · load-bearing · spans · extensions · outriggers · joists · girders · trusses · flanges · anchors
balconies
Raised exterior platforms
porches · terraces · bay windows · Fallingwater · modernism · facades · rooflines · suspended · floating · dramatic
arms
Upper body limbs
pivots · fulcrums · calipers · suspension · probes · tooling · clamps · fixtures · extensions · articulating
viaducts
Elevated bridges over valleys
segments · anchorages · abutments · railway · crossings · riveted · steel construction · balanced · approaches · towers
- building partsfacades, wall, door, windows, floor
- civil engineeringbridges, highways, tunnels, foundations, dams
- Midcentury Modernmid-century modern, flat roof, flat roofs, post-and-beam, open floor plan
- minimalist architecturesimplicity, reduction, purity, clean lines, open spaces
- modern architectureBrutalism, glass facades, green roofs, mid-century modern, International Style
- sensorsbiosensors, temperature sensor, pressure sensors, heat sensor, ammeter