The Textbook of Architecture

Glossary · B

Bekleidung

Also called dressing, principle of dressing

Semper’s “dressing” or cladding: the principle that the visible surface of a wall descends from woven hangings and is by nature a covering, not the structure itself.

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters Enlightenment and Revival.

Nearby in the glossary

Bay · Bay window · Beaux-Arts · Bedding out · Belt · Béton brut · Bhumi · BIM