Tutorial Thursday: What is a quoin?

<div style="text-align: left;">Welcome to Tutorial Thursday! Today we're learning about quoins (pronounced "coins.") Below are some of <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a> homes which feature quoins. (Please excuse the construction mess. <a href="http://www.homesbyfalcon.com/">Falcon Custom Homes</a> is doing a fantastic job!)</div><div><br /></div><div>"Stone [or brick] quoins dress and frame the corners of buildings." Cole, Emily. The Grammar of Architecture. East Sussex, UK: The Ivy Press Limited, 2002.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KIFHvw7n9WuMuGjSWKg_9RHUwZJ4eNwR59H48UyujeWlppixQvhFBUdUY6lTmCTM3x9S2VJOSJs4s3tw2lWFRjYmeQEHRFDYHXw80_q548iwBujSo7ZtX5Y9b3Wj8lN2OLpf6wL6JRhP/s1600-h/IMG_1273.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366470267054299138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KIFHvw7n9WuMuGjSWKg_9RHUwZJ4eNwR59H48UyujeWlppixQvhFBUdUY6lTmCTM3x9S2VJOSJs4s3tw2lWFRjYmeQEHRFDYHXw80_q548iwBujSo7ZtX5Y9b3Wj8lN2OLpf6wL6JRhP/s320/IMG_1273.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" /></a><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sFx4ry5AOjtLZ4f7gJVyIKr19PFp43r1LQHt7-XpyKG-M1Uc7jbmfKIXn423z85WBVRAW1s3NbnyfEno0GJIF2IgcPaO3mDzrVkq7V7rpu0u2vfvoHXhRwLvG8_nAPPgr5MUG6wfSAOt/s1600-h/IMG_1275.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366469798112242626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sFx4ry5AOjtLZ4f7gJVyIKr19PFp43r1LQHt7-XpyKG-M1Uc7jbmfKIXn423z85WBVRAW1s3NbnyfEno0GJIF2IgcPaO3mDzrVkq7V7rpu0u2vfvoHXhRwLvG8_nAPPgr5MUG6wfSAOt/s320/IMG_1275.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" /></a><br /><div>"Quoins are rusticated blocks of stone [or brick] alternating in size, which run in strips up the corners of a building..." Cole, Emily. The Grammar of Architecture. East Sussex, UK: The Ivy Press Limited, 2002.</div><div><br /></div><div>And, here are some homes with quoins designed in:</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATGHKR2-o7kJ4h-N8Sfo1o0xA_fH1u8FgselmvT9V7IcMhcbNJNMk_YwXNKepjao5_ThjJFRy2drTpOo_VDAj3lLkxLCZi1nzY_RSqIlQox9HVwKN2_K-FOzY2qB9eQp_luYDKmSTdqQu/s1600-h/S1.1+-+Front+Persp_quoins.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366470941420989666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATGHKR2-o7kJ4h-N8Sfo1o0xA_fH1u8FgselmvT9V7IcMhcbNJNMk_YwXNKepjao5_ThjJFRy2drTpOo_VDAj3lLkxLCZi1nzY_RSqIlQox9HVwKN2_K-FOzY2qB9eQp_luYDKmSTdqQu/s320/S1.1+-+Front+Persp_quoins.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366470763529604162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNNCxoSTrGv98ManDlPwavVLzr8mhHUNlxA0uVRyX7TuxMJJI6A2gfVRCWTWZJyNMSJcYml2wXe09PNUcoE8noQmx071YCjVtcvBisUlUyoTsbYKlFZUfF3cKwCYFyPIg4R31vYj5nG-B/s320/S1.1+-+Front+Elev_cropped.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div>

Tutorial Thursday: What is a quoin?

Welcome to Tutorial Thursday! Today we're learning about quoins (pronounced "coins.") Below are some of Visbeen Associates h...

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