Glossary
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arcade
arch
arcuated structure
stone/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1dd0660f95b8b9e1c704dae47df621a6" target="_blank" >ashlar-masonry/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="04296f3a4cf8a3f6f71f1bb70d9d0d5b" target="_blank" >ashlar masonry
astylar
balloon-framing/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="914b7f2ca47e12fd2848bdc452b9370c" target="_blank" >balloon frame
baroque
arched-barrel-roof/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="168df14d6daeb6fe6f374ec865e7173e" target="_blank" >barrel vault
basilica
battered
beam
bending-moment/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="d113ce38eb86e7ecde33d8ea1305cbf4" target="_blank" >bending moment
building-program/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="f504b965e0b2200d0f8aceb3b426e3ac" target="_blank" >building program
buttress
byzantine architecture
cantilever
order/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="d397e7b813a18eec7ceb72d0bb6c3b24" target="_blank" >change order
chiaroscuro
classicism
column
common-bond/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="755985c18f0751f8b1bfd8b78da7c882" target="_blank" >common bond
compound-order/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="a88d239fa4b52ffd9ab7fe0692355715" target="_blank" >composite order
compression
Corinthian order
cornice
dado
dead-load/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="487fb07b9ff5d2c0f1c50c00472a4fc2" target="_blank" >dead load
divisive plan
dome
Doric order
Early Christian architecture
elevation
endoskeletal structure
attached-column/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="b619af5a7398d8c4003d625037b6c7a1" target="_blank" >engaged column
English bond
exoskeletal structure
firmitas
Flemish bond
footing
footprint
formal
Gothic architecture
Greek architecture
groined-vault/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="2aad388cbcbccf6ead2afc7607b94d99" target="_blank" >groin vault
timber-construction/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="10862c7b81eadcc1b04876b2f7852397" target="_blank" >heavy timber construction
horseshoe-arch/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="b5d449f719724c94947c4ba9a05770d8" target="_blank" >horseshoe arch
columns/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="ed0b86a754e5c9b68d6b1e93e27225ab" target="_blank" >Ionic order
decoration/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="296a5bfac71d2c0d95db98ac0fe24cdd" target="_blank" >Islamic decoration
lintel
live-load/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1bfd98860ba5fc5ae443f332feb1b048" target="_blank" >live load
lunette
mechanical-system/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="296dc306bfb1d7c9ad97e26d8980b1b5" target="_blank" >mechanical system
module
mortise
nave
neoclassicism
ogee-arch-3/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="24d69e38b609b07861b70cb136251fac" target="_blank" >ogee-arch-2/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="25dd2873c1ba811aa4caff254d6d2271" target="_blank" >ogee arch
pendentive
picturesque
pier
pilaster
pilotis
plan
plate-glass/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="8e48da5aa8ce3053ac9d648ddb7cc07e" target="_blank" >plate glass
pointed-arch/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="af4297c221274dd07e3bd55f31e7f476" target="_blank" >pointed arch
post-and-beam-2/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="4e17164d992f25a2e1552f2a44e5cc23" target="_blank" >post and beam
post-and-lintel-construction/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="722256c3aa419fcc2792aff90c80b283" target="_blank" >post and lintel
primary spaces
concrete/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="8763f68bb76e9c3987c3547bcbcb35e0" target="_blank" >reinforced concrete
renaissance-architecture/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="dbf0c55159fdb847e01d6c1318350593" target="_blank" >Renaissance architecture
riser
Roman architecture
Romanesque architecture
scale
secondary spaces
section
shear-stress/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="7f38fd55556ad979d5a966dce6d1620f" target="_blank" >shear stress
site
skyscraper
space
stasis
statics
steel
structure
stud
stylobate
suspension structure
tenon
tension
trabeated-structure/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="7282d567fd0db3a117b61d05ae709f01" target="_blank" >trabeated structure
trunnel
truss
Tuscan order
utilitas
vault
venustas
Victorian architecture
voussoir
wind-bracing/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="8e658cec66696c11c6810a86540053d8" target="_blank" >wind bracing
Sources Cited
O’Gorman, James F. ABC’s of Architecture. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.
Key Stats
At time of upload on May 18, 2006:
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- 90 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architectural Dictionary
- 11 original terms
- 101 total terms in source
- 10.9% original terms in source
- 31 sources in dictionary
- 8,133 unique terms in dictionary
- 21,292 total terms all sources in dictionary
- 38.2% unique terms in dictionary