Glossary
- abacus
- abutment
- aisle
- ambulatory
- arcade
- arch
- architrave
- Art Nouveau
- attic
- axial
- axis
- baluster
- balustrade
- barrel vault
- basilica
- bay
- bracket
- Bucky Fuller dome
- buttress
- caisson
- campanile
- cantilever
- capital
- clearstory
- clerestory
- coffer
- coffering
- colonnade
- column
- console
- cornice
- Cubism
- cupola
- curtain wall
- cyma
- cyma recta
- cyma reversa
- cymatium
- dome
- domical hall
- drum
- entablature
- facade
- finial
- flambeau
- flute
- forum
- frieze
- gallery
- glazing
- glazing channel
- gonfalon
- head
- hypostyle
- lattice
- lintel
- lintel course
- louver
- louvre
- module
- monolith
- mullion
- muntin
- nave
- orders
- panel
- parapet
- patio
- pavilion
- pedestal
- pediment
- peristyle
- pier
- pilaster
- pinnacle
- plinth
- plum
- plumb
- portico
- propylaeum
- prostylar
- Purism
- pylon
- quadriga
- quadrigae
- rib
- rostral column
- rotunda
- shaft
- shell construction
- sill
- spandrel
- staff
- stoa
- string course
- supporting member
- tepidarium
- vase
- vault
- vomitoria
- vomitorium
- zoning
Sources Cited
Coles, William A. and Henry Hope Reed, Jr. Architecture in America: A Battle of Styles. New York, NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 1961.
Key Facts
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