Columns Direct (2023)

abacus
acanthus
acroteria
aedicule
amorino
amphiprostyle
annulet
anta
antae
antefix
anthemion
apophyge
applied column
arabesque
araeostyle
architrave
arris
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
astragal
astylar
atlantid
attic base
attic story
baluster
balustrade
base molding
bead & reel
beam
bed mould
bell
belvedere
board-and-batten
boast
bocage
bolster
bracket
bucrane
cable fluting
capital
caprice
cartouche
caryatid
caulicoli
cavetto
chair rail
chamfer
cherub
chevron
cimbia
cincture
coffer
coin molding
colonette
colonnade
colossal
column
columniation
Composite order
conch
concha
conge
corbel
Corinthian order
cornice
corona
cove
cupola
cyma
cyma recta
cyma reversa
cymatium
dado
decastyle
declination
demi-column
dentils
diastyle
dipteral
dome
Doric order
dressings
droplets
eagle
eaves
echinus
egg and dart
Empire
encarpus
engaged column
entablature
entail
entasis
escutcheon
eye
façade
fame
fascia
festoon
fillet
finial
fleur de lis
flutes
frieze
garland
gazebo
glyph
Greek key
griffin
grotesque
grouped columns
guttae
half column
harmony
helices
helix
hem
hexastyle
hippocamp
husk
hypostyle
hypotrachelion
intercolumniation
interdentils
interpilasters
Ionic order
jamb
joists
keystone
knulling
lambs tongue
lintel
lotus
louvered
mansard roof
mantel
medallion
metope
mitre
modillion
module
mold
molding
monolithic column
mouchette
mullion
mutule
neck
newel
newel cap
niche
octastyle
oculus
ogee
order
ornament
ovolo
palazzo
Palladian
palmette
panel
panel molding
panier
patera
pedestal
pediment
pendant
pergola
peripteral
peristyle
piedroit
pier
pilaster
pillar
pineapple
pitch
plinth
polystyle
pommel
portico
Prairie House
profile
pronaos
proportion
prostyle
ptera
purlins
quadra
quatrefoil
quoin
rafters
raised panel
recessed panel
reeded
reglet
regula
relief
respond
return
rinceau
Rococo
rosette
running dog
rustication
satyr
sconce
scotia
scroll
shaft
sima
soffit
spandrel
Sphinx
stalk
stave
stylobate
sunburst
superimposed
swag
swans neck
symmetry
taenia
taper
template
tetrastyle
torch
torus
tracery
trachelium
transom
trefoil
trellis
triglyph
triumphal column
trumeau
Tuscan order
tympanum
urn
vellar cupola
Victorian
vignette
Vignola
villa
Vitruvian scroll
Vitruvius
volutes
wainscot
weathering
wreath
wrought iron
yard
ziggurats
zophorus

Sources Cited

Brockwell, “Classically-Inspired Architectural Terms,” https://columnsdirect.com/pages/glossary. Last accessed December 29, 2023.

Key Facts

At time of upload on December 30, 2023:

  • 236 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architectural Dictionary
  • 17 original terms
  • 253 total terms in source
  • 6.7% original terms in source
  • 124 sources in dictionary
  • 18,219 unique terms in dictionary
  • 37,207 total terms all sources in dictionary
  • 49.0 % unique terms in dictionary