Forms in Architecture (2005)

Archetypical Elements of Buildings

Vertical
 Wall

Arch

Beam

Lintel

Quoin

Column
Orders[?]

Base

Shaft

Capital
Openings[?]
Window

Door

Horizontal
Plinth[?]

Floor

Roof

Grouped by Geometry

Line
Column

Orders[?]

Base

Shaft

Capital

Plane

Wall

Arch

Beam

Lintel

Volume

piazza[?]

forum

agora[?]

Other

Domestic Space
house

Public Space
palace

capitol

basilica

Glossary

agora
arch
archetype
architects
base
basilica
beam
capital
capitol
column
columns
context
door
doors
floor
forum
geometry
horizontal
house
line
lintel
Modernism
openings
orders
palace
piazza
plane
plinth
Postmodernism
public space
quoin
roof
shaft
vertical
Vitruvius
volume
wall
walls
window

Sources Cited

FreeEncyclopedia, “Forms in Architecture,” last accessed December 2, 2005.

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