abacus
abutment
acanthus leaf
acroterion
air shaft
aisle
ambulatory
annulet
antefix
apse
apsidiole
arcade
architectural styles
architecture
architrave
arena
arris
ascending passage
astragal
atrium
Aztec temple
bailey
balustrade
barbican
barrack buildings
barrel vault
bartizan
base
basket handle arch
bastion
battlement
beam
bed chamber
belfry
bell tower
bracket
brattice
brazier
buffer
buttress
cage
call button
canopy
capital
caponiere
car ceiling
car floor
car guide rail
car safety
casement window
castle
cathedral
cell
Chac-Mool
chapel
chemise
chevet
choir
city houses
column
comb
compartment
compluvium
condominiums
corbel
Corinthian order
Corinthian pilaster
corner tower
cornice
counterguard
counterscarp
counterweight
counterweight guide rail
covered parapet walk
covered way
Coyolxauhqui stone
crepidoma
crossing
curtain wall
demilune
dentil
descending passage
diagonal buttress
dining room
Doric order
drawbridge
drum
eave
echinus
elements of architecture
elevator
elevator car
embrasure
enclosure
engaged Corinthian column
engaged Doric column
engaged Ionic column
entablature
entrance for the public
entrance to the pyramid
entrances for the actors
equilateral arch
escalator
euthynteria
examples of arches
examples of doors
examples of roofs
examples of windows
extrados
face
fascia
fillet
finial
flank
flanking tower
flute
flying buttress
footbridge
formeret
French window
fresco
frieze
gable
gable roof
gallery
garden
glacis
Gothic cathedral
Gothic cathedral façade
Gothic cathedral plan
Gothic cathedral vault
governor tension sheave
grand gallery
Greek temple
Greek theater
grille
ground sill
guardhouse
gutta
handrail
high-rise apartment
hip roof
hoisting rope
horizontal pivoting window
horseshoe arch
hut
igloo
impluvium
impost
intrados
Ionic order
keep
keystone
king’s chamber
kitchen
Lady chapel
lancet arch
latrines
lean-to roof
lierne
limit switch
lintel
lists
location of the statue
louver-board
louvered window
lower landing
machicolation
manual revolving door
mast
metope
middle torus
moat
modillion
mosaic
mutule
naos
nave
newel
ogee arch
one-storey house
operating panel
opisthodomos
orchestra
order
pagoda
parade ground
parapet walk
pediment
peristyle
pier
pillar
pinnacle
pitched roof
podium
porch
portal
position indicator
postern
pronaos
push bar
pyramid
queen’s chamber
ramp
rampart
relieving chamber
retrenchment
Roman amphitheater
Roman house
roof
rose window
rosette
salient angle
sash window
scarp
scene
scotia
semicircular arch
semidetached cottage
shaft
shop
side chapel
sima
skirt
sliding folding window
sliding window
sloping cornice
spandrel
speed governor
spire
splay
springer
stage
stained glass
stairs
stairways
step
stilted arch
stockade
stone for sacrifice
stylobate
tablinum
Temple of Huitzilopochtli
Temple of Tlaloc
tenaille
terreplein
tier
tierceron
tiers
tile
timber
torus
tower
town houses
tracery
traditional houses
transept
transept spire
trapdoor
traverse arch
trefoil
triglyph
Tudor arch
turret
two-storey house
tympanum
underground
underground chamber
upper landing
Vauban fortification
vault
velarium
vertical pivoting window
vestibule
volute
voussoir
wigwam
winch
wing
yurt
Sources Cited
Ikonet, “arts and architecture > architecture images – Visual Dictionary,” http://www.ikonet.com/en/visualdictionary/arts-and-architecture/architecture/. Last accessed March 22, 2021.
Key Facts
At time of upload on December 30, 2023:
- 203 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architectural Dictionary
- 77 original terms
- 280 total terms in source
- 27.5% original terms in source
- 124 sources in dictionary
- 18,228 unique terms in dictionary
- 37,207 total terms all sources in dictionary
- 49.0% unique terms in dictionary