Glossary
apse
arcade
architrave
axonometric projection
baluster
Baroque
basilica
beton brut
cantilever
capital
centering
cladding
clapboard
classical
clearstorey
coffer
collar
conversion
coping
corbel
cornice
cross vault
crown post
crucks
De Stijl
dentils
detail
dry joint
elevation
entablature
entasis
facade
faïence
fascia
fenestration
flying buttress
formwork
freestone
frieze
frog
gauged brickwork
geodesic dome
Gothic
groin vault
hammerbeam
hypostyle hall
I-section
infill
inflatable
International Style
joinery
load-bearing
loggia
machicolation
masonry construction
metope
Modern Movement
mortice and tenon
motte and bailey
mullion
mushroom column
nave
Neo-Gothic
neoprene gasket
orders
organic
oriel window
pediment
pendentive
piano mobile
pilaster
pilotis
pise de terre
pitched roof
plan
plastic
podium
pointed arch
portico
post-and-beam
quoin
regula
Renaissance
render
rib
Roman arch
Romanesque
roof light
sarsen
scotia
section
services
set-back
Shingle Style
shuttering
skin
space frame
span
string course
studwork
stylobate
suspended structure
trabeated
transept
transom
triglyphs
truss
tufa
vernacular
volumetric
voussoir
Sources Cited
Foster, Michael. The Principles of Architecture: Style, Structure, and Design. New York, NY: Mallard Press. 1982.