Table of Contents
Introduction
- The Grammar of Architecture
- Ancient Egypt
- Babylon, Assyria, Persia
- Early and Classical India
- Early and Dynastic China
- Pre-Columbian
- Preclassical
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Early Christian and Byzantine
- Islamic
- Romanesque
- Gothic
- Renaissance
- Baroque and Rococo
- Palladianism
- Neoclassical
- Picturesque
- Elements of Architecture
- Domes
- Columns
- Towers
- Arches and Arcades
- Doorways
- Windows
- Pediments and Gables
- Roofs
- Vaulting
- Stairways
- Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Glossary
- abacus
- acanthus
- acropolis
- acroterion
- acroteria
- adhisthana
- adobe
- adytum
- aedicule
- Aeolic capital
- agora
- aisle
- all’antica
- almshouse
- altar
- ambo
- ambulatory
- amphiprostyle
- amphitheater
- anda
- annulet
- anta
- antae
- antarala
- antefixae
- antepagmenta
- anthemion
- apadana
- apophyge
- applied
- apron
- apse
- aqueduct
- arabesque
- arcade
- arch
- architrave
- archivolt
- arcuated
- astragal
- astylar
- atlantes
- atrium
- attached column
- attic
- avant-corps
- Aztec
- balcony
- baldacchino
- ball-court
- ballflower
- balustrade
- band
- banded column
- baptistery
- bar tracery
- barbican
- bargeboard
- Baroque
- barrel vault
- bartizan
- basilica
- bas-relief
- bastion
- battlement
- bay
- bay window
- beed-and-reel
- beehive tomb
- belfry
- bell gable
- bell tower
- belvedere
- bema
- bifora
- billet
- blind arcade
- blind balustrade
- blind window
- blocked column
- boss
- bracket
- bracket molding
- broach spire
- broken pediment
- bucranium
- bucrania
- bull’s-eye aperture
- buttress
- Byzantine
- caihua
- caldarium
- campanile
- canephora
- canopy
- cantilever
- capital
- cartouche
- caryatid
- casement
- cavetto
- cejiao
- cella
- cenotaph
- chacmool
- chaînes
- chaitya hall
- chamfer
- chancel
- chantry chapel
- chapel
- chapter house
- chateau
- chatri
- chaultri
- cheng
- chevron
- chigi
- chinoiserie
- chiwen
- choir
- chorten
- chuandou
- chullpa
- ciborium
- cinquefoil
- circus
- clerestory
- cloister
- coffering
- colonnade
- Colossal order
- column
- Composite order
- compound pier
- conch
- console
- corbel
- corbel table
- Corinthian order
- cornice
- corona
- cottage orné
- counter-reformatory decoration
- cour d’honneur
- crepidoma
- crest
- cresteria
- crocket
- cross-domed
- crossing
- cross-in-square
- cross vault
- crown-post roof
- crowsteps
- crypt
- cubiform capital
- cupola
- cusp
- cyclopean
- cyma reversa
- cymatium
- dado
- dagaba
- dais
- dargah
- decastyle
- decorated
- dentil
- diaconicon
- diaper work
- diaphragm arch
- Diocletian window
- dipteral
- dome
- Doric order
- dormer window
- dosseret
- dougong
- drip stone
- drop tracery
- drum
- Early English
- eaves
- echinus
- effigy
- egg-and-dart
- elevation
- enceinte
- enfilade
- entablature
- entasis
- espagnolette
- estipite
- Etruscan
- exedra
- façade
- fanlight
- fascia
- festoon
- fillet
- finial
- Flamboyant
- fleche
- fluting
- flying buttress
- foils
- foliate band
- folly
- forum
- fretwork
- frieze
- frigidarium
- frontispiece
- gable
- gableboard
- galilee
- gallery
- garbhagriha
- gargoyle
- Georgian
- geku
- Giant order
- gopuram
- Gothic
- Greek cross
- Greek Revival
- groin vault
- grotesque
- guilloche
- hammer-beam roof
- harmonic proportions
- helm roof
- heptastyle
- herm
- hexastyle
- hipped roof
- hippodrome
- hondo
- hood mold
- horseshoe arch
- hôtel
- hypaethral
- hypostyle
- hypotrachelium
- iconostasis
- impost block
- in antis
- inca
- infill
- intercolumniation
- Ionic order
- iwan
- jalli
- jamb
- jetty
- jian
- juansha
- key pattern
- keystone
- khanqah
- king-post roof
- kiosk
- kumbha
- label stop
- lady chapel
- lancet window
- lantern
- lath
- lesene
- lintel
- loggia
- louver
- lucarne
- lunette window
- lych gate
- machicolation
- madrasa
- manastambha
- mandala
- mandapa
- Mannerism
- mansard roof
- martyrium
- masharabiyya
- mastaba
- mausoleum
- Maya
- megaron
- merlon
- Mesoamerica
- metope
- mihrab
- mimbar
- minaret
- Minoan
- modillion course
- module
- molding
- monastery
- monolithic
- mortice and tenon joint
- mosaic
- mosque
- mouchette
- mudejar
- mullion and transom
- muqarnas
- mutule
- Mycenaean
- naiku
- naiskos
- naos
- narthex
- nave
- needle spire
- Neoclassicism
- newel
- niche
- Norman
- nymphaeum
- obelisk
- octastyle
- oculus
- odeon
- odea
- oil-de-boeuf
- ogee
- Olmec
- onion dome
- openwork
- opisthodomos
- opus reticulatum
- opus sectile
- oratory
- order
- oriel
- pagoda
- palaestra
- palazzo
- palisade
- Palladianism
- palmette
- panel
- parakklesion
- parapet
- pastophory
- patera
- pavilion
- pedestal
- pediment
- pendant
- pendentive
- peripteral
- peristyle
- Perpendicular
- perron
- pew
- piano nobile
- Picturesque
- pier
- pilaster
- pillar
- pinnacle
- piscina
- pishtaq
- pitched roof
- Palace Royale
- Plateresque
- plaza
- plinth
- podium
- porch
- portal
- portico
- prakara
- prastara
- precinct
- presbytery
- priory
- pronaos
- propylaeum
- propylaea
- propylon
- prostyle
- prothesis
- pseudodipteral
- pteroma
- pteron
- pulpit
- pulpitum
- pumpkin dome
- purlin
- putti
- pylon
- pyramid
- qibla
- quadrangle
- quadrature
- quadriga
- quatrefoil
- qubba
- queen-post roof
- quincunx
- quoin
- radiating chapels
- rafter
- raking cornice
- rath
- ratha
- Rayonnant
- reeding
- relief carving
- relieving arch
- Renaissance
- reredos
- retrochoir
- revetment
- rib
- riwaq
- rocaille
- Rococo
- Romanesque
- rood tower
- roof comb
- rose window
- rosette
- rotunda
- roundel
- rusticated
- rustication
- sacristy
- salomónica
- sanctuary
- sanctum
- Sangharama
- sarcophagus
- saucer dome
- scagliola
- scallop ornament
- scotia
- screen
- screens passage
- scroll
- sedilia
- segmental
- sekos
- semidome
- sepulcher
- Serlian arcade
- shaft
- shengqi
- shoji
- shrine
- sikhara
- soffit
- solar
- solea
- spandrel
- sphinx
- spire
- splay-foot spire
- squinch
- squint
- stadium
- stambha
- steeple
- stela
- stereobate
- stiff-leaf
- stoa
- stomion
- strapwork
- string course
- strut
- stucco
- stupa
- stupika
- stylobate
- sukiya style
- sun disk
- sutradhara
- swag
- synthronon
- tabernacle
- tablinium
- tailiang
- tala
- talar
- talud-tablero
- tamagaki
- tatami
- tee
- temenos
- tempietto
- tenon
- tepidarium
- terrace
- tessera
- tetraconch
- tetrastyle
- theater
- thermae
- thermal window
- tholos
- tie beam
- tithe barn
- Toltec
- tooth ornament
- tope
- torana
- torii
- torus
- tourelle
- trabeated
- tracery
- transept
- Transitional
- transom
- trapezoidal
- travertine
- trefoil
- tribune
- triforium
- triglyph
- triumphal arch
- trophy
- tsui-tate
- Tudor arch
- tumulus
- turret
- Tuscan order
- tympanum
- Tzompantli
- undercroft
- upasthanasala
- urusringa
- ushnu
- vault
- vedika
- Venetian window
- veranda
- vermiculation
- vestibule
- vestry
- vihara
- villa
- vimana
- Vitruvian scroll
- volute
- voussoir
- wagon roof
- wave molding
- wheel window
- yasti
- xiaoshou
- xoanon
- ziggurat
Sources Cited
Cole, Emily (general editor). The Grammar of Architecture. Boston, MA: Bulfinch Press, Little, Brown and Company. 2002.
Key Facts
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