abacus
abutment
acanthus
achievement
Acropolis
addorsed
adobe
aedicule
aestheticism
affronted
alcazar
alcove
amenity space
amphitheatre
Ancient Egyptian architecture
apartment
aperture
appropriation
Arabesque
arcade
arch
architect
architectural styles
architecture
architrave
Arcology
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts Movement
astylar
asymmetry
atrium
axis
balustrade
banister
Baroque
basilica
bas-relief
Bauhaus
bay
Beaux-Arts
belfry
Blobitecture
brickwork
Brutalism
buttress
Byzantine
CAD
canopy
cantilever
Cape Cod
Cape Dutch
carving
castle elements
cathedral
church elements
City Beautiful Movement
cladding
Classicism
climate
colonnade
colosseum
column
composite
concave
conceptual sketch
Constructivism
convex
Corinthian
cornice
De Stijl
Deconstructivism
Decorated Period
dentil
dome
door
Doric
duomo
Early English Period
eaves
eclectic
edifice
Egyptian Revival architecture
elevation drawing
Elizabethan architecture
Empire
entasis
Etruscan architecture
façade
fascia
Faux Château
Fibonacci numbers
finial
fleur-de-lis
floor plans
frame
fresco
frieze
Functionalism
gabion walls
gable
gargoyle
gazebo
genius loci
geodesic
Georgian architecture
Gingerbread Houses
girder
golden section
Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
ha-ha
hierarchy
house styles
International Style
Ionic
Ishtar Gate
Italianate architecture
Jugendstil
keystone
lintel
live load
louvre
Mannerism
Manueline
masterplanning
materials
McMansion
memorial
messaging
metaphor
metropolis
mezzanine
minaret
Minimalism
model
Moderne
Modernism
modular
monumentalism
Moorish architecture
mosaic
Mudéjar
Nazi architecture
Neoclassical
new town
Norman architecture
obelisk
orders
organic
Oriental style
orientation
Painted Ladies
Palladian
Panthéon
Parthenon
partition
Perpendicular
Perpendicular Period
Phallic architecture
photomontage
piloti
pitch
place
Plattenbau
portico
post-and-lintel architecture
Postmodernism
prefabricated
preffered numbers
quadrangle
Queen Anne architecture
Regency architecture
reinforced concrete
religious architecture
Renaissance
restoration
Rococo
Roman architecture
rotunda
rubble
saltbox house
scale
sculpture
Sculpturesque
Sears catalog homes
Second Empire
section drawing
secular architecture
servant areas
served areas
shotgun house
skyline
skyscraper
Slow Home Movement
sod house
soffit
solar orientation
Spanish Baroque
spire
stained glass
stairs
Stalinist architecture
steel
stone
storey
structure
sustainability
symmetry
synagogue
Tatlin’s tower
tessellation
Thermopane
transom
Troglodyte dwellings
truss
Tudor architecture
typology
urban design
vector
vernacular architecture
viaduct
Victorian architecture
Vitrolite
Vitruvian man
volute
window
wood
wrapping
zeitgeist
ziggurat
zoomorphic
Sources Cited
Ambrose, Gavin and Paul Harris. The Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York, New York: AVA Publishing, Inc. 2008.
Key Facts
At time of upload on August 20, 2019:
- 178 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architectural Dictionary
- 54 original terms
- 232 total terms in source
- 23.3% original terms in source
- 62 sources in dictionary
- 8,606 unique terms in dictionary
- 25,783 total terms all sources in dictionary
- 33.4% unique terms in dictionary