abacus
abbey
abutment
acroterion
aedicule
AEG Turbine Factory
Aeolic
aisle
aiwan
ajimez
akropolis
alfiz
altar
altarpiece
ambo
ambulatory
amorino
amphitheatre
annular vault
antefix
apex
apse
arcade
arch
architecture
architrave
archivolt
Art Nouveau architecture
ashlar
atlantes
atrium
attic
attic order
azulejo
baluster
balustrade
baptistery
barbican
barchessa
Baroque architecture
basilica
Bauhaus Design School
bay
beam
Beaux-Arts architecture
benedictine choir
‘Bernadine’ plan
billet
Blenheim Palace
blobitecture
bosquet
boss
bow window
bracket
Brandenburg Gate
brise-soleil
buttress
cable pattern
campanile
canopy
cantilever
capital
castellation
cathedra
cathedral
cell
cenotaph
centring
chamfered capital
chancel
chapel
chapter house
chevet
chevron
Chicago School of Architecture
choir
ciborium
cimborio
circus
Classic Greek architecture
clerestory
cloister
coffer
colonnade
colonnette
colossus
column
concha
concrete
console
corbel
corbeling
cornice
corps-de-logis
cosmati work
coupled
coupled pilaster
cove
crenellation
crescent
cresting
crocket
crossing
cross-in-rectangle
cruciform
crypt
cupola
curtain wall
cushion base
cushion capital
cusp
dado
Deconstructivism
Deutscher Werkbund
diaper
dogtooth
dome
donjon
drum
eave
echinus
elevation
enfilade
entablature
entasis
exedra
extrados
facade
finial
Flamboyant Gothic architecture
foil
foliated
frieze
gable
gable end
Galerie des rois
gallery
gargoyle
Georgian architecture
giant order
Gothic architecture
Gothic Revival
Gothic Style
Greek cross
groin
grotesque
ha-ha
hall church
harmonic facade
Hindu architecture
Hotel Tassel
iconostasis
imafronte
International Style
intrados
ionic
irish architecture
Isabelline style
Jesuits, Church of Il Gesu
Kalighat
keep
keystone
Khmer architecture
lancet
Langchor
lantern
lierne
lintel
loggetta
loggia
lozenge
lunette
marble
masonry
master mason
mausoleum
megaliths
metope
mezzanine
Middle Kingdom
mihrab
mimbar
minaret
module
mortar
mosaic
moulding
Mozarabic art
Mudejar
Mughal architecture
mullion
mur epais
narthex
nave
Neoclassical architects
Neoclassical architecture
net vault
New Kingdom
niche
Norman gallery
nymphaeum
obelisk
oculus
ogival
ogive
Old Kingdom
open plan
opus reticulatum
opus sectile
orders of architecture
oriel
Palladian style
pantheon
parapet
Parthenon
pedestal
pediment
pendant
pendant vault
pendentive
peripteral temple
peristyle
Perpendicular
pier
pilaster
pilier cantonne
pillar
pilotis
pinnacle
plan
plate tracery
Plateresque
plinth
podium
porch
portal
portico
porticus
Prairie House
predella
presbytery
pronaos
propylaeum
pylon
pyramid
qibla
quadrangle
quadratura
quadripartite vault
quatrefoill
quincunx
quoin
radiating chapel
Rayonnant Gothic architecture
Rectilinear
Regency Style
reinforced concrete
Renaissance architecture
reredos
Restoration architecture
retable
reveal
Revivalism
rib
rib vault
ribbon windows
ridge rib
ridgepole
Rococo
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque Revival
rood
rose window
rosette
rotunda
Russian Baroque
rustication
sacellum
sacristy
sanctuary
scalloped capital
schola cantorum
scroll
serlian motif
Seven Wonders of the World
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
skyscraper
slab
socle
span
spandrel
spire
splaying
springers
squinch
St Paul’s Cathedral
stavkirke
strapwork
stuccatore
stucco
stylobate
tabernacle
tectonic
templon
tessellation
tiercerone
topiary
towers
trabeation
tracery
transept
transitional style
tribune
triconch choir
triforium
triglyph
triumphal arch
trompe l’oeil
trumeau
truss
tufa
tympanum
valve
vault
vault construction
vaulting
vernacular
Versailles Palace
Victorian architecture
Vienna Secession House
Vitruvius
volute
voussoir
wall arcade
watch tower
westbau
Westwerk
wrought-iron frames
ziggurat
zigzag
Sources Cited
Visual Arts Cork, “Architecture Glossary,” http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/architecture-glossary.htm. Last accessed December 29, 2023.
Key Facts
At time of upload on December 30, 2023:
- 336 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architectural Dictionary
- 4 original terms
- 340 total terms in source
- 1.2% original terms in source
- 124 sources in dictionary
- 18,219 unique terms in dictionary
- 37,207 total terms all sources in dictionary
- 49.0 % unique terms in dictionary