Wentworth Studio (2017)

balustrade
belt course
brackets
brick header
canopy
casement
chamfer
chimney pot
clapboard
corinthian
cornice
cresting
cupola
dependency
doric
dormer
double hung window
eaves
entablature
façade
frieze
gable
gambrel
half-timbered building
hip roof
ionic
mansard
motif
neo-colonial
ogee cap
oriel
palladian
parapet
pediment
pier
post and beam construction
quoin
rosette
rough-hewn
sash
shed roof
sidelights
spandrel panel
spire
terracotta
transom
turret
veneer
verge board
vitrolite
window hood
x bracing

Sources Cited

Wentworth Studio, Architectural Terminology, https://www.wentworthstudio.com/architectural-terminology/. Last accessed September 20, 2017.

Key Facts

At time of upload on July 28, 2017:

  • 44 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architectural Dictionary
  • 8 original terms
  • 52 total terms in source
  • 15.4% original terms in source
  • 48 sources in dictionary
  • 9,192 unique terms in dictionary
  • 13,747 total terms all sources in dictionary
  • 66.9% unique terms in dictionary