Illustrated Architecture
Dictionary
All examples are from buildings in
Buffalo, N.Y.
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A
Abacus
Acanthus
Acroterion
Adam style
Ambulatory
American bond
Anchor
Ancone
Andiron
Anthemion
Applied composition
Apse
Arcade
Arch
Arch brace
Architrave
Art Deco
Art glass
Art Moderne
Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts style
Ashlar
Astragal
Atlantes
B
Balconet
Balloon framing
Baluster
Balustrade
Banded column
Banded pilaster
Banding
Band window
Bargeboard
Baroque Revival
Barrel Ceiling
Barrel Roof
Barrel Vault
Base
Basilica
Basket arch
Basket-handle arch
Basket weave
Bas-relief
Batten
Batter
Battlement
Bay
Bay
leaf
Bay window
Bead-and-reel
Beaux Arts Style
Belfry
Bell gable
Bellied balconet
Bell
roof
Belvedere
Beltcourse
Bethune,
Louise Blanchard
Blind arcade
Blind arch
Block modillion
Board and batten
Bond
(bricks)
Boss
Bow
window
Bracket
Bricks
Broken pediment
Brutalism
Building Materials
Bull's-eye window
Bungalow style
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward
Burnham, D. H.
Buttress
Byzantine Revival style |
C
Cable molding
Caduceus
Caisson
Came
Canted
Capital
Campanile
Cartouche
Cary, George
Caryatid
Casement window
Castellations
Cavetto
Cavity-wall
Cell
Celtic cross
Cenotaph
Chamfer
Chancel
Chapel
Chateauesque
Chevron
Chicago window
Chimney breast
Chimney cap
Chimney hood
Chimneypiece
Chimney pot
Chippendale
Churches in Buffalo
Churches - vocabulary
Cinquefoil
Classical Revival
Clearstory
Clerestory
Clipped gable
Clustered column
Coffering
Coin
Collar
beam
Collar tie
Colonnade
Colonial Revival
Colossal order
Column
Common bond
Composite
Compound arches
Concrete
Concrete Block Houses
Conical roof
Console
Coquillage
Corbel
Corbel table
Corinthian order
Corner block
Cornice
Course
Coursed rubble
Craftsman style
Crenelation
Creo-Dipt shingles
Crest
Crocket
Croset
Crossing
Crown molding
Cruciform
Cupola
Cushion capital
Cusps
Cyclopean masonry
D
Daub
Dentil
Diaper pattern
Dog grate
Dome
Doric order
Dormer
Downing, Andrew Jackson
Dressed
Dripstone
Drop
Dutch gable
E
Ear
Eastlake style
Eaves
Echinus
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Egg-and-dart
Egyptian cornice
Egyptian Revival
Elbow
Elliptical arch
Empire style
Engaged
Entablature
Entasis
Esenwein, August
Eyebrow window |
F
Façade
Fanlight
Faux
Federal style
Festoon
Finial
Fireback
Firedog
Fireplace (terms)
Fireproof houses
Fire screen
Flemish bond
Fleur-de-lis
Fleuron
Fluting
Flying Buttress
Foil
Foliate
French Renaissance Revival
Fresco
Fret
Frieze
Furniture Glossary
G
Gable
Gable roof
Gable window
Gallery
Gambrel roof
Gargoyle
Garland
Georgian Revival
Gibbs
surround
Gingerbread
Glaze
Glazing
Gorge cornice
Gothic arch
Gothic Revival
Gougework
Grate
Grisaille
Greek key
Greek Revival
Green, Edward B.
Groin vault/arch
Guilloche
Gustavino tiles
Gutta
H
Half-timber
Hammer beam
Harvard bricks
Hearth
Hepplewhite, George
Hexagonal Roof
Hipped
gable
Hipped
Roof
Honeysuckle
Hoodmold
Hook and Hastings
I
Icon
Indiana Limestone
International style
Ionic order
Italianate style
J
Jamb
Jeffersonian Classicism
Jerkinhead
Johnson, James
Jetty
K
Kent, Edward
Key
pattern
Keystone
King
post
Knee
brace
Kowsky, Francis R.
L
Label mold(ing)
Label stop
LaFarge, John
Lalli, Dr. V. Roger
Lancet Window
Lantern
Lattice window
Leaf-and-dart
L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Lights
Lintel
Lockport Dolomite
Lucarne
Lug
Lunette (window)
Lyman, Duane
M
Mansard roof
Mantel
Mantelpiece
Masonry (terms)
Mausoleum
McIntire, Samuel
McKim, Mead and White
Meander
Medallion
Medina sandstone
Memorial arch
Metope
Moderne
Modillion
Morris, William
Mosaic
Muntin
Multifoil
Mutule |
N
Narthex
Nave
Neoclassical (American)
Neoclassical (European)
Newel
Nicking
Nogging
Norman
Notch carving
Nunda
Blue Sandstone
O
Octagon House
Oculus (window)
Oeil-de-boeuf window
Ogee arch
Olmsted, Frederick Law
Onondaga limestone
Opalescent glass
Open-bed pediment
Open-topped pediment
Order
Oriel window
Overmantel
Oxeye (window)
P
Palladian window
Palladio, Andrea
Palmette
Pane
Parapet
Parlor
Parquet
Patera
Pavilion
Pebbledash
Pediment
Pediment roof
Pendant
Pendentive
Period Houses / Period Revival
Peristyle
Pilaster
Pinnacle
Plinth
Pocket doors
Pointed arch
Portal
Porte-cochere
Porter, Cyrus K.
Portico
Post-and-lintel system
Prairie style
Purlin
Pyramidal roof
Q
Quarry-faced
Quatrefoil
Queen Anne style
Queen
post
Quoins
R
Rafter
Raking cornice
Ranch
Reed(ing)
Renaissance Revival
Restauration style
Rib
Ribbed
vault
Ribbon window
Richardson, H. H.
Richardsonian Romanesque
Ridge
Rinceau
Rococo
Rollwork
Roman brick
Roman Classicism
Roman Doric
Romanesque Revival
Rood
Roof framing
Roof styles
Rope molding
Rose window
Rosette
Roundel
Round pediment
Roycroft
Rumsey, Charles Cary
Running dog
Running mold
Running ornament
Rusticated |
S
Saint Gaudens, Augustus
Sanctuary
Scroll
Sears Catalog Homes
Second Empire Style
Segmental arch
Segmental pediment
Serliana
Sexfoil
Shaw, Richard Norman
Shed
roof
Sheet metal
Sheraton, Thomas
Shingle style
Shoulder
Shreadhead
Side aisle
Sideboard
Side light
Silsbee. Joseph Lyman
Slip
Soffit
Spandrel
Spandrel panel
Spanish Eclectic
Spire
Splayed lintel
S
scroll
Stained glass
Stair-end
Steeple
Stick Style
Strapwork
Stringcourse
Sullivan, Louis
Surround
Swag
Swan's neck pediment
T
Tent roof
Terminus
Terra cotta
Through-the-cornice dormer
Tie beam
Tie rod
Tiffany, Louis Comfort
Torsade
Trabeated system
Tracery
Transept
Transom light
Tread-end
Trefoil
Triforium
Triglyphs
Triumphal arch
Truss
Tudor arch
Tudor Revival
Turret
Tuscan
Twisted column
Tympanum
U
Urn
V
Vault
Venetian arch
Venetian window
Vergeboard
Vermiculated
Vestibule
Victorian styles
Vitruvian scroll
Vitruvian wave
Volute
Voussoir
W
Wainscoting
Waterleaf
Water table
Wattle
Wave scroll
Wicks, William Sydney
Wheel Window
White, Stanford
Window
Window cap
Window head
Wood
Wright, Frank Lloyd
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Y
Z
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