Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
All examples are from buildings in Buffalo, N.Y.

A ..... B ..... C ..... D ..... E ..... F ..... G ..... H ..... I ..... J ..... K ..... L ..... M ..... N ..... O ..... P ..... Q ..... R ..... S ..... T ..... U ..... V ..... W ..... X ..... Y ..... Z ..... Stained Glass Dictionary ............ Architectural Styles ........... FURNITURE Glossary

A - B	C - E	F - M	N - R	S- Z
A Abacus Acanthus Acroterion Adam style Adaptive reuse Aesthetic Movement Alabaster Ambulatory America, England and France: Architecture and Furniture styles American bond American Foursquare Anchor Ancone Andiron Antefix Anthemion Applied composition Apse Arabesque Arcade Arch Arch brace Architects in Buffalo Architectural styles Architrave Archivolt Arrow loop Art Deco Art glass Art Moderne style Art Nouveau style Arts and Crafts style Ashlar Astragal Atlantes Atrium B Balconet Balcony Baldachino Balloon framing Baluster Balustrade Banded column Banded pilaster Banderol Banding Band window Bargeboard Baroque/Baroque Revival style 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 molding Bead-and-reel Beaux Arts style Beehive oven Belfry Bellflower Bell gable Bellied balconet Bell roof Belvedere Beltcourse Bethune, Louise Blanchard Billet 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 /Byzantine Revival style	C Cable molding Caduceus Caisson Came Campanile Canted Cantilever Capital Captain's walk Carrara glass panels Cartouche Cary, George Caryatid Casement window Castellations Catalog houses Cavetto Cavity-wall Cell Celtic cross Cemetery symbols Cenotaph Chamfer Chancel Chapel Chateauesque style Cherry Chevron Chicago window Chimney breast Chimney cap Chimney hood Chimneypiece Chimney pot Churches in Buffalo Churches - vocabulary Cinquefoil Classical Revival /Beaux Arts style Classical Revival / Jeffersonian Classicism / Roman Classicism style Classical Revival / Neoclassicism (American) style Clearstory Clerestory Clipped gable Clustered column Coal scuttle Cobblestone Coffering Coin Collar beam Collar tie Colonnade Colonial/Colonial Revival style Colossal order Column Commercial styles Common bond Composite Compound arch Concrete Concrete block houses Conductor head Conical roof Console Coquillage Corbel Corbel table Corinthian Order Corner block Cornerstone Cornice Cornucopia Course Coursed rubble Cove Craftsman style Crenelation Creo-dipt shingles Crest Crocket Croset Cross Crossing Crown molding Cruciform C scroll Cupola Cushion capital Cusps Cyclopean masonry Cyma D Daub Dentil Diaper pattern Dog grate Dolphin Dome Doric Order Dormer Downing, Andrew Jackson Dressed Dripstone Drop Dutch Colonial Revival Dutch gable E Ear Eastlake style Eaves Echinus Ecole Des Beaux Arts Egg-and-dart Egyptian Architecture Dictionary Egyptian cornice Egyptian / Egyptian Revival style Elbow Elliptical arch Encrustation Engaged England, France, and America: Architecture and Furniture styles Entablature Entasis Esenwein, August Eyebrow window	F Façade Fanlight Fan vault Fasces Faux Federal style Fender Festoon Finial Fireback Firedog Fireplace (terms) Fireproof houses Fire screen Flemish bond Fleur-de-lis Fleuron Fluting Flying buttress Foil Foliate Foursquare France, England and America: Architecture and Furniture styles French Provincial French Renaissance Revival style Fresco Fret Frieze Frohe FURNITURE Glossary G Gable Gable window Gallery Gambrel roof Gargoyle Garland Georgian/Georgian Revival style Gibbs surround Gilded Gingerbread Glass panels Glass, pigmented structural Glaze Glazing Gold leaf Gorge cornice Gothic / Gothic Revival style Graining Grate Greek cross Greek key Greek / Greek Revival style Greek Temple Green, Edward B. Grisaille Groin vault/arch Grotesque Guilloche Gustavino tiles Gutta H Half-timber Hammer beam Harvard bricks Hearth Hepplewhite, George Hexagonal roof hexastyle Hieroglyphics Hipped gable Hipped roof Historic districts Honeysuckle Hoodmold Hook and Hastings Hypostyle I Icon Iconography in Art and Architecture Incised Incrustation Indiana limestone Inglenook International style Ionic Order Italianate style J Jacobean / Jacobean Revival Jamb Jeffersonian Classicism Jerkinhead Johnson, James Jetty Jones, Inigo K Kent, Edward Key pattern Keystone King post Kit houses Knee brace Kowsky, Francis R. L Label mold(ing) Label stop LaFarge, John Lalli, Dr. V. Roger Lancet window Landmarks Lantern Lattice window Laurel leaves Leaf-and-dart L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts Light Lighting Dictionary Linenfold Lintel Lion Lockport Dolomite Loggia Loophole Lotus Lozenge Lucarne Lug Lunette (window) Lyman, Duane M machicolation Mahogany Mansard roof Mantel Mantelpiece Masonry (terms) Mausoleum Mazur, Joseph McIntire, Samuel McKim, Mead and White Meander Medallion Medina sandstone Memorial arch Metope Miller, David Modern style Moderne style Modillion Molding Morris, William Mosaic Mullion Muntin Multifoil Mutule	N Narthex National Register - Historic Districts National Register - Landmarks Nave Neoclassical style Newel Nicking Nogging Norman Notch carving Nunda blue sandstone O Oak Obelisk Octagon style Oculus Oeil-de-boeuf window Ogee Olmsted, Frederick Law Onondaga limestone Opalescent glass Open-bed pediment Open-topped pediment Order Oriel window Oval Overdoor Overmantel Ovolo molding Oxeye (window) P Palladian door Palladian window Palladio, Andrea Palmette Pane Papyrus Parapet Parlor Parquet Patera Pavilion Pearl molding Pebbledash Pediment Pendant Pendentive Pergola Period Houses / Period Revival style Peristyle Piano nobile Pilaster Pinnacle Plinth Pocket doors Pointed arch Porch Portal Porte-cochere Porter, Cyrus K. Portico Post-and-lintel system Prairie style Pre-Raphaelites Presbyterianism and its Architecture Preservation districts Pulvinus Purlin Pylon Pyramidal roof Q Quarry-faced Quartersawn oak Quatrefoil Queen Anne style Queen post Quoin R Rafter Raking cornice Ranch Reconstruction Reed(ing) Rehabilitation Renaissance / Renaissance Revival style Reredos Restauration style Restoration Rib Ribbed vault Ribbon window Richardson, H. H. Richardsonian Romanesque Ridge Rinceau Ripple glass Rococo Rollwork Roman brick Roman Classicism style Roman Doric Romanesque/ Romanesque Revival style Rood Roof framing Roof styles Rope molding Rose window Rosette Rotunda Roundel Round pediment Roycroft Rumsey, Charles Cary Running dog Running mold Running ornament Rusticated	S Saint Gaudens, Augustus Saltier / Saltire Sanctuary Sarcophagus Scroll Scroll saw Sears Catalog Homes Second Empire style Segmental arch Segmental pediment Serliana Serpentine Sexfoil Sgraffito Shaw, Richard Norman Shed roof Sheet metal Shell Sheraton, Thomas Shingle Shingle style Shoulder Shreadhead Side aisle Side light Silsbee. Joseph Lyman Sleeping porch Slip Soffit Spandrel Spandrel panel Spanish Eclectic style Sphinx Spiral Spire Splayed lintel S scroll Stained glass Staircase Stair-end Steeple Stele Stick style Stone Strapwork Stringcourse Structural glass, Sullivan, Louis Surround Swag Swan's neck pediment T Tent roof Term / Terminus Terra cotta Through-the-cornice dormer Tie beam Tie rod Tiffany, Louis Comfort Torsade Torus Tower Trabeated system Tracery Transept Transom Travertine Tread-end Trefoil Triforium Triglyph Triumphal arch Truss Tudor arch Tudor / Tudor Revival style Turning Turret Tuscan Twentieth Century Commercial style Twisted column Twisted (twining) stem molding Two-part Block style Tympanum U Urn V Vault Venetian arch Venetian window Vergeboard Vermiculated Vestibule Victorian styles Vitrolite Vitruvian scroll Vitruvian wave Volute Voussoir W Wainscoting Waite, Richard A. Waterleaf Water table Wattle Wave scroll Wicks, William Sydney Wheel window White, Stanford Widow's walk Willet Studios Window Window head Wreath Wright, Frank Lloyd X Y Z Zigzag Zinc
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