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Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

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 ..... FURNITURE Glossary ............Stained Glass Dictionary ............ Iconography in Art and Architecture ........... Ancient Egypt Dictionaries

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 Andrle, Otto F. Antefix Anthemion Applied composition Apse Arabesque Arcade Arcade window 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 Atlas Atlantes Atrium B Balconet Balcony Baldachino Balloon framing Baluster Balustrade Banded column Banded pilaster Banderol Banding Band window Baptismal font 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 Beak-head molding Beaux Arts style Beehive oven Belfry Bellflower Bell gable Bellied balconet Bell roof Belvedere Beltcourse Bema Bethune, Louise Blanchard Billet Blind arcade Blind arch Block modillion Board and batten Bond (bricks) Boss Bouquet Bow window Box beam Bracket Bricks Broken pediment Brutalism Building Materials Bullnose brick Bull's eye corner block Bull's-eye window Bungalow style Burl Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Burnham, D. H. Buttress Byzantine /Byzantine Revival style	C Cable molding Caduceus Caisson Calligraphy Colonial Revival style Came Campanile Canted Cantilever Capital Captain's walk Carrara glass panels Cartouche Cary, George Caryatid Casement window Cast stone Castellations Catalog houses Cavetto Cavity-wall Cell Celtic cross Cemetery symbols Cenotaph Chair rail Chamfer Chancel Chapel Chateauesque style Cherry Chevron Chicago window Chimney breast Chimney cap Chimney hood Chimneypiece Chimney pot Choir Churches in Buffalo Churches - vocabulary Cinquefoil Classical Revival / Neoclassicism Clearstory Clerestory Clinker Clipped gable Cloister 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 Corbie gable Corinthian Order Corner block Cornerstone Cornice Cornucopia Course Coursed rubble Court of Honor / Cour d'Honneur Cove Craftsman style Crenelation Creo-dipt shingles Crest Crocket Croset Cross Crossing Crown molding Crow-stepped gable Cruciform C scroll Cupola Cushion capital Cusps Cyclopean masonry Cyma D Dado Daub Daylight Factory style Dentil Diaper pattern Dog grate Dog tooth Dolphin Dome Doric Order Dormer Double cone molding Downing, Andrew Jackson Dressed Dripstone Drop Drum 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 Embattled sandwich molding 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 Flemish scroll Fleur-de-lis Fleuron Fluting Flying buttress Foil Foliate Fountain Foursquare France, England and America: Architecture and Furniture styles French doors French Provincial French Renaissance Revival style Fresco Fret Frieze Frohe FURNITURE Glossary G Gable Gable window Gadroon Gallery Gambrel roof Gargoyle Garland Georgian/Georgian Revival style GFRC Gibbs surround Gilded Gingerbread Glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) Glass panels Glass, pigmented structural Glaze (pottery) Glazed bricks Glazing (glass) Gold leaf Gorge cornice Gothic / Gothic Revival style Gougework Graining Granite Grate Greek cross Greek-cross plan Greek key Greek / Greek Revival style Greek Temple Green, Edward B. Griffin Grisaille painting Grisaille stained glass Groin vault/arch Grotesque Guilloche Guastavino tiles Gutta H Half-timber Hammer beam Harvard bricks Header Hearth Hepplewhite, George Herm Hexagonal roof hexastyle Hieroglyphics Hipped gable Hipped roof Historic districts Honeysuckle Hoodmold Hook and Hastings Horseshoe arch Houses of Worship Hypostyle I Icon Iconography in Art and Architecture Iconostasis Incised Incrustation Indiana limestone Inglenook International style Ionic Order Islamic style Italianate style J Jacobean / Jacobean Revival Jamb Jeffersonian Classicism Jerkinhead Johnson, James Jetty Jones, Inigo K Keep/donjon Kent, Edward Key pattern Keystone King post Kit houses Kittinger furniture Knee brace Kowsky, Francis R. L Label mold(ing) Label stop LaFarge, John Lalli, Dr. V. Roger Lancet window Landmarks Lantern Lath Lattice window Laurel leaves Leaded glass Leaf-and-dart L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts Light Lighting Dictionary Linenfold Lintel Lion Lock 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 Mediterranean Revival Style Memorial arch Metope Miller, David Modern style Moderne style Modillion Molding Moor Morris, William Mosaic Mouchette Mudéjar Mullion Muntin Multifoil Muslim style Mutule	N Nail-head molding 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 Onion dome Onondaga limestone Opalescent glass Order Oriel window Ormolu Oval Overdoor Overmantel Ovolo molding Oxeye (window) P Palladian door Palladian window Palladio, Andrea Palmette Pane Papyrus Parapet Parquet Patera Patina Pavilion Pearl molding Pebble dash Pediment Pendant Pendentive Pergola Period Houses / Period Revival style Peristyle Piano nobile Pilaster Pinnacle Plaster Plinth Pocket doors Pointed arch Porch Portal Porte-cochere Porter, Cyrus K. Portico Post-and-lintel system Postmodern style Prairie style Predella Pre-Raphaelites Presbyterianism and its Architecture Preservation districts Pulpit Pulvinus Purlin Putto Pylon Pyramidal roof Q Quarry-faced Quartersawn oak Quatrefoil Queen Anne style Queen post Quoin R Rafter Rain garden Raking Raking cornice Ranch Reconstruction Reed(ing) Rehabilitation Reinforced concrete Reinforced plaster Renaissance / Renaissance Revival style Reredos Restoration Rib Ribbed vault Ribbon Ribbon window Richardson, H. H. Richardsonian Romanesque Ridge Rinceau Ripple glass Rococo Rollwork Roman architecture Roman brick Roman Classicism style Roman Doric Roman lattice Roman/ Romanesque/ Romanesque Revival style Rood Roof framing Roof styles Rope molding Rose window Rosette Rotunda Roundel Round pediment Rowlock Roycroft Rubbed bricks Rumsey, Charles Cary Running dog Running mold Running ornament Rusticated	S Saint Gaudens, Augustus Saltier / Saltire Sandblasting Sanctuary Sarcophagus Sawtooth Scagliola Scroll Scroll saw Scupper 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 Silk-screening Silsbee. Joseph Lyman Skyscrapers Slawinski, Jozef Sleeping porch Slip Slip form method Soffit Spandrel Spandrel panel Spanish Eclectic style Sphinx Spiral Spire Splayed lintel S scroll Stained glass Staircase Stair-end Stalactite Steeple Stele Stencil Stepped gable Stickley, Gustav Stick style Strigil Stone Strapwork Stretcher Stringcourse Structural glass Sullivan, Louis Surround Swag Swan's neck pediment T Telamon Tent roof Term / Terminus Terra cotta Terrazzo Through-the-cornice dormer Tie beam Tie rod Tiffany, Louis Comfort Torsade Torus Tower Tower of the Winds order Trabeated system Tracery Transept Transom Travertine Tread-end Trefoil Triforium Triglyph Triquetra 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 crown Window head Wreath Wright, Frank Lloyd X Y Z Zigzag Zinc
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