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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                 Lighting Glossary

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A Abacus Acanthus Acroterion Adam style Adaptive reuse Aesthetic Movement Aisle Alabaster Allegory Altar Altarpiece Ambulatory America, England and France: Architecture and Furniture styles American bond American Foursquare American Renaissance/Beaux Arts style Anchor Ancone Andiron Andrle, Otto F. Angel Antefix Anthemion Applied composition Apse Arabesque Arbor 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 Bell tower Belvedere Beltcourse Bema Bethune, Louise Blanchard Beveled glass Billet Blind arcade Blind arch Block modillion Board and batten Bolection moulding Bond (bricks) Boss Bouquet Bowstring bridge Bow window Box beam Bracket Bricks Bridges Broken pediment Brutalism Bucranium / Bucrane Buddhism Buffalo (City of) Seal Building Materials Bullnose brick Bull's eye Bungalow style Burl Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Burnham, D. H. Buttress Byzantine /Byzantine Revival style ------ Return to Top	C Cable molding Caduceus Caisson Calligraphy Came Campanile/Bell tower Canted Cantilever Capital Captain's walk Carrara glass panels Cartouche Cary, George Caryatid Casement window Cast iron Cast stone Castellations Catalog houses Cavetto Cavity-wall Cell Celtic art Cemetery symbols Cenotaph Ceramic Chair rail Chamfer Chancel Chapel Chateauesque style Cherry Chevron Chicago School style Chicago window Chimera Chimney brace Chimney breast Chimney cap Chimney hood Chimneypiece Chimney pot Chinese Architecture Dictionary Choir Churches in Buffalo Churches - vocabulary Cinquefoil City Beautiful Movement City of Buffalo Seal Classical Revival / Neoclassicism Clearstory Clerestory Clinker Clipped gable Cloister Clustered column Coal scuttle Cobblestone Coffering Coin Collar beam Collar tie Collegiate Gothic Style Colonette Colonnade Colonial/Colonial Revival style Colossal order Column Commercial style Commercial styles Common bond Communion table Composite order Compound arch Concrete Concrete blocks 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 Crane Crenellation Creo-dipt shingles Crest Crocket Croset Cross Crossing Crown molding Crow-stepped gable Cruciform C scroll Cupola Curtain wall Cushion capital Cusps Cyclopean masonry Cyma D Dado Daub da Vinci, Leonardo Daylight Factory style Dentil Diaper pattern Dog grate Dog-tooth molding Dolphin Dome Doric Order Dormer Double cone molding Dougong Downing, Andrew Jackson Dragon Drawing room Dressed Dripstone Drop Drop finial Droze, Augustina, artist Drum Dutch Colonial Revival Dutch gable E Ear Eastlake style Eaves Echinus Eclecticism/Eclectic 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 Entry/Entryway Esenwein, August Expressionist style / Neo-Expressionism Eyebrow window F Façade False front Fanlight Fasces Fascia/Fascia board Faux Federal style Fender Festoon Finial Fireback Firedog Fireplace terms Fireproof houses Fire screen Flame tracery Flared Flemish bond Flemish gable Flemish scroll Fleur-de-lis Fleuron Fluting Flying buttress Foil Foliate Fountain Foursquare Foyer VS Entry VS Vestibule France, England and America: Architecture and Furniture styles French doors French Provincial French Renaissance Revival style Fresco Fret Frieze Frohe Frontispiece FURNITURE Glossary ------ Return to Top	G Gable Gable window Gadroon Gallery Gambrel roof Gargoyle Gardens, Classical Chinese Garland Gauged arch 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 Grain elevators Graining Granite Grate Greek cross Greek-cross plan Greek key Greek / Greek Revival style Greek Temple Green, Edward B. Greenman Green roof 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 Herringbone Hexagonal roof hexastyle Hieroglyphics Hipped gable Hipped roof Historic districts Honeysuckle Hoodmold Horseshoe arch Houses of Worship Hypostyle I Icon Iconography in Art and Architecture Iconostasis Imbrication In antis Incised Incrustation Indiana limestone Industrial style Inglenook International style Ionic order Islamic style Italianate style J Jack arch Jacobean / Jacobean Revival Jamb Japanese Architecture Dictionary Jeffersonian Classicism Jerkinhead Johnson, James Jetty Jones, Inigo K Keep/donjon Keyhole arch 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 Laurel leaves Leaded glass Leaf-and-dart L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts Le Corbusier Light Lighting Dictionary Lincrusta Linenfold Lintel Lion Live edge Lock Lockport dolomite Loggia Loophole Lotus, Egyptian Lotus, Asian Lozenge Lucarne Lug Lunette (window) Lyman, Duane M  Mackintosh, Charles Rennie machicolation Mahogany Mannerism Mansard roof Mantel Mantelpiece Marble Margent Mason/Masonic symbols Masonry (terms) Mausoleum Mazur, Joseph McIntire, Samuel McKim, Mead and White Meander Medallion Medina sandstone Mediterranean Revival Style Memorial arch Metope Mid Century Modern style Miller, David Minaret Modern style Moderne style Modillion Molding Moorish/Moorish Revival style Morris, William Mortar Mortise-and-tenon Mosaic Mosque Mouchette Moulding   Mudéjar Mullion Muntin Multifoil Mural Materials, Outdoor Murals Muslim style Mutule ------ Return to Top	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 Octastyle Oculus Oeil-de-boeuf window Ogee Olmsted, Frederick Law Onion dome Onondaga limestone Opalescent glass Order Oriel window Ormolu Outdoor Mural Materials Oval Overdoor Overmantel Ovolo molding Oxeye (window) P Pagoda Palladian door Palladian window Palladio, Andrea Palmette Pane Papyrus Parapet Parquet Patera Patina Pavilion Pearl molding Pebble dash Pediment Pendant Pendant finial Pendentive Pergola Period Houses / Period Revival style Peristyle Piano nobile Pilaster Pinnacle Plaster Plinth Pocket doors Pointed arch Polychromy Polytab Porch Portal Porte-cochere Portland cement 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 Anne window 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 Retable Rib Rib cage shower Ribbed vault Ribbon Ribbon window Richardson, H. H. Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque: Syrian arch Ridge Rinceau Ripple glass Rococo style Rollwork Roman brick Roman Classicism style Roman Doric Roman lattice Roman/ Romanesque/ Romanesque Revival style Rood Roofs, Classical Chinese 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 ------ Return to Top	S Saint Gaudens, Augustus Saltier / Saltire Sandblasting Sanctuary Sarcophagus Sawtooth Scagliola Scallop Sconce Scroll Scroll buttress Scroll saw Scupper Seal Sears Catalog Homes Second Empire style Segmental arch Segmental pediment Serliana Serpentine Sexfoil Sgraffito Shaft Shaw, Richard Norman Shed roof Sheet metal Shell Sheraton, Thomas Shingle Shingle style Shoulder Shreadhead Shutters Side aisle Side light Silk-screening Sill Silsbee. Joseph Lyman Skyscrapers Slate Slawinski, Jozef Sleeping porch Slip Slip form method Snow guard Soffit Spandrel Spandrel panel Spanish Eclectic style Sphinx Spiderweb muntins Spiral Spire Splayed lintel Squinch S scroll Stained glass Staircase Stair-end Stalactite Steeple Stele Stencil Stepped gable Stickley, Gustav Stick style Stigmata Stone Strapwork Stretcher Strigil Stringcourse Structural glass Stucco Subway tile Sullivan, Louis Sunburst design Surround Swag Swan's neck pediment Swiatek Studios Syrian arch T Tabernacle Telamon Temple front Tent roof Term / Terminus Terra cotta Terrazzo Tetrastyle Thermal window Threshold Through-the-cornice dormer Tie beam Tie rod Tiffany, Louis Comfort Tile-ends Torsade Torus Tower Tower of the Winds order Trabeated system Tracery Transept Transom Travertine Tread-end Trefoil Triforium Triglyph Triptych Triumphal arch Truss Tudor arch Tudor / Tudor Revival style Turning Turret Tuscan style Twentieth Century Commercial style Twisted column Twisted (twining) stem molding Two-part Block style Tympanum U Urn V Vault Venetian arch Venetian window Verandah Vergeboard Vermiculated Vernacular style Vestibule VS Foyer VS Entry Victorian rooms Victorian styles Villa style Vitreous china Vitrolite Vitruvian scroll Vitruvian wave Volute Voussoir W Wainscoting Waite, Richard A. Waney edge Waterleaf Water table Wattle Wave scroll Wavy edge Wheel window White, Stanford Wicks, William Sydney Widow's walk Willet Studios Windows Window crown Window head Woods Wreath Wren, Christopher Wright, Frank Lloyd Wrought iron X Y Z Zigzag Zinc ------ Return to Top