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Describing Architecture: A Starter Kit (Spring 2023) > Class Glossary I, part 1 (image > word) * AUDIO * > Flashcards

Class Glossary I, part 1 (image > word) * AUDIO * Flashcards

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citadel

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pagoda

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Chicago window

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blind arcade

(interlacing blind arcade)

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boulevard

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choir

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catacomb

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squinch

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architrave

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arcade

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stoa

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acanthus

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stela (stele)

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masonry

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compound pier (or cluster pier)

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apse

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bastion

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caryatid

(caryatid porch)

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capital

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half-timbering

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abbey

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rammed earth

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belvedere

(belvedere turret)

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chinoiserie

(pavilion)

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adobe | (adobe building: mosque)
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gable
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cement
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abacus
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aisle
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capstone
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dormer | (gable dormer)
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chinoiserie
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colonnade
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blind arch
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bay
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dome
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boulevard*
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allée
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bungalow
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aqueduct | (Roman)
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cathedral
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volute
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frieze
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colonnade
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lancet window
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caryatid
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central plan
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acropolis
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Corinthian (capital)
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pavilion
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polychromy
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onion dome
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Palladian motif (or Serliana) | (also Venetian motif)
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exedra
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acanthus
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squinch
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column | (Doric order)
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ogee | (ogee arch)
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cladding (metal cladding)
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squinch
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ashlar masonry
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axis
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bracket
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arabesque
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keystone
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relief
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mansard roof
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boulevard
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mortise
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coffer
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atelier
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crenellation
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atrium
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obelisk
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apse
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hospice
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wainscot
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cladding
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quoin
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centering (or falsework)
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rammed earth | (also: pisé)
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spandrel
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porch
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adobe
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stoa
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pedestal
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coping
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causeway
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lintel
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parapet
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balloon frame
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church
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vestibule
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moat
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annular vault
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abacus
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bay window
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cathedra
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aisle
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compound pier (or cluster pier)
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fresco
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vestibule
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portico
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belvedere | (building)
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curtain wall
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loggia
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abbey
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pergola
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quoin | (brick)
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chapel
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blockwork
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pilaster
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Ionic order
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semidome
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pagoda
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exedra
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flying buttress

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