Interior Design Architecture Style
Column
A free standing pillar.
Colonnade
A long sequence of columns joined by their entabulature.
Belvedere
A raised turret or pavilion. (A place from which one can see a beautiful view.)
Balustrade
A row of repeating balusters -- small posts which support the upper rail or railing.
Captain's Walk
An observation platform that's built above the roof.
Ionic Column
Are the thinnest and smallest columns out of the three canonic orders. The Ionic Column capital is characterized by the use of volutes.
Breakfront
Building with section(s) that protrudes.
Doric Column
Is heavy and fluted, its capital is plain.
Pilasters
a column that is part of the wall, can be semicircular or flat
Cupola
a dome shaped ornamental structure placed on the top or a larger roof or dorm.
Stucco
a fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces.
A-Frame
a frame shaped like the capital letter A.
Entablature
a horizontal, continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall.
Pitch
a numerical measure of the steepness of a roof.
Broken Pediment
a pediment as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex.
Gothic Arch
a pointed arch, especially one with a joint instead of a keystone at its apex.
Pendant
a rare form of vault used in late Gothic architecture in which large decorative pendants hang from the vault at a distance from the walls.
Shingles
a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes.
Mansard
a roof that has four sloping sides, each of which becomes steeper halfway down.
Hipped Roof
a roof with the ends inclined, as well as the sides.
Gambrel Roof
a roof with two sides, each of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one.
Archade
a series of adjoining arches with their supporting columns.
Dovecote
a shelter with nest holes domesticated for pigeons.
Stoop
a small staircase ending in a platform and leading to the entrance of an apartment building or other building.
Turret
a small tower on top of a larger tower or at the corner of a building or wall, typically of castle.
Portico
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building.
Wrought Iron
a tough, malleable form of iron suitable for forging or rolling rather than casting, obtained by puddling pig iron while molten.
Timbers
a wooden beam or board used in building a house.
Dentil Trim
an architectual decoration composed of small square projecting blocks used as a cornice. (think teeth)
Corinthian Column
characterized by slender fluted columns and elaborate capitals decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls.
Siding exterior
cladding material for the outside of a building.
Shutters
each pair of hinged panels, often louvered, fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy, or to keep out light.
Flying Buttress
free standing buttress attached to the main structure.
Low Pitch Gable Roof
having a low proportion of vertical to lateral dimensions, gently sloping.
Shed roof
having only one sloping plane and no hips, ridges, or valleys.
Tudor Arch
is a low, wide type of arch with a pointed apex.
Flat Roof
is a roof that is almost level in contrast to the many types of sloped roofs.
Half Timber
method of building in which external and internal walls are constructed of timber frames and the spaces between the structural materials are filled with materials such as brick, plaster, or wattle and daub.
Fretwork
ornamental design in wood, typically openwork.
Saltbox roof
pitched roof that slopes down to the back, generally a wood frame house.
Corner Quoins
special stones or bricks that reinforce corners of brick or stone.
Eaves
the edge of a roof that projects beyond the side of the building.
Pediment
the triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns.
Scroll
the volutes or spiral scrolls of an ionic capital.
High Pitch Gable Roof
two sloping planes that meet at a ridge or peak, supported at their ends by two triangular walls known as gables.
Cornice
uppermost section of moldings along the top of a wall or just below the roof.
Triangular Pediment
usually of triangular shape, placed above the horizontal structure of the entablature, typically supported by columns.
Roman Arch
was the foundation of Rome's architectural mastery and massive expanse of building projects across the ancient world.
Brick exterior
when the exterior of the house is made up of bricks.
Stone exterior
when the exterior of the house is made up of stone.
Wood exterior
when the exterior of the house is made up of wood.
