Ontario Architecture Terms Page






	Building Terms


abacus	acanthus	accolade	acropodium	acroterion	addorsed

affronted	agraffe	animals	apex	applique	apse

arabesque	arcade	arch	architrave	Art Deco	awning

balcony	baluster	balustrade	band	banding	bargeboard

Baroque	barrel vault	base	battlement	bay window	beam

belvedere	blind arch	boss	bracket	broken pediment	buttress

campanile	canopy	cantilever	capital	caprice	Carpenter's Gothic

cartouche	caryatid	castellation	ceiling	chateau	chimney

cincture	clerestory	clock	clocktower	coffer	colonette

colonnade	column	composite	corbel	corbiestep	corner

cornice	cornice bracket	cornice return	courtyard	crenelation	crest

cupola	dentil	dichromatic	dichromatic brick	dome	door

doorknocker	door surround	doorway	Doric Order	dormer	drip mold

echinus	egg-and-dart	engaged column	entablature	entrance	exedra

exterior	extrados	façade	fanlight	fenestration	festoon

finial	fish scale shingles	flute	flying buttress	fortress	fountain

fractable	French door	fresco	fret	frieze	frontispiece

gable	gallery	garden	gargoyle	garland	gatehouse

gateway	gazebo	Georgian	gingerbread	Gothic	Gothic arch

Gothic cottage	Greek	grille	groin	grotesque	guilloche

guttae	half-timbered	hinge	hood mold	impost	intrados

Ionic Order	iron cresting	jamb	keystone	kneestone	label stop

lancet arch	lantern	lintel	lunette	machicolation	Mansard roof

medallion	metope	minaret	modillion	molding	mosaic

mullion	muntin	nave	niche	ogee arch	oriel window

overhang	palazzo	Palladian window	parapet	pediment	pendentive

pilaster	pillar	portal	portico	Post Modern	quatrefoil

quoin	railing	rampart	relief	Renaissance	reveal

rib	Roman architecture	Romanesque	roof	rose window	rotunda

roundel	rowhouse	rustication	sash	scalloping	scotia

shaft	shingle	shutter	signage	sill	soffit

spandrel	spire	spring	stained glass	stair	tower

tracery	transom	trefoil	triglyph	trompe l'oiele	Tudor

turret	tympanum	vault	Venetian Gothic	veranda	vergeboard

vernacular	volute	voussoir	window	window frame	window surround

ziggurat		over room