Glossary

Styles Art Deco Art Moderne Beaux-Arts Brutalism Bungalow Chateau Classical Revival Colonial Revivals Contempo Edwardian Classicism Georgian Gothic Revival International Italianate Italian Villa Log House Neo Classical Neo - Gothic Octagon Period Revival Post Modern Prairie Queen Anne Regency Renaissance Revival Romanesque Revival Second Empire Suburban Victorian Victory Housing	Terms A - C abacus acanthus accolade acropodium acroteria addorsed affronted agraffe animals apex applique apse arabesque arcade arch architrave Art Deco/Nouveau awning balcony baluster balustrade band banding bargeboard Baroque barrel vault base battlement bay window beam belvedere blind arch boss bracket broken pediment Bungalow Style Brutalist Style buttress	Terms D - N campanile canopy cantilever capital caprice Carpenter's Gothic cartouche caryatid castellation ceiling Chateau Style French Chateaux chimney cincture Classical Revival clerestory clock clock tower coffer colonette colonnade Colonial Revival column composite Contempo Style corbel corbiestep Corinthian Order corner cornice cornice bracket cornice return court courtyard crenelation crest cupola dentil-denticulation dichromatic dichromatic brick dome door doorknocker doorsurround doorway Doric Order dormer drip mould	Terms E - H echinus Edwardian egg-and-dart engaged column entablature entrance exedra exterior finish extrados facade fanlight fenestration festoon finial fish scale shingles flute or fluting flying buttress fortification fountain fractable French doors fresco fret frieze frontispiece gable gable decoration gallery garden gargoyle garland gatehouse gateway gazebo Georgian in Canada Georgian in England gingerbread Gothic in Canada Gothic in Europe Gothic arch Gothic Cottage Greek Architecture grille groin grotesque guilloche guttae half-timber(ed) hinge hood mold	Terms I - Q impost InternationalStyle intrados Ionic Order iron cresting Italianate Italian Villa jamb keystone kneestone label stop lancet arch lantern lintel Log lunette machicolation Mansard roof medallion metope minaret Moderne modillion molding mosaic mullion muntin nave Neo - Classical Neo - Gothic niche ogee arch oriel window overhang palazzo Palladian window parapet pediment pendentive Period Revivals pilaster pillar portal portico Postmodern Prairie quatrefoil Queen Anne Style quoin	Terms R- Z railing rampart Regency Style relief Renaissance reveal rib Roman Architecture Romanesque roof rose window rotunda roundel rowhouse rustication sash scalloping scotia Second Empire shaft shingle shutter signage sill soffit spandrel spire spring stained glass stair tower tracery transom trefoil arch triglyph trompe l'oiel Tudor turret tympanum vault Venetian Gothic veranda verge board vernacular Victorian Victory volute voussoir window window frame window surround ziggurat

Terms A - C

Terms R- Z