Architecture

Of study and fine arts.

The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use".

This concept's ID is @1~32950

Construction

  • arch 24 facts

    Itecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the...

  • entablature 4 facts

    (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the...

  • vaulting 1 facts

    (architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting".

  • corner 0 facts

    (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerston...

Upright

  • column 10 facts

    (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support...

  • shaft 0 facts

    (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column.

Architectural Ornament

Wall

  • attic 0 facts

    (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof.

  • pier 0 facts

    (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or ...

Bracket

  • corbel 0 facts

    (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent).

  • modillion 0 facts

    (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice.

Placement

  • columniation 0 facts

    (architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a s...

  • fenestration 0 facts

    The arrangement of windows in a building.

Also contains

  • order 5 facts

    (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type...

  • art form 2 facts

    (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architect...

  • drip 1 facts

    (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from...

  • corbel arch 0 facts

    (architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they...

  • architecture 0 facts

    An architectural product or work.

  • corbel step 0 facts

    (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall.

  • conge 0 facts

    (architecture) a concave molding.

  • spandrel 0 facts

    An approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal...

  • corbie gable 0 facts

    (architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps.

  • tectonics 0 facts

    The science of architecture.

  • terminus 0 facts

    (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square...

  • hip 0 facts

    (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end...

  • pinnacle 0 facts

    (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower.

  • landscape architecture 0 facts

    The branch of architecture dealing with the arrangement of land and buildings...

  • urban planning 0 facts

    The branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space...

  • interior design 0 facts

    The branch of architecture dealing with the selection and organization of furnishings...