Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
All examples are from buildings in Buffalo, N.Y.

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A - B	C - E	F - M	N - R	S- Z
A Abacus Acanthus Acroterion Adam style Ancone Andiron Anthemion Applied composition Apse Arcade Arch Arch brace Architrave Art Deco Art glass Art Moderne Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts style Ashlar Astragal Atlantes B Balconet Baluster Balustrade Banding Banded column Banded pilaster Band window Bargeboard Barrel Ceiling Barrel Roof Barrel Vault Base Basket arch Basket-handle arch Bas-relief Basilica Basket weave Batten Batter Battlement Bay Bay leaf Bay window Bead-and-reel Beaux Arts Style Belfry Bell gable Bellied balconet Bell roof Belvedere Beltcourse Bethune, Louise Blanchard Blind arcade Blind arch Block modillion Bond (bricks) Board and batten Boss Bow window Bricks Broken pediment Brutalism Building Materials Bull's-eye window Bungalow Style Burnham, D. H. Buttress Byzantine Revival style	C Cable molding Caduceus Caisson Came Capital Campanile Cartouche Cary, George Caryatid Casement window Castellations Cavetto Cavity-wall Cell Celtic cross Cenotaph Chancel Chapel Chateauesque Chevron Chicago window Chimney breast Chimney cap Chimney hood Chimneypiece Chimney pot Churches - vocabulary Cinquefoil Classic Revival Clearstory Clerestory Clipped gable Clustered column Coffering Coin Collar beam/tie Colonnade Colonial Revival Colossal order Column Composite Compound arches Concrete Conical roof Console Coquillage Corbel Corbel table Corinthian Cornice Course Coursed rubble Craftsman style Crenelation Creo-Dipt shingles Crest Crocket Croset Crossing Crown molding Cruciform Cupola Cushion capital Cusps Cyclopean masonry D Daub Dentil Diaper pattern Dog grate Dome Doric order Dormer Downing, Andrew Jackson Dressed Dripstone Drop Dutch gable E Ear Eastlake Eaves Echinus Ecole Des Beaux Arts Egg-and-dart Egyptian cornice Egyptian Revival Elbow Elliptical arch Engaged Entablature Entasis Esenwein, August Eyebrow window	F Façade Fanlight Faux Federal style Festoon Finial Fireback Firedog Fireplace (terms) Fireproof houses Fire screen Flemish bond Fleur-de-lis Fleuron Fluting Flying Buttress Foil Foliate French Renaissance Revival Fresco Fret Frieze G Gable Gable roof Gable window Gallery Gambrel roof Gargoyle Garland Georgian Revival Gibbs surround Gingerbread Glaze Glazing Gorge cornice Gothic arch Gothic Revival Gougework Grate Grisaille Greek key Greek Revival Green, Edward B. Groin vault/arch Guilloche Gustavino tiles Gutta H Half-timber Hammer beam Harvard bricks Hexagonal Roof Hipped gable Hipped Roof Honeysuckle Hoodmold I Icon Indiana Limestone International style Ionic order Italianate style J Jamb Jerkinhead Johnson, James Jetty K Kent, Edward Key pattern Keystone King post Knee brace Kowsky, Francis R. L Label mold(ing) Label stop Lancet Window Lantern Lattice window Leaf-and-dart L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts Lights Lintel Lockport Dolomite Lucarne Lug Lunette (window) M Mansard roof Mantel Mantelpiece Masonry Mausoleum McKim, Mead and White Meander Memorial arch Metope Medallion Medina sandstone Memorial arch Moderne Modillion Morris, William Mosaic Muntin Multifoil Mutule	N Narthex Nave Neoclassical Newel post Nicking Nogging Norman Notch carving Nunda Blue Sandstone O Octagon House Oculus (window) Oeil-de-boeuf window Ogee arch Olmsted, Frederick Law Onondaga limestone Open-bed pediment Open-topped pediment Order Oriel window Overmantel Oxeye (window) P Palladian window Palmette Pane Parapet Parlor Parquet Patera Pavilion Pebbledash Pediment Pediment roof Pendant Pendentive Peristyle Pilaster Pinnacle Plinth Pocket doors Pointed arch Porte-cochere Porter, Cyrus K. Portico Post-and-lintel system Prairie style Purlin Pyramidal roof Q Quarry-faced Quatrefoil Queen Anne style Queen post Quoins R Rafter Raking cornice Ranch Renaissance Revival Rib Ribbed vault Ribbon window Richardson, H. H. Richardsonian Romanesque Ridge Rinceau Rollwork Romanesque Revival Rood Roof framing Roof styles Roman brick Roman Doric Rope molding Rose window Rosette Roundel Round pediment Roycroft Rumsey, Charles Cary Running dog Running mold Running ornament Rusticated	S Saint Gaudens, Augustus Sanctuary Sears Catalog Homes Second Empire Style Segmental arch Segmental pediment Serliana Sexfoil Shaw, Richard Norman Shed roof Shingle style Shoulder Shreadhead Side aisle Side light Silsbee. Joseph Lyman Slip Soffit Spandrel Spandrel panel Spanish Eclectic Spire Splayed lintel S scroll Stained glass Stair-end Steeple Stick Style Strapwork Stringcourse Sullivanesque Style Surround Swag Swan's neck pediment T Tent roof Terminus Terra cotta Through-the-cornice dormer Tie beam Tie rod Torsade Trabeated system Tracery Transept Transom light Tread-end Trefoil Triglyphs Triumphal arch Truss Tudor arch Tudor Revival Turret Tuscan Twisted column Tympanum U Urn V Vault Venetian arch Venetian window Vergeboard Vermiculated Vestibule Victorian styles Vitruvian scroll Vitruvian wave Volute Voussoir W Wainscoting Waterleaf Wattle Wave scroll Wicks, William Sydney Wheel Window White, Stanford Window Window head Wood Wright, Frank Lloyd Wrought iron X Y Z Zinc
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