Assignment 1: HOA 2 VOCABULARY (individual online

submission)
1. four (4) vocabulary terms per paper

2. write the vocabulary word, definitions and picture per box

4. paper: long bond paper PORTRAIT.

USE: Francis Ching “Visual Dictionary of Architecture” and other architecture dictionary
books

DUE: JUNE 30, 2020

VOCABULARY TERMS

1. bifora Divided by a colonnete into two arches.

2. blind arcade A decorative row of arches applied to a wall as a decorative element, esp. in
Romanesque buildings.
3. blind balustrade-vertical supports of this or any other form, for a handrail or coping, the whole
being called a balustrade. Blind balustrade: the same applied to the wall surface
4. blind window-a blind for privacy or to keep out light
5. chaines 1. A type of wall decoration used in 17th century French domestic architecture; consists
of vertical bands of rusticated masonry which divides the facades into panels or bays. 2. Same as
6. chinoiserie A Western European and English architectural and decorative fashion employing
Chinese ornamentation and structural elements, particularly in 18th cent. Rococo design.
7. coffering 1. Ceiling with deeply recessed panels, often highly ornamented. 2. Similar effects
executed in marble, brick, concrete, plaster, or stucco.
8. colossal order, giant order An order more than one story in height.
9. corbiestep, catstep, crowstep The stepped edge of a gable masking a pitched roof, found in
northern European masonry, 14th to 17th cent., and in derivatives.
10. cupola 1. A domed roof or ceiling. 2. A domed structure, often set on a circular or polygonal
base on a roof or set on pillars; often glazed to provide light in the space below, or louvered to
provide ventilation in that space.
11. Eclecticism The selection of elements from diverse styles for architectural decorative designs,
particularly during the second half of the 19th cent. in Europe and the US.(4 examples of
building)
12. Elizabethan architecture The transitional style between Gothic and Renaissance in England,
named after Elizabeth I (1558–1603); mainly country houses, characterized by large mullioned
windows and strapwork ornamentation.(4 examples of buildings)
13. facade The exterior face of a building which is the architectural front, sometimes distinguished
from the other faces by elaboration of architectural or ornamental details.
14. frontispiece 1. The decorated front wall or bay of a building. 2. An ornamental porch or chief
pediment. 3. A fancy rendering prefacing an architectural presentation, esp. a student project in
architectural school.
15. Georgian style In Great Britain, the term “Georgian” is usually applied to the prevailing
architectural style during the reigns of George I through George IV, from 1714 to 1830; derived
from classical, Renaissance, and Baroque forms. (4 examples of Buildings)
16. Greek Revival style An architectural style based on the reuse of ancient Greek forms in
architecture. Public buildings in this style were usually symmetrical in plan and rectangular in
shape. (4 examples of Buildings)
17. International style An architectural style that is minimalist in concept, devoid of regional
characteristics, stresses functionalism, and rejects all nonessential decorative elements; it
emphasizes the horizontal aspects of a building; developed during the 1920s and 1930s, in
western Europe principally in the Bauhaus school, and also in America. (4 examples of
Buildings)

18. lucarne A small dormer window in a roof or spire.

19. lunette 1. A crescent-shaped or semicircular area on a wall or vaulted ceiling, framed by an arch
or vault. 2. An opening or window in such an area. 3. A painting or sculpture on such an area.
20. Mansard roof 1. (US and Brit.) A roof having a double slope on all four sides, the lower slope
being much steeper.
21. Modernism C20 architectural movement (also called Modernism) that sought to sunder all stylistic
and historic links with the past. While C19 theorists sought to find a style suitable for the times,
the methods attempted to achieve this involved eclecticism and mingling of styles to produce so-
called Free or Mixed styles, the optimistic idea being that a new style might emerge from the
mélange.
22. Neoclassical style An architectural style based primarily on the use of forms of Classical
antiquity used in both public buildings and opulent homes; aspects of this style are imitative of
the earlier Classical Revival style (often called “Early Classical Revival”) that was most popular
from about 1770 to 1830; others are imitative of the Greek Revival style that was popular
from about 1830 to 1850. (4 examples of Buildings)

23. Oeil-de-boeuf 1. A figure or ornament of concentric bands. 2. A round or oval aperture, open,
louvered, or glazed; an oculus or oeil-de-boeuf. 3. The enclosure of such an aperture, a double
arched frame with two or four key voussoirs. 4. A circular aperture in a masonry wall; usually
formed by voussoirs or tapered bricks
24. Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed in the late 19th
century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque style of architecture. Popular
features of these revival buildings are round arches, semi-circular arches on windows, and belt
courses. (4 examples of Buildings)

25. salomonica A twisted or spiral column.

26. Stuart architecture English architecture of the late Renaissance from about 1603 to 1688,
especially during the period of the Stuart dynasty.
27. ORIEL WINDOW - projection from the wall of a building, typically supported from
the ground or by corbels.
28. ARABESQUE-an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally
found in Arabic or Moorish decoration
29. PILASTER a rectangular column, especially one projecting from a wal
30. PIANO NOBILE-the main story of a large house (usually the first floor), containing the
principal rooms.
31. engaged COLUMN-an engaged column is a column embedded in a wall and partly
projecting from the surface of the wall, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter
detached.
32. ANTAE- or sometimes parastas, is an architectural term describing the posts or pillars on
either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple – the slightly projecting piers which
terminate the walls of the naos
33. STRING COURSE- decorative horizontal band on the exterior wall of a building. Such a
band, either plain or molded, is usually formed of brick or stone.
34. scroll
35. Stucco- material made of aggregates, a binder, and water, used as a decorative coating for
walls and ceilings, and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture.
36. Ashlar- stone masonry which is formed using finely dressed stones of same size,
shape, and texture laid together in cement or lime mortar of equal size joints at right
angles to each other.
37. Rustication-In classical architecture rustication is a range of masonry techniques giving
visible surfaces a finish that contrasts in texture with the smoothly finished, squared-
block masonry surfaces called ashlar with visible spacing between stones.
38. Corbie step-A crow-stepped gable, also known as a stepped gable or corbie step, is a
design for a building's triangular gable end. It takes the form of a stair-step pattern at the
top of the stone or brick parapet wall which projects above the roofline
39. Barge board (Victorian)- a board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to give them
strength, protection, and to conceal the otherwise exposed end of the horizontal timbers or
purlins of the roof to which they
40. Half-timbering- a structure with a frame of load-bearing timber, creating spaces
between the timbers called panels, which are then filled-in with some kind of
nonstructural material known as infill. The frame is often left exposed on the exterior of
the building.
41. Trompe l’oeil- in classical architecture, an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create
the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. Forced perspective is
a comparable illusion in architecture
42. Onion dome
43. Melon dome
44. Serrated dome
45. Saucer dome
46. Helm roof
47. Gambrel roof
48. Horseshoe arch
49. Multifoil arch
50. Ogee arch
51. Lancet arch
52. Curtain wall