Complete List of Terms and Definitions for Architecture 10B-Midterm

Terms Definitions
ouest West
Beekman Tower GEHRY
Robie House WRIGHT
San Giorgio Maggiore
Flutes ridges in column
Luce Memorial Chapel PEI
Seagram Building PHILLIP JOHNSON
John Hancock Tower PEI
Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville (1770)
(Francois) Cuvillies. Amalienburg Pavilion (on the grounds of the Nymphenburg Palace). Rococo.
Carson Pirie Scott LOUIS SULLIVAN
Corinthian Order Most elaborate form
English Tudor •Decorative half-timbering, Steeply pitched roof, Prominent cross gables, Tall, narrow windows, Small window panes, Massive chimneys, often topped with decorative chimney pots
Berlage, Amsterdam Stock Exchange, Amsterdam (1900)
Folly a costly, generally nonfunctional building that was erected to enhance a natural landscape. First gained popularity in England, and they were particularly in vogue during the 18th and early 19th centuries, when landscape design was dominated by the tenets of Romanticism. Thus, depending on the designer's or owner's tastes, might be constructed to resemble a medieval tower, a ruined castle overgrown with vines, or a crumbling Classical temple complete with fallen, eroded columns.
Facade The front of a building
(Thomas) Jefferson. Virginia State Capitol. Neoclassical/Associational Eclecticism.
Tulip Chair Knoll Company EERO SAARINEN
Amedee Ozenfant / Purism LE CORBUSIER
balustrade a railing with supporting balusters.
pilaster shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall imitating the form of a column
Tympanum: the half-moon shaped space located over the portal (doorway); Often displays the fullest iconographic program of the Romanesque sculptor.
Maderno's Nave, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome (1600)
plinth Chamfered edges (beveled) (Ex: Taj Mahal)
(Frank Lloyd) Wright. Robie House. Prarie Houses.
Case Study Houses John Eames EERO SAARINEN
Centrality emphasis on central portal, nave inside.
castle a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
pediment (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
entourage the landscaping and other nearby environmental features shown on a rendering of a building
porch a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
Nave: Central, long aisle of a basilica, with two parallel side aisle; Principle area of a church
Wood Cut is the oldest form of printmaking
Bernini, Piazza di San Pietro, Rome (1660)
Façade the face or front of a building
ionic order more elegant, order that Parthenon uses, has scrolls (volutes) (Ex: Temple of Athena at Nike)
Barry and Pugin. Houses of Parliament. Gothic Revival.
Cyclopean masonry a primitive style of masonry characterized by the use of massive unhewn stones of irregular shape and size whos interstices are filled with rubble
cornice a decorative molding that caps a roof, column, or wall
stucco an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
colonnade a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.
interior the inside part of a building, considered as a whole from the point of view of artistic design or general effect and convenience
basilica (in ancient Rome) a large oblong building used as a hall of justice and public meeting place.
stilted describing an arch resting on imposts treated as downward continuations of the arch
pantheon domed circular temple at Rome, erected AD 120 124 by Hadrian, used as a church since AD 609
archway an entrance or passage covered or enclosed by an arch
pelagianism a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
Bargeboards vertical faceboard at roof edge on a gable. Gothic Revival
Louis Sullivan United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase 'form follows function' (1856-1924)
Frank Lloyd Wright American architect who used steel glass , natural stone, and ferro concrete to create a new style.
post and lintel a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel)
Ludwig Miles van der Rohe. Lake Shore Drive Apartments.
triglyph section of a Doric frieze composed of three vertical channels
sash the framework of a window in which panes of glass are set
mansion the house of the lord of a manor.
buttress any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, esp. a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
paradise an enclosure beside a church such as an atrium or cloister
caryatid a sculptured female figure used as a column.
bay a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
arcade a series of arches supported on piers or columns; an arched or covered passageway
foil an arc or a rounded space between cusps, as in the carved decoration of a window or other ornamentation
cresting ornamental ridge at the top of a wall or roof peak
Posterior located behind or toward the rear of a structure
Naos Term given to the cella of a Greek temple; chamber where the image of the god stood
town house a house in the city, esp. as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
toltec a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.
American Craftsman a peron who makes items by hand and sells them
agent a person or thing that acts or has the power to act.
frontispiece a fa?ade, or a part or feature of a fa?ade, often highlighted by ornamentation