Architectural vocabulary
Essential terms
Concept
Vernacular
Column
A long post made of steel, stone, etc. , that is used as a support in a building
Beam
Facade
Window Sill
Site Plan
French Doors
Typically double doors with glass panes extending for most of it's length
Gable Roof
A Roof with two sloping sides and a gable at each end.
Hip Roof
Cross Gable roof
Pyramid Hipped Roof
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Cross Hipped Roof
Shed Roof
Diagram
We often use them to represent spaces and how the relate to one another. They're purely representational in nature.
Trellis
Window Header/Door header
Cantilever
A long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end, used chiefly in bridge and modern construction
Dormer
A window that projects vertically from a sloping roof. Usually has a small roof upon it as well.
Keystone
The wedge shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
Window Mullion
Niche
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
Parapet
Fascia
Transom
A small window that is above a door or larger window,