Foundation
Supports
Columns
Classical Elements
Miscellaneous
100
The use of brick or stone on a building
What is masonry?
100
This vertical support can be any shape
What is a pillar?
100
The bottom of the column is known as the...
What is the base?
100
A front porch with columns is known as...
What is a portico?
100
The angle of a roof is called what...
What is pitch?
200
This is when vertical beams support horizontal beams
What is post and lintel?
200
A curved supports is known as...
What is an arch?
200
The top of the column is known as the...
What is the capital?
200
The middle part of the entabulature that is usually decorated
What is the frieze?
200
This is a side piece of a door or window
What is a jamb?
300
This is the front view of a building
What is the facade?
300
A row of arches is known as what...
What is an arcade?
300
This order of column is plain and wider
What is doric?
300
This is the upper part of the entablature which extends beyond the frieze
What is the cornice?
300
This piece makes a right angle and can be either decorative or supporting
What is a bracket?
400
The over-hanging parts of the roof are...
What is eaves?
400
The center piece in an arch is known as...
What is the keystone?
400
A row of columns is a...
What is a colonnade?
400
This is the area between a column and a roof that has three parts
What is an entablature?
400
This is a group of windows above a door or window
What is a transom?
500
This is the triangular section of a building at the end of a pitched roof
What is a gable?
500
This is a support that is outside of a building and helps to hold up a wall
What is a buttress?
500
An order of column that is fancy, slender, and has leaves & scrolls on the capital
What is corinthian?
500
This triangular section is found above the entablature on the facade of a building
What is the pediment?
500
These small square blocks are found on the cornice
What is dentil?
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