Arlh 202 Test 2

Front 1

Steeple / Spire

Back 1

a spire on the top of a church tower or roof.

Front 2

Narthex

Back 2

Front hall of church

Front 3

Nave

Back 3

the central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation.

Front 4

Aisle

Back 4

(in a church) a lower part parallel to and at the side of a nave, choir, or transept, from which it is divided by pillars. side halls

Front 5

Pew

Back 5

Seat

Front 6

Pulpit

Back 6

Pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church.

Front 7

Hammerbeam roof truss

Back 7

A hammerbeam roof is a decorative, open timber roof truss typical of English Gothic architecture.

Front 8

Chancel / Choir / Sacristy

Back 8

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary

Front 9

Alter

Back 9

The altar is the table in the chancel that the clergy use for Communion.

Front 10

Transept

Back 10

In churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform.

Front 11

Apse

Back 11

Is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an Exedra.

Front 12

Baptismal Font

Back 12

A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for baptism.

Front 13

Cathedral

Back 13

is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate.

Front 14

Demising Wall

Back 14

Boundary that separates one tenant's space from that of the other, and from the common corridor. Also called demising partition or party wall.

Front 15

Chamfer

Back 15

smoothed edges.

Front 16

Mill

Back 16

The Mill architecture is a novel belt machine-based computer architecture for general purpose computing.

Front 17

Roundhouse

Back 17

Roundhouse is a type of house with a circular plan, usually with a conical roof.

Front 18

Smokestack

Back 18

Also called stack. a pipe for the escape of the smoke or gases of combustion, as on a steamboat, locomotive, or building.

Front 19

Trussed roof

Back 19

A timber roof truss is a structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and to provide support for a roof.

Front 20

Monitor roof

Back 20

A monitor in architecture is a raised structure running along the ridge of a double-pitched roof, with its own roofrunning parallel with the main roof. The long sides ofmonitors usually contain clerestory windows or louvers to light or ventilate the area under the roof.

Front 21

Line shaft

Back 21

A line shaft is a power driven rotating shaft for power transmission that was used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century. with the scary belts.

Front 22

Fire cut

Back 22

a slanted cut in the end of a wood beam or joist resting in a masonry wall that in case of fire allows the wood to fall out without wrecking the wall

Front 23

Custom house

Back 23

federal office buildings were designed by government architectsunder the Office of the Supervising Architect

Front 24

Retaining wall

Back 24

Retaining walls are structures that are constructed to support almost vertical (steeper than 70 degrees) or vertical slopes of earth masses.

Front 25

wharf

Back 25

staith or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.

Front 26

terrazzo

Back 26

Terrazzo is a composite material, poured in place or precast, which is used for floor and wall treatments.

Front 27

Vitrolite

Back 27

Rolled opal glass

Front 28

pressed metal

Back 28

Pressed thin metal that was not tin but iron.

Front 29

parapet

Back 29

A parapet originally meant a defensive mini-wall made of earth or stone that was built to protect soldiers on the roof of a fort or a castle.

Front 30

transom window

Back 30

a transom is a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a windowabove it.

Front 31

Commemoration

Front 32

Allée

Back 32

feature of the French formal garden that was both a promenade and an extension of the view. It either ended in a terminal feature, such as a garden temple, or extended into apparent infinity at the horizon.

Front 33

Boulevard

Back 33

is a type of large road, usually running through a city.

Front 34

Median

Back 34

The median strip or central reservation is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways, such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways.

Front 35

City beautiful movement

Back 35

The City Beautiful Movement was a reform philosophy of North American architecture and urban planning that flourished during the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of introducing beautification and monumental grandeur incities.

Front 36

municipal park

Back 36

An urban park/metropolitan park, also known as amunicipal park

Front 37

sprawl

Back 37

Definition of urban sprawl. : the spreading of urban developments (as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city.

Front 38

american foursquare

Back 38

The American Foursquare or American Four Square is an American house style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s.

Front 39

bungalow

Back 39

a low house, with a broad front porch, having either no upper floor or upper rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows.

Front 40

suburban ranch

Back 40

The ranch house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and wide open layout.

Front 41

slum clearance

Back 41

City tearing down undesirable and unoccupied land or slums.

Front 42

urban renewal

Back 42

the redevelopment of areas within a large city, typically involving the clearance of slums.