Ch. 15

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Column

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A vertical architectural support, consisting of a shaft topped by a capital, and sometimes including a base

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Drum

Back 2

the several pieces of stone used to construct a column

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Fluting

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the shallow vertical grooves or channels on a column

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Entasis

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the slight swelling in a column design to make the column appear straight to the eye

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Greek orders: Doric/Ionic /Corinthian

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1.DORIC 2.IONIC 3.CORINTHIAN

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Arch

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A curved, often semicircular architectural form that spans an opening or space built of wedge-shaped blocks, called voussoirs, with a keystone centered at its top.

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dome

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A roof generally in the shape of a hemisphere or half-globe

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Basilica

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In Roman architecture , a rectangular public building, entered through one of the long sides. In christian architecture, a church loosely based on the Roman design, but entered through one of the short ends, with an apse at the other end

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Nave

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The central part of a church, running from the entrance through the crossing

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Transparent

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The Crossarm of a church that intersects, at right triangles, with the nave, creating the shape of a cross

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Apse

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A semicircular recess placed, in a Christian church, at the end of the nave

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Crossing

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In a church, where the transepts cross the nave.

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Truss

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is a triangular framework that because of its rigidity, can span a much wider area than a single wooden beam

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cantilever

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An architectural form that projects horizontally from its support, employed especially after the development reinforced concrete construction techniques

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International Style

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a 20th century style of architecture and design marked by its almost austere geometric simplicity

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green architecture

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An architectural practice that strives to build more environmentally friendly and sustainable building