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34 Cards in this Set
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a plinth, block or slab on which statues and ornaments at the apex and ends of pediments; also the figures themselves
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Acroteria
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A recess or partly enclosed extension connected to orforming part of a room
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alcove
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the art and science of designing and erecting buildings
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architecture
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a railing and the row of posts that support it, as along the edge of a staircase
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balustrade
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a member projecting from vertical surface to form a horizontal support
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bracket
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a structural member, such as a beam, girder, step, or balcony, which is supported only at one end
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cantilever
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the top part, or head, of a pillar or column
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capital
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a bracket of stone, wood, brick, or other building material, projecting from the face of a wall and generally used to support a cornice or an arch
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corbel
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an open space surrounded by walls or buildings, adjoining or within a large building or castle
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courtyard
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a residence, home
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domicile
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the projecting overhang at the lower edge of a roof
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eaves
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a scale drawing of the side, front, or rear of a given structure
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elevation
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the exterior of a building on one of its principle sides
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facade
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the triangular wall section at the ends of a pitched roof, bounded by the two roof slopes and the ridge pole
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gable
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an upper floor, open on one side to the main interior of a building (for example, the falleries above the aisles of a church), or to the exterior. In medieval and Renaissance house, a long, narrow room.
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gallery
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the floor of a fireplace, usually extending into a room and paved with brick
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hearth
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a gable with a perpendicularly attached roof slope that forms an external angle by the meeting of two adjacent sloping sides of a roof
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hipped gable
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a structure with a single-pitch roof attached to the side of a building; a shelter or shed having a roof with only one slope
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lean-to roof
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a picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, such as tile, stone or glass, set into cement or mortar
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mosaic
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a work of art, such as a painting, applied directly to a wall or ceiling
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mural
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a religious building of the Far East, a multi-storied wood or stone Buddhist tower, erected as a memorial or shrine
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pagoda
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something that separates, such as a partial wall dividing a larger area
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partition
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an ornamental building, often a summer-house; also a projecting subdivision of a building, forming a central feature in the made facade
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pavilion
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1. A slender, freestanding, vertical support; column 2. A detached upright support, which deviates in shape and form from the Orders
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pillar
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A horizonal roof beam resting on the principle raters and supporting the sunsidiary ones
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purlin
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one of the sloping beams that supports a pitched roof
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rafter
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earth pounded to a hardness and strength to be used as a structural form
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rammed earth
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a circular panel, disc or medallion; also a similarly shaped panel in a stained glass window
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rondels or roundel
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correspondence of form and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a boundary, such as a plane or line or around a point or axis
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symmetry
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rice straw matting used as a covering for the floor in Japanese houses. Multiples of the basic _____ unit have for centuries been employed to determine the size and proportion of rooms
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tatami
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a building or place dedicated to the worship or the presence of a deity
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temple
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plant stalks or foliage, as reeds or palm fronds, used for roofing
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thatched roof
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built of horizonal beams and vertical posts
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trabeated style
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a porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building
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verandah
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