A

abacus

acanthus

accessible duct

acropolis

acroterion

action

adobe

aedicule

aeonian

aesthetics

agora

air conditioning (ac)

air space

aisle

alcazar

align

altarpiece

aluminium siding

ambulatory

amphitheatre

anchor bolt

ancone

andiron

angle brace / raking strut

angle iron

angled post

annular historic masonry

anthemion

applied composition

apron

apse

arcade

arch

arch brace

architect

architecture

architrave

archivolt

area wall

areaway

Art Deco

art glass

Art Moderne

Art Nouveau

Arts and Crafts Style

asbestos

asbestos shingles

ash dump

ashlar

asphalt shingle

astragal

atlantes

atrium

aumbry

Austin stone

awning window

axis (pl. axes)

axonometric

   

 B

backfill

bailey

balconet

balcony

balloon framing

baluster

balustrade

band window

banded column

banded pilaster

banding

barbican

bargeboard

Baroque

Baroque load-bearing structure

Baroque roof structure

barrel ceiling

barrel roof

barrel tiles

barrel vault

bartizan

base

base moulding

base shoe

baseboard

basilica

basket weave

basket-handle arch

bas-relief

bastion

batt

batten

batter

batter boards

battlement

Bauhaus

bay

bay leaf

bay window

bead moulding

bead-and-reel

beam

bearing partition

Beaux Arts

bed board

belfry

bell gable

bell roof

bell-cast eaves

bellied balconet

belt-course

belvedere

bevelled

bevelled wood ridge

black asphaltum

blind arcade

blind arch

blind stop

blinding / soling

blinding of 50 mm hardcore

block modillion

board and batten

board feet

bond (bricks)

boss (stone)

bottom of foundation

bottom rail

boundary wall

bow window

box sill

brace

bracing

bracket

Brâncoveanu-style load-bearing structure

brattice

brick

brick sill

brick soling laid on edge

brick veneer

bridging cross

brief

broken pediment

Brutalism

building archaeology study

building biologics

building code

building designer

building materials

building paper

building physics

built environment

built heritage

bull’s-eye window

bungalow

buttress

Byzantine load-bearing structure

 C

cable moulding

caduceus

caisson / coffer

came

campanile

canopy

canted

cantilever

cantilever slab

capital

captain's walk

carcass

carpenter’s joint

carport

cartouche

caryatid

casement window

casing

castellated

castle

caulking

cavetto

cavetto vault

cavity wall

cedar shingle

cell

Celtic cross

cement blocks

cement plaster

cenotaph

centre of the vault springing

ceramic tile

cesspool

chair-rail moulding

chamfer

chancel

channel

chapel

chase

Chateauesque

chatri

chevet

chevron

Chicago window

chimney

chimney breast

chimney cap

chimney hood

chimney pot

chimneypiece

chiselled

choir (also quire)

cinquecento

cinquefoil

circulation

cladding

clapboard

classical

Classicism

Classicist load-bearing structure

clay

clean-out

clearstory

clerestory

clerestory window

clipped gable

cloister

cloister vault

closed vault

clustered column

cob

coffering

coin

collar beam

collar tie

colonnade

colossal order

column

column of compound sections

column of timber

columns

common bond

common brick

common rafter

competition

composite

compound arches

compound pier

compound rafter

compound vault

concrete

concrete block houses

concrete blocks

conduit

conical roof

conservation

console

construction

Constructivism

continuous beam

contractor

coquillage

corbel

corbel table

Corinthian column

corner block

corner post

cornerstone

cornice

counterbrace / knee-brace

course

coursed rubble

coved vault

crawl space

crenellation

creo-dipt shingles

crest / cresting

crocket

croset

cross frame / truss

cross vault

crossing

crown moulding

cruciform

cupola

cushion capital

cusps

custom home

cut stone

cyclopean masonry

   

 D

dado

damper

daub

dead load

deadening felt

Deconstructivism

decorative wall

dental

dentil

dentil moulding

diaper pattern

directing curve of the vault

ditch

dog grate

dome

domical vault

door styles

Doric

dormer

double action door

double action double door

double door

double king strut in tension

double-hung window

down spout

downstand beam

damp proof membrane

DPC Damp Proof Course

DPC level

drain title

drainage

drip cap

dripstone

drop

dry masonry

duct

Dutch door

Dutch gable

 

 E

ear

earth dam

earth rammed wall

earth sheltered

earthworks

eaves

eaves purlin

echinus

Eclectic load-bearing structure

Eclectic roof structure

edge purlin

egg-and-dart

Egyptian cornice

elbow

elliptical arch

embrasures

enclosure wall

engaged column

entablature

entasis

ergonomic

excavated material

excavation

external door

external wall

eyebrow window

 

 F

façade

face board

face brick

fan vault

fanlight

fan-shaped historic masonry

fascia

fascia beam

fascia board

faux

fenestration

festoon

fieldstone

finial

finish floor

fire brick

fire cut

fire screen

fire stop

fireback

firedog

fireplace

fireproof houses

firewall

fish scale shingles

fixed-edge slab

flashing

flat ground

flat roof

Flemish bond

fleur-de-lis

fleuron

floor plan

floor slab

flue

flue liner

flush beam strip / spine beam

fluting

flying buttress

foil

folding door

foliate

footer

footing

formalism

foundation

foundation slab

foundation wall

four-way switch

foyer

frame

framework / frame structure

framing plan

French door

French drain

fresco

fret

frieze

frost line

funnel / trumpet vault

furring strips

   

 G

gable

gable roof

gable window

gallery

gambrel

gambrel roof

gargoyle

garland

gazebo

geodesic dome

gibbs surround

girder

girt

glass block

glaze

glazed door

glazing

gorge cornice

gothic arch

Gothic load-bearing structure

Gothic roof structure

grate

grating / slabs

gravel

gravel fill

gravity wall

Greek key

grisaille

groin vault/arch

groined slab

groove

grooved

ground-level

grounds

guilloche

gutta

gutter

gypsum board

 

 H

half-open vault

half-round floor channel

half-tiled wall

half-timbered

hammer beam

handrail

hanger

hanging truss

hard rock

hardcore / consolidated layer of gravel

Harvard bricks

haunched beam

head

headwall / front wall

header

header beam

hearth

heat loss

heating systems

hexagonal roof

hip

hipped (or hip) roof

hipped gable

historic brick masonry

historic construction

historic foundation

historic load-bearing structure

historic masonry

historic non-bearing structure

historic roof structure on beams

historic roof structure on collar beams

historic roof structure on purlins

historic slab

historic stone masonry

historic structure

home styles

honeysuckle

hoodmold

horizontal pressure / lateral thrust

house shapes

   

 I

I-beam

icon

impost

inclined / slanted strut in tension

Indiana limestone

infill

infill brickwork

infiltration

inside stop

insulation

interior design

interior elevation

intermediate purlin

internal door

internal wall

inverted beam / upstand beam

Ionic

Ionic order

Italianate style

   

 J

Jack stud

Jack vaulting / Prussian cap vault

jamb

Jenkins-head roof

jerkinhead

jetty

joinery

joints in vaults

joist

 K

key pattern

keystone

kiln

king post

knee brace / counterbrace

knee wall

 L

L’Ecole des Beaux Arts

label mould(ing)

label stop

lally column

lancet window

landing

landing slab

lantern

lapped joint

lateral thrust / horizontal pressure

lath

lattice

lattice window

leaded window

leader

leaf-and-dart

ledger strip

lever gear door

lierne vault

light

lights

lintel

lintel beam

live load

load

load-bearing structure

load-bearing structure material

load-bearing structure unit

load-bearing wall

load-bearing wall with direct foundation

load-bearing wall with indirect foundation

Lockport dolomite

longitudinal bracing frame

louver vent

lower plate

lucarne

lug

lumber

lunette (window)

 M

machine base

made-up ground filling

madi

main truss / main cross frame

mansard

mansard roof

mantel

mantelpiece

manufactured home

masonry

mausoleum

meander

Medina sandstone

meeting rails

memorial arch

merlon

metope

mitered

mixed historic slab

modern construction

Moderne

Modernism

modillion

modular home

modular planning

mono pitch roof

mortise and tenon joint

mosaic

mouldings

mullion

multifoil

muntin

mushroom roof

mushroom slab / flat slab

mutule

 

 N

narthex

natural ground / soil / original soil

nave

Neoclassical

newel

newel post

niche

nicking

nogging

non-bearing structure (of a construction)

non-bearing wall

non-slip tread inserts

Norman

nosing

notch carving

notched joint

   

 O

obelisk

octagon house

oculus (window)

Oeil-de-Boeuf Window

ogee arch

Onondaga limestone

open floor duct

open or smooth soffit

open vault

open-bed pediment

open-topped pediment

order

oriel window

original soil

outlet

outside stop

overmantel

oxeye (window)

 P

Palladian

Palladian window

palmette

pane

panelling

parapet

parget

parlour

parquet

parting strip

partition wall

party wall

pavilion

pebbledash

pedestal

pediment

pediment roof

pendant

pendentive

pendentive dome

pent roof

perimeter beam

perimeter wall

peristyle

picture window

pier

pilaster

pile

pile cap

pile foot

piling

pillar

pinnacle

pitch

plancher

plane historic slab of timber

plane of the middle fibre

plane slab

plane slab of adjoining timber beams

plane slab of distanced timber beams

planking

plaster

plaster board

plate

plate glass door

platform / loading platform

plinth

plinth beam

plot plan

ply cap

pocket door

pointed arch

pole

porch

porte-cochere

portico

post

post-and-lintel system

Postmodernism

prefabricated

prop

public utilities

purlin

 Q

quarry-faced

quatrefoil

Queen Anne Style

queen post

quoin

 

 R

rafter

rafter brace / passing brace / inner-coupled rafter

railing

raking cornice

ramp

ranch

Renaissance load-bearing structure

restrained beam

retaining wall

returns

revolving door

rib

rib band

ribbed slab

ribbed vault

ribbon window

ridge

ridge board

ridge purlin

ridge rafter

ridgepole

rigging

ring beam

riser

rollershutter door

rollwork

Roman brick

Roman cross vault

Romanesque cross vault

Romanesque roof structure

rood

roof framing

roof pitch

roof run

roof span

roof structure

roof styles

roof types

roofs overhang / roof projection

rope moulding

rose window

rosette

rough opening

rough sill

round pediment

roundel

rubble

running dog

running mould

running ornament

rusticated

rusticated stone

   

 S

S scroll

saddle

sail vault

sanctuary

sash

sawtooth roof

schematic

screed with coved skirting

screen wall

scullery

scuttle

segmental arch

segmental pediment

septic tank

serliana

sexfoil

shaft

sheathing

shed

shed roof

sheet wall piling

shell structure roof

shingle style

shingles

ship lap

shoulder

shreadhead

shutter

shutter dogs

side aisle

sidelights

siding

sill

simple vault

single action door

single door

single span beam

site

skeleton

skin friction

skirting

skylight

slab

slate

sleepers

sliding door

sliding window

slip

slope of ground

smoke chambers

smoke shelf

soffit

soft rock

sole

spandrel

spandrel beam

spandrel panel

Spanish clay tile

spatial system

specifications

spiral staircase

spire

splayed lintel

springing line

springing plane

sprocket / tilting-fillet

square

stained glass

staircase

stair-end

stairs

stairwell

stanchion

steel siding

steeple

stellar vault

step

stepping of foundation

stick built

stick style

stile

stock plans

stool

story

straining beam

straining-hanging truss

strapwork

straw bale construction

striking joints

string-course

stringer

strip foundation

structural frame

Structuralism

structure

strut

strut-frame / straining truss

strutting

stucco

stud

sub-floor

subsoil

subsoil water / ground water

superstructure

surface water

surplus material

surround(s)

suspended beam

suspended dome/ sail dome

suspended keystone

suspended slab

suspended vault crown

swag

swallow-tailed historic masonry

swan’s neck pediment

symmetrical

 

 T

tail beam

taper

T-beam

tent roof

terminus

terra cotta

terrazzo

thermopane

thermostat

three-way switch

threshold

throat

through-the-cornice dormer

tie beam

tie irons

timber

tongs

tongue and groove

top rail

topsoil

torsade

trabeated system

tracery

traffic plan

transept

transom light

transverse arch

trap

trap door

tread

tread-end

trefoil

trellis

trench

triglyphs

trimmer

triumphal arch

Trompe l’Oeil

truss

tube

Tudor arch

tunnel

turret

Tuscan

twisted column

two-way slab

tympanum

 

 U

umber

uninterruptible power supplies (ups)

Unite d'Habitation

upper collar

upper plate

urn

Usonian

   

 V

valley

valley jacks

valley rafter

vault

vault axis

vault extrados

vault flank

vault intrados

vault key / vault crown

vault key axis

vault middle fibre

vault profile

vault rib

vault rise/vault spire

vault segment

vault span

vault springing

vault stone

vault thickness

vault with retracted edges

vaulted historic slab

vaulted historic slab of timber

veneer

veneer wall

Venetian arch

Venetian window

vent stack

ventilation systems

verge

vergeboard

vermiculated

vertical DPC

vestibule

vinyl

Vitruvian scroll

Vitruvian wave

volute

voussoir

v-type ridge cover

 W

wainscot

waist slab

wall acoustics

wall footing

wall panel

wall plate

wall tie

waste pipe

water closet

water removal

water table

waterleaf

wattle

wave scroll

weatherstripping

well-opening

wheel window

winch

window

window frame

window head

window types - awning

window types - bay

window types - bow

window types - casement

window types - double hung

window types - hopper

window types - horizontal sliding

window types - jalousie

window types - oriel

window types - picture

window types- combination

wood

working space

wrought iron

 

 X

x-bracing

 

 

 Y

yard

yew

yoke

 Z

ziggurat

zigzag

zinc

z-profile

z-purlin