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