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ARCHITECTURAL VOCABULARY
4] Attic: A room or space
directly under the roof of
a building. especially a 6] Oculus: A circular
house opening,especially at rhe crown of
the dome.

7]Art Deco is a popular design

style of the 1920s and ’30s
characterized especially by sleek
geometric or stylized forms and
by the use of man-made
materials.
5]Ergonomics: An applied
1.The capital. The top of science concerned with the
the column may be characteristics of people
simple or elaborately that need to be considered
decorated. in the design of devices & 10] Tread: The horizontal
system in order that upper surface of a step,in a 9] Nosing
3:The shaft. The people & things will stair where foot is placed. : The usually
main part of the interact effectively & safely.
column, the shaft, rounded edge
may be smooth, of a stair
fluted (grooved), tread that
or carved with extends over
designs. the riser

8]Sheathing: Boards or 11] rise: The vertical

structural panels,as surface of a stair step
plywood, fastened to the
frame of a wall or roof as a
base for cladding or
roofing.
12] Pediment, in architecture, triangular gable
forming the end of the roof slope over a
2.The base: Most columns (except the
portico .
early Doric) rest on a round or square
base, sometimes called a plinth.
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 13]Amalaka: it is a symbolic stone disk
placed a top hindu temple .

14] Sikhara: Toweing spire atop of hindu temple’s

main sanctum.

15] Gopuram: A Monumental ,usually ornate

18] Arcade: series of arches supported by columns or
gateway tower to a hindu temple
piers.
enclosure ,especially in southern India.
19] Coffered : Decorative sunken panel
in a ceiling,often square or rectangular
in shape.
16] Flying buttress: Form of butress
composed of an arch that extends from the
upper portion of a wall to a pier of great
mass.

17] Vernacular architecture: 20] Gazebo: A free

Refers to the traditional building standing roof
styles that evolve naturally over structure ,usually
time in open in the sides,
response to climate, affording shade & 21] Pergola: Structure of parallel colonnades,
lifestyles etc rest. supporting an open roof of beams,crossings
rafters,
Found in gardens.

23] Façade: Refers to the exterior face or

frontage of building.
22] Portico: A porch
having a roof supported
by columns, often leading
to the entrance of a
building.

24] Cantilever beam: A projecting beam supported at

only one fix end.
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25] Mezzanine: A floor that is built between two floors of a building

27] Key stone

26] Extrados: the exterior part of thr arch

28] archivolt
27] Springer 30] intrados

29] spring

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