List of basic architectural topics

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Below is an alphabetical list of basic topics in architecture -- topics which will help the beginner become familiar with the field of architecture.

A - H

Abacus --
Adobe --
Aisle --
Alabaster --
Ambulatory --
Apse --
Aqueduct --
Arcade --
Arch --
Architect --
Architectural history --
Architecture --
Architrave --
Ashlar -- Stone cutting
Atrium --
Axonometric projection --
Balcony --
Balustrade --
Barn --
Baroque --
Bastion --
Basilica --
Beam --
Bailey bridge --
Bird's-eye view --
Bowstring bridge --
Brick --
Bridge --
Building --
Building restoration --
Buttress --
Cable-stayed bridge --
Caisson --
Canal --
Cantilever --
Capital (architecture) --
Caryatid --
Catacomb --
Castle architecture --
Cement -- Building Material
Chancel --
Chimney --
Church architecture --
Cladding --
Clapper bridge --
Classical order -- see: Orders (architecture)
Cloister --
Cob --
Colonnade --
Column --
Concrete --
Construction --
Construction material --
Construction technique --
Cooling --
Cornice --
Cruck --
Crypt --
Cupola --
Curtain wall --
Damp-proofing --
Dome --
Domestic architecture --
Door --
Elevation --
Engineering brick --
Entablature --
Facade --
Factory --
Fenestration --
Floor --
Foundation --
Framed building --
Fresco --
Frieze --
Gable --
Gallery (architecture) --
Gargoyle --
Gazebo --
Girder --
Glass --
Geodesic dome --
Gothic architecture --
Grotesque --
Half-timbering --
Hammerbeam --
Heating --
Hill fort --
Hospital architecture --
House --
Hypocaust --

I - Z

Industrial architecture --
Inglenook --
Insulation --
Isometric projection --
Jack arch --
Jetty --
Joist --
Landscape architecture --
Mausoleum --
Mezzanine --
Minaret --
Modern Architecture --
Monastery --
Monolithic architecture --
Mortar --
Motte and bailey --
Mosque --
Nave --
Office building --
Oratory --
Orders (architecture) (i.e. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, etc) --
Pagoda --
Palace --
Palladian --
Parapet --
Pargeting --
Pavilion --
Pediment --
Penthouse apartment --
Piazza --
Pier --
Plan view --
Plaster --
Portal frame --
Portcullis --
Portico --
Post and lintel --
Presbytery --
Quoin --
Radburn system --
Rendering (architecture) --
Rococo --
Rood --
Roof --
Roving bridge --
Rustication (architecture) --
School architecture --
Section --
Shopping mall --
Skyscraper --
Slate --
Spire --
Straw bale --
Span --
Stadium --
Staircase --
Steel-frame construction --
Stone --
Structural engineering --
Stucco --
Suspension bridge --
Swing bridge --
System building --
Tabernacle --
Technical drawing --
Temple --
Terraced house --
Terracotta --
Thatch --
Theatre --
Thrust --
Tile --
Timber --
Timber frame --
Tower --
Tracery --
Triumphal arch --
Truss --
Urban planning --
Undercroft --
Vault --
Vernacular --
Viaduct --
Villa --
Wall --
Water wheel --
Wattle and daub --
Weatherboard --
Window --
Wood --
Worm's-eye view

pl:Przegląd zagadnień z zakresu architektury

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