Charette 2

Part 2. Phillip Ogden+ Jason Grand

Arcade- A succession of arches, supported by columns or piers

Architrave- the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns

Loggia- a gallery or corridor at ground level, sometimes higher, on the facade of a building that is open to the air on one side, supported by columns or pierced openings in the wall

Entablature- The upper section of a classical style building, resting on the columns. It has the architrave, frieze, and cornice in it

Rustication- a feature that contrasts the texture with the smoothly finished, squared block masonry surfaces called ashlar

Vault- an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof

Brise Soleil- permanent sun shading structures

Portico- a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway

Cresting- a decorative coping, balustrade, etc. Designed usually to give an interesting skyline

Pediment- a triangular structure that consists of a gable, placed above a horizontal structure

Crocket- a hook-shaped decorative element, usually coming off the surface shaped as curled leaves or flowers

Colonnade- a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature

Volute- a scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the ionic order

Fascia- a frieze or band running horizontally and situated vertically under a roof edge

Eave- the edge of a roof, usually hanging to carry rain water away

Dormer- a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface

Voussoir- a wedge shaped element used in an arch, surrounding the arch

Transom- a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a window above it

Muntin- A strip of wood or metal separating and holding panes of glass in a window

Latticework- An open framework usually made of strips of metal or wood overlapped and overlaid in a regular and usually a crossed pattern