Charette #2

Group: Micah Smiley and Kyle Mills

 Buttress – Structural Support

 Canopy – Overhang that protects people from the elements

Cantilever – a horizontal beam that’s weight is supported one side

 Capital – The fancy part at the top of a column

Triglyph – 3 vertical “woodlike plank” figures in a frieze

Metope – Square section inbetween triglyphs

Architrave – Square that rests on top of the capital

 Casement – Windows with vertical hinges

Colonnade – Columns in a row

 Column – circular beams that support the structure from floor to ceiling

 Corbel – Support for the lip of the roof

 Cornice – Lip of the roof

Enfilade--a series of doorways that line up with each other

 Façade – Face of the building

Frieze – wide central section on the structure

 Gable – Triangular roof

 Keystone – Is the topmost stone in the middle of an arch that holds the arch up

 Lintel – Beam over a door/window

 Loggia – Outdoor walkway with columns opening up to the outside on one side

 Mullion – Vertical material separating sections of glass in windows

Symmetry-- equal distribution on a facade

 Turret-- a small tower on top of a larger tower or wall
















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

 Finial-- an ornament at the apex of the roof

 Arch-- a curved symmetrical structure spanning over an opening

 Arcade-- a covered space that has an arch at both entries

 Rustication-- a contrasting of textures on a building

 Armature-- the platform base of a statue

Asymmetry-- to lack evenness on both sides 

 Cresting-- ornmaents along the ridge of a roof

 Baluster-- small, decorative pillar supporting a rail

Balustrade: rail supported by a baluster

 Portico-- a roofed area with the roof supported by columns

 Courtyard-- unroofed, completely/mostly enclosed area

 Pilaster-- a rectangular column, especially one jutting from the wall

 Entablature-- base support of columns

 Palladian Window-- a window consisting of a central window with an arched top, then two on either side that are rectangular (in this image, the bottom-half of the whole window is Palladian).

 Sexfoil-- a flower-shaped ornament with six petals budding from the center

 Awning-- a canvas covering

 Rosette-- a rose-like ornament

 Shingles-- a roof covering that overlaps other identical elements

 Fascia-- a cover for the roof rafters

 Pediment-- the triangle part of the roof held up by a colonnade

 Dormer-- a window projecting vertically from a slanted roof

Latticework--overlapping strips of wood in creating a lattice.