Category:Architectural elements

This is a collection of terms that can be used to describe the physical parts of buildings but not

• terms for buildings as a whole (e.g. church, mansion)
• names for parts of building defined by their function (e.g. kitchen, nave)
• the names of styles of building or architectural movements (e.g. gothic, Bauhaus)
• building materials or method (e.g. thatch)

Subcategories

There is 1 subcategory to this category.

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• Roofs

Articles in category "Architectural elements"

There are 96 articles in this category.

Abacus (architecture) Apsidal Arch Architrave Archivolt Atlas (architecture) B Balcony Bamboo floor Battlement Bay window Belvedere (structure) Buttress C Came Cantilever Capital (architecture) Catalan turn Ceiling Chimney Column Coping (architecture) Corbel Cornice (architecture) Crenel Crenellation Crow step Cupola Curtain wall D Dado Deck (building) Dome Door E Embrasure

E cont. Entablature Entasis F Façade Fire escape Fire exit Floor Flying buttress Forms in architecture Frieze G Gable Gargoyle Gate Ground floor H Hagioscope Hermae Hexastyle Hunky Punk I Ichnography J Joist K Kerb Keystone (architecture) L Loggia M Machicolation Meander (architecture) Mezzanine Minaret Molding (decorative) Mullion Murder-hole O Oculus Oriel window P Parapet Pavement (architecture)

P cont. Pedestal Pediment Peristyle Piano nobile Pilaster Pinnacle Plinth Podium Porch Porte-cochere Portico Q Quoin R Revolving door Rose window S Scamilli Impares Skylight Spandrel Spire Stained glass Stairway Surbase T Transom Trefoil Triforium Turret U Undercroft V Vault W Wall Washroom architecture Widow's walk Window