Architecture Flashcards
Abacus
- A slab forming the top of the capital of a column
Acropolis
- the fortress of an ancient Greek city, usually on a hill
Ambulatory
the passage around the apse in a church/around the central space
Aisle
a lateral division of a church flanking the nave or chancel
Arcade
a series of arches carried by columns or piers
apse
a semi circle recess in a building
capital
a sculpted block that tops a column
capstone
a cobbled dome
cella
the main interior of a Greek or Roman temple
caryatid
sculpted female figure used for architectural support
crenellation
multiple openings on top of a defensive wall
doric order
most class an simple Greek style
keystone
central block at the apex of arch
orthogonal
right angles
parie-style
American style of low lying houses
transept
part of the building above a nave
vault
covers a space, usually made of stone
William Le Baron Jenney
known for building the first sky scraper
Louis Sullivan
fathered urban steel-framed architecture
Flank Lloyd Wright
design for a function
Chicago School
steel-frame and terra cotta with large windows
Alder, Richardson, Burnham
expressionist
distortion of form, architecture as art, express an inner experience, new materials
Mendelsohn, Steiner, Amsterdam School, Taut
American Art Deco
inter war, traditional & machinery, streamline modern
Ruhlmann, Dufrene, Saarinen
international style
volume over mass, lightweight mass-produced materials, flat, glass
Van der Rohe, Oud, Philip Johnson
Frank Lloyd Wright (detail)
organic architecture
geometric in the natural world
