DK Ching Dump Flashcards
A building, such as a prison, hospital, or library, arranged so that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
Panopticon
A curved structure for spanning an opening designed to support a vertical load primarily by actual compression
Arch
An arch constructed of individual stone, or brick voussoirs
Masonry arch
Any of the wedge shaped units in a masonry, arch or vault, having side cuts converging at one of the arch centers
Voussoir
The wedge shaped stone, often embellished voussoirs at the crown of an arch serving to lock the voussoirs in place
Keystone
The exterior curve surface or boundary of the visible face of an arch
Extrados or back
A decorative molding or band on the face of the arch, following the curve of the intrados
Archivolt
The inner curve or surface of an arch forming the concave underside
Intrados
The triangular shaped sometimes ornamented area between the extrados of two adjoining arches, or between the left or right extrados of an arch and the rectangular framework surrounding it
Spandrel
The highest part or point of a convex construction, such as an arch, vault or roadway
Crown
Either side of an arch curving down from the crown to the impost
Haunch
The upper most part of an abutment often in the form of a block capital or molding from which an arch Springs
Impost
Any of the several concentric rings of masonry, forming an arch especially when each projects beyond the one below
Order
A cross piece, connecting the ribs in a centering
Lag
A temporary framework for supporting a masonry arch or vault during construction until the work can support itself
Centering
A board used as centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch
Camber piece
An archway having sides, or jambs, not at straight angles with the face of its abutments
Skew arch
The outward force, or pressure exerted by one part of a structure against another
Thrust
The part of a structure receiving, and supporting the thrust of an arch vault or strut
Abutment
An iron or steel rod, serving a structural tie, especially one, keeping the lower end of an arch or frame from spreading
Tie rod
An arch having the semicircular intrados
Roman arch
A primitive form of arch consisting of two stones laid diagonally to support each other over an opening
Triangular arch
A false arch constructed by corbeling courses from each side of an opening until they meet at a midpoint where a cap stone is laid to complete the work. The stepped reveals may be smoothed, but no arch action is effected.
Corbel arch
Around arch resting on two larger Corbels with curved faces
Bell arch
An arch, having an intrados that widens above the springing before narrowing to a rounded crown
Horseshoe arch, or Moorish arch
An arch having a cusps intrados with three round or pointed foils
Trefoil arch
A pointed arch, especially one having to centers in equal radii
Gothic arch
A pointed arch, each haunch of which is a double curve with a concave side upper most
Ogee arch
French: arc en accolade
A secondary member of the grid supporting a suspended ceiling system, usually a sheet-metal tee carried by the main runners.
Cross Tee
A principal member of the grid supporting a
suspended ceiling system. usually a sheet metal
channel or tee suspended by hanger wires from the overhead structure.
Main runner
A thin metal strip inserted into the edges of two acoustical tiles to make a butt joint between them
Spline
A groove cut into the edges of an acoustical tile to receive a spline or T-shaped member of a supporting grid
Kerf
A window at the side of a door or another window
Side light
A semi circular or semi elliptical window over a door way or another window
Fan light
A surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where a window or door opening widened from the frame toward the face of the wall
Splay
The part of the job of a window or door opening that is visible between the outer wall surface and the window or door frame
Reveal
The horizontal member beneath a door or window opening
Sill
The sill of a doorway covering the joint between two flooring, materials, or providing weather protection at an exterior door
Threshold
Either of the two side pieces of a door frame
Door jamB
The frame of a doorway, consisting of two jambs, and a head or lintel
Door frame
An opening in a wall into which a door frame or window frame is fitted
Rough opening
Either of the vertical sides of an archway doorway, or window opening
Jamb
A doorless opening finished with trim work
Cased opening
The finished often decorative framework around a door or window opening, especially the portion parallel to the surrounding surface, and at right angles to the jambs
Casing
A door hinged to be flush with the wall on either side and treated so as to be indiscernible when closed
Jib door
An opening fitted with slanting fixed or movable slats to admit air, but exclude rain to provide privacy
Louver
A door having rectangular glass panes extending throughout its length, and often hung in pairs
French door
A door divided horizontally, so that the upper or lower part can be opened or closed separately
Dutch door
A distinct section or division of a wall, ceiling or door, recessed below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame
Panel
Any of the various upright members framing panels, as in a system of paneling, a panel door, window sash, or a chest of drawers
Stile
The upper most rail, connecting the stiles of a panel door or window sash
Top rail
The rail of a door that meets the shutting style at the level of the lockset
Lock rail
The lowest rail connecting the styles of a panel door or window sash
Bottom rail
A small light in the upper portion of a door, glazed with clear glass for viewing
Vision light
A stile within the frame of a door or window
Muntin
A door hung in the door frame before installation in a wall, sometimes prefinished and pre-fitted with all necessary hardware and casing trim
Prehung door
A liquid reduced from a vapor or vapor mixture, such as the water that forms when relatively humid air migrates into a region at or below the dew point of the air
Condensation
A discoloration cost by fungi, such as that which appears on a surface when exposed to moisture
Mildew
A thin coat of cement mortar for smoothing the surface of rough masonry, or for sealing a masonry wall against moisture
Parging, also parget
A membrane or coating applied to render a surface impervious to water
Waterproofing
Any of various pasty preparation’s containing bituminous materials and used as an adhesive or sealant
Mastic
The treatment of a masonry or concrete surface to retard the absorption of water or penetration of water vapor, either by applying a waterproof coating or by using a suitable admixture
Dampproofing
Pieces of sheet metal or other thin, impervious, metal installed to prevent the passage of water into a structure from an angle or joint
Flashing 
A low-range joint sealant used for filling or closing a seam, crevice or crack, in order to make it watertight and airtight
Caulking
The placement of two columns or pilasters very close together
Accouplement
The space between two adjacent columns, usually the clear space between the lower parts of the shaft, measured in column diameters. It is also a system for spacing columns in the colonnade based on this measurement
Intercolumniation
Any mosaic of regularly cut material.
Opus sectile
A form of opus sectile having a geometric pattern formed with few colors, such as black and white, or dark green and red
Opus Alexandrinum
An ancient Roman masonry wall faced with small pyramidal stones set diagonally with their square bases forming a netlike pattern.
Opus reticulatum
A mosaic of tessera arranged in waving lines resembling the form or tracks of a worm
Opus vermiculatum
A decoration or ornament made by cutting out a design and fastening it to a larger piece of material.
Appliqué
To decorate by setting pieces of wood, ivory, or the like into a surface, usually at the same level
Inlay
To raise, mold, or carve a surface design in relief.
Emboss
To carve, cut, or etch designs on a hard Surface, as that of metal, stone, or the end grain of wood.
Engrave
A figure or design incised or cut out of the surface leaving a relief in reverse. The finished design is below the plane, which has been worked upon.
Intaglio
Ornamental or structural work having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance
Openwork
Ornamental openwork of delicate or intricate design.
Filigree / filagree
Colored glass or enamel, esp. in the form of minute squares, used in mosaic work.
Smalto
A decorative mosaic technique for architectural surfaces developed by Roman architects in the 12th and 13th centuries, balancing intricate geometric patterns of colored stones and glass with smooth areas of plain stone disks and strips. The word comes from the name of several families involved in the art.
Cosmati work, also called Cosmatesque work.
- __ An artistic composition consisting of forms or motifs borrowed from different sources.
- __ Artificial, counterfeit, or false, as of an architectural ornament that is added superfluously or inappropriately.
- pastiche
- postiche
A grotesque sculpture of animal, human, or foliated forms, such as a gargoyle.
Antic
An often grotesque representation of a head or
face. used as an architectural ornament.
Mask, also called mascaron
A mythological animal typically having the head and wings of an eagle and the body and tail of a lion. Also, griffon, gryphon.
Griffin
An ornament projecting from the round base of a column toward a corner of a square or polygonal plinth.
Griffe, also called spur
A medieval English ornament suggesting a flower of three or four petals enclosing and partially concealing a ball
Ballflower
A cross having an upright or vertical shaft crossed near the top by a shorter horizontal bar.
Latin cross
A cross shaped like a Latin cross and having a ring about the intersection of the shaft and crossbar.
Celtic cross
A cross whose four arms each terminate in a crossbar, often with a small Greek cross centered in each quadrant.
Jerusalem cross
A cross formée having the outer face of each arm indented in a V
Maltese cross
A distinctive and recurring shape, form, or color in a design
Motif
To mark or decorate with a squared pattern.
Checker
A pattern of small, repeated figures connecting or growing out of one another, originally used in the Middle Ages in weaving silk and gold.
Diaper
A pattern or design resembling the regular overlapping of tiles or shingles.
Imbrication
A pattern consisting of rows of short, parallel lines that, in any two adjacent rows, slant in opposite directions, used in masonry, parquetry and weaving.
Herringbone
French: Appareil En Epi
A V-shaped pattern used in heraldry and as ornamentation.
Chevron
An ornamental zigzag, as in a molding.
Dancette
A border motif, or geometric band of Greek origin made up of interlacing, or interlocking lines and forms
Fret
Also called:
Chinese key pattern
Meander
A running ornament consisting of an intricate variety of fret or fretwork.
Meander
An ornamental border formed of two or more interlaced bands around a series of circular voids.
Guilloche
An ornament having a generally circular combination of parts resembling a flower or plant.
Rosette, or Rose
A stylized palm leaf shape used as a decorative element in classical art and architecture
Palmette
An ornament of honeysuckle or palm leaves in a radiating cluster.
Anthemion, also called honeysuckle ornament
Any of a series of closely spaced, pyramidal ornaments, formed by sculptured leaves radiating from a raised center, used esp. in early English Gothic architecture
Dogtooth
A molding having pendant, tonguelike elements carved in relief against a flat or curved surface.
Calfs-tongue
A convex molding elaborately carved with reeding or indented with notches.
Gadroon. Also, godroon.
To decorate a shrine or tabernacle with miniature architectural forms so as to produce a lacy effect.
Purfle
A convex molding having the form of a rope.
Cable molding
A small convex molding usually semicircular in section.
Astragal
A small convex molding of semicircular section, smaller than an astragal.
Baguette. Also, baquet
A molding having the form of a row of pearls or beads.
Pearl molding. Also called bead molding, Paternoster.
A parallel set of small convex moldings for ornamenting a plane or curved surface.
Reeding
These are also called self-drilling screws, are a type of multifunctional fastener. These screws drill their own pilot holes as you insert them. Its design features a pointed drill bit at the screw’s tip, so as you drill in the screw, it easily carves into a solid material surface and spins into place.
Tekscrews
(Not from dk ching, but patrick uy’s quizlet)
A usually oval or circular tablet, often bearing a figure or ornament in relief.
Medallion
An oval or oblong, slightly convex surface, usually surrounded with omamental scrollwork, for receiving a painted or low -relief decoration.
Cartouche
A broken pediment having an outline formed by a pair of S-curves tangent to the horizontal cornice at the ends of the pediment and rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the scrolls.
Swan’s neck pediment
A pedimental ornament situated over a window or door.
Coronet
A pediment having its raking cornices interrupted at the crown or apex, the gap often being filled with an urn, a cartouche, or other ornament.
Broken pediment
A bracket or console used in classical architecture to support a cornice or the entablature over a doorway or window.
Ancon
An ornamental bracket, usually formed with scrolls and taller than its projection.
Console
A molded or decorative band framing a rectangular door or window opening.
Architrave
The continuation of a molding, projection, or other part at an angle, usually 90*, to the main part.
Return
A feature terminating a molding or chamfer.
Stop
A plinth for stopping the architrave of a door or window above the floor.
Plinth block
A flat, plain member at the bottom of an architrave, dado, or baseboard.
Plinth
A frame around a doorway or niche, having two columns or pilasters on a base supporting a pediment.
Tabernacle frame
Paint finish without gloss or sheen
Flat
Paint finish having little or no gloss producing a finish midway between semi gloss and flat
Eggshell
The lower portion of an interior wall when faced or treated differently from the upper section, as with paneling or wallpaper.
Dado
A vertical member dividing the panels in wainscoting.
Mullion
An encircling area or border around a wainscoting.
Surround
A raised molding for framing a panel, doorway, or fireplace, esp. when the meeting surfaces are at different levels.
Bolection
Also, bilection
That part of a jamb extending above the head of a door or window frame, or the horizontal extension of a windowsill beyond the jamb.
Horn
The interior sill of a window.
Stool
A flat piece of trim immediately beneath the stool of a window.
Apron
Also, skirt.
A sash that opens by moving horizontally along grooves or tracks at the bottom and top of the window frame
Sliding sash
A window having horizontal glass or wood louvers that pivot simultaneously in a common frame, used primarily in mild climates to control ventilation, and to cut off visibility from the outside
Jalousie window
A pair of casement windows, extending to the floor and serving as a doorway, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace
French window
A railing or balustrade, projecting slightly beyond the plane of a window, and reaching to the floor, having the appearance of a balcony when the window is fully open
Balconet
A crank driven worm drive for opening and closing awning windows, casement windows, and jalousies
Roto operator
A handle that locks, a hinged sash in a closed position by wedging it against a keeper plate
Cam handle, also locking handle
A window light hinged on the bottom and swinging inward
Hopper light
also called hospital light
A bay window supported from below by corbels or brackets
Oriel
A small construction designed in the form of a building, such as a niche or opening, framed by columns, or pilasters, and crowned with a pediment to give importance to its contents.
Aedicule
A window like opening in a wall or partition, through which things may be passed, as between a kitchen and a dining room
Pass-through window
A portion of an interior rising above adjacent roof tops, and having windows admitting daylight to the interior
Clerestory
Horizontal band of windows, separated only by mullions
Ribbon window
A dormer window in a roof or spire
Lucarne
A non-bearing wall composed primarily of vertical and horizontal framing members, containing a combination of fixed lights and operating sashes
Window wall
A dagger like motif found, especially in Gothic tracery, formed by elliptical and ogee curves
Mouchette
Wood suitable for use as a building material
Timber
Length of trunk or large limb of a felled tree, ready for sawing
Log
The timber product manufactured by sawing, resawing, passing lengthwise through a planing machine, crosscutting to length, and grading
Lumber
Of or pertaining to lumber that has been dried to reduce its moisture content, and improve its serviceability
Seasoned
A check that extends completely through a board or wood veneer
Split
Also, through check
A warp resulting from the turning of the edges of a wood piece in opposite directions
Twist
The base of a woody branch, enclosed by a subsequent growth of wood in the stem from which it rises
Knot
A horizontal timber on a post for enlarging the bearing area, and reducing the free span of a beam
Bolster
A metal ring, or cap placed around the end of a wooden post or handle to prevent splitting
Ferrule
A wood column having a cross-section that diminishes along its length
Tapered column
A thin sheet of wood rotary cut, sliced or sawn from a log or flitch, and used as a superior facing to interior wood, or bonded together to form plywood
Veneer
