Structures- Styles Flashcards
Bungalow (House)
Originally a one-story house with prominent roof and large overhangs
Cape Cod (House)
A small one-story or one-and-a-hald-story house with gable roof, clapboard or shingle siding, and no dormers (originally)
Contemporary (House)
A modern house that emphasizes materials and structures rather than any traditional or derivative style
Dutch Colonial Revival (House)
A house with a gambrel roof where the lower slope of the roof flares into the eave with a gentle curve
Elizabethan (House)
A house using or simulating half-timber construction; cross gables; steeply pitched roof; large chimney stacks
English Colonial (House)
A saltbox, cape code or other simple style with no ornamentations or classical details
Federal (House)
An adaptation of classical and Georgian styles, featuring tall windows, curved stairs, elliptical rooms, bowed projections and octagonal bays, virtually flat roof, balustrade along the eave line, fanlight transoms, decorated sidelights, porticoes and columns
Georgian (House)
A style characterized by symmetry, aligned windows, and conventional details; gambrel, gable or hip roof; windows capped with cornices or down moldings; classical cornices on the eaves; pilasters often frame the doorway, but there is no covered porch at the front door; balustrade set high on the roof; building material varies regionally
Gothic Revival (House)
A variety of irregular, picturesque, rambling designs; steeply-pitched gable and cross-gable roof, vertical siding in earthly colors; carved ornamentation; verandas and balconies
Greek Revival (House)
A style based on the forms of the Classical Greek temple; shallow-pitched gable roof, with gable end usually oriented toward the road; portico with columns; recessed front entrance with wide casings; white clapboard with dark green shutters
Mansard (House)
A modern style featuring the mansard roof; often has arched formed windows, double front doors, smooth stucco covering, and decorative corner features
Modern (House)
A house built with up-to-date materials. May be contemporary in style, or reproduction or derivative style
Neoclassical Revival (House)
A style featuring a two-story classical portico with columns, restrained decorative details, smooth exterior wall surfaced, often a hip roof
Prairie (House)
Characterized by a low-pitched hip roof with wide overhanging; bands of casement windows; stucco covering; strong horizontal emphasis; low, heavy and solid appearance
Queen Anne (House)
A milt-story, wood-framed and (usually) clapboarded style featuring turrets, towers, verandahs, wrap-around porches, gazebos, scrollwork, varied shingle patterns
Ranch (House)
Typically one-story; simple gable roof; built on a slab of shallow foundation; materials, coverings, ornamentation vary
Romanesque (House)
A style featuring masonry construction, massive walls, round arches, masonry mullions, steep multi-gable roof, turrets
Saltbox (House)
A two-story house with a gable roof, the back slope of which is elongated down to a one-story height; usually covered in clapboard siding
Spanish Mission (House)
Characterized by tile roof, wide eaves with exposed rafter ends, open porches with rectangular piers, a dominant curved parapet, and stucco
Split-Level (House)
A ranch-type house with a one-story sections meeting a two-story section
Tudor (House)
A masonry or stucco building with parapeted gables, stone mullions, large leaded windows, and a Tudor arch
Victorian (House)
Not a single style; often used to refer to Queen Anne or gothic revival styles
Williamsburg Colonial (House)
A modern style featuring symmetrical facade, steeply-pitched gable roof with dormers; clapboard or brink covering
Bifold (Door)
A two-paneled folding door mounted in a track, usually used with closets
Bypass (Door)
Doors set in a track so as to open by sliding past each other, usually used with closets
Dutch (Door)
A two-part door divided horizontally
French (Door)
A two-part door divided vertically
Hollow Core (Door)
A door constructed of exterior surfaces with air-space and filler between them
Jamb (Door)
The sides and top member of a door frame
Raised Panel (Door)
A door constructed of shaped solid panels set into a solid frame
Sidelight (Door)
Narrow window next to an entry door
Solid Core (Door)
A door constructed of exterior surfaced with solid wood blocks filling the space between them
Steel (Door)
A door constructed of steel as a fire-proofing or security barrier
Theshold (Door)
The bottom part of the doorway
Asphalt Shingle (Roof)
Heavy felt impregnated with asphalt and coated with mineral granules; come in a range of colors; life span of approximately 15 years
Built-Up (Roof)
A low-pitch or flat roof covered with layers of roofing felt laminated with tar, pitch or asphalt and topped with hot tar and gravel
Cross Gable (Roof)
A gable roof that interests another gable roof at right angles
Decking (Roof)
Boards or panels applied to the rafters as a support for the roof covering
Felt (Roof)
Asphalt-impregnated paper installed over decking as an underlayment for the roof covering
Flat (Roof)
A roof with little or not pitch; not suitable for shingles; requires a built-up or membrane type of covering
Gable (Roof)
A triangular end wall defined by the two sloped of a roof and a line joining the eaves; a pitched roof that creates a triangular end wall
Gambrel (Roof)
A roof that has two slopes on each side, the lower slopes being deeper than the upper slopes; typical of barns
Gothic (Roof)
A ridged roof with sides that curve, often ending in a flair
Hip (Roof)
The outside corner formed by the perpendicular meeting of the outside edges of two roof sloped; a roof that ends in hips rather than gables or other end walls
Mansard (Roof)
A roof that has two slopes on all four sides; the upper slope is close to horizontal and the lower slope is close to vertical
Membrane (Roof)
A vulcanized sheet of rubber or other seamless material applied with adhesive directly to decking; used on flat and low-pitch roofs
Pitched (Roof)
A roof that has a slope; pitch is usually stated as a ratio of rise (vertical distance) in inches per 12 inches of run (horizontal distance)
Rafter (Roof)
One of the parallel beams that support the decking of a sloped roof
Rake (Roof)
The slope of a gable
Ridge (Roof)
The Horizontal line formed by the juncture of two roof slopes; the board to which the upper ends of the rafters of two slopes are nailed
Roll Roofing (Roof)
Mineral-coated, asphalt-impregnated felt produced in long rolled-up sheets instead of as individual shingles; typically installed n overlapping pieces which are the length of the entire roof
Roofing Paper (Roof)
Felt
Shake (Roof)
A wooden shingle, usually redwood or cedar, that can be installed as a roof covering or wall covering
Shed (Roof)
A pitch roof with a single slope
Slate (Roof)
A fine-grained rock that slits into thin, smooth layers that can be used as shingles; very heavy, but long-lasting
Tile (Roof)
Curved ceramic or concrete elements that fit together in such a way as to form a waterproof roof covering
Truss (Roof)
A framework of rafters and connecting beams installed as a unit to support part of a roof and tie together the opposite walls
Valley (Roof)
The inside corner created where two roof slopes meet; the opposite of a hip
Awning (Window)
A window hinged along the top edge and designed to swing at the bottom
Bay (Window)
A window or group of windows in a structural bay
Bow (Window)
A curved window or a group of windows built as a unit to project beyond the surface of a wall
Casement (Window)
A window hinged along one of the vertical edges
Casing (Windows)
Finish trim around a window opening
Double-Hung (Windows)
A window with an upper and lower sash that slide vertically in separate slots
Eyebrow (Windows)
An arched window set in a rounded dormer that has no side walls
Fanlight (Windows)
A semi-circular transom window with muntins that fan from the center
French (Windows)
A pair of casement windows hinged on theater vertical edged so that they open inward or outward together
Hopper (Windows)
A window hinged along the bottom edge
Jalousie (Windows)
A window with adjustable, pivoting overlapped horizontal glass slats
Light (Windows)
A single pane of glass in a window; windows are described as two-lights four-light, six, etc.
Louver (Windows)
A jalousie window, or one of the glass elements of the same
Mullion (Windows)
A vertical or double jamb that divides two window sashed or large fixed panes
Muntin (Windows)
The horizontal and vertical cross-members that hold individual panes of glass within a single sash
Oriel (Windows)
A bay window on an upper floor
Rail (Windows)
One of the horizontal elements of a sash
Sash (Windows)
The frame which the panes of a window
Sill (Windows)
The base of a window jamb
Stile (Windows)
One of the vertical elements of a sash
Stool (Windows)
The ledge that sits on the sill of a window
Transom (Windows)
A small window above a door or a larger window; the horizontal divider is, technically the transom
