Terms:

Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Acropolis, Mycenae
Aegean Sea
Aix la Chapelle, Germany
Akrotiri, Santorini (island sometimes known as Thira)
Alberti scrolls:
Alberti, Leon Battista
Alcazar, Toledo, Spain
Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Allen Memorial Art Center, Oberlin, Ohio
Ambulatories:
Amiens Cathedral, France
Amon:
Antequera, Spain
Antiquarian:
Antwerp Town Hall:
Apse:
Arcade:
Arch of Constantine, Rome
Arch of Titus, Rome
Arch of Triumph, Paris
Arcology:
Astylar:
Avenue of the Dead, Teotihuacan
Babylon
Baldachino:
Ball court, Mayan:
Banqueting House, Whitehall, London
Baptistery, Florence Cathedral:
Barcaccia, Rome:
Baroque:
Barrel Vault:
Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Rome
Basilica:
Basilica, Vicenza,
Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany:
Beauvais Cathedral, France
Beehive Dome:
Behrens, Peter:
Belvedere:
Bensberg Town Hall, Germany:
Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo:
Bestiary:
Bifurcated:
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Boboli Gardens, Florence,
Bohm, Gottfried:
Bosses:
Brunelleschi, Filippo:
Buttress:
Byzantium:
Caernarvon Castle, Wales, Britain:
Campidoglio, Rome:
Carcassonne:
Caryatids:
Castel San Angelo, Rome:
Cathedral of Florence (Sta. Maria del Fiore):
Cenote:
Ceres:
Chartres Cathedral, France
Chateau de Blois, Loire Valley:
Chateau de Chambord, Loire Valley:
Cheops:
Chephren:
Chichen Itza, Yucatan
Church of the Invalides, Paris:
Clairvaux Monastery, France
Clapboard construction:
Clearstory (clerestory):
Clerestory:
Coeur, Jacques:
Cologne Cathedral, Germany
Colonnade:
Colosseum, Rome
Composite Order, Roman:
Constantinople:
Constructivism:
Contextual:
Coop Himmelblau (blue sky co-op):
Corinthian Order:
Cornice:
Cotswold Villages, England,
Court of the Lions, Alhambra
Court of the Myrtles, Alhambra
Crown Hall, I. I. T., Chicago, Il:
Crystal Palace, London:
Cultural Center, Miami, Fl.:
Cupola:
Dacca Capitol, Bangladesh:
Darius I (the Great):
Deconstructivism:
Deconstructivist Architecture:
Decorated English Architecture:
Deir el-Bahari, Egypt
Demeter:
Doge’s Palace (Ducal Palace), Venice
Donjon:
Doric Order:
Double Bull Capital:
Duomo:
Duomo:
Earl of Derby, London:
Eclecticism:
Eiffel Tower, Paris:
Eisenman, Peter
El Castillo, Chichen Itza:
Embroidery:
English gardens:
English Gothic (Early):
English Gothic Architecture:
Erechtheum, Athens
Escorial, Royal complex, Spain
Evans, Sir Arthur:
Falling Water, Bear Run, Pa.:
Fan vault:
Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois
Flamboyant:
Fleche:
Florence, Italy:
Florence, Cathedral:
Florence, Cathedral, the dome:
Flying Buttress:
Foundling Hospital, Florence,
French Gothic:
French High Renaissance:
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Milan
Gargoyle:
Gates of Paradise:
Gehry, Frank:
Gehry effect:
Georgian:
German Gothic:
Giant orders:
Giralda Tower, Seville
Gizeh, Egypt
Granada Cathedral, Spain:
Greek Orders:
Groin Vault:
Gropius, Walter:
Guaranty Building, Buffalo, N.Y.:
Guatavita, Colombia
Habitat, Montreal, Canada:
Hadid, Zaha M.:
Hadrian’s Tomb/Castel san Angelo, Rome:
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey:
Half-timber construction:
Hall of 100 Columns, Persepolis, Persia:
Hanging Gardens, Babylon:
Hatshepsut:
Heidelberg Castle, Germany:
Hellen:
Hellenic:
Hellenistic:
Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London:
Hera:
Herculaneum, Italy
High Tech:
Hollein, Hans:
Horus:
Hypostyle Hall:
Imhotep:
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan:
Impost block:
International Style:
Ionic Order:
Ishtar Gate, Babylon:
Ishtar:
Islam:
Istanbul:
Italian Gothic:
John Whipple House, Ipswich, Mass:
Johnson, Philip:
Johnson House, New Canaan, Connecticut:
Johnson Wax Complex, Racine, Wisconsin.
Jones, Inigo:
Kahn, Louis I.:
Kimball Art Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas:
Knossos, Crete
Koizumi Sangyo Building, Tokyo:
Koolhaas, Rem:
Kunsthandwerk Museum, Frankfurt, Germany:
L’Enfant, Pierre Charles:
La Mezquita, Cordoba, Spain:
La Tourette, Lyons, France:
Lancelot " Capability" Brown:
Larkin Building, Buffalo, N.Y.:
Laurentian Library, Florence,
Le Corbusier (" Corbu" ):
Leaning Tower of Pisa (Torre Pendente di Pisa):
Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas:
Lever House, New York:
Libeskind, Daniel:
Linderhof Schloss (Castle):
Lion’s Gate, Mycenae, Greece:
Lofty House, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico:
Louvre (Palace), Paris:
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria:
Lutf Allah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran
Machine Hall, Paris:
Madeleine, Paris:
Manicuring:
Mannerist:
Mansart, Francois:
Mansart, Jules Hardouin:
Medici Chapel, Florence:
Mediterranean:
Meier, Richard:
Menga, cave of, Antequera, Spain:
Mentuhotep:
Mesopotamia:
Michael Graves:
Michelangelo Buonarroti:
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig:
Mihrab:
Milan Cathedral, Italy
Minoan civilization, Aegean Sea, Greece:
Minos:
Modernism:
Monticello, Charlottesville, Va.:
Mosque, Cordoba, Spain
Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.
Mullions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York City:
Mycenae, Greece
Mykerinos (Greek Menkaura):
Na:
Narthex:
Nave:
Nebuchadnezzar:
Neptune:
Neuschwanstein Schloss (Castle):
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris:
Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamps, France:
Nunnery, Uxmal:
Organic Architecture:
Paestum, Italy:
Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete:
Palace of Persepolis, Persia (present day Iran):
Palacio Real (Royal Palace), Madrid:
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence:
Palazzo Pitti, Florence:
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence:
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Paley Vest Pocket Park, New York
Palladian Motif:
Palladio, Andrea:
Pallazzo Pitti, Florence
Pantheon, Paris:
Pantheon, Rome
Parc de La Villette, Paris:
Parthenon, Athens
Parts:
Pazzi Chapel, Florence:
Peachtree Center, Atlanta, Ga.:
Pei, I. M. (Ioh Ming):
Pendentives:
Pendentives:
Pennzoil Place, Houston, Texasx:
Pericles:
Perpendicular English Gothic:
Persepolis, Persia
Piazza San Marco, Venice:
Pilotis:
Pisa, Italy:
Place de la Concorde, Paris:
Place des Vosges, Paris:
Plateresque:
Polychromatic:
Pompeii, Italy:
Pompidou Centre (Place Beauborg), Paris.
Ponte Vecchio, Florence:
Portland Public Service Building, Portland, Oregon:
Portman, John C.,
Poseidon:
Post and Lintel:
PostModernism:
Prinknash Abbey, England:
Prior Park, Bath, England:
Propylaea:
Proto Baroque:
Pylon:
Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico:
Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacan, Mexico:
Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico:
Quadripartite Vault:
Queen’s House, Greenwich, England:
Quoins:
Regent’s Park Zoo, Penguin Pool:
Reja:
Renaissance:
Repetition:
Reredos:
Retablo:
Revell, Vieljo:
Rheims (Reims) Cathedral, France:
Rhythm:
Richardson, Henry Hobson:
Robie House, Chicago, Illinois:
Rockefeller Center, New York City:
Rogers, Richard:
Roman Forum:
Romanesque:
Romeral, Cave of, Antequera, Spain:
Ronchamps, France:
Royal Crescent, Bath, England:
Royal Mosque, Isfahan, Iran
Royal Pavilion, Brighton:
Rusticated:
Rustication:
Safde, Moshe:
Sagrado Chapel, Bogota, Colombia:
Sainte Chapelle, Paris:
San Marco, Venice, Italy:
San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy:
Santa Maria Novella, Florence:
Santorini, Greece:
Scale:
Schliemann, Heinrich:
Schnabel House, Los Angeles, Ca.
Seagram Building, New York City:
Seville Cathedral, Spain:
Sexpartite Vault:
Side Aisle:
Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome:
Skidmore, Owings, Merrill, Architects
Soleri, Paolo:
Spanish Gothic:
Spanish High Renaissance:
Spanish Steps, Rome:
Spherical Pendentive:
Sphinx, Gizeh, Egypt:
Squinch:
St. Appolinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy:
St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow:
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London:
St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome:
St. Peter’s, Baroque piazza, Rome:
St. Peter’s, Dome, Rome:
Stadtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany:
Stalactite:
Stilt block:
Stonehenge, England:
Sullivan, Louis:
Superimposition (superposition):
Thira (Fira):
Tigerman, Stanley,- Architec
Together:
Togetherness:
Toledo Cathedral, Spain:
Tomb of Agamemnon, Mycenae, Greece:
Toronto City Hall, Canada:
Townhouse:
Transept:
Transparente:
Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece:
Trenton Bath House, N.J.:
Trinity Church, Boston, Mass.
Tschumi, Bernard:
Tulum, Yucatan, Mexico:
Ulm Cathedral, Germany:
Unite d’Habitation, Marseilles, France:
University of Virginia, Charlottesville:
Upside-down columns:
Ur, Sumer:
Variegated:
Venturi, Robert:
Versailles, Chateau outside Paris:
Viera,cave of, Antequera, Spain:
Villa Capra, (Villa Rotunda), Vicenza, Italy:
Villa d’Este, Tivoli, Italy:
Villa Savoye, Poissy sur Seine, France
Wall-bearing:
Washington, D.C., Capitol:
Westminster Abbey, London:
Whole:
Winchester Cathedral, England:
Wren, Sir Christopher:
Wright, Frank Lloyd:
Xerxes I:
Ziggurat of Ur, Mesopotamia:
Ziggurat:
Zoser: