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- Midterm: Building Types & Elements
Midterm: Building Types & Elements
Architecture And Urban Design 10a with Gannon,todd at University of California - Los Angeles
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Arch
A curved element that spans an opening and supports the structural loads above it. Most often, arches are made of small, wedge-shaped masonry elements called voussoirs. The profile of an arch may vary from semicircular to pointed to almost flat.
Asoka Columns
Tall columns that marked roads to Buddhist shrines, often inscribed with Buddhist teachings.
Baptistery
A building, generally octagonal, used for the Christian rite of baptism.
Basilica
In Roman architecture, a hall used for public administration. Refers to rect building w/ central section w/ higher roof (nave), lower aisles on long sides. semicircular projection (apse) on ends. Churches: main entrance, processional axis, altar.
Cella
The shrine room in the center of a temple.
Chaitya
In India, a traditional village memorial erected over the grave of an honored person. A structure built to enclose such a memorial and permit circulation around it is known as a chaitya hall.
Corbel
Masonry that projects slightly from a wall and serves as a support.
Dolmen
Also known as a portal tomb, a megalithic tomb used in ancient architecture.
Gopura
In Hindu architecture a monumental gateway erected on axis with the temple.
Haram
Literally, “private” or “sacred”. Used to describe the sanctuary in a mosque and the family living quarters in an Islamic house.
Iwan
Roofed or vaulted chamber open on one side, often facing the courtyard of a mosque.
Martyrium
A building associated with a Christian martyr.
Mastaba
An Egyptian tomb with a flat top and sloping sides, built over a grave shaft.
Megaron
In Mycenaen architecture, a rectangular room having a central hearth and four columns supporting a roof with an atrium opening. More generally, the term applies to a single-cell house in the Aegean region.
Menhir
A large upright standing stone. May be found singly as monoliths, or as a part of a group of similar stones.
Metope
An element of the Doric frieze (wide central part of an entablature), set alternately with triglyphs (channeled blocks). Metope panels contain low-relief carvings.
Mortuary Temple
A temple constructed adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, royal tombs in Ancient Egypt. Designed to commemorate the reign of the pharaoh as well as for use by the pharaoh’s cult after death.
Mosque
An Islamic house of prayer.
Obelisk
A stone monolith, square in plan, with sides tapering toward a pyramidal top.
Pagoda
A tapering tower with multiple roof levels, built by Buddhists particularly in China and Japan. The word derives from the Sanskrit dagoba, meaning stupa.
Post-and-Beam
Post: An upright structural member; a column.
Beam (lintel): A horizontal element that carries structural loads between upright supports.
Beam (lintel): A horizontal element that carries structural loads between upright supports.
Pylon
A massive entrance to an Egyptian temple, with sloping walls and a central opening.
Purlin
Horizontal structural member in a roof. Purlins support the loads from the roof deck or sheathing, and are supported by the principal rafters and/or the building walls, steal beams, etc.
Pilaster
A rectangular column, engaged in a wall, which is sometimes articulated as an order.
Pyramid
Structure where outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a point.
Qibla
The direction of Mecca, indicated in a mosque by the mihrab; by extension, the wall in which the mihrab is placed.
Sahn
An open courtyard in a mosque.
Stoa
In Greek architecture, a linear building with one or more rows of columns. Stoas could be used for shops, meetings, or exhibitions.
Stupa
In Buddhist architecture, the mound of earth and stones erected over relics of the Buddha or, by extension, over the remains of a holy person.
Temple
Structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities.
Triglyph
A channeled block set between metopes in a Doric Frieze.
Typical Chinese House
Houses tend to occur in ensembles organized around courtyards. Sectioned off for different functions.
Vault
An arched ceiling or roof of brick or stone.
Ziggurat
A stepped pyramid form used in ancient Mesopotamia as the platform for a religious building.
About this deck
By: L. Z.
Created: 2011-02-08
Size: 34 flashcards
Views: 32
Created: 2011-02-08
Size: 34 flashcards
Views: 32
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