Alure: A passage, gallery, or garden walk.
Anchor: An ornament like an arrow head used with an egg design to enrich mouldings.
Arch: Curved structure used as a support over an open space.
Architrave: Beam resting directly on the tops of columns.
Arabesque: Geometrical and complicated decoration.
Architect: A person who designs and oversees the execution of any building.
Architecture: The art of designing and building according to the rules regulated by nature and taste.
Area: A court or place. Can also mean a small courtyard.
Aspect: The direction in which a building faces.
Balcony: A projection from a wall of a building. It is usually placed before windows or openings.
Baluster: Any of the singular posts of a railing.
Balustrade: Row of columns supporting a railing.
Bay Window: A window forming a bay or recess in a room.
Bracket: A projection from the face of a wall.
Capital: The upper part or head of a column.
Coffer: Decorative sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
Colonnade: Series of columns set a regular intervals.
Column: Cylindrical support consisting of base, shaft and capital.
Corinthian: The most elaborate of the three orders of Greek architecture, distinguished by a bell-shaped capital with a design of acanthus leaves. Cornice: The top section of the entablature; a horizontal molding projecting along the top of a building or wall.
Details: These may be split into two categories - structural and architectural.

Foyer: The entrance hall.
Frieze: the horizontal band forming the middle section of the entablature; usually decorated with sculpture.
Gable: The end wall of a building, the top of which conforms to the slope of the roof.
Ionic Order: An order that originated in Asia Minor in the mid-sixth century B.C. and that was used commonly by the Greeks. The Ionic capital is characterized by scroll-like volutes.
Portal: A door or entrance.
Site Plan: The site plan shows the legal boundaries; the topographical features, including contours, vegetation, trees, roads, walks, fences and other man-made features; and the buildings. If the grid system is employed, the baseline of the grid, including its true bearing and tie-in dimensions to permanent features, is indicated as well as the level reference datum. Included with the site plan is the location plan, which is a map enabling one to find the property with reference to main roads, towns or natural features.
Vault: An arched ceiling or roof of stone, brick, or concrete.
Vestibule: Small entrance hall of a building.
Veranda: An open gallery or balcony with a roof supported by light supports.
Villa: In Roman architecture, the land-owner’s residence or farmstead on his country estate; in Renaissance architecture, a country house; in 19th-century England, a detached house usually on the outskirts of town; in modern architecture, a small house.

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