GLOSSARY OF ARCHITECTURAL
Terms   C - CON

• CAMPANIFORM In the shape of a bell.

• CANOPY A horizontal, sloped, or arched surface that projects from a wall-usually over a door or a win-dow-to provide shelter from the weather.

• CANTILEVER A beam or other horizontal member that projects beyond a vertical support and is unsupported at one end.

• CAPITAL The decorative head of a column, pilaster, pier, or other vertical support.

• CAPONIER In military architecture, a relatively small projection that provides a firing position, similar to a DEMI-BASTION but covered.

• CARTOUCHE A decorated panel, often curvilinear in form.

• CASEMENT A window that opens by being hinged along one side.

• CHAMFER A sloping or bevelled edge.

• CHANCEL In a church, the sanctuary at the altar (usually east) end, used by the clergy.

• CHANNEL A groove,often decorative.

• CHOIR In a church, the portion between the nave and the chancel, used by the choir for singing.

• CHEVRON V-shaped decoration.

• CLADDING The external, non-structural material that protects the structural wall or frame from the weather.

• CLAPBOARD See siding.

• CLASSICAL Derived from the architecture of ancient Greece or Rome.

• CLERESTORY A row of windows located near the top of the wall of a nave or room or other space.

• CLOCHER A belltower on a church (from the French cloche, or bell).

• CONSERVATION Any activity undertaken to protect, preserve, or enhance the heritage value of heritage property or an area.

• COFFER A recessed decorative panel in a ceiling, vault, or dome.

• COLUMN See post.

• CONCRETE A mixture of cement, aggregate (usually sand and gravel), and water that hardens and attains great compressive strength. When used structurally it is usually reinforced by being poured around steel rods or mesh to give it tensile strength as well. Concrete may be poured into forms (usually wood) directly in place in a structure, or it may be precast away from the site and then placed into position. Concrete blocks are precast and used as building blocks.