Glossary

Adjectives for Describing Buildings

Ancient Over-the-top
Art Nouveau Plain
Bad taste Pebble-dashed
Beautiful/ Gorgeous Timber
Boring/ Dull/ Bland Plate glass
Brick Post-modern
Brightly coloured Radical/ Revolutionary
Classic/Classical Renaissance
Concrete Residential
Contemporary Romanesque
Dated Ruined
Derelict Run-down
Dilapidated Single-storey
Demolished Spacious
Ecologically friendly/ Green Stunning
Elegant Stylish
Famous/ Infamous Tall
Gothic Timeless
Graceful Traditional
Huge Ugly/ Hideous
Iconic Unexceptional
Impressive Uninspiring
Imposing Unique
Influential Wooden
Innovative Timbered
Kitsch
Low rise
Luxurious
Magnificent
Medieval
Minimalist
Mock Tudor
Modern/Modernist
Multi-storey/
High-rise
Old-fashioned
Ornate

Buildings
(block of) flats
Airport
Art Gallery
Bank
Bungalow
Bus Station
Castle
Church
Cinema
Cottage
Detached house
Factory
Fire Station
Garage
High-rise flat
Hospital Hotel
Mill
Mosque
Museum
Office(s)
Petrol station
Police Station
Railway Station
Restaurant
School
Semi-detached house
Skyscraper(s)
Synagogue
Terraced house
Theatre
Tower
Windmill

General
3D model column
abutment dormer
aisle double glazing
altar drawbridge
ambulatory drawing
antefix drum
apartment building dungeon
apse eave
apsidiole elevation
arcade embrasure
arch entablature
architrave exterior
armature façade
atrium fanlight
attic fascia
awning festoon
bailey finial
baldachino finial
balustrade fixture
banister flanking tower
barbican floor/storey
bartizan fluted column
base foam/ styrofoam
basement footbridge
battlement footings
bay formeret
beam foundation
belfry frame
belfry fresco
bell tower frieze
block of flats gable
bracket gallery
brattice gargoyle
brick gate
building envelope gazebo
bulkhead glue
bungalow GPS
buttress (flying, diagonal) green belt
CAD programmes ground floor/first floor
campanile guardhouse
capital gutter
casement gypsum
cast Iron handle
castle Insulation
ceiling interior
cellar ionic order
chamber jamb
chapel keep
chemise keystone
chevet Lady chapel
choir landmark
clerestory lierne
cloister lift/ elevator
coffer lighting:
colonnade
lintel public realm
lintel pylon
listed building pyramid
lists quatrefoil
lobby quoin
log cabin rail
louver-board ramp
lunette rampart
machicolation recycling
mansard reinforced concrete
mansion residential area
marble restoration
mascaron roof
mausoleum rose window
mezzanine rotunda
moat rustication
molding sacristy
monument sash
mosaic semi-detached house
motte set square
nails sewage
nave shaft (air shaft)
necropolis shape
niche shell
obelisk side chapel
open-plan site plan
order sketch
oriel skyscraper
ornament slab
pagoda slant
paint socket
parapet (parapet walk) span
partition wall spire
passage (descending/ splay
ascending) stained glass
pedestal stairs
pediment statue
penthouse steeple
peristyle stilts
piazza stockade
pier storage
pilaster storefront
pillar story/floor
pinnacle surveying equipment
plaster temple
plinth terrace
plywood terraced house
podium terracotta
podium tierceron
porch tile
portal tomb
portcullis tower
portico townscape
postern tracery
public building transept (transept spire)
traverse arch
trefoil
turret
tuscan order
tympanum
utilities
vault
veranda
volutes
wall
wallpaper
window
wing
wood
ziggurat
3D model - Model 3D column - Coloană
dormer - Mansardă
double glazing - Geam dublu
drawbridge - Pod mobil
drawing - Desen
drum - Tambur
dungeon - Temniță
eave - Coama
elevation - Elevație
embrasure - Embrasure
entablature - Entablatură
exterior - Exterior
façade - Fațadă
fanlight - Luminiță superioară
fascia - Fascie
festoon - Feston
finial - Vârf de acoperiș
finial - Vârf de acoperiș
fixture - Fixtură
flanking tower - Turn de flanc
floor/storey - Etaj
fluted column - Coloană canelată
foam/ styrofoam - Spumă/ polistiren
footbridge - Pod pietonal
footings - Fundații
formeret - Formarete
foundation - Fundație
frame - Cadru
fresco - Frescă
frieze - Frieză
gable - Fronton
gallery - Galerie
gargoyle - Garguie
gate - Poartă
gazebo - Foisor
glue - Adeziv
GPS - Sistem de poziționare globală (GPS)
green belt - Zonă verde
ground floor/first floor - Parter
guardhouse - Casă de pază
gutter - Jgheab
gypsum - Gips
handle - Mâner
insulation - Izolație
interior - Interior
ionic order - Ordin ionic
jamb - Stâlp de deschidere
keep - Turn donjon
keystone - Cheie de boltă
Lady chapel - Capelă a Domniței
landmark - Repere/ punct de referință
lierne - Lierne
lift/elevator - Lift
lighting - Iluminat

public realm - Spațiu public

pylon - Stâlp de susținere
pyramid - Piramidă
quatrefoil - Arc cu patru frunze
quoin - Cotă
rail - Balustradă/ șină
ramp - Rampă
rampart - Zid fortificat
recycling - Reciclare
reinforced concrete - Beton armat
residential area - Zonă rezidențială
restoration - Restaurare
roof - Acoperiș
rose window - Roată rozetă
rotunda - Rotundă
rustication - Rustică
sacristy - Sacristie
sash - Fereastra cu două panouri mobile
semi-detached house - Casă semideatașată
set square - Raportor
sewage - Canalizare
shaft (air shaft) - Șachtă (șachtă de aerisire)
shape - Formă
shell - Coajă
side chapel - Capelă laterală
site plan - Planul amplasamentului
sketch - Schiță
skyscraper - Zgârie-nori
slab - Placă
slant - Înclinat
socket - Priză
span - Deschidere
spire - Tur
splay - Arc rutier
stained glass - Vitraliu
stairs - Scări
statue - Stat

abutment - Pilon
aisle - Alee
altar - Altar
ambulatory - Ambulatoriu
antefix - Antefix
apartment building - Bloc de apartamente
apse - Absidă
apsidiole - Apsidiolă
arcade - Arcadă
arch - Arc
architrave - Arhitravă
armature - Armatură
atrium - Atrium
attic - Mansardă
awning - Copertină
bailey - Curte interioară
baldachino - Baldachin
balustrade - Balustradă
banister - Balustradă
barbican - Barbicană
bartizan - Bartizan
base - Bază
basement - Subsol
battlement - Crenelură
bay - Travee
beam - Grinda
belfry - Clopotniță
bell tower - Turn cu clopote
block of flats - Bloc de apartamente
bracket - Console
brattice - Barieră
brick - Cărămidă
building envelope - Învelitoare a clădirii
bulkhead - Divizor
bungalow - Casă pe un singur nivel
buttress (flying, diagonal) - Contrafort (zburător, diagonal)
CAD programmes - Programe CAD
campanile - Campanilă
capital - Capitel
casement - Fereastră batantă
cast Iron - Fontă
castle - Castel
ceiling - Tavan
cellar - Cămară
chamber - Cămară
chapel - Capelă
chemise - Chemisă
chevet - Chevet
choir - Cor
clerestory - Ferestre înalte
cloister - Clopotniță
coffer - Cofraj
colonnade - Colonadă

composite order - Ordin compozit

concrete - Beton
configuration - Configurație
console - Console
construction drawing - Desen de construcție
corbel - Console
corinthian order - Ordin corintic
corner tower - Turn de colț
cornice - Cornișă
cottage - Casă de vacanță
courtyard - Curte interioară
covered parapet walk - Drum de strajă acoperit
crepidoma - Credipomă
crocket - Cocket
crossing - Cruce
cupola - Cupolă
curtain wall - Perete cortină
demolition - Demolare
density - Densitate
dentils - Dantelă
detached house - Casă individuală
dome - Cupolă
donjon - Donjon
doric order - Ordin doric

lintel - Lintea
lintel - Lintea
listed building - Clădire monument istoric
lists - Liste
lobby - Hol
log cabin - Cabană de lemn
louver-board - Tablă fantezistă
lunette - Lunetă
machicolation - Machicolare
mansard - Mansardă
mansion - Conac
marble - Marmură
mascaron - Mascaron
mausoleum - Mausoleu
mezzanine - Mezanin
moat - Șanț
molding -