Apex - Denotes the highest point of the radius at the top of a flat-arch or true-arch door or window.
Astragal - Vertical member attached to the inactive door of a pair that seals them where the two lock stiles meet.
Apex - The highest point of a structure. The apex can be plain or decorated with an acroterion, an acropodium, a symbol, or a finial.
Apophyge - The slight curve at the top and bottom of a column where the shaft joins the capital or base.
Apex: the highest or culminating point.
Apobate: a fully armed warrior who, in a contest, rode in a chariot for a while, dismounted, ran alongside the chariot and jumped back onto the chariot.
apex, acme, vertex, peak - the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"
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Crest: The apex of the glacis, either formed by the parapet of the covered way, or where the glacis meets the top of the counterscarp. Also known as a ridge.
Pediment: Open-topped or Broken-apex: A pediment where the sloping sides are returned before reaching the apex.
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Ridge: The apex of a roof.
Riser: The vertical part of a step or stair.
Rising Damp: Moisture soaking up a wall from below ground, by capillary action causing rot in timbers, plaster decay, decoration failure etc.
Keystone : The apex of the vault.
Niche: A recess in a wall.
Oriel: A projection from the upper story of a building often containing windows.
It is important structurally since it marks the apex of the vault; Central wedge in top of arch.
L Lancet: Long, narrow window with pointed head.
EYELET: a small opening in a traceried window, usually formed between the apex of the arch above and "Y"-forking tracery bars below (cf. OCULUS). FACADE: the face of a building, especially one designed to look grand.
ABACUS: the flat slab on the top of a capital ACROTERIA: statues or ornaments placed at the apex and the ends of pediments ARCH: the spanning of an opening by reasons other than that of a lintel ARCHITRAVE: the lintel extending from one column or ...
Full crucks have blades rising from ground level to the apex of the roof, serving as the main members of a roof truss.
The arches are made of lengths of palm wood set into the wall and projecting at increasing angles until they are horizontal at the apex of the arch where they are joined to a similar construction projecting from the opposite wall.
Christ appears at the apex or keystone of the arch. The chancel vault has at the center a representation of the Agnus Dei, or Lamb of God, directly above the altar.
Finial A carved or moulded ornament, usually pointed, at the top of an apex of a structure, e.g. a gable or parapet.
9, each course of stone was of uniform height from one side to the other; but, as the diagonal rib was longer than either the transverse or wall rib, the courses dipped towards the former, and at the apex of the vault were cut to fit one another.
An arch with a pointed apex, formed by the intersection of two S curves usually confined to decoration and not used in arcade arches. Ogee arches were used only in the late Gothic period.
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Ridge The highest part or apex of a roof where two slopes meet.
Ridge Tile A specially shaped angular or half round tile for covering and making weather-tight the ridge of a roof.
Riser The vertical part of a step or stair.
acroterion: (pl. -ia) plinth at feet or apex of a pediment holding statues or ornaments; the entire ornamental element at these angles.
adytum: (Greek) the inner sanctuary of a temple, entered only by the priest.
Jenkins-head Roof - A gabled roof with its apex truncated by a small hipped roof.
Joist - Wood framing members, usually set 16" apart on center, carefully chosen to support all "live" and "dead" loads.
Usually triangular, occasionally semi-circular, can be open ie when the sloping sides stop short of the apex, or broken, when the base, for whatever reason, is incomplete. The apex stone is the topmost stone ...
Acroterium: a sculptural figure or ornament mounted on the apex or corners of a pediment
Aedes: the place where a god resides; most aedes also were temple buildings, although some, such as the Temple of Vesta, were not.
Jenkins-head Roof A gabled roof with its apex truncated by a small hipped roof.
Joist A beam supporting a floor or ceiling.K
Keystone The central, topmost stone of an arch.
acroteria - plinths for statues or ornaments placed at the apex and ends of a pediment: also, more loosely, both the plints and what stands on them.
amorino - ornament from the Renaissance; little Italian chubby naked cupids.
Spandrel - Area between top of a column or pier and the apex of the arch springing from it.
Splay - Chamfer, or sloping face.
Spring - Level at which the springers (voussoirs) of an arch rise from their supports.
In European megalithic architecture, forecourts are curved in plan with the entrance to the tomb at the apex of the open semi-circle enclosure that the forecourt creates.
(Literally- a peak) Plinth for a statue or ornament placed at the apex or ends of a pediment: also loosely and more usually, both the plinths and what stands on them.
Addorsed.
Afronted.
Pyramid
A quadrilateral masonry mass with steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex; in ancient Egypt, pyramids were used as royal tombs.
Relief
Moldings and ornamentation projecting from the surface of a wall.
Bell Gable
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Lancet window : A tall, narrow window which terminates in a pointed apex.
Lantern tower : An extended tower or watch house illuminated in its uppermost windows.
Acroterion (plural: acroteria) - Ornament at the apex or ends of a pediment or gable (refer: finial) ...
Keystone - the architectural piece at the crown of a vault or arch and marks its apex, locking the other pieces into position.
Lancet window - A Gothic pointed window.
a vertical post extending from a tie-beam or a collar-beam to the apex of a roof, and supporting a ridge-piece.
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Step Pyramid: The first of the two types of pyramids, they resembled a set of stairs leading up to the apex of the pyramid. This was because they constructed one layer of the pyramid at a time and worked their way up.
Key Stone - the voussoir at the top of an arch. It is important structurally since it marks the apex of the vault.
Khirbet - Arabic word meaning ancient ruin.
a round opening in a wall or at the apex of a dome.
Oenochoe
an ancient Greek wine jug.
A tall, narrow window that terminates in a pointed apex.
Lantern Tower:
An extended tower or watch house illuminated in its uppermost windows.
Pyramidal roof: A pyramidal roof is a hipped roof which lacks a ridge, the four isosceles-triangular planes of the roof meeting at a common apex. As the name suggests, it resembles a pyramid.
Keystone - The stone at the apex of an arch
Kindergarten - An infant school
Kiosk - A small roofed stall.
Kitchen - A place where food is cooked.
Kitchenette - A tiny kitchen ...
SPANDREL The almost triangular area contained by the outer curve of an arch, the horizontal line drawn from its apex, and the vertical line drawn from its springing.
A double curve bending first one way and then the other. An ‘ogee arch’ has two curves meeting at an apex.
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A triangular space formed by the raking cornices (sloping sides) and horizontal cornice of a gabled temple; also used above a door or window. If the apex or base is split, the pediment is described as broken. Image courtesy of Heather Russell ...
Where the ribs meet at the apex is a keystone; 3) fan vaulting - rising from a polygonal structure and consisting of a concave cone radiating from each support; 4) domical vault - rising above a square structure and consisting of a section of a ...
The gables are decorated with trusses at the apex, brackets support overhanging eaves with exposed rafter tails, and the porches usually have diagonal support or curve braces.
pediment - A triangular section framed by a horizontal molding at the base (frieze) with two raking (sloping) moldings. Used as a crown over doors, windows. May also be discontinuous or broken at the apex.
dry-rot, almost every town in California that grew during this period has its collection of bungalows. Los Angeles County is the bungalow capital of the world. The Greene and Greene designed Craftsman Bungalows in Pasadena are considered the apex of ...
post and lintel A method of construction in which vertical beams (posts) are used to support a horizontal beam (lintel). pyramid In ancient Egypt, a quadrilateral masonry mass with steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb.
Ridge - the highest part or apex of a roof.
Ridge Tile - a specially shaped tile for covering and making weather tight the ridge of a roof. These tiles may have a rounded or angular cross-section.
Riser - the vertical part of a step or stair.
 See also: Architecture, Vault, Ornament, Arch, Tower
  
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