Oculus
Plural: oculi
Pronunciations: AHK you lis; AHK you lie
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OCULUS A small round or oval window.
'ONTARIO COTTAGE' A modern term used to describe houses in Ontario from about 1830 to about 1870 if they are built with one-and-a-half storeys and have a gable roof featuring a gable over a dormer window; ...
oculus - a small circular or eye-shaped window.
ogee - the "s" shaped molding that universally typifies Gothic. See also arch. ...
Oculus: A small circular opening, and which was a precursor of the Gothic rose window (fig.4, A).
Openwork gablet: Gable-shaped motif above portals and windows, often containing tracery decorations as well as pinnacles and finials.
Oculus
A round window. Image courtesy of Gretchen Ranger
Opisthodomos
The room at the rear of a Greek temple, behind the naos. Image courtesy of Gayle Goudy Kochanski ...
Oculus. Oval or circular opening or window in a wall or dome.
Opus tassellatum. Type of floor made entirely from small square-shaped pieces of marble and stone, usually of different colours.
oculus - round window (p. 28).
oriel window - a bay window that projects from the building above ground level. In medieval architecture, a bay window is corbeled out from the wall of an upper story.
Oculus - A small circular panel or window, common in Edwardian architecture and often with leadlight glazing (plural: oculi).
Oculus : A circular or eye shaped window.
Portico : A ceilinged entranceway to a church, often bordered by columned masonry.
Quadripartite vault : A four sectioned vault, divided by diagonal, transverse ribs.
Oculus - Circular opening in a roof or on a wall, such as the oculus in the center of the dome of the Pantheon.
Odeion - (or Odeon) A small theater roofed off from the sky, unlike theaters which were open air.
Oculus - Circular opening in a wall
Ogee - Molding with both concave and convex curves
Oriel - Upper-story projecting bay window with corbels or brackets ...
OCULUS). FACADE: the face of a building, especially one designed to look grand.
The central courtyard is covered with a dome which has an oculus, or round hole, in the roof to let in light and air.
The oculus in the centre of the dome was to be one metre wider in diameter than that of the Pantheon (8.92 metres) to admit more light on Hitler's sarcophagus, placed immediately under it on the floor of the rotunda.
building for communal prayer NICHE: a vertical recess in a wall or pier, usually arched and containing a statue or urn OBELISK: a tall, tapering shaft of stone, usually monolithic, of square or rectangle section and ending pyramidally OCULUS: a ...
Of a porch or portico: with eight columns across the front.Oculus
Circular opening.Oeil de boeufSmall oval window, set horizontally. Also called a bullseye window.Ogee ...
oculus Circular window. onion dome A bulbous structure resembling an onion with a pointed tip, frequently topping church towers in Central and Eastern Europe.
 See also: Architecture, Roman, House, Church, Gothic
  
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