Retable - A superstructure found since 11th Century, either painted or carved, on the rear of the altar or on its own pedestal behind the altar, especially one with carved figures in the corpus or central part, ...
The basis of this superstructure, or roof, is the truss, a triangular frame of timbers set at intervals from wall to wall of the building and giving its shape to the roof.
Above Ground Level- Higher than ground level, particularly with reference to the superstructure, and to work after a building is out of the ground.
Abrasion Resistance- The ability of a finish to stand up to wear from rubbing, ...
It is used in a number of ways from all-timber constructions to buildings with stone or brick walls and a wooden superstructure.
Arch or series of arches thrown across an interior angle of a square or rectangular structure to support a circular or polygonal superstructure, especially a dome or spire.
ENTABLATURE (Lat. in, and tabula, a tablet), the architectural term for the superstructure carried by the columns in the classic orders.
The emergence of technological developments in 19th-century building systems, most importantly cast iron used for the superstructure of many buildings, seemed as swift, startling and unrelenting as digital technology seems in the 21st-century.
In architecture, a pier is an upright support for a superstructure, such as an arch or bridge. The cross section of the pier is generally square, or rectangular, although other shapes are also possible.
lantern A windowed superstructure at the top of a roof or dome; a small cupola.
lintel A horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening, most often a door.
loggia A gallery that is open on one or more sides, often with an arcade.
spire - a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
steeple
church service, church - a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church" ...
A projecting wall member used as a support for some element of the superstructure. Also, courses of stone or brick in which each course projects beyond the one beneath it. Two such structures, meeting at the topmost course, creates an arch.
in Classical architecture, a basis, usually solid, supporting a temple or other superstructure.
Portico
a covered entrance to a building, colonnaded, either constituting the whole front of the building or forming an important feature.
A long, large piece of dining-room furniture with a flat top, and sometimes a superstructure for displaying china and glass. The body is a storage unit, composed of drawers, sometimes flanked on each side by cabinets with doors.
Silhouette ...
pier -- a freestanding, rectangular mass of masonry supporting the superstructure of a building (Pedley, 355) Sample Image (Lesson 13)
pier-and-door partition (12) ...
Sleepers - Any of the pieces of timber. Stone, iron or steel, on or near the ground level, to support some superstructure, to steady framework, to receive floor joists.
Gusuku: An Okinawan word for castle, this type of castle differs basically from those of mainland Japan, dating from the 15th century, they were built extensively of stone, lacking the timber superstructures which were typical of the mainland castles.
a small single arch, or a series of concentric corbeled arches, set diagonally across the upper inside corner of a square building to facilitate the transition to a round dome or other circular superstructure.
Stained glass ...
The south bank is much lower, and the road surface had to be inclined over a distance of some thirty metres to rise to meet the superstructure of the bridge.
Bressummer A beam spanning a wide opening and supporting the superstructure, e.g. across a stairwell. Broken-back roof A roof that changes from a steep straight pitch to a lower pitch without any step.
 See also: Architecture, House, Brick, Frame, Timber
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