This glossary will show you some words and terms that we use in architecture. Some of them will describe a place in a building or something on a building or a house. I chose to do this glossary because the architectural branch is interesting. I'm studying in "Tremplin DEC".
Adobe Bricks
noun
Bricks formed out of mud or clay, and baked in a kiln or under the sun. Adobe bricks are often bonded together with mud- or lime-mortar joints, and coats of lime-and-sand stucco often cover adobe walls to prevent them from eroding in the rain. The use of adobe bricks dates back to prehistoric times, and continues today. Adobe buildings are particularly common in the southwestern United States, where they are indigenous.
Example: This sidewalk is made of adobe bricks.
en: Briques Adobe
Bell Roof
noun
A roof shaped like a bell, and typically situated on top of a round tower. The bell roof has origins in Normandy, toured extensively by Stanford White, who incorporated bell roofs into many of his Shingle Style houses and buildings.
Example: There are many bell roofs on this castle.
en: toit en cloche
Courtyard
noun
An open space, usually open to the sky, enclosed by a building, often with an arcade or colonnade.
Example: The courtyard has bushes.
en: Cour
Dormer Window
noun
A perpendicular window located in a sloping roof; triangular walls join the window to the roof. Dormer windows are sometimes crowned with pediments, and they often light attic sleeping rooms; “dormer” derives from “dormir,” French for “to sleep.”
Example: My house will have dormer windows.
en: Lucarne
Eaves
noun
The projecting edge of a roof that overhangs an exterior wall to protect it from the rain.
Example: All the houses have eaves.
en: la corniche
Facade
noun
An exterior wall, or face, of a building. The front facade of a building contains the building’s main entrance, the rear facade is the building’s rear exterior wall, and the side facades are a building’s side exterior walls
Example: The facade of this building is beautiful!
en: façade
Gallerie
noun
A wide, wrap-around covered porch lined with columns on one side, and common to French Colonial architecture of Louisiana. A gallerie connects interior rooms together, much like a hallway.
Example: We have to go towards the gallerie.
en: Galerie
Hipped Roof
noun
A roof with four sloped sides. The sides meet at a ridge at the center of the roof. Two of the sides are trapezoidal in shape, while the remaining two sides are triangular, and thus meet the ridge at its end-points.
Example: The hipped roof will be use for the plans
of this house.
en: Toit en croupe
Jigsaw
noun
A saw with a small, thin blade used for cutting curves and curlicues in wooden boards. See gingerbreading.
Example: "Use the jigsaw to cut this"
en: Scie sauteuse
Muntins
noun
Dividing bars between panes of glass.
Example: There is a lot of mutins in this window.
en: Muntins
Oriel
noun
A projecting window of an upper floor, supported from below by a bracket.
Example: Oriels are famous on the oldest buildings.
en: Oriel
Pergola
noun
A garden structure built up over a path or narrow terrace, lined with evenly spaced columns or posts that support a wooden-framed roof without sheathing. Often, vines are trained around the wooden framework of a pergola, and the pergola may lead from one building to another.
Example: I have a pergola next to the pool.
en: Pergola
Portico
noun
An entrance porch with columns or pilasters and a roof, and often crowned by a triangular pediment.
Example: Go under the portico to be dry because it's raining now.
en: Portique
Quoins
noun
Large, prominent masonry units outlining windows, doorways, segments, and corners of buildings.
Example: Brian is hiding on the other side of the quoin.
en: l' angle d'un mur
Roof Ridge
noun
The horizontal intersection of two roof slopes at the top of a roof.
Example: The roof ridge is important because it will get the roof dry.
en: Faîte de toit
Shutters
noun
Pairs of solid or slatted window coverings, traditionally hinged to the exterior of a building to either side of a window, used to block light or wind from the interior of a building.
Example: Look at these shutters next to the window.
en: Volets
Side Light
noun
A fixed window positioned to the side of a doorway or window.
Example: Look by the side light if there is somebody in the house.
en: Lumière latérale
Spire
noun
A slender, pointed construction atop a building, often a church.
Example: Catholics church have spires with the cross over.
en: la cime
Terrace
noun
An outdoor extension of a building, situated above the ground level, and open to the sky. See patio.
Example: Peter and Maria are chilling on the terrace.
en: Terrasse
Truss
noun
A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, which supports a structure, such as a roof.
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