Buildings
These are some common and not so common terms used when describing parts of buildings/houses.
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- architrave
- the molding around a door or window
- cupola
- a roof in the form of a dome
- parapet
- a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
- fascia
- a flat horizontal band; the wooden boards that support gutters and are attached to the outside ends of rafters
- arcade
- a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns
- gambrel roof
- a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
- buttress
- a support usually of stone or brick
- cloister
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- gable
- the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
- portico
- a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
- hip roof
- a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides
- dormer
- a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window