Architecture Vocabulary Exam Queasy and Correct Answers (Already Passed)
Architecture - Answers the art of designing buildings
Architect - Answers a person who designs buildings
Blueprint - Answers the drawings an architect does of a building
Plan View - Answers The top view drawing, looking down on a building
Elevation View - Answers The side view, looking at the side of the building
Scale - Answers a standard by which something can be measured
Construction - Answers the act of building
Load Bearing - Answers The walls carry the load, weight, of the building
Structural - Answers A structure of wood, iron, ext. carry the load, weight of the building
Curtain Wall - Answers a non-load-bearing wall which hangs on a framed structure
Post - Answers Upright support in a building, a column
Lintel - Answers a horizontal beam across the top of an opening in a building
Capital - Answers the top of a post, or column, often carved
Counter Balance - Answers to have an equal weight at the end to hold up the unsupported end
Cantilever - Answers a horizontal beam that sticks out with no support under the end that sticks out
Arch - Answers a curved structural element spanning an opening and serves as support
Roman Arch - Answers a round arch
Gothic Arch - Answers a pointed arch
keystone - Answers center stone in an arch, holds it together, last stone to go in place
Buttress - Answers a solid stone projection perpendicular out from a wall which supports the roof
Flying Buttress - Answers an open arched stone projection perpendicular out from a wall which supports
the roof
Vault - Answers a space covered by a straight row of arches
Dome - Answers Arches in a circle, a hemispherical roof or ceiling
Pediment - Answers a low-pitched triangle, sometimes over doors and windows
Architecture - Answers the art of designing buildings
Architect - Answers a person who designs buildings
Blueprint - Answers the drawings an architect does of a building
Plan View - Answers The top view drawing, looking down on a building
Elevation View - Answers The side view, looking at the side of the building
Scale - Answers a standard by which something can be measured
Construction - Answers the act of building
Load Bearing - Answers The walls carry the load, weight, of the building
Structural - Answers A structure of wood, iron, ext. carry the load, weight of the building
Curtain Wall - Answers a non-load-bearing wall which hangs on a framed structure
Post - Answers Upright support in a building, a column
Lintel - Answers a horizontal beam across the top of an opening in a building
Capital - Answers the top of a post, or column, often carved
Counter Balance - Answers to have an equal weight at the end to hold up the unsupported end
Cantilever - Answers a horizontal beam that sticks out with no support under the end that sticks out
Arch - Answers a curved structural element spanning an opening and serves as support
Roman Arch - Answers a round arch
Gothic Arch - Answers a pointed arch
keystone - Answers center stone in an arch, holds it together, last stone to go in place
Buttress - Answers a solid stone projection perpendicular out from a wall which supports the roof
Flying Buttress - Answers an open arched stone projection perpendicular out from a wall which supports
the roof
Vault - Answers a space covered by a straight row of arches
Dome - Answers Arches in a circle, a hemispherical roof or ceiling
Pediment - Answers a low-pitched triangle, sometimes over doors and windows
