Architectural terms - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Quatrefoil
2. Volute
3. A small, pointed ornament at the top of a building (usually found in Gothic architecture)
   Finial
4. The most ornate Greek order, distinguished by a capital with volutes, and acanthus leaves.
   Corinthian
5. A window in the shape of a pointed arch.
   Lancet window
6. Fluting
7. a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it.
   Buttress
8. A horizontal banding, usually found in a Greek temple, comprising an architrave and a frieze.
   Entabulature
9. Post and lintel
10. A pyramidal structure at the top of a building, usually a church
    Spire
11. Classical order of architecture characterized by a sturdy fluted column and no base.
    Doric
12. A circular window, especially found in Gothic cathedrals, where the windows are divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.
    Rose window
13. A sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background.
    Relief sculpture
14. A rounded roof or ceiling, developed by the Romans.
    Dome
15. The area enclosed by a pediment, whether triangular or semicircular. Usually containing some relief sculpture.
    Tympanum
16. The top of the column.
    Capital
17. An arch with a pointed crown, usually found in Gothic architecture.
    Pointed arch
18. Leaves decorating the capital of a Corinthian Column.
    Acanthus
19. Flying buttress
20. A triangular section of roof (often seen in classical architecture).
    Pediment
21. The triangular section of wall between two sections of roof
    Gable
22. The middle of the three main divisions of an entablature (section resting on the capital). Above the architrave and below the capital.
    Frieze
23. Ornamental stone work, typically in the upper part of a Gothic window.
    Tracery
24. A rounded arch.
    Roman arch
25. A covered porch, usually found in Classical architecture.
    Portico
26. Classical order characterised by the use of volutes (scrolls).
    Ionic
27. A three-leaf design, usually found in Gothic tracery.
    Trefoil
28. A series of semi-circular mouldings above a doorway.
    Archivolt
29. A shallow recess in a wall, usually containing a sculpture
    Niche