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