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