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