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