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