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