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