#separator:tab #html:false #tags column:4 Arch A curved structure that spans an opening art-architecture-terms Column A tall round support, like a pillar art-architecture-terms Dome A rounded roof like half a ball art-architecture-terms Vault An arched ceiling or roof art-architecture-terms Buttress A support built against a wall to strengthen it art-architecture-terms Flying buttress A stone arch outside a Gothic church that braces the wall art-architecture-terms Facade The front face of a building art-architecture-terms Foundation The base that supports a building art-architecture-terms Beam A horizontal support art-architecture-terms Lintel A horizontal beam over a door or window art-architecture-terms Cornice A decorative strip along the top of a wall art-architecture-terms Pediment A triangle-shaped part above a doorway or columns art-architecture-terms Spire A tall pointed top of a tower art-architecture-terms Steeple A tall tower on a church with a spire art-architecture-terms Minaret A tall slender tower of a mosque art-architecture-terms Pagoda A tiered tower of East Asia art-architecture-terms Gargoyle A carved stone creature that drains rain from a roof art-architecture-terms Atrium A large open space inside a building, often with a glass roof art-architecture-terms Skyscraper A very tall building art-architecture-terms Blueprint A drawing plan of a building art-architecture-terms Doric column The simplest Greek column style, plain at the top art-architecture-terms Ionic column Greek column with scroll shapes at the top art-architecture-terms Corinthian column Greek column with leaves at the top art-architecture-terms Parthenon Greek temple on the Acropolis in Athens, finished in 432 BCE art-architecture-terms Colosseum Roman amphitheater in Rome opened in 80 CE art-architecture-terms Pantheon Roman temple in Rome with a huge concrete dome art-architecture-terms Aqueduct A bridge-like structure that carries water art-architecture-terms Pyramids of Giza Egyptian royal tombs built about 4,500 years ago art-architecture-terms Great Wall of China A long defensive wall built across northern China over many centuries art-architecture-terms Taj Mahal White marble tomb in Agra, India, completed in 1653 art-architecture-terms Hagia Sophia Great domed building in Istanbul built in 537 art-architecture-terms Notre-Dame de Paris Gothic cathedral in Paris started in 1163 art-architecture-terms St. Peter's Basilica Church in Vatican City with a dome designed with help from Michelangelo art-architecture-terms Eiffel Tower Iron tower in Paris built for the 1889 World's Fair by Gustave Eiffel's company art-architecture-terms Big Ben Nickname of the great bell in the clock tower at Westminster, London art-architecture-terms Sagrada Familia Unfinished church in Barcelona designed by Antoni Gaudi art-architecture-terms Sydney Opera House Sail-roofed arts center in Australia, opened in 1973 art-architecture-terms Burj Khalifa Skyscraper in Dubai, completed in 2010 art-architecture-terms Empire State Building New York skyscraper completed in 1931 art-architecture-terms Chrysler Building New York Art Deco skyscraper from 1930 art-architecture-terms Golden Gate Bridge Suspension bridge in San Francisco opened in 1937 art-architecture-terms Brooklyn Bridge Suspension bridge in New York opened in 1883 art-architecture-terms Frank Lloyd Wright American architect who designed Fallingwater art-architecture-terms Fallingwater House built over a waterfall in Pennsylvania by Frank Lloyd Wright art-architecture-terms Zaha Hadid Iraqi-British architect who designed curving modern buildings art-architecture-terms I. M. Pei Architect of the glass pyramid at the Louvre art-architecture-terms Antoni Gaudi Spanish architect of curvy, colorful designs art-architecture-terms Frank Gehry Architect of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao art-architecture-terms Christopher Wren English architect who rebuilt St. Paul's Cathedral after the 1666 fire art-architecture-terms Gothic architecture Style with pointed arches, tall windows and flying buttresses art-architecture-terms Romanesque architecture Style with round arches and thick walls art-architecture-terms Baroque architecture Style with grand curves, drama and decoration art-architecture-terms Neoclassical architecture Style that copies ancient Greek and Roman buildings, like the US Capitol art-architecture-terms Art Deco architecture Geometric, glamorous style of the 1920s and 1930s art-architecture-terms Modernism Style with simple shapes and little decoration, 'less is more' art-architecture-terms Brutalism Style using raw concrete in blocky forms art-architecture-terms Sustainable architecture Design that saves energy and protects the environment art-architecture-terms Green roof A roof covered with plants art-architecture-terms Mud brick (adobe) A building material of sun-dried clay and straw art-architecture-terms Igloo A dome-shaped snow house built by Inuit people art-architecture-terms Yurt A round tent house used by nomads in Central Asia art-architecture-terms Stilt house House raised on poles above water or ground art-architecture-terms Castle A fortified building of medieval Europe art-architecture-terms Moat A ditch filled with water around a castle art-architecture-terms Drawbridge A bridge that can be raised to block a castle entrance art-architecture-terms