Important Terminology of Landscape Architecture
Aedicule-
An opening ( door, window or shrine etc.) framed by columns or pilasters and topped by an entablature and pediment. Such an opening is said to be aediculated.
Bailey-
The walls surrounding a keep or a courtyard enclosed by fortified walls.
Baroque-
Early period of Georgian Architecture, know as the age of elegance. Blenheim palace is the major example of grand, highly decorative style.
Bartisan-
A bartisan (or bartizan) is an unroofed turret projecting from
the top of a castle wall. (A bartisan which is roofed is generally known
as a tourelle.)
Oriel-
A bay window that projects from an upper storey. Belvedere-
A turret, lantern or room built at high level to provide a view. Breastsummer-
A large lintel spanning a wide opening (supporting brickwork masonry) often over a shop or bay window, formally of timber now concrete or steel.Cant-
An external angle of a building that is not a right angle e.g. a cant bay window
Catacomb-
An underground room or place used for storing the dead.
Chandry-
A place used for storing candles.
Chippendale-
A Georgian furniture Designer.
Cob Wall-
A wall constructed from layers of pressed mud, gravel and straw.
Florentine Arch-
An arch where the intrudes and exturdes are not parallel.
Mastaba-
Mastaba previously built with floor and wall lining of limestone later totally built of limestone.
Serdab-
An enclosed room with a slot the head of a statue of deceased contained within.
Stele-
An upright stone slab in the offering room with inscription of the name of deseased.
- Pyramids evolved from Mastaba- step pyramid of limestone from Tura, also granite.
