ARH Architecture Terms

Hypostle Hall

any hall filled with pillars

Celestory

2nd story wall with windows to illuminate an interior

Colonade

a row of columns

Stela

in a temple; a small dark chamber where the central statue is held

Stereobate

stairs leading up to a temple

Stylobate

ground floor of a temple itself

Peristyle

when a series of colonades wrap around a space

Barrel Vault

a long, extended archway

Architrave

a clear space above pillars

Metope

blank spaces between triglyphs for sculpture

Pediment

large triangle above colonnade containing sculpture

Ionic Order

slim pillars, continuous frieze, volutes

Doric Order

thicker pillars, Metopes divided by Triglyphs, plain capital

Capital

“cap” of a pillar

Volute

“scrolls” on top of Ionic pillars

Frieze

continuous register of sculpture

Flute

ridges running up pillar sides

Drum

one section of a pillar shaft; stacked together

Cornice

overhang of temple roof

Corynthian Order

marked by visual complexity and leaf patterns

Architrave

Necking