ALE-AREA A: HOA

A castle or imposing country residence of nobility in old trance.

• nymph

• nymphaeum

• chateau/chateaux

An ante-room to a larger apartment of a building.

• ambulatory

• vestibule

• salon

Italian name for the internal court surrounded by an arcade.

• cortile

• Venice

• vitruvius

A construction such as a tower at the crossing of a church rising above roof and glazed at the sides.

• pedestal

• lantern

• fenestration

The arrangement and design of windows in a building.

• shell

• fenestration

• curtain wall

Arrangement of wood lamination.

• Space frame

• Bauhaus

• Curtain wall

A communicating passage or wide corridor for pictures an upper storey for seats in a church.

• Palladian motif

• Niche (shell)

• Gallery

Bulbous termination to the top of a tower, found principally in central and eastern Europe.

• chancel

• loggia

• helm

Each baked (unglazed) or burnt in moulds. For use in construction and decoration, harder in quality than brick.

• oriel

• terra cotta

• stretcher

A public open place, surrounded by building; may vary in shape and in civic purpose.

• lantern

• piazza

• tabernacle