List of classical architecture terms

This is a list of terms used in classical architecture.

Building elements

• Acroterion
• Arch
• Architrave
• Capital
• Caryatid
• Cella
• Colonnade
• Column
• Cornice.
• Cupola
• Dome
• Entablature
• Epistyle - see architrave
• Frieze
• Keystone
• Naos - see cella
• Opisthodomos
• Orthostates
• Pediment
• Peristyle
• Pilaster
• Pronaos
• Prostyle
• Sima
• Stylobate
• Vault

Classical orders

• Classical orders
• Composite order
• Corinthian order
• Doric order
• Ionic order
• Tuscan order

Types of building

• Agora
• Amphitheatre
• Odeion
• Orchestra
• Skene
• Stoa
• Theatre
• Tholos
• Treasury

See also

• Forms in architecture