Matching Pairs Architectural Terms Matching GameOnline version Test your knowledge of architectural terms with this fun matching pairs game! by Lolly Burrows 1 Hypostyle Hall 2 Catacomb 3 Rib Vault 4 Coffer 5 Oculus 6 Pilaster 7 Curtain Wall 8 Atrium 9 Mihrab 10 Mullions 11 Minarets 12 tympanum 13 Post & Lintel 14 Basilica 15 Pediment 16 Stupa A rectangular column that is attached to a wall as seen on the Palazzo Rucellai. The entrance hall of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually featuring a pool for the collection of rainwater (impluvium). A large interior space filled by rows of columns. Seen at the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak and the Great Mosque of Cordoba. The interior vaulting caused by the use of pointed arches. Diagnostic of gothic architectural styles. A triangular shape atop the facade of a building, usually supported by columns above an entrance. Often encases a sculptural relief. The semicircular area enclosed by the arch above an entryway. This area is often decorated with sculpture in the Romanesque and Gothic periods. A niche in the Qibla wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to Mecca, toward which the congregation faces to pray Underground hallways and small rooms where both Christians and pagans were buried. Simplest form of construction in which two vertical posts support a horizontal beam. A lightweight wall that is not load bearing (carries no weight of the building). Most often made of glass windows, emulating a thin, sheer curtain. (Latin: “eye”). In ancient Roman and later architecture, a circular window in the center of a dome. A type of building used by the ancient Romans for diverse functions (such as law courts) - adapted to serve as the basis for the new churches. The vertical bar that separates window panes. Notably ornamented with small bronze I-beams on the facade of the Seagram Building. A square or polygonal ornamental sunken panel used in a series as decoration for a ceiling or vault. Seen in the Pantheon. Semicircular mound used as a burial/reliquary. Meant to represent the body of the Buddha and act as an axis mundi. Tall thin towers that often frame the structure of a Mosque from which the muezzin calls people to prayer.
