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Articulation
Articulation is the manner or method of jointing parts such that each
part is clear and distinct in relation to the others, even though joined.

Ashlar
Masonry of large blocks cut with even faces and square edges.
Atlas

A support sculpted in the form of a man, which may take the place of
a column, a pier or a pilaster.
Atrium

(plural: atria) Inner court of a Roman or C20 house; in a multi-story
building, a toplit covered court rising through all stories.

Attic
Small top story within a roof. The story above the main entablature of
a classical façade.

B

Bahut
A small parapet or attic wall bearing the weight of the roof of a cathe-

dral or church.
Balconet
A false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window.

Ball flower
An architectural ornament in the form of a ball inserted in the cup of a
flower, which came into use in the latter part of the 13th, and was in great

vogue in the early part of the 14th century.
Baluster

A Small moulded shaft, square or circular, in stone or wood, some-
times metal, supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a stair-
case; a series of balusters supporting a handrail or coping.

Bargeboard
A board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof.
Barrel vault

An architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve (or
pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance.
Bartizan

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