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| An open porch, open on one or more sides, with a colonnade or an arcade, generally raised above the ground floor and covered by a roof. |
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| A block beneath the soffit (the underside on an arch, opening, or overhanging projection) of a Doric cornice, usually decorated with cylindrical or truncated conical elements. |
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| Rough stonework with exposed joints. |
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| An egg-shaped ornament alternating with a dart-shaped one. |
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| A type of cornice molding composed of rectangular blocks set in a row like teeth, hence the name. |
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| The main living floor of a house, generally raised a storey above ground level. |
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| In Italian architecture, the term applied to an open courtyard inside a building. |
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| An elevated room or structure situated to afford a fine view or capture breezes. |
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| A palace type; in the Italian Renaissance, a 4-square block with central court or cortile and the main floor on the 2nd or piano nobile level. It is a fortress-like, three-storied home during the Italian Renaissance, usually featuring a rusticated stone exterior. |
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| An elaborate canopy erected over an altar. |
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| A central arched opening with lower trabeated (having horizontal beams) openings to each side. Also sometimes called a Palladian or Serlian motif. |
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