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This pointed arch style dominated European cathedral construction from the 12th to 16th centuries, featuring flying buttresses and ribbed vaults.
Difficulty: Easy- Romanesque
- Gothic
- Baroque
- Renaissance
This is the horizontal beam that rests on top of columns, forming a key structural element in classical architecture.
Difficulty: Medium- Pediment
- Capital
- Architrave
- Cornice
This Italian engineer developed the mushroom column system for flat-slab concrete construction without drop panels or capitals.
Difficulty: Hard- Pier Luigi Nervi
- Eduardo Torroja
- Giacomo Matte-Trucco
- Riccardo Morandi
This Italian city is famous for its leaning bell tower, which began tilting during construction due to soft ground.
Difficulty: Easy- Florence
- Venice
- Rome
- Pisa
This external support structure transfers the weight of a roof or vault away from a wall, commonly seen in Gothic cathedrals.
Difficulty: Medium- Buttress
- Flying buttress
- Pier
- Pilaster
This structural phenomenon occurs when opposing wind pressures on a building create a twisting motion around its vertical axis.
Difficulty: Hard- Flutter
- Torsion
- Galloping
- Buffeting
This is the decorative top portion of a column, often featuring scrolls or leaves depending on the architectural order.
Difficulty: Easy- Capital
- Base
- Shaft
- Plinth
This classical Greek column order features slender fluted columns topped with scroll-shaped capitals called volutes.
Difficulty: Medium- Doric
- Ionic
- Corinthian
- Tuscan
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