INDEX TO SUBJECT MATTER
A
acoustics
additive form
additive transformation
adjacent spaces
Alberti, Leon Battista
allée
Allen, Gerald
American Institute of Steel Construction
amphiprostyle
amphitheater
anthropometry
approach. See also entrance
araeostyle
arbor
arcade
architectural principles
architectural systems and orders
arenas
arithmetic proportion
Armenian church typology
Arnheim, Rudolf
articulation of form
art nouveau
asymmetrical curved surface
asymmetrical forms
atrium space
axial symmetry
axis
B
background
Bacon, Edmund N.
barrel vault
base plane
bay window
beam
bearing wall. See also load transfer
bending stress
bermed ground plane
bicycle
bilateral symmetry
boundaries
brick
building material
building scale. See also proportion; scale
building site. See site
C
car
carved ground plane
ceiling plane
centered entrance
centered opening
centralized form
centralized forms
centralized organization
China
circle
circle and square
circular stair
circulation. See also approach; entrance; movement; path configuration
circulation elements
circulation space
circulation system
classical orders
climatic elements
cloister
clustered form
clustered organization
colonnade
color
column
columnar elements
column grid
column spacing
composite order
composite path
concepts
concrete block
concrete slab
concrete wall
cone
configuration of path
contained space
context
continuity
contrast
Corinthian order
corner(s). See also edges and corners
corner openings
corridors
courtyard
cube
cubic composition
cubic volumes
cumulative composition
curved surface
curvilinear architecture
cylinder
D
datum
daylight. See also light
deep-set opening
degree of enclosure
density
depressed base plane
depth-to-span ratio
de Stijl school
detail characteristic
diastyle
digital modeling
dimension. See proportion; scale
dimensional transformation
dipteral
distyle in Antis
diversity
dome
dominant space
door unit
doorway
Doric order
dosket
E
edge definition
edge opening
edges and corners. See also corner(s)
edge-to-edge contact
elevated base plane
elevated floor plane
elevated ground plane
elevation
elevation and section
enclosed circulation space
enclosed spatial field
enclosure
enclosure system
entablature
entrance. See also Approach
equilibrium
ergonomics
eustyle
exterior wall plane
eye level
F
facades
face-to-face contact
Fibonacci Series
figure
figure-ground relationship
fire protection
flooring material
floor plane
floor slab
flush entrance
forecourt
form
formal collisions of geometry
form and space
four planes: closure
French doors
frontal approach
function
G
galleries
gallery space
gateway
geometric proportion. See also proportion
geometry
Gestalt psychology
glare
golden rectangle
golden section
gravity
Greece (ancient)
Greek musical system
Greek shrine
Greek temple
greenhouse space
grid form
grid of columns
grid organization
grid path
ground plane
grouped opening
grove
H
halls
harmonic proportion. See also proportion
heating
hedges
height
hierarchy
horizon
horizontal elements
horizontal line
horizontal opening
horizontal plane
human form
human scale. See also proportion; scale
hyperbolic paraboloid
I
Inaka-ma method
intercolumniation
interior design elements
interior openings
interior wall plane
interlocking spaces
interlocking volume
intermediate space
International Metric System
intersection
Ionic order
irregular forms
Italian palazzo
J
Jahan (Shah)
Japan
Japanese farmers
joist
K
Kampen, Holland
Karlsruhe, Germany
ken (measurement unit)
Klee, Paul
Kyo-ma method
L
landings
Lao-tzu
Le Corbusier
length
light. See also openings; skylight; windows; specific types of windows
line
linear elements
linear form
linear organization
linear path
linear sequences of rooms
linear sequences of spaces
line to plane
load transfer. See also bearing wall
Louis Phillipe (king of France)
Louis XIV (king of France)
L-shaped plane
L-shaped stair
Lucca, Italy
Lyndon, Donlyn
M
Mahal, Muntaz
manufactured proportion
map of Rome
marquee
masonry
masonry vault
masonry wall
mass
material proportion
mathematical proportion
mausoleum structure
meaning
measurement units
mechanical scale
membrane structure
minarets
Modena, Italy
modular building unit
modular proportion
Modulor system
Mogul mausoleum structure
Mohamed Ali (viceroy of Egypt)
Mojácar, Spain
monastery
Moore, Charles
movement, See also circulation
multiple openings
N
natural light. See daylight
Nefertiti (queen of Egypt)
network path
niche
O
obelisk
oblique approach
oblique line
off-center entrance
off-center opening
off-center point
open circulation space
openings. See also doorway; light; skylight; windows; specific types of windows
openings at corners
openings between planes
openings in space-defining elements
openings within planes
opposites, unity of
optical patterns
ordering principles
organization
organization of form and space
orientation
orthographic plans
outdoor space
overhead plane
P
Palladian villa
Palladio, Andrea
paraboloid
parallel lines
parallel planes
path configuration
path-space relationship
pattern. See also grid organization; repetition; rhythm
pavilion structure
pedestrians
perception
pergola
peripteral
perpendicular axis
perpendicular space zones
Perugia, Italy
pilasters
placement
plan and section
planar elements
plane
plane of entry
plane to volume
Plato
plywood
point. See also two points
point elements
polyhedron
porch
portal
portico
position
primary elements
primary shapes
primary solids
principles
privacy
program
progression
projected entrance
promenade
proportion. See also scale; specific proportion systems
proportioning systems
prostyle
pseudodipteral
psychology
pycnostyle
pyramid
Pythagoras
Q
qualities of architectural space
R
radial form
radial organization
radial path
radial symmetry
ramp
ramped ground plane
Rasmussen, Steen Eiler
ratio
recessed entrance
rectangle
rectangular column
regular form
regulating line
Renaissance theories of proportion
repetition
residential architecture
rhythm. See also repetition
Rome (ancient)
Rome, map of
roof plane
roof slab
room(s)
room height
room scale
room shape and size
rotated grid
rotation
rotational surface
round column
Rowe, Colin
ruled surface
S
saddle surface
Salzburg, Austria
scalar comparison
scale. See also human scale; proportion
section
semiotics
Serlio, Sebastiano
shaku (measurement unit)
shape
sheathing material
Siena, Italy
sightlines
single vertical plane
site
site adaptation
site slope
Sixtus V (pope of Rome)
size
skeletal structure
skylight
The Smitheum
solid mass
solids, primary
space
space and form
space-defining elements, summary typology of
space-path relationship
spaces linked by a common space
space-time
space within a space
spatial continuity
spatial field
spatial field organization
spatial organizations
spatial relationships
spatial systems
spatial tension
spatial void
spatial volume
sphere
spiral approach
spiral path
spiral repetition
spiral stair
square
square and circle
square column
square grid
stability
staircase
stairs
stairway
steel
steel joist
stepped floor plane
stepped ground plane
steps
stone
straight-run stair
Strasbourg, France
street space
structural members
structural proportion
structural system
structure
subtractive form
subtractive transformation
sunlight. See daylight
sun-path diagram
sunroom
surface
surface articulation
surface color
symbolism
symmetrical curved surface
symmetrical forms
symmetry
systyle
T
technics
technology
temple classification
temples
tensile structure
terraced floor plane
terraced ground plane
texture
thickness
three-dimensional form
three-dimensional grid
three-dimensional space
three-dimensional volume
3/4 opening
tokonoma (picture recess)
tone
topography
tower
transformation
translational surface
trees
trellises
triangle
truss
T-shaped plane
Tuscan order
two-dimensional form
two points. See also point
U
U.S. Customary System
unity of opposites
urban scale
urban space
U-shaped plane
U-shaped stair
V
vault
vaulted staircase
ventilation
Venturi, Robert
vernacular architecture
Verona, Italy
vertical elements
vertical line
vertical linear elements
vertical opening
vertical plane
vertical slab
Victorian faces
view
Vignola, Giacomo da
Villa Foscari (subject)
Villa Hermosa, Spain
visual continuity
visual field
visual inertia
visual scale
visual tension
visual weight
Vitruvius
void. See spatial void
volume
volumetric elements
Volwahsen, Andras
W
wall. See also bearing wall
wall plane
weather protection
wheel
windows. See also openings; skylight
window unit
window-wall opening
windscreens
wood
wood truss
Y
Yarbus, Alfred L.
Yudell, Robert