Architectural Term Renders.

Photorealistic renders of architectural terms and details. Each image pairs with an illustrated definition — click any render to read the full entry.

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Photorealistic render of a semicircular apse at the east end of a church, its curved wall and half-dome vault glowing warm against the grey nave beyond
Apse
Photorealistic render of a street-level arcade, a repeating row of round arches carried on rectangular piers forming a covered walkway along a stone palazzo facade
Arcade
Photorealistic render of a semicircular stone arch spanning an opening in an ashlar wall, its wedge-shaped voussoirs picked out in warm sandstone against grey masonry
Arch
Photorealistic render of a classical entablature with the architrave resting directly on an Ionic capital, carrying the plain frieze and the dentilled cornice stacked above it
Architrave
Photorealistic render of an Art Deco facade with a stepped setback crown, its zigzag reliefs and sunburst spandrels rendered in gold and cream against grey neighbours
Art Deco
Photorealistic render of a multi-storey atrium rising through a building's core, its glazed roof and daylit central void warm-lit against grey galleried floors
Atrium
Photorealistic render of a long barrel vault, a continuous semicircular masonry ceiling in warm stone extending down a corridor of grey walls
Barrel Vault
Photorealistic render of a steel I-beam spanning between two masonry piers, the beam picked out in warm rusted colour against the grey walls and floor structure it supports
Beam
Photorealistic render of a bellcast roof whose lower slope flares outward over the eaves, the curved bell-shaped section in warm slate against a grey facade
Bellcast Roof
Photorealistic Biophilic Design render of a sunlit office interior with a living green wall of ferns and foliage in full colour against grey desks, glass, and concrete
Biophilic Design
Photorealistic render of a wall cutaway showing a single course of red brick veneer standing off a grey timber-framed structural wall, with a cavity and metal ties between them
Brick Veneer
Photorealistic render of a concrete brise-soleil of horizontal louvres projecting across a glazed facade, the fins picked out in warm ochre against the grey glass and wall
Brise-soleil
Photorealistic Brutalism render of a monumental Brutalist building, its stacked and cantilevered raw concrete volumes in full colour against a greyscale sky and plaza
Brutalism
Photorealistic render of a stepped stone buttress projecting from a masonry church wall, the deep pier picked out in warm sandstone against the grey wall behind
Buttress
Photorealistic cantilever render of a concrete balcony cantilevering from a building facade, the projecting slab in warm colour against the grey wall it springs from
Cantilever
Photorealistic render of a carved Corinthian capital crowning a fluted column shaft, its acanthus-leaf detail picked out in warm stone against grey masonry
Capital
Photorealistic Caryatid render of a carved female figure standing in place of a column, her draped body in warm marble carrying an entablature against a grey portico
Caryatid
Photorealistic render of a cavity wall in section, two brick leaves separated by an air gap tied with wall ties, the coloured outer leaf against grey blockwork within
Cavity Wall
Photorealistic Circulation isometric render of a paved public square where a curving pedestrian route in warm terracotta paving cuts through grey stone paving between buildings
Circulation
Photorealistic render of a building facade hung with rectangular metal cladding panels in warm bronze, fixed over a grey structural wall and support rails behind
Cladding
Photorealistic render of a church nave whose upper wall carries a row of arched clerestory windows in warm colour above the grey lower arcade and aisle roofs
Clerestory
Photorealistic render of a colonnade, a straight row of freestanding columns carrying a continuous entablature, the honey-coloured stone columns set against a grey portico
Colonnade
Photorealistic render of a freestanding classical column carrying an entablature, its fluted limestone shaft picked out in warm stone against a grey interior
Column
Photorealistic render of a Contextualism new infill building matching the roofline, window rhythm and stone of its neighbours, the new facade in colour amid a grey street
Contextualism
Photorealistic render of a stone coping capping a brick parapet wall, the sloped and overhanging cap stones in warm sandstone against the grey brickwork below
Coping
Photorealistic render of a projecting stone cornice crowning the top of an ashlar wall at the roofline, its moulded overhang picked out in warm sandstone against grey masonry
Cornice
Photorealistic render of a room's upper corner where a profiled crown molding bridges wall and ceiling, the trim in warm painted white against a grey wall and ceiling
Crown Molding
Photorealistic render of a small hexagonal cupola crowning a roof ridge, its copper-clad dome and louvred openings picked out in colour against the grey slate roof
Cupola
Photorealistic render of a glazed curtain wall of blue-green glass and aluminium mullions hung across a concrete-framed tower, the surrounding street left grey
Curtain Wall
Photorealistic render of a run of small rectangular dentil blocks in warm marble beneath a classical cornice, set against a grey entablature
Dentil
Photorealistic render of a large-scale detail drawing of a window jamb on a drafting table, its coloured section poche and dimension lines set against grey line work
Detail Drawing
Photorealistic render of a gabled dormer projecting from a grey slate roof, its window and small pitched roof rendered in warm colour against the muted tiles
Dormer
Photorealistic render of drywall panels screwed to timber studs forming an interior partition, the tan gypsum-and-paper board in colour against a grey framed room
Drywall
Photorealistic render of a house photographed square-on as an elevation, its yellow rendered facade and timber door in colour against a grey roof, street and sky
Elevation
Photorealistic render of a Classical entablature crowning a row of columns, its three stacked bands of architrave, frieze and cornice in warm stone against a grey portico
Entablature
Photorealistic render of a symmetrical stone facade fronting a building, its ordered front elevation in warm colour against a grey-toned streetscape and flanking walls
Facade
Photorealistic render of a roof eaves detail, the horizontal fascia running along the edge of the overhang in weathered copper against a grey metal roof and concrete wall
Fascia
Photorealistic fenestration render of a regular grid of tall windows across a rendered facade, the glazed openings in full colour against the grey wall
Fenestration
Photorealistic render of a Gothic cathedral flank with an arched flying buttress in warm limestone leaning against a grey wall above tall windows
Flying Buttress
Photorealistic render of a stepped concrete footing exposed in a foundation trench, its widened base picked out in warm grey against the black-and-white soil and wall above
Footing
Photorealistic render of a classical entablature with the sculpted frieze picked out in warm stone between the plain architrave below and the projecting cornice above
Frieze
Photorealistic render of a wire-mesh gabion basket packed with stacked stone, its warm sandstone fill set between grey drystone walls along a garden path
Gabion
Photorealistic render of a cottage with a gable roof meeting at a central ridge, its terracotta tiled slope in colour above grey brick walls and a triangular gable end
Gable Roof
Photorealistic render of a corner house whose double-pitched gambrel roof, clad in weathered green-patinated metal, breaks from a steep lower slope to a shallower ridge
Gambrel Roof
Photorealistic render of a mansard roof on a townhouse, its steep dormer-set lower slope in warm slate against a black-and-white street
Mansard Roof
Photorealistic render of a roof eave from below, the varnished timber soffit boarding under the overhang picked out in warm colour against the grey fascia and stone wall
Soffit

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