The Textbook of Architecture

Glossary · B

Balustrade

A row of balusters carrying a rail or coping, used as a parapet on roofs, terraces, stairs and balconies.

See also: Baluster

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters Stairs, Columns in Company, South and Southeast Asia, Renaissance and Baroque, Gardens and Landscape.

A feature of Khmer, Italian Renaissance garden, Victorian garden architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Attractor · Avlu · Axis · Baluster · Baptistery · Bar tracery · Barchessa · Bargeboard