Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Rotunda
Circular building or room, esp. with a dome
"Rotunda, in Classical and Neoclassical architecture, building or room within a building that is circular or oval in plan and covered with a dome. The ancestor of the rotunda was the tholus (tholos) of ancient Greece, which was also circular but was usually shaped like a beehive above." - Encyclopaedia Britannica (online May 2021)
Peristyle: An open space surrounded by columns
Courtyard: An open space surrounded by walls or buildings, adjoining or within a building such as a large house or housing complex.
Examples in Buffalo:
- Illustration above: Grace Millard Knox House
- Burchfield Penney Art Center
- Schoellkopf-Vom Berge House
- Prospect Avenue Baptist Church
Other examples:
