Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Components (hierarchy name)
4. components (objects parts)
5. [components by specific context]
6. architectural elements
7. [structural elements and components for structural elements]
8. structural elements

Narrower term/s

• abutments
• buttresses[+]
  • corner buttresses [+]
    • angle buttresses
    • clasping buttresses
    • diagonal buttresses
    • kōṇa-rathaka
  • flying buttresses
  • hanging buttresses
  • setback buttresses
• foundations (structural elements)[+]
  • pile foundations [+]
    • pile foundation components [NP] [+]
      • piles (structural elements) [+]
  • basements [NP] [+]
    • English basements
    • partial basements
  • pier foundations [+]
    • pier foundation components [+]
      • piers (foundation components)
  • spread footings [+]
    • raft foundations
    • spread footing components [+]
      • footings [+]
  • floating foundations
  • pier and beam foundations
  • tlacopehpechtli
  • pehpechtli (foundation)
• caissons (supporting and resisting elements)
• grillages
• masts[+]
  • guyed masts
• pilotis
• pendentives[+]
  • kōlaja-lambana
• squinches
• trompes (vault elements)
• posts (structural elements)[+]
  • [posts by form] [+]
    • cased posts
    • puncheons (posts)
  • [posts by location or context] [+]
    • jamb posts
    • stilts (structural elements)
    • wall posts
    • jiǎozhù
• plinths[+]
  • mahāpaṭṭī
• braces (architectural supporting elements)[+]
  • knee braces [+]
    • dragon ties
    • wind braces
    • spurs (architectural elements)
  • arch braces
  • bridging [+]
    • cross bridging
  • nogging pieces
• [piers and pier components][+]
  • piers (supporting elements) [+]
    • [piers by form] [+]
      • compound piers
      • Osiride pillars
    • [piers by location or context] [+]
      • buttress piers
      • wall piers
      • antae
    • lāṅgulabhitti
  • pier components [+]
    • alettes
• [columns and column components][+]
  • columns (architectural elements) [+]
    • [columns by form or style] [+]
      • baluster columns
      • banded columns
      • annulated columns
      • colonnettes
      • knotted columns
      • Lally columns (TM)
      • spiral columns
      • serpent columns
      • monolithic columns
      • shafts (Medieval columns) [+]
      • diminishing columns
      • Corinthian columns
      • Doric columns
      • Ionic columns
      • dvivajraka
      • dhvaja
      • aṇiyoṭṭikkal
      • vijayastambha
      • miśra [+]
      • stambhas [+]
      • nāginīstambha
      • kāla
      • ardhakuḍya
      • bharaṇa
      • śūladhvaja [+]
    • [columns by location or context] [+]
      • grouped columns
      • coupled columns
      • engaged columns [+]
      • mid-wall columns
      • nook shafts
      • doubled columns
      • median columns
    • memorial columns [NP] [+]
      • zoophoric columns
      • triumphal columns [+]
  • column components [+]
    • [capitals and capital components] [+]
      • capitals (column components) [+]
      • capital components [+]
    • [shafts and shaft components] [+]
      • shafts (column components)
      • shaft components [+]
    • [bases and base components for columns] [+]
      • [components column bases] [+]
      • column bases [+]
• [pedestals and pedestal components][+]
  • pedestals [+]
    • pīṭhikā
    • padmapīṭha
    • vṛṣapīṭhikā
    • balipīṭha
    • bhadrapīṭha
  • pedestal components [+]
    • dadoes
    • caps (pedestal components)
• socles[+]
  • upapīṭha [+]
    • kapōtāsana
    • vēdībhadra [+]
      • saḍaṅga-vēdībhadra
    • mañcabhadra
    • kapōtabhadra
• anthropomorphic supporting elements[+]
  • atlantes [+]
    • kumāra (Indian figure)
    • kīcaka
    • kumārikā
  • caryatids [+]
    • canephorae
  • pou tokomanawa
  • bhāraputra
  • bhāraputraka
  • bhūtamaṇḍala
  • deulcāraṇī
  • citraputrikā
• shores (structural elements)
• cribbing
• cololches
• nailing blocks
• stays (architectural elements)
• bell cages
• pillars (structural elements)[+]
  • piers (supporting elements) [NP] [+]
    • [piers by form] [+]
      • compound piers
      • Osiride pillars
    • [piers by location or context] [+]
      • buttress piers
      • wall piers
      • antae
    • lāṅgulabhitti
  • columns (architectural elements) [NP] [+]
    • [columns by form or style] [+]
      • baluster columns
      • banded columns
      • annulated columns
      • colonnettes
      • knotted columns
      • Lally columns (TM)
      • spiral columns
      • serpent columns
      • monolithic columns
      • shafts (Medieval columns) [+]
      • diminishing columns
      • Corinthian columns
      • Doric columns
      • Ionic columns
      • dvivajraka
      • dhvaja
      • aṇiyoṭṭikkal
      • vijayastambha
      • miśra [+]
      • stambhas [+]
      • nāginīstambha
      • kāla
      • ardhakuḍya
      • bharaṇa
      • śūladhvaja [+]
    • [columns by location or context] [+]
      • grouped columns
      • coupled columns
      • engaged columns [+]
      • mid-wall columns
      • nook shafts
      • doubled columns
      • median columns
    • memorial columns [NP] [+]
      • zoophoric columns
      • triumphal columns [+]
  • posts (structural elements) [NP] [+]
    • [posts by form] [+]
      • cased posts
      • puncheons (posts)
    • [posts by location or context] [+]
      • jamb posts
      • stilts (structural elements)
      • wall posts
      • jiǎozhù
  • píngzhù
  • ākāśaliṅga (architectureal element)
  • mānastambha
  • uccālaka
  • padmakēsara
  • mālikā [+]
    • tirumāligai
  • vyāmiśra
  • Śrīkāra
  • stambhikā
  • ulukhalapāda
  • vajraka
  • sphuṭita
  • daṇḍikā
  • ghaṭapallava
  • ulukhalapāda-rudrakānta
  • daṇḍa
  • yánzhù
• concrete monoliths
• diagrids
• fishplates (supporting elements)
• postholes
• [temporary alphabetical list: supporting and resisting elements][+]
  • architectural anchors
  • column shafts
  • pediment brackets
  • truss pins
  • supporting elements
  • supporting piers
  • tent poles
  • tent rigging
  • tent stakes
• cáo
• trestles (supporting elements)
• pou tokomanawa
• píngshuǐ
• píngzuò