Hypostyle: having the roof beams supported on columns.

[I]mpluvium: the cistern sunk in the Atrium (which see) of a Roman house to receive the rain water.

Impost: the member above the capital of a column, on which the arch rests, usually composed of mouldings.

In Antis: See Portico.

Ionic: the order of architecture, developed by the Hellenes of Asia Minor and adjoining islands, and borrowed and modified by the mainland Hellenes.

Insula: Roman term for a residential building, housing many families.

Intercolumniation: specifically in Classic architecture, the space between any two columns, or between a column and the wall of the Cella.

Interlace: in decoration, an ornament composed of interwoven bands or lines.

[J]ambs: the side members of the openings of doors and windows.

[K]aaba: the cube-like shrine in the Mosque of Mecca.