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A-frame building An A-frame house or other A-frame building is an architectural house or building style featuring steeply-angled sides (roofline) that usually begin at or near the foundation line, and meet at the top in the shape of the letter A. An A-frame ...
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A-un ''Om'' (or ''Aum'') (; sa, ॐ, ओम्, Ōṃ, translit-std=IAST) is a sacred sound, syllable, mantra, or an invocation in Hinduism. ''Om'' is the prime symbol of Hinduism.Krishna Sivaraman (2008), ''Hindu Spirituality Vedas Through Ved ...
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Abacus The abacus (''plural'' abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool which has been used since ancient times. It was used in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, centuries before the adoption of the Hi ...
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Abat-son An abat-son (plural usually abat-sons) is an architectural device constructed to reflect or direct sound in a particular direction. It consists of large louvers. The term is commonly used to refer to angled louvers in a bell tower or belfry desig ...
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Accolade The accolade (also known as dubbing or adoubement) ( la, benedictio militis) was the central act in the rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood in the Middle Ages. From about 1852, the term ''accolade'' was used much more generally to ...
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Achaemenid architecture Achaemenid architecture includes all architectural achievements of the Achaemenid Persians manifesting in construction of spectacular cities used for governance and inhabitation ( Persepolis, Susa, Ecbatana), temples made for worship and social ...
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Acropolis An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens, ...
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Acroterion An acroterion, acroterium, or akroteria is an architectural ornament placed on a flat pedestal called the ''acroter'' or plinth, and mounted at the apex or corner of the pediment of a building in the classical style. An acroterion placed at ...
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Adaptive reuse Adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a purpose other than which it was originally built or designed for. It is also known as recycling and conversion. Adaptive reuse is an effective strategy for optimizing the o ...
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Additive Architecture Additive Architecture is an approach used by Danish architect Jørn Utzon to describe his development of architectural projects on the basis of growth patterns in nature. Mogens Prip-Buus, one of Utzon's closest colleagues, reports that the term ...
* Adirondack Architecture *
Adobe Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for '' mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of ...
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Advanced work An advanced work, advance-work or advanced outwork is a fortification or outwork in front of the main defensive building or castle.
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Aedicula In ancient Roman religion, an ''aedicula'' (plural ''aediculae'') is a small shrine, and in classical architecture refers to a niche covered by a pediment or entablature supported by a pair of columns and typically framing a statue,"aedicula, ...
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Aeolic order The Aeolic order or Aeolian order was an early order of Classical architecture. It has a strong similarity to the better known Ionic order, but differs in the capital, where a palmette rises between the two outer volutes, rather than them being li ...
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Aerary Aerary is a room in a building that was used to contain something precious, such as treasure. An example is the aerary porch in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, which was built in 1353–1354. It was used as the entrance to a new college be ...
* Aerospace architecture * Affordable housing by country * Affordable housing in Canada * Afromodernism *
Agadir Agadir ( ar, أݣادير, ʾagādīr; shi, ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ) is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and south ...
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Aisle An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, certain types of buildings, such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, pa ...
* Akbari architecture * Albarrana tower *
Alcazaba A kasbah (, also ; ar, قَـصَـبَـة, qaṣaba, lit=fortress, , Maghrebi Arabic: ), also spelled qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city. It is also equivalent to the term ''alc ...
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Alcázar An alcázar, from Arabic ''al-Qasr'', is a type of Islamic castle or palace in the Iberian Peninsula (also known as al-Andalus) built during Muslim rule between the 8th and 15th centuries. They functioned as homes and regional capitals for gov ...
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Alfarje ''Alfarje'' (meaning "paneled ceiling" in Spanish) is a type of horizontal wooden ceiling primarily found in Islamic (or Moorish) architecture and Mudéjar architecture. The word derives from Andalusi Arabic ''al-farsh'', meaning "bed", related ...
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Alfiz The alfiz (, from Andalusi Arabic ''alḥíz'', from Standard Arabic ''alḥáyyiz'', meaning 'the container';Al ...
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Amalaka An amalaka ( sa, आमलक), is a segmented or notched stone disk, usually with ridges on the rim, that sits on the top of a Hindu temple's shikhara or main tower. According to one interpretation, the amalaka represents a lotus, and thus the ...
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Ambry An ambry (or ''almery'', ''aumbry''; from the medieval form ''almarium'', cf. Lat. ''armārium'', "a place for keeping tools"; cf. O. Fr. ''aumoire'' and mod. armoire) is a recessed cabinet in the wall of a Christian church for storing sacred vess ...
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Ambulacrum Ambulacrum is an architectural word that denotes an atrium, courtyard, or parvise in front of a basilica or church that is surrounded by arcades or colonnades, or trees, and which often contains a fountain A fountain, from the Latin "fo ...
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Ambulatory The ambulatory ( la, ambulatorium, ‘walking place’) is the covered passage around a cloister or the processional way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and behind the high altar. The first ambulatory was in France in the 11th ...
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American colonial architecture American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period English (late-medieval), French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian ...
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American Foursquare The American Foursquare or American Four Square is an American house style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s. A reaction to the ornate and mass-produced elements of the Victorian and other Revival styles popular throughout the last ...
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Amphiprostyle In classical architecture, amphiprostyle (from the Greek (''amphi''), on both sides, and (''prostylos''), a portico) denotes an ancient temple with a portico both at the front and the rear, where the columns on the narrow sides are not between ...
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Amphitheatre An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both ) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ...
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Anastylosis Anastylosis (from the Ancient Greek: ; , = "again", and = "to erect stela or building) is an archaeological term for a reconstruction technique whereby a ruined building or monument is restored using the original architectural elements to ...
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Anathyrosis Anathyrosis is the technical word for the ancient method of dressing the joints of stone blocks in dry stone construction, i. e., masonry without mortar, which was then commonly used. Because the stone blocks are set in immediate contact with each ...
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Ancient Chinese wooden architecture Ancient Chinese wooden architecture is a style of Chinese architecture. In the West it has been studied less than other architectural styles. Although Chinese architectural history reaches far back in time, descriptions of Chinese architecture are ...
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Ancient Egyptian architecture Spanning over three thousand years, ancient Egypt was not one stable civilization but in constant change and upheaval, commonly split into periods by historians. Likewise, ancient Egyptian architecture is not one style, but a set of styles diff ...
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Ancient Greek architecture Ancient Greek architecture came from the Greek-speaking people (''Hellenic'' people) whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Anatolia and Italy for a period from about 900 BC unti ...
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Ancient Greek temple Greek temples ( grc, ναός, naós, dwelling, semantically distinct from Latin , " temple") were structures built to house deity statues within Greek sanctuaries in ancient Greek religion. The temple interiors did not serve as meeting places, ...
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Ancient monuments of Java Hundreds of ancient stone religious monuments lie on the island of Java. Known as ''candi'' in Indonesian, they date from the early classical period of Javanese civilisation, beginning in the first part of the 8th century CE and ending after 90 ...
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Ancient Roman architecture Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style. The two styles are often considered one ...
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Ancient Roman defensive walls Defensive walls are a feature of ancient Roman architecture. The Romans generally fortified cities, rather than building stand-alone fortresses, but there are some fortified camps, such as the Saxon Shore forts like Porchester Castle in England. ...
* Andalusian patio *
Andaruni Andaruni ( fa, اندرونی) in Iranian architecture, is the inner quarter where the women lived. It has been described as ''harem'' in Arabic. Private space In traditional Persian residential architecture the ''andaruni'' is a part of the h ...
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Andean Baroque Andean Baroque (Spanish: ''Barroco andino'' or ''arquitectura mestiza'') is an artistic movement that appeared in colonial Peru between 1680 and 1780. It is located geographically between Arequipa and Lake Titicaca in what is now Peru, where rule ...
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Anglo-Japanese style The Anglo-Japanese style developed in the United Kingdom through the Victorian period and early Edwardian period from approximately 1851 to the 1910s, when a new appreciation for Japanese design and culture influenced how designers and craftspe ...
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Anglo-Saxon architecture Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with tha ...
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Anta capital An anta capital is the crowning portion of an anta, the front edge of a supporting wall in Greek temple architecture. The anta is generally crowned by a stone block designed to spread the load from superstructure (entablature) it supports, called ...
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Antarala Antarala (Sanskrit: अन्तराल, lit. ''intermediate space'') is a small antechamber or foyer between the garbhagriha (shrine) and the mandapa A mandapa or mantapa () is a pillared hall or pavilion for public rituals in Indian arc ...
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Antebellum architecture Antebellum architecture (meaning "prewar", from the Latin '' ante'', "before", and '' bellum'', "war") is the neoclassical architectural style characteristic of the 19th-century Southern United States, especially the Deep South, from after the b ...
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Antechamber A vestibule (also anteroom, antechamber, or foyer) is a small room leading into a larger space such as a lobby, entrance hall or passage, for the purpose of waiting, withholding the larger space view, reducing heat loss, providing storage space ...
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Ante-choir Ante-choir, the term given to the space enclosed in a church between the outer gate or railing of the rood screen and the door of the screen; sometimes there is only one rail, gate or door, but in Westminster Abbey it is equal in depth to one bay of ...
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Antefix An antefix (from Latin ', to fasten before) is a vertical block which terminates and conceals the covering tiles of a tiled roof (see imbrex and tegula, monk and nun). It also serves to protect the join from the elements. In grand buildings, th ...
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Apadana Apadana ( peo, 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴) is a large hypostyle hall in Persepolis, Iran. It belongs to the oldest building phase of the city of Persepolis, in the first half of the 6th century BC, as part of the original design by Darius the Gr ...
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Apartment An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...
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Apodyterium In ancient Rome, the apodyterium (from grc, ἀποδυτήριον "undressing room") was the primary entry in the public baths, composed of a large changing room with cubicles or shelves where citizens could store clothing and other belongin ...
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Apophyge An apophyge (Greek , a flying off), in architecture, is the lowest part of the shaft of an Ionic or Corinthian column, or the highest member of its base if the column be considered as a whole. The apophyge is the inverted cavetto or concave sweep ...
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Apron An apron is a garment that is worn over other clothing to cover the front of the body. The word comes from old French ''napron'' meaning a small piece of cloth, however over time "a napron" became "an apron", through a linguistics process cal ...
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Apse In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an '' exedra''. ...
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Arabesque The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements. Another definition is "Foli ...
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Araeostyle Araeostyle ( Latin: ''araeostylos,'' from grc, ἀραιόστυλος, from αραιος, "weak" or "widely spaced", and grc, στυλος, "column") is one of five categories of intercolumniation (the spacing between the columns of a colonnade) ...
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Arcade Arcade most often refers to: * Arcade game, a coin-operated game machine ** Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade game's hardware ** Arcade system board, a standardized printed circuit board * Amusement arcade, a place with arcade games * ...
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Arch An arch is a vertical curved structure that spans an elevated space and may or may not support the weight above it, or in case of a horizontal arch like an arch dam, the hydrostatic pressure against it. Arches may be synonymous with vau ...
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Arch bridge An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ...
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Architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
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Architects of Iran Traditionally, Iranian architects were known as ''Mi'mars''. The Persian dictionary of ''Mo'in'' defines Mi'mar as: #That who devises the design and plan of a building, and overlooks its construction. #A Banna #That who is responsible for the b ...
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Architrave In classical architecture, an architrave (; from it, architrave "chief beam", also called an epistyle; from Greek ἐπίστυλον ''epistylon'' "door frame") is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of columns. The term can a ...
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Archivolt An archivolt (or voussure) is an ornamental moulding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch. It is composed of bands of ornamental mouldings (or other architectural elements) surrounding an arched opening, corresponding to the ...
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Architect of record Architect of record is the architect or architecture firm whose name appears on a building permit issued for a specific project on which that architect or firm performed services. Building permits are issued by a government agency with the author ...
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Architectural acoustics Architectural acoustics (also known as building acoustics) is the science and engineering of achieving a good sound within a building and is a branch of acoustical engineering. The first application of modern scientific methods to architectura ...
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Architectural animation Architectural animation is a short architectural movie created on a computer. A computer-generated building is created along with landscaping and sometimes moving people and vehicles. Unlike an architectural rendering, which is a single image from ...
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Architectural conservation Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property describes the process through which the material, historical, and design integrity of any immovable cultural property are prolonged through carefully planned interventions. The indivi ...
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Architectural design competition An architectural design competition is a type of design competition in which an organization that intends on constructing a new building invites architects to submit design proposals. The winning design is usually chosen by an independent panel ...
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Architectural design values Architectural design values make up an important part of what influences architects and designers when they make their design decisions. However, architects and designers are not always influenced by the same values and intentions. Value and intent ...
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Architectural designer The term architectural designer may refer to a building designer who is not a registered architect, architectural technologist or any other person that is involved in the design process of buildings or urban landscapes. Architectural designers ...
* Architectural development of the eastern end of cathedrals in England and France * Architectural drawing * Architectural education in the United Kingdom * Architectural educator *
Architectural endoscopy Architectural endoscopy or architectural envisioning is used to photograph and film models of new buildings' exterior and interior in the planning stage. An architectural model of a new building in a 1:500 scale is thus correctly visualized from the ...
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Architectural engineering Architectural engineers apply and theoretical knowledge to the engineering design of buildings and building systems. The goal is to engineer high performance buildings that are sustainable, economically viable and ensure the safety health. Archi ...
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Architectural Experience Program (AXP) Formerly called the Intern Development Program (IDP), the Architectural Experience Program (AXP) is a comprehensive training program created to ensure that candidates pursuing licensure in the architecture profession gain the knowledge and skills re ...
* Architectural forgery in Japan *
Architectural firm In the United States, an architectural firm or architecture firm is a business that employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture; while in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and other countri ...
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Architectural glass Architectural glass is glass that is used as a building material. It is most typically used as transparent glazing material in the building envelope, including windows in the external walls. Glass is also used for internal partitions and as an a ...
* Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland *
Architectural historian An architectural historian is a person who studies and writes about the history of architecture, and is regarded as an authority on it. Professional requirements As many architectural historians are employed at universities and other facilities ...
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Architectural icon Architectural icon is a term from Architecture criticism and designates buildings that are or were groundbreaking or claim uniqueness because of their design. Definition These outstanding buildings and ensembles meet several of the following cr ...
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Architectural illustrator An architectural illustrator is an artist who creates imagery for the design professional that accurately portray the details of an architectural project. These images are used to communicate design ideas to clients, owners, committees, customers, ...
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Architectural ironmongery Architectural ironmongery or architectural hardware is a term used for the manufacture and wholesale distribution of items made from iron, steel, brass, aluminium or other metals, including plastics, for use in all types of buildings. Architectural ...
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Architectural lighting design Architectural lighting design is a field of work or study that is concerned with the design of lighting systems within the built environment, both interior and exterior. It can include manipulation and design of both daylight and electric ...
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Architectural metals Metals used for architectural purposes include lead, for water pipes, roofing, and windows; tin, formed into tinplate; zinc, copper and aluminium, in a range of applications including roofing and decoration; and iron, which has structural ...
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Architectural model An architectural model is a type of scale model made to study aspects of an architectural design or to communicate design intent. They can be made from a variety of materials such as paper, plaster, plastic, resin, wood, glass and metal. They ...
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Architectural photographers Early architectural photographers include Roger Fenton, Francis Frith (Middle East and Britain), Samuel Bourne, Inclined Studio (India) and Albert Levy (United States and Europe). They paved the way for the modern speciality of architectural pho ...
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Architectural photography Architectural photography is the sub genre of the photography discipline where the primary emphasis is made to capturing photographs of buildings and similar architectural structures that are both aesthetically pleasing and accurate in terms of r ...
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Architectural plan In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a technical drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure. Dimensio ...
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Architectural psychology in Germany Architectural psychology, Architectural and environmental psychology, environmental psychology developed within the German-speaking world in the 1970s.Preiser, W.F.E. (1972b). ''Umweltpsychologie: Plädoyer für eine neue Disziplin''. ''Umwelt'', 6, ...
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Architectural rendering Architectural rendering, architectural illustration, or architectural visualization is the art of creating three-dimensional images or animations showing the attributes of a proposed architectural design. Computer generated renderings Images tha ...
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Architectural reprography Architectural reprography, the reprography of architectural drawings, covers a variety of technologies, media, and supports typically used to make multiple copies of original technical drawings and related records created by architects, landscap ...
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Architectural Review ''The Architectural Review'' is a monthly international architectural magazine. It has been published in London since 1896. Its articles cover the built environment – which includes landscape, building design, interior design and urbanism ...
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Architectural school of Nakhchivan The architectural school of Nakhchivan ( az, Naxçıvan memarlıq məktəbi) is one of architectural schools developed in medieval ages on the territory of modern Azerbaijan. It was founded by Ajami Nakhchivani in the 12th century. The mausoleum ...
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Architectural sculpture Architectural sculpture is the use of sculptural techniques by an architect and/or sculptor in the design of a building, bridge, mausoleum or other such project. The sculpture is usually integrated with the structure, but freestanding works that ...
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Architectural style An architectural style is a set of characteristics and features that make a building or other structure notable or historically identifiable. It is a sub-class of style in the visual arts generally, and most styles in architecture relate closely ...
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Architectural technology Architectural technology, or building technology, is the application of technology to the design of buildings. It is a component of architecture and building engineering and is sometimes viewed as a distinct discipline or sub-category. New m ...
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Architectural terracotta Architectural terracotta refers to a fired mixture of clay and water that can be used in a non-structural, semi-structural, or structural capacity on the exterior or interior of a building. Terracotta pottery, as earthenware is called when not use ...
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Architectural theory Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...
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Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...
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Architecture for Humanity Architecture for Humanity was a US-based charitable organization that sought architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and brought professional design services to clients (often communities in need). Founded in 1999, it laid off its staff and ...
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Architecture in early modern Scotland Architecture in early modern Scotland encompasses all building within the borders of the kingdom of Scotland, from the early sixteenth century to the mid-eighteenth century. The time period roughly corresponds to the early modern era in Europe, ...
* Architecture in modern Scotland * Architecture in Omaha, Nebraska * Architecture museum * Architecture of Aarhus * Architecture of Aberdeen * Architecture of Afghanistan * Architecture of Africa *
Architecture of Albania The architecture of Albania ( sq, arkitektura e Shqipërisë ) is a reflection of Albania's historical and cultural heritage. The country's architecture was influenced by its location within the Mediterranean Basin and progressed over the course ...
* Architecture of Albany, New York * Architecture of Algeria *
Architecture of Almaty The city of Almaty (Kazakhstan) has notable examples of architecture, particularly from the 19th century period. These include characteristic designs in neo-Russian style from major architects including Andrei Pavlovich Zenkov, Paul Gourdet, and ...
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Architecture of ancient Sri Lanka The architecture of ancient Sri Lanka displays a rich diversity, varying in form and architectural style from the Anuradhapura Kingdom (377 BC–1017) through the Kingdom of Kandy (1469–1815). Sinhalese architecture also displays many ancient N ...
* Architecture of Angola *
Architecture of Argentina The architecture of Argentina can be said to start at the beginning of the Spanish colonisation, though it was in the 18th century that the cities of the country reached their splendour. Cities like Córdoba, Salta, Mendoza, and also Buenos ...
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Architecture of Atlanta The architecture of Atlanta is marked by a confluence of classical, modernist, post-modernist, and contemporary architectural styles. Due to the complete destruction of Atlanta by fire in 1864, the city's architecture retains no traces of its Ant ...
* Architecture of Australia *
Architecture of Aylesbury The architecture of Aylesbury, the county town of Buckinghamshire, reflects that which can be found in many small towns the length and breadth of England. The architecture contained in many of the country's great cities is well recorded and ...
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Architecture of Azerbaijan Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings o ...
* Architecture of Baku *
Architecture of Bangladesh Architecture of Bangladesh is intertwined with the architecture of the Bengal region and the broader Indian subcontinent. The architecture of Bangladesh has a long history and is rooted in Bangladesh's culture, religion and history. It has e ...
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Architecture of Barcelona The architecture of Barcelona has had a parallel evolution to that of the rest of the Catalan and Spanish architecture, and has followed in diverse ways the multiple trends that have been produced in the context of the history of Western architect ...
* Architecture of Bathurst, New South Wales *
Architecture of Belfast The architecture of Belfast comprises architectural styles ranging from Georgian through to modernist buildings such as the Waterfront Hall and Titanic Belfast. The city's Victorian and Edwardian buildings are notable for their display of a larg ...
* Architecture of Belgrade *
Architecture of Bengal The architecture of Bengal, which comprises the modern country of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley, has a long and rich history, blending indigenous elements from the Indian subcontinent, with in ...
* Architecture of Berlin *
Architecture of Bermuda The architecture of Bermuda has developed over the past four centuries. The archipelago's isolation, environment, climate, and scarce resources have been key driving points, though inspiration from Europe, the Caribbean and the Americas is evide ...
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Architecture of Bhutan Bhutanese architecture consists of Dzong and everyday varieties. Dzongs in Bhutan were built as fortresses and have served as religious and administrative centers since the 17th century. Secular lordly houses emerged as a distinct style in the lat ...
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Architecture of Birmingham Although Birmingham in England has existed as a settlement for over a thousand years, today's city is overwhelmingly a product of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, with little surviving from its early history. As it has expanded, it has acqui ...
* Architecture of Bolivia * Architecture of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Architecture of Boston * Architecture of Brazil *
Architecture of Buffalo, New York The Architecture of Buffalo, New York, particularly the buildings constructed between the American Civil War and the Great Depression, is said to have created a new, distinctly American form of architecture and to have influenced design througho ...
* Architecture of the Bulgarian Revival *
Architecture of the California missions The architecture of the California missions was influenced by several factors, those being the limitations in the construction materials that were on hand, an overall lack of skilled labor, and a desire on the part of the founding priests to emul ...
* Architecture of Canada * Architecture of Cantabria * Architecture of Cape Verde * Architecture of Cardiff * Architecture of Casablanca *
Architecture of cathedrals and great churches The architecture of cathedrals and great churches is characterised by the buildings' large scale and follows one of several branching traditions of form, function and style that derive ultimately from the Early Christian architectural traditi ...
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Architecture of Central Asia Architecture of Central Asia refers to the architectural styles of the numerous societies that have occupied Central Asia throughout history. These styles include Timurid architecture of the 14th and 15th centuries, Islamic-influenced Persian arc ...
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Architecture of Chennai Chennai architecture is a confluence of many architectural styles. From ancient Tamil temples built by the Pallavas, to the Indo-Saracenic style (pioneered in Madras) of the colonial era, to 20th-century steel and chrome of skyscrapers. Chen ...
* Architecture of Chicago *
Architecture of Chile Chilean architecture is influenced by the country's history, religious culture and unique climate. Chile was a former Spanish colony and its architectural style was therefore strongly influenced by Spanish design. Due to the unique geographica ...
* Architecture of Chiswick House * Architecture of Colombia * Architecture of Copenhagen *
Architecture of Costa Rica The architecture of Costa Rica includes remains from the pre-Columbian Era, all the way to modern buildings that form part of the nation's contemporary infrastructure. There is a unique architectural landscape present in Costa Rica that is reflectiv ...
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Architecture of Croatia The architecture of Croatia has roots in a long history: the Croats have inhabited the area for fourteen centuries, but there are important remnants of earlier periods still preserved in the country. Ancient heritage Copper Age finds are from ' ...
* Architecture of Cuba * Architecture of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture *
Architecture of Dakota Crescent Dakota Crescent is one of Singapore’s oldest housing estates built by Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), the government development authority, in 1958.Who, V. (Ed.). (2016). Architecture and the architect: Image-making in Singapore. United King ...
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Architecture of Delhi The Architecture of Delhi dates back more than a thousand years. As the capital of several great empires of India, including Rajput kingdoms, Rajput kingdom, Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, and British Raj, the city of Delhi has been a centre for ...
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Architecture of Denmark Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
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Architecture of Finland The architecture of Finland has a history spanning over 800 years, and while up until the modern era the architecture was strongly influenced by currents from Finland's two respective neighbouring ruling nations Sweden and Russia, from the early ...
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Architecture of Georgia ''For the unrelated style that emerged in the English-speaking world during the reigns of successive kings George, see Georgian architecture.'' The architecture of Georgia refers to the styles of architecture found in Georgia. The country is ex ...
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Architecture of Germany The architecture of Germany has a long, rich and diverse history. Every major European style from Roman to Postmodern is represented, including renowned examples of Carolingian, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Modern and ...
* Architecture of Glasgow * Architecture of Goan Catholics * Architecture of Gujarat *
Architecture of Hong Kong The architecture of Hong Kong features great emphasis on contemporary architecture, especially Modernism, Postmodernism, Functionalism, etc. Due to the lack of available land, few historical buildings remain in the urban areas of Hong Kong. Th ...
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Architecture of Houston The architecture of Houston includes a wide variety of award-winning and historic examples located in various areas of the city of Houston, Texas. From early in its history to current times, the city inspired innovative and challenging building d ...
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Architecture of Hyderabad A distinct Indo-Islamic architecture style with local contribution is reflected in the historical buildings of Hyderabad, making it the first and "Best Heritage City of India" as of March 2012. The city houses many famous historical sites constr ...
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Architecture of India Indian architecture is rooted in its history, culture and religion. Among a number of architectural styles and traditions, the best-known include the many varieties of Hindu temple architecture, Indo-Islamic architecture, especially Mughal ...
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Architecture of Indonesia The architecture of Indonesia reflects the diversity of cultural, historical and geographic influences that have shaped Indonesia as a whole. Invaders, colonizers, missionaries, merchants and traders brought cultural changes that had a profo ...
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Architecture of Ireland The architecture of Ireland is one of the most visible features in the Irish countryside – with remains from all eras since the Stone Age abounding. Ireland is famous for its ruined and intact Norman and Anglo-Irish castles, small whitewashed ...
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Architecture of Italy Italy has a very broad and diverse architectural style, which cannot be simply classified by period or region, due to Italy's division into various small states until 1861. This has created a highly diverse and eclectic range in architectural des ...
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Architecture of Jordan The architecture of Jordan has been subject to vast development, specifically in the final years of the twentieth century. Jordan is a semi-arid country located in the Middle East. Its location has great significance to Christians, Muslims and Je ...
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Architecture of Karnataka The antiquity of architecture of Karnataka () can be traced to its southern Neolithic and early Iron Age, Having witnessed the architectural ideological and utilitarian transformation from shelter- ritual- religion. Here the nomenclature 'Archite ...
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Architecture of Kathmandu The architectural heritage of Kathmandu city is integral to that of the Kathmandu valley since all monuments have evolved over centuries of craftsmanship influenced by Hindu and Buddhist religious practices. The architectural treasure of the Kath ...
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Architecture of Kerala Kerala architecture is a style of architecture found mostly in the Indian States of India, state of Kerala and in parts of Tulu Nadu region of Karnataka. Kerala's style of architecture is a unique Hindu temple architecture that emerged in the ...
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Architecture of Kievan Rus' The architecture of Kievan Rus' comes from the medieval state of Kievan Rus' which incorporated parts of what is now modern Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, and was centered on Kiev and Novgorod. Its architecture is the earliest period of Russian ...
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Architecture of Kosovo The architecture of Kosovo dates back to the Neolithic period and includes the Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages, Antiquity and the Medieval period. It has been influenced by the presence of different civilizations and religions as evidenced by the stru ...
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Architecture of Lahore The Architecture of Lahore reflects the history of Lahore and is remarkable for its variety and uniqueness. There are buildings left from the centuries of rule of the Mughal Empire, the Sikh Empire, as well as from the era of the British Raj, ...
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Architecture of Lebanon The architecture of Lebanon embodies the historical, cultural and religious influences that have shaped Lebanon's built environment. It has been influenced by the Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines, Umayyads, Crusaders, Mamluks, Ottomans and F ...
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Architecture of Leeds The architecture of Leeds, a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, encompasses a wide range of architectural styles and notable buildings. As with most northern industrial centres, much of Leeds' prominent architecture is o ...
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Architecture of Liverpool The architecture of Liverpool is rooted in the city's development into a major port of the British Empire.Hughes (1999), p10 It encompasses a variety of architectural styles of the past 300 years, while next to nothing remains of its medieva ...
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Architecture of London London's architectural heritage involves many architectural styles from different historical periods. London's architectural eclecticism stems from its long history, continual redevelopment, destruction by the Great Fire of London and The Blitz, ...
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Architecture of Macau The architecture of Macau is the architecture that is found in Macau. Macau has diverse architecture from the casinos in its casino region to its tallest building, Grand Lisboa (which stands at 258 metres). Macau is influenced by both Cantonese an ...
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Architecture of Mali The architecture of Mali is a distinct subset of Sudano-Sahelian architecture indigenous to West Africa. It comprises adobe buildings such as the Great Mosque of Djenné or the University of Timbuktu. It can be found all over the Sahel region of Af ...
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Architecture of Malta Maltese architecture has its origins in prehistory, and some of the oldest free-standing structures on Earth – a series of megalithic temples – can be found on Malta. The islands were colonized by the Phoenicians and later the Romans, who est ...
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Architecture of Manchester The architecture of Manchester demonstrates a rich variety of architectural styles. The city is a product of the Industrial Revolution and is known as the first modern, industrial city. Manchester is noted for its warehouses, railway viaducts, ...
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Architecture of Melbourne The architecture of Melbourne, the capital of the state of Victoria and second most populous city in Australia, is characterised by a wide variety of styles dating from the early years of European settlement to the present day. The city is part ...
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Architecture of metropolitan Detroit The architecture of metropolitan Detroit continues to attract the attention of architects and preservationists alike. With one of the world's recognizable skylines, Detroit's waterfront panorama shows a variety of architectural styles. The post-m ...
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Architecture of Mexico Many of Mexico's older architectural structures, including entire sections of Pre-Hispanic and colonial cities, have been designated World Heritage sites for their historical and artistic significance. The country has the largest number of sites ...
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Architecture of Montenegro The architecture of Montenegro is a mixture of many influences, from Roman and Venetian to Ottoman and modern times. Characteristics Montenegro has a number of significant cultural and historical sites, including heritage sites from the pre- Ro ...
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Architecture of Mumbai The architecture of Mumbai blends Gothic, Victorian, Art Deco, Indo-Saracenic & Contemporary architectural styles. Many buildings, structures and historical monuments remain from the colonial era. Mumbai, after Miami, has the second largest numb ...
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Architecture of Nepal Nepali architecture or Nepalese architecture is a unique blend of artistic and practical considerations. Situated between the trade routes of India, Tibet and China, Nepali architecture reflects influences from these cultural strongholds. The p ...
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Architecture of Normandy :''See also the Romanesque architecture erected by the Normans at Norman architecture.'' The architecture of Normandy spans a thousand years. Vernacular domestic styles In Upper Normandy and in the pays d'Auge, Mortainais, Passais and Avran ...
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Architecture of Norway The architecture of Norway has evolved in response to changing economic conditions, technological advances, demographic fluctuations and cultural shifts. While outside architectural influences are apparent in much of Norwegian architecture, they ...
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Architecture of Ottawa The architecture of Ottawa is most marked by the city's role as the national capital of Canada. This gives the city a number of monumental structures designed to represent the federal government and the nation. It also means that as a city dominate ...
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Architecture of Palestine The architecture of Palestine covers a vast historical time frame and a number of different styles and influences over the ages. The urban architecture of the region of Palestine prior to 1850 was relatively sophisticated. The Palestinian townhouse ...
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Architecture of Peru Peruvian architecture is the architecture carried out during any time in what is now Peru, and by Peruvian architects worldwide. Its diversity and long history spans from ancient Peru, the Inca Empire, Colonial Peru to the present day. Peruvian ...
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Architecture of Philadelphia The architecture of Philadelphia is a mix of historic and modern styles that reflect the city's history. The first European settlements appeared within the present day borders of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 17th century with most structures ...
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Architecture of the Philippines The architecture of the Philippines ( Filipino: ''Arkitekturang Pilipino'') reflects the historical and cultural traditions in the country. Most prominent historic structures in the archipelago are influenced by Austronesian, Chinese, Spanish, ...
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Architecture of Provence The architecture of Provence includes a rich collection of monuments from the Roman era, Cistercian monasteries from the Romanesque period, medieval castles and fortifications, as well as numerous hilltop villages and fine churches. Provence was a ...
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Architecture of Quebec City The architecture of Quebec City is characterized by its being one of North America (north of Mexico)'s oldest cities, founded in 1608. The original French settlers in the area built in an architectural style similar to the French style. Quebec Ci ...
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Architecture of Rajasthan The architecture of the Indian state of Rajasthan has usually been a regional variant of the style of Indian architecture prevailing in north India at the time. Rajasthan is especially notable for the forts and palaces of the many Rajput ruler ...
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Architecture of Rome The architecture of Rome over the centuries has greatly developed from Ancient Roman architecture to Italian modern and contemporary architecture. Rome was once the world's main epicentres of Classical architecture, developing new forms such as th ...
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Architecture of San Francisco The architecture of San Francisco is not so much known for defining a particular architectural style; rather, with its interesting and challenging variations in geography and topology and tumultuous history, San Francisco is known worldwide for i ...
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Architecture of Scotland The architecture of Scotland includes all human building within the modern borders of Scotland, from the Neolithic era to the present day. The earliest surviving houses go back around 9500 years, and the first villages 6000 years: Skara Brae o ...
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Architecture of Scotland in the Industrial Revolution Architecture of Scotland in the Industrial Revolution includes all building in Scotland between the mid-eighteenth century and the end of the nineteenth century. During this period, the country underwent an economic and social transformation as ...
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Architecture of Scotland in the Roman era Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...
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Architecture of Seattle The architecture of Seattle, Washington, the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S., features elements that predate the arrival of the area's first settlers of European ancestry in the mid-19th century, and has reflected and ...
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Architecture of Serbia The architecture of Serbia has a long, rich and diverse history. Some of the major European style from Ancient Roman architecture, Roman to Postmodern architecture, Postmodern are demonstrated, including renowned examples of Raška architectural ...
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Architecture of Singapore The architecture of Singapore displays a range of influences and styles from different places and periods. These range from the eclectic styles and hybrid forms of the colonial period to the tendency of more contemporary architecture to incorpo ...
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Architecture of Sri Lanka The architecture of Sri Lanka displays a rich variety of architectural forms and styles. Shaivism has had a significant influence on early Sri Lankan architecture, during the reign of King Ravana, then Buddhism has also had a significant influence ...
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Architecture of the Song dynasty The architecture of the Song dynasty (960–1279) was noted for its towering Buddhist pagodas, enormous stone and wooden bridges, lavish tombs, and extravagant palaces. Although literary works on architecture existed beforehand, architectural wr ...
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Architecture of South Korea South Korean architecture refers to any architecture in South Korea, which includes architecture from Jeulmun pottery period, Neolithic–7th century (B.C.E.), Three Kingdoms of Korea, three-kingdoms of Korea, Goryeo, Joseon Dynasty, Joseon, Jap ...
* Architecture of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador * Architecture of St. Louis * Architecture of Stockholm * Architecture of Sumatra * Architecture of Sweden *
Architecture of Switzerland The architecture of Switzerland was influenced by its location astride major trade routes, along with diverse architectural traditions of the four national languages. Romans and later Italians brought their monumental and vernacular architecture n ...
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Architecture of Sydney The architecture of Sydney, Australia’s oldest city, is not characterised by any one architectural style, but by an extensive juxtaposition of old and new architecture over the city's 200-year history, from its modest beginnings with local m ...
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Architecture of Tamil Nadu Nearly 33,000 ancient temples, many at least 800 to 2000 years old, are found scattered all over Tamil Nadu. As per Tamil Nadu Hindu Endowments Board, there are 38,615 temples. Most of the largest Hindu Temples reside here. Studded with compl ...
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Architecture of the Tarnovo Artistic School The Architecture of the Tarnovo Artistic School is a term for the development of architecture during the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396). In the 13th and 14th centuries the capital Tarnovo determined the progress of the Bulgarian architec ...
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Architecture of Toronto The architecture of Toronto is an eclectic combination of architectural styles, ranging from 19th century Georgian architecture to 21st century postmodern architecture and beyond. Initially, the city was on the periphery of the architectural w ...
* Architecture of Turkey * Architecture of the Netherlands * Architecture of the Paris Métro * Architecture of the United Arab Emirates * Architecture of the United Kingdom *
Architecture of the United States The architecture of the United States demonstrates a broad variety of architectural styles and built forms over the country's history of over two centuries of independence and former Spanish and British rule. Architecture in the United States h ...
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Architecture of Uttar Pradesh The architecture of Uttar Pradesh demonstrates a diverse and Eclecticism in architecture, eclectic combination of Buddhist architecture, Buddhist, Hindu architecture, Hindu, Indo-Islamic architecture, Indo-Islamic, and Indo-European architectur ...
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Architecture of Vancouver The architecture of Vancouver and the Greater Vancouver area holds a combination of modern architectural styles, ranging from the 20th century Edwardian style to the 21st century modernist style and beyond. Initially, the city's architects embrace ...
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Architecture of Wales Architecture of Wales is an overview of architecture in Wales from the medieval period to the present day, excluding castles and fortifications, ecclesiastical architecture and industrial architecture. It covers the history of domestic, commercial, ...
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Architecture of Yugoslavia The architecture of Yugoslavia was characterized by emerging, unique, and often differing national and regional narratives. As a socialist state remaining free from the Iron Curtain, Yugoslavia adopted a hybrid identity that combined the archit ...
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Architecture parlante ''Architecture parlante'' (French: ) is architecture that explains its own function or identity. The phrase was originally associated with Claude Nicolas Ledoux, and was extended to other Paris-trained architects of the Revolutionary period, � ...
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Architecture schools in Switzerland {{Short description, none This is a list of architecture schools in Switzerland. Universities/Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology *ETH Zurich: ETH Zurich Faculty of Architecture (D-ARCH), Zürich, http://www.arch.ethz.ch * EPFL, École Poly ...
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Architecture terrible ' was an architectural style advocated by French architect Jacques-François Blondel in his nine-volume treatise ' (1771–77). Blondel promoted the style for the exterior design of prisons: the form of the building itself would proclaim its fun ...
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Architrave In classical architecture, an architrave (; from it, architrave "chief beam", also called an epistyle; from Greek ἐπίστυλον ''epistylon'' "door frame") is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of columns. The term can a ...
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Archivolt An archivolt (or voussure) is an ornamental moulding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch. It is composed of bands of ornamental mouldings (or other architectural elements) surrounding an arched opening, corresponding to the ...
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Arcology Arcology, a portmanteau of "architecture" and "ecology",. is a field of creating architectural design principles for very densely populated and ecologically low-impact human habitats. The term was coined in 1969 by architect Paolo Soleri, who be ...
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Ardhamandapa In Hindu temple architecture, Ardhamandapa (lit. half-open hall), also spelled ''artha mandapam'' or ''ardh mandapam'', is an important element of the entrance group. It is an entrance porch forming a transitional area between the outside and a m ...
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Area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an op ...
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Arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectator ...
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Armenian architecture Armenian architecture comprises architectural works with an aesthetic or historical connection to the Armenian people. It is difficult to situate this architectural style within precise geographical or chronological limits, but many of its monume ...
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Armenian church architecture Armenian church architecture is the architectural style of the Armenian church buildings created since the Apostolic era of Christianity in the Armenian Highland during the 1st century. It was developed over the last 1900 years. According to profes ...
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Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unit ...
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Art Deco architecture Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United ...
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Art Deco in Paris The Art Deco movement of architecture and design appeared in Paris in about 1910–12, and continued until the beginning of World War II in 1939. It took its name from the International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held i ...
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Art Deco in the United States The Art Deco style, which originated in France just before World War I, had an important impact on architecture and design in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. The most famous examples are the skyscrapers of New York City including the E ...
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Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
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Art Nouveau architecture in Russia Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of what ...
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Art Nouveau in Alcoy Art Nouveau in Alcoy ( es, modernismo en Alcoy, ca-valencia, modernisme en Alcoi), as one of the main focuses of the Valencian Art Nouveau, is the historiographic denomination given to an art and literature movement associated with the Art ...
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Artesonado Artesonado or Spanish ceiling is a term for coffer "a type of intricately joined wooden ceiling in which supplementary laths are interlaced into the rafters supporting the roof to form decorative geometric patterns", found in Spanish architecture. I ...
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Articular church Articular churches are wooden churches for Evangelical congregations in Slovakia erected under the terms of the Congress of Sopron of 1681. At this congress, summoned by the Habsburg Emperor Leopold I, permission was for the first time granted ...
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Ashlar Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
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Association of German Architects The Association of German Architects (German: ''Bund Deutscher Architekten'', BDA) is an association of architects founded in 1903 in Germany. It publishes the bimonthly magazine ''der architekt''. The BDA has over 5,000 members. In 1995, it fo ...
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Asturian architecture Pre-Romanesque architecture in Asturias is framed between the years 711 and 910, the period of the creation and expansion of the kingdom of Asturias. History In the 5th century, the Goths, a Christianized tribe of Eastern Germanic origin, arrived ...
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Astylar Astylar (from Gr. ''ἀ-'', privative, and ''στῦλος'', a column) is an architectural term given to a class of design in which neither columns nor pilasters are used for decorative purposes; thus the Riccardi and Strozzi palaces in Florence ...
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Atlas An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a region of Earth. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geogra ...
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Atmosphere An atmosphere () is a layer of gas or layers of gases that envelop a planet, and is held in place by the gravity of the planetary body. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A ...
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Attap dwelling An attap dwelling is traditional housing found in the kampongs of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Named after the attap palm, which provides the wattle for the walls, and the leaves with which their roofs are thatched, these dwelling ...
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Attic An attic (sometimes referred to as a ''loft'') is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building; an attic may also be called a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because attics fill the space between the ceiling of the ...
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Aula regia An ''aula regia'' ( lat. for "royal hall"), also referred to as a ''palas hall'', is a name given to the great hall in an imperial or royal palace (German ''Kaiserpfalz''). In the Middle Ages the term was also used as a synonym for the ''Pfalz'' i ...
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Australian architectural styles Australian architectural styles, like the revivalist trends which dominated Europe for centuries, have been primarily derivative. Background Europeans’ early contacts with Indigenous populations led them to misinterpret Aboriginal and Torres ...
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Australian non-residential architectural styles Australian non-residential architectural styles are a set of Australian architectural styles that apply to buildings used for purposes other than residence and have been around only since the first colonial government buildings of early European ...
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Australian residential architectural styles Australian residential architectural styles have evolved significantly over time, from the early days of structures made from relatively cheap and imported corrugated iron (which can still be seen in the roofing of historic homes) to more sophi ...
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Autonomous building An autonomous building is a building designed to be operated independently from infrastructural support services such as the electric power grid, gas grid, municipal water systems, sewage treatment systems, storm drains, communication services, ...
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Avant-corps An ''avant-corps'' ( it, avancorpo or , plural , german: Risalit, pl, ryzalit), a French term literally meaning "fore-body", is a part of a building, such as a porch or pavilion, that juts out from the ''corps de logis'', often taller than oth ...
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Awning An awning or overhang is a secondary covering attached to the exterior wall of a building. It is typically composed of canvas woven of acrylic, cotton or polyester yarn, or vinyl laminated to polyester fabric that is stretched tightly over a li ...
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Azekurazukuri or ''azekura'' is a Japanese architectural style of simple wooden construction, used for storehouses (''kura''), granaries, and other utilitarian structures. This style probably dates to the early centuries of the Common Era, such as during the ...
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Barabara A barabara or barabora (Russian); ulax̂, ''ulaagamax'', ''ulaq'', or ''ulas'' (plural) (Aleut); and ciqlluaq ( Alutiiq ~ Sugpiaq)Jeff Leer (introduction) 2007 (eighth printing). Nanwalegmiut Paluwigmiut-llu Nupugnerit / Conversational Alutiiq Di ...
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Bachelor of Architecture The Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) is a bachelor's degree designed to satisfy the academic requirement of practising architecture around the world. Australia Architectural education in Australia varies depending on the university offering th ...
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Back-to-back house Back-to-backs are a form of terraced houses in the United Kingdom, built from the late 18th century through to the early 20th century in various guises. Many thousands of these dwellings were built during the Industrial Revolution for the rapidly ...
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Balcony A balcony (from it, balcone, "scaffold") is a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade, usually above the ground floor. Types The traditional Maltese balcony ...
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Bald arch A bald arch is an arch featuring decay on the crucial keystones in stone or masonry buildings. Left unchecked, the progression of the condition will eventually lead to the failure of the arch and any structures supported by it. Causes The stru ...
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Baldachin A baldachin, or baldaquin (from it, baldacchino), is a canopy of state typically placed over an altar or throne. It had its beginnings as a cloth canopy, but in other cases it is a sturdy, permanent architectural feature, particularly over hi ...
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Baldresca A baldresca is an architectural element supporting a loggia. The element is of the medieval tradition and looks like a shelf with a supporting function. A baldresca has no columns. Examples A notable example of the use of baldrescas is in the Casa ...
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Bale kulkul The bale kulkul or bale kul-kul ( Balinese "drum pavilion") is a Balinese pavilion where a slit-log drum (Balinese ''kulkul'') is placed. It is essentially a drum tower or a watch tower. A bale kulkul can has a civic function, such as those used ...
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Balinese architecture Balinese architecture is a vernacular architecture tradition of Balinese people that inhabits volcanic island of Bali, Indonesia. The Balinese architecture is a centuries-old architectural tradition influenced by Balinese culture developed from Hi ...
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Balinese traditional house Balinese traditional house refers to the traditional vernacular house of Balinese people in Bali, Indonesia. The Balinese traditional house is the product of a blend of Hindu and Buddhist beliefs, fused with Austronesian animism, resulting in a ho ...
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Baluster A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its c ...
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Banjarese architecture This article is about the architecture features of Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. There are several types of traditional houses of the Banjarese: #Bubungan Tinggi #Gajah Baliku #Gajah Manyusu #Balai Laki #Balai Bini #Palimbangan #P ...
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Banquette A banquette is a small footpath or elevated step along the inside of a rampart or parapet of a fortification. Musketeers atop it were able to view the counterscarp, or fire on enemies in the moat. A typical size is a foot and a half (approxima ...
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Baptistery In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French ''baptisterie''; Latin ''baptisterium''; Greek , 'bathing-place, baptistery', from , baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptism ...
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Barbican A barbican (from fro, barbacane) is a fortified outpost or fortified gateway, such as at an outer defense perimeter of a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes. Europe In the Middle A ...
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Bargeboard Bargeboard (probably from Medieval Latin ''bargus'', or ''barcus'', a scaffold, and not from the now obsolete synonym "vergeboard") or rake fascia is a board fastened to each projecting gable of a roof to give it strength and protection, and to ...
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Bargrennan chambered cairn Bargrennan chambered cairns are a class of prehistoric chambered cairns found only in south-west Scotland, in western Dumfries and Galloway and southern Ayrshire. They form a separate group from the Clyde cairns which are found along the coast of ...
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Baroque architecture Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means ...
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Baroque Revival architecture The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque (or Second Empire architecture in France and Wilhelminism in Germany), was an architectural style of the late 19th century. The term is used to describe architecture and architectural sculptur ...
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Barrel vault A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault, wagon vault or wagonhead vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance. The curves are ...
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Bartizan A bartizan (an alteration of ''bratticing''), also called a guerite, ''garita'', or ''échauguette'', or spelled bartisan, is an overhanging, wall-mounted turret projecting from the walls of late medieval and early-modern fortifications from th ...
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Baseboard In architecture, a baseboard (also called skirting board, skirting, wainscoting, mopboard, trim, floor molding, or base molding) is usually wooden or vinyl board covering the lowest part of an interior wall. Its purpose is to cover the joint ...
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Basement A basement or cellar is one or more Storey, floors of a building that are completely or partly below the storey, ground floor. It generally is used as a utility space for a building, where such items as the Furnace (house heating), furnace, ...
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Basilica In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its nam ...
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Bastion A bastion or bulwark is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort. The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks, with fi ...
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Bastion fort A bastion fort or ''trace italienne'' (a phrase derived from non-standard French, literally meaning ''Italian outline'') is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder when the cannon came to domin ...
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Bastle house Bastel, bastle, or bastille houses are a type of construction found along the Anglo-Scottish border, in the areas formerly plagued by border reivers. They are fortified farmhouses, characterised by security measures against raids. Their name i ...
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Battered corner Battered corners are an architectural detail in some buildings. Old Dutch Church (Kingston, New York) The Old Dutch Church, officially known as the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston, is located on Wall Street in Kingston, New Y ...
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Battle of the Styles The Battle of the Styles is a term used to refer to the conflict between supporters of the Gothic style and the Classical style in architecture. In Britain this led to public debates between Decimus Burton and Augustus Pugin. Later in the century ...
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Battlement A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (i.e., a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at interv ...
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Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus (), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., 20 ...
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Bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a na ...
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Bay-and-gable The bay-and-gable is a distinct residential architectural style that is ubiquitous with the older portions of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The most prominent feature of the style is a large bay window that usually covers more than half the front faç ...
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Bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. Types Bay window is a generic term for all protruding window constructions, regardless of whether they are curved or angular, or ...
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Beach house Beach House is an American musical duo formed in Baltimore, Maryland in 2004. The band consists of Victoria Legrand (vocals, keyboards) and Alex Scally (guitar, keyboard, backing vocals). Their self-titled debut album was released in 2006 t ...
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Bead and reel Bead and reel is an architectural motif, usually found in sculptures, moldings and numismatics. It consists in a thin line where beadlike elements alternate with cylindrical ones. It is found throughout the modern Western world in architectural d ...
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Beaux-Arts architecture Beaux-Arts architecture ( , ) was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorpo ...
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Bell-cot A bellcote, bell-cote or bell-cot is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells. Bellcotes are most common in church architecture but are also seen on institutions such as schools. The bellcote may be carried on brackets projecting from ...
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Bell-gable The bell gable ( es, espadaña, french: clocher-mur, it, campanile a vela) is an architectural element crowning the upper end of the wall of church buildings, usually in lieu of a church tower. It consists of a gable end in stone, with small h ...
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Bell tower A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tow ...
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Bell tower (wat) Bell tower ( th, หอระฆัง; ) is one category of the Thai architectural structure in a wat for signaling the monks A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices relig ...
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Belt course A belt course, also called a string course or sill course, is a continuous row or layer of stones or brick set in a wall. Set in line with window sills, it helps to make the horizontal line of the sills visually more prominent. Set between the ...
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Belvedere Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to: Places Australia *Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region Africa * Belvedere (Casablanca), a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco * Belvedere, Harare, Z ...
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Berg house The Berg houseAmerican Anthropologist Association (1909). American Anthropologist, Volume 11, p. 728. (german: Bergisches Haus, also ''Bergischer Dreiklang'' or ''Bergische Bauweise'') is a type of timber framed house that is widespread in the G ...
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Béton brut ''Béton brut'' () is a French term that translates in English to “raw concrete”. The term is used to describe concrete that is left unfinished after being cast, displaying the patterns and seams imprinted on it by the formwork.''Exposed concr ...
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Biedermeier The ''Biedermeier'' period was an era in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848 during which the middle class grew in number and the arts appealed to common sensibilities. It began with the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in ...
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Bifora The bifora or ''pifara'' was a Sicilian double reed instrument of the oboe family, related to the ancient shawm and particularly to the piffero of the northern Italian Apennines. Much larger than the piffero, and made in one piece, it was employed ...
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Black Forest house The Black Forest houseDickinson, Robert E (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 154. . (german: Schwarzwaldhaus) is a byre-dwelling that is found mainly in the central and southern parts of the Bla ...
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Blackhouse A blackhouse ( ga, teach dubh ; gd, t(a)igh-dubh ) is a traditional type of house which used to be common in Ireland, the Hebrides, and the Scottish Highlands. Origin of the name The origin of the name blackhouse is of some debate. On the Is ...
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Blind arcade A blind arcade or blank arcade is an arcade (a series of arches) that has no actual openings and that is applied to the surface of a wall as a decorative element: i.e., the arches are not windows or openings but are part of the masonry face. It is ...
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Blind arch A blind arch is an arch found in the wall of a building that has been infilled with solid construction and so cannot serve as a passageway, door or window.''A Dictionary of Architecture''; Fleming, John; Honour, Hugh & Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966) T ...
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Blobitecture Blobitecture (from blob architecture), blobism and blobismus are terms for a movement in architecture in which buildings have an organic, amoeba-shaped, building form. Though the term ''blob architecture'' was in vogue already in the mid-1990s, t ...
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Blockhouse A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions. It is usually an isolated fort in the form of a single building, serving as a defensive stro ...
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Blue roof A blue roof is a roof of a building that is designed explicitly to provide initial temporary water storage and then gradual release of stored water, typically rainfall. Blue roofs are constructed on flat or low sloped roofs in urban communities w ...
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Bolection A bolection is a decorative moulding which projects beyond the face of a panel or frame in raised panel walls, doors, and fireplaces. It is commonly used when the meeting surfaces are at different levels, especially to hold floating panels in pl ...
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Boss Boss may refer to: Occupations * Supervisor, often referred to as boss * Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier * Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization * Fire boss, a ...
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Bossage Bossage is uncut stone that is laid in place in a building, projecting outward from the building, to later be carved into decorative moldings, capitals, arms, etc. Bossages are also rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond ...
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Bouleuterion A bouleuterion ( grc-gre, βουλευτήριον, ''bouleutērion''), also translated as and was a building in ancient Greece which housed the council of citizens (, ''boulē'') of a democratic city state. These representatives assembled a ...
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Bow window A bow window or compass window is a curved bay window. Bow windows are designed to create space by projecting beyond the exterior wall of a building, and to provide a wider view of the garden or street outside and typically combine four or more w ...
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Box gutter A box gutter, internal gutter, parallel gutter, or trough gutter is a rain gutter on a roof usually rectangular in shape; it may be lined with EPDM rubber, metal, asphalt, or roofing felt, and may be concealed behind a parapet or the eaves T ...
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Bracket A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'r ...
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Branchwork Branchwork on the baptismal font of Worms Cathedral Branchwork or branch tracery (german: Astwerk , Dutch: Lofwerk of Loofwerk) is a type of architectural ornament often used in late Gothic architecture and the Northern Renaissance, consistin ...
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Brattishing In architecture, brattishing or brandishing is a decorative cresting which is found at the top of a cornice or screen, panel or parapet. The design often includes leaves A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascula ...
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Breezeway A breezeway is an architectural feature similar to a hallway that allows the passage of a breeze between structures to accommodate high winds, allow aeration, or provide aesthetic design variation. It is a pedestrian walkway because it is intend ...
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Bressummer A bressummer, breastsummer, summer beam (somier, sommier, sommer, somer, cross-somer, summer, summier, summer-tree, or dorman, dormant tree) is a load-bearing beam in a timber-framed building. The word ''summer'' derived from sumpter or French ...
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Brick Expressionism The term Brick Expressionism (german: Backsteinexpressionismus) describes a specific variant of Expressionist architecture that uses bricks, tiles or clinker bricks as the main visible building material. Buildings in the style were erected mos ...
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Brick Gothic Brick Gothic (german: Backsteingotik, pl, Gotyk ceglany, nl, Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and Central Europe especially in the regions in and around the Baltic Sea, which do not have resourc ...
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Brick nog Brick nog, (nogging or nogged,Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009. Nog, v. 2. beam filling) is a construction technique in which bricks are used to fill the vacancies in a wooden frame. The w ...
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Brick Renaissance Brick Renaissance is the Northern European continuation of brick architecture after Brick Romanesque and Brick Gothic. Although the term Brick Gothic is often used generally for all of this architecture, especially in regard to the Hanseatic citie ...
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Brickwork Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar. Typically, rows of bricks called ''courses'' are laid on top of one another to build up a structure such as a brick wall. Bricks may be differentiated from blocks by si ...
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Brise soleil ''Brise soleil'', sometimes ''brise-soleil'' (; ), is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within that building by deflecting sunlight. More recently, vertical Brise soleil have become popular. Both systems allow low- ...
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Bristol Byzantine Bristol Byzantine is a variety of Byzantine Revival architecture that was popular in the city of Bristol from about 1850 to 1880. Many buildings in the style have been destroyed or demolished, but notable surviving examples include the Colston ...
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British megalith architecture British megalith architecture is the study of those ancient cultures that built megalithic sites on the British Isles, including the research and documentation of these sites. The classification sometimes used of these cultures based on geologica ...
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Broach spire A broach spire is a type of spire (tall pyramidal structure), which usually sits atop a tower or turret of a church. It starts on a square base and is carried up to a tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces. File:Leicester Cathe ...
* Broch * Brutalist architecture * List of brutalist structures, Brutalist structures * Bucranium * Buddhist architecture * Building * Building code * Building design * Building envelope * Building restoration * Building typology * Buildings and architecture of Allentown, Pennsylvania * Buildings and architecture of Bath * Buildings and architecture of Brighton and Hove * Buildings and architecture of Bristol * Buildings and architecture of New Orleans * List of buildings in Dubai, Buildings in Dubai * Burdock piling * Burgus * Burnham Baroque * But and ben * Butterfly roof * Buttress * Byre-dwelling * Byzantine architecture * Byzantine Revival architecture


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* Caisson (Asian architecture), Caisson * Caldarium * Calendar house * California bungalow * Camarín * Camber beam * Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture * Canada's grand railway hotels * Canadian Centre for Architecture * Candi bentar * Candi of Indonesia * Canopy (building), Canopy * Cant (architecture), Cant * Cantilever * Cantoris * Cape Dutch architecture * Capilla abierta * Capilla posa * Capital (architecture), Capital * Caravanserai * Carolingian architecture * Carpenter Gothic * Carport * Cartilage Baroque * Cartouche (design), Cartouche * Caryatid * Casa montañesa * Cascina a corte * Cas di torto * Casemate * Casement stay * Casement window * Castellum * Cast-iron architecture * Castle * Castle chapel * Cast stone * Catalan Gothic * Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí * Catalan vault * Catenary arch * Cathedral * Cathedral arch * Cathedral Architect * Cathedral floorplan * Cathedrals in Spain * Catshead (architecture) * Cavaedium * Cavalier (fortification), Cavalier * Cave castle * Cavea * Cavetto * Cavity wall * Ceiling * Cella * Cell church * Cenotaph * Central-passage house * Centring * Ceramic house * Chahartaq (architecture), Chahartaq * Chalet * Chamber gate * Chamber tomb * Chambered cairn * Chambranle * Chamfer * Chancel * Channel letters * Chantlate * Chapel * Chapter house * Chardak * Charleston single house * Charrette * Chartaque * Charter bole * Chartered architect * Château * Châteauesque * Chattel house * Chemin de ronde * Chemise (wall), Chemise * Cherokee Gothic * Chhajja * Chhatri * Chicago school (architecture), Chicago school * Chigi (architecture), Chigi * Chilotan architecture * Chimney * Chimney breast * Chinese architecture * Chinese Chippendale (architecture), Chinese Chippendale * Chinese Islamic architecture * Chinese pagoda * Chinese temple architecture * Choga (architecture), Choga * Choir (architecture), Choir * Chola art and architecture * Church architecture * Church architecture in England * Church architecture in Scotland * Church window * Churches in Norway * Churches of Chiloé * Churrigueresque * Ciborium (architecture), Ciborium * Circulation (architecture), Circulation * Circus (building), Circus * Cistercian architecture * Citadel * City Beautiful movement * City block * City gate * City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto * Clapboard (architecture), Clapboard * Classical architecture * Classical order * Clerestory * Clerk of works * Cliff dwelling * Clock gable * Cloister * Cloister vault * Coade stone * Cobblestone architecture * Coenaculum * Coercion castle * Coffer * Collegiate Gothic * Colonette * Colonial architecture * Colonial architecture in Jakarta * Colonial architecture in Padang * Colonial architecture in Surabaya * Colonial architecture of Indonesia * Colonial architecture of Makassar * Colonial architecture of Southeast Asia * Colonial Revival architecture * Colonnade * Column * Comacine masters * Combination stair * Compass (architecture), Compass * Complementary architecture * Compound pier * Compression member * Computer-aided architectural design * Comtois steeple * Concatenation (architecture), Concatenation * Concentric castle * Conceptual architecture * Conch house * Concrete landscape curbing * Concrete shell * Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne * Conical roof * Conisterium * Connected farm * Construction partnering * Constructivist architecture * Consumption wall * Contemporary architecture * Contextual architecture * Conversation pit * Coping (architecture), Coping * Copper cladding * Copper in architecture * Coptic architecture * Copyright in architecture in the United States * Corbel * Corbel arch * Cordonata * Core (architecture), Core * Corinthian order * Cornerstone * Corner tower * Cornice * Coron (house), Coron * Corps de logis * Cosmatesque * Cotswold architecture * Cottage flat * Cottage orné * Cottage window * Council architect * Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat * Counter-arch * Coupled column * Cour d'honneur * Course (architecture), Course * Court cairn * Courtyard house * Cove lighting * Coved ceiling * Covertway * Crannog * Creole architecture in the United States * Crepidoma * Crescent (architecture), Crescent * Cresting (architecture), Cresting * Crimson Architectural Historians * Crinkle crankle wall * Critical regionalism * Croatian pre-Romanesque art and architecture * Crocket * Crooked spire * Cross-in-square * Cross-wall * Cross-window * Cross-wing * Crossing (architecture), Crossing * Crowdsourcing architecture * Crown molding * Crown steeple * Crownwork * Cruciform * Crypt * Cryptoporticus * Cubiculum * Curtain wall (architecture), Curtain wall * Cyclopean masonry * Cyclostyle * Cymatium * Cyzicene hall * Czech architecture * Czech Baroque architecture * Czech Cubism * Czech Gothic architecture * Czech Renaissance architecture


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* Dado (architecture), Dado * Dado rail * Daibutsuyō * Dakkah * Danish design * Darbazi * Dargah * Dartmoor longhouse * Deck (building), Deck * Deconstruction (building), Deconstruction * Deconstructivism * Deep foundation * Deep Jyoti Stambh * Deep plan * Defensive wall * Defensive towers of Cantabria * Demerara window * Dentil * Destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain * Detinets * Diagrid * Diamond vault * Diapering * Diaphragm arch * Diaulos (architecture), Diaulos * Digital architecture * Dikka * Diocletian window * Discharging arch * Disordered piling * Dissenting Gothic * Distyle * Distyle in antis * Dō (architecture), Dō * Doctor of Architecture * Dog-tooth * Dome * Domus * Doric order * Dormer * Double chapel * Double-skin facade * Dougong * Dragestil * Dravidian architecture * Drawing board * Dropped ceiling * Drum tower (Asia), Drum tower * Dry stone * Dun * Duomo * Duplex (building) * Dutch architecture in Semarang * Dutch Baroque architecture * Dutch brick * Dutch Colonial architecture (New Netherland), Dutch Colonial architecture * Dutch Colonial Revival architecture * Dutch door * Dutch gable * Dwarf gallery * Dzong architecture


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* Early Christian art and architecture * Early New York Architecture in 19th Century * Early skyscrapers * Earthquake Baroque * East Asian hip-and-gable roof * Easter Sepulchre * Eastern Orthodox church architecture * Eastlake movement * Eave return * Eaves * Eclecticism in architecture * Edwardian architecture * Edwardian Baroque architecture * Egg-and-dart * Egyptian pyramids * Egyptian pyramid construction techniques * Egyptian Revival architecture * Egyptian Revival architecture in the British Isles * Elevated entrance * Elizabethan architecture * Elizabethan Baroque * Ell (architecture), Ell * Ellipsoidal dome * Elliptical dome * Embrasure * Emissary (hydraulics), Emissary * Empire style * Enceinte * Enclosure castle * Enfilade (architecture), Enfilade * Engaged column * Engawa * English Baroque * English country house * English Gothic architecture * Entablature * Entasis * Ergastulum * Estate houses in Scotland * Estipite * Estonian vernacular architecture * Etruscan architecture * European medieval architecture in North America * European Route of Brick Gothic * European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture * Euthynteria * Examination for Architects in Canada * Exedra * Experimental architecture * Expression (architecture), Expression * Expressionist architecture


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* Fabric structure * Facade * Facadism * False door * Falsework * Fanlight * Fan vault * Fantastic architecture * Farmhouse * Fascia (architecture), Fascia * Fascist architecture * Fatimid architecture * Fatimid Great Palaces * Fauces (architecture), Fauces * Faussebraye * Federal architecture * Federal modernism * Federation architecture * Fender pier * Ferro (architecture), Ferro * Festoon * Fina (architecture), Fina * Finial * Firebox (architecture), Firebox * Fire door * Fire lookout tower * Firewall (construction), Firewall * First national architectural movement * First Period * First Romanesque * Flak tower * Flamboyant * Flame palmette * Flanking tower * Flat roof * Flèche (architecture) * Flèche (fortification) * Flèche faîtière * Fleuron (architecture), Fleuron * Float glass * Floating floor * Flood arch * Floor medallion * Floor plan * Floor vibration * Florida cracker architecture * Florida modern * Flushwork * Fluting (architecture) * Flying arch * Flying buttress * Foil (architecture), Foil * Folk Victorian * Folly * Folly fort * Forced perspective * Courtyard, Forecourt * Form follows function * Fortification * Fortified gateway * Fortified house * Fortified tower * Fortochka * Fortress church * Forum (Roman), Forum * Foundation (engineering), Foundation * Four-centred arch * Frederician Rococo * Free plan * French architecture * French Baroque architecture * French Colonial * French Gothic architecture * French Renaissance architecture * French Restoration style * French Romanesque architecture * Frëngji * Fretwork * Frieze * Frigidarium * Frisian farmhouse * Frontispiece (architecture), Frontispiece * Fumarium * Funco (architecture), Funco * Functionalism (architecture), Functionalism * Fusuma


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* Gabion * Gable * Gablefront house * Gable roof * Gablet roof * Gable stone * Gaiola (construction), Gaiola * Galilee (church architecture), Galilee * Gallery (architecture), Gallery * Galleting * Gambrel * Gaper * Garbhagriha * Garderobe * Gargoyle * Garland bearers * Garret * Garrison (architecture), Garrison * Gatehouse * Gate tower * Gavaksha * Gavit * Gazebo * Geestharden house * Geison * Genius loci * Geodesic dome * Georgian architecture * Gibbs surround * Gingerbread house (architecture), Gingerbread * Girih * Girih tiles * Girt * Giyōfū architecture * Glass brick * Glass floor * Glass in green buildings * Glass mosaic * Glass mullion system * Glass tile * Glazed architectural terra-cotta * Glazing (window), Glazing * Gloriette * Gold leaf * Gonbad * Gongbei (Islamic architecture), Gongbei * Gothic architecture * Gothic architecture in Lithuania * Gothic architecture in modern Poland * List of Gothic brick buildings in Germany, Gothic brick buildings in Germany * List of Gothic brick buildings in the Netherlands, Gothic brick buildings in the Netherlands * List of Gothic architecture, Gothic buildings * Gothic cathedrals and churches * Gothic Revival architecture * Gothic Revival architecture in Canada * Gothic Revival architecture in Poland * List of Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival buildings * Gothic secular and domestic architecture * Goût grec * Grade beam * Graecostasis * Granary * Grands Projets of François Mitterrand * Great chamber * Great hall * Great house * Great Rebuilding * Great room * Greek Baths * Greek Revival architecture * Green building * Gridshell * Grille (architecture) * Grillwork * Groin vault * Grotesque (architecture), Grotesque * Grotto * Gründerzeit * Guard stone * Guard tower * Guastavino tile * Guerrilla architecture * Gulf house * Gutta * Gymnasium (ancient Greece), Gymnasium * Gynaeceum


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* Hachiman-zukuri * Hagioscope * Haiden (Shinto), Haiden * Hakka walled village * Half tower * Hall * Hall and parlor house * Hall church * Hall house * Hammerbeam roof * Han dynasty tomb architecture * Hanover school of architecture * Harappan architecture * Harling (wall finish), Harling * Hasht-behesht (architecture), Hasht-behesht * Hashti * Haubarg * Hausa architecture * Hawaiian architecture * Hay hood * Heiden (Shinto), Heiden * Heimatschutz * Heliopolis style * Heliotrope (building), Heliotrope * Hemadpanti architecture * Henry II style * Henry IV style * List of heritage houses in Sydney, Heritage houses in Sydney * Heritage structures in Chennai * Herma * Herodian architecture * Heroon * Herrerian style * Herzog & de Meuron * Hexafoil * Hexagonal window * Hidden roof * High-rise building * High-tech architecture * High Victorian Gothic * Hill castle * Hillfort * Hillforts in Scotland * Hillside castle * Hilltop castle * Hindu and Buddhist architectural heritage of Pakistan * Hindu architecture * Hindu temple architecture * Hip roof * Hippodrome * Hirairi * Hisashi (architecture), Hisashi * Historic house * Historicism (art), Historicism * History of architectural engineering * History of architecture * History of domes in South Asia * History of early and simple domes * History of early modern period domes * History of Italian Renaissance domes * History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes * History of modern period domes * History of the world's tallest buildings * History of urban planning * Hiyoshi-zukuri * Hoarding (castle), Hoarding * Hogan * Hokkien architecture * Hokora * Honden * Hood mould * Hórreo * Horreum * Horseshoe arch * Hosh (architecture), Hosh * Hostile architecture * Hôtel particulier * House * Housebarn * House-commune * House plan * Housing in Azerbaijan * Housing in China * Housing in Europe * Housing in Glasgow * Housing in Hong Kong * Housing in India * Housing in Japan * Housing in New Zealand * Housing in Pakistan * Housing in Portugal * Housing in Scotland * Housing in Senegal * Housing in the United Kingdom * Howz * Hoysala architecture * Huabiao * Hui-style architecture * Hunky punk * Hypaethral * Hyphen (architecture), Hyphen * Hypocaust * Hypostyle * Hypotrachelium


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* I-house * Iberian pre-Romanesque art and architecture * Ice house (building), Ice house * Icelandic turf house * Iconostasis * Ideal town * Illusionistic ceiling painting * Imbrex and tegula * Imperial castle * Imperial Crown Style * Imperial roof decoration * Imperial staircase * Impluvium * Impluvium (house) * Impost (architecture), Impost * Inca architecture * Indented corners (Thai architecture), Indented corners * Indian rock-cut architecture * Indian vernacular architecture * Indies Empire style * Indigenous architecture * Indo-Corinthian capital * Indo-Islamic architecture * Indo-Saracenic architecture * Industrial architecture * Infill wall * Inglenook * Insula (building) * Insula (Roman city) * Interactive architecture * Intercolumniation * Interior architecture * Intern architect * Intern Architect Program * International Gothic * International Style (architecture), International Style * International Union of Architects * Interstitial space (architecture), Interstitial space * Inverted arch * Inverted bell * Inverted pyramid (architecture), Inverted pyramid * Ionic order * Ipswich window * Iranian architecture * Irish round tower * Iron railing * Irori * Isabelline (architectural style), Isabelline * Isfahani style * Ishi-no-ma-zukuri * Islamic architecture * Islamic geometric patterns * Island castle * Italian Baroque architecture * Italian Gothic architecture * Italian modern and contemporary architecture * Italian Neoclassical architecture * Italianate architecture * Iwan * Izba


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* Jacal * Jack arch * Jacobean architecture * Jagati (temple), Jagati * Jali * Jamaican Georgian architecture * Jama masjid * Jamb * Jamb statue * Japan Institute of Architects * Japanese architecture * Japanese Buddhist architecture * Japanese pagoda * Japanese wall * Japanese-Western Eclectic Architecture * Javanese traditional house * Jeffersonian architecture * Jengki style * Jesmonite * Jettying * Jharokha * Joglo * Jugendstil * Jutaku


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* Kadamba architecture * Kagura-den * Kairō * Kalae house * Kalang house * Kalinga architecture * Kalybe (temple) * Karahafu * Karamon * Kasbah * Kasuga-zukuri * Kath kuni architecture * Katōmado * Katsuogi * Keep * Keystone (architecture), Keystone * Khmer architecture * Khorasani style * Khrushchyovka * Kibitsu-zukuri * Kinetic architecture * King post * Kit house * Kiva * Kliros * Knee (construction), Knee * Knee wall * Knotted column * Koil * Kokoshnik architecture * Komainu * Konak (residence), Konak * Korean architecture * Korean pagoda * Kraton (Indonesia), Kraton * Kremlin (fortification), Kremlin * Kucheh * Kura (storehouse), Kura * Kuruwa * Kyōzō


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* L-plan castle * Labrum (architecture), Labrum * Laconicum * Lally column * Lamolithic house * Lanai (architecture), Lanai * Lancet window * Landhuis * Landscape architect * Landscript * Lantern tower * Latina (architecture), Latina * Lattice tower * Latticework * Lesene * Leuit * Levantine Gothic * Liberty style * Library stack * Lierne (vault), Lierne * Lightwell * Lime plaster * Limes (Roman Empire), Limes * Linenfold * Lingnan architecture * Linhay * Linked house * Lintel * Listed building * Liwan * Lobby (room), Lobby * Loculus (architecture), Loculus * Log building * Log cabin * Log house * Loggia * Lombard architecture * Lombard band * London Festival of Architecture * Long barrow * Long gallery * Longhouse * Longhouses of the indigenous peoples of North America * Lookout (architecture), Lookout * Lopo house * Lorraine house * Louis period styles * Louis XIII style * Louis XIV style * Louis XV style * Louis XVI style * Louis Philippe style * Louver * Low-energy house * Low German house * Lowland castle * Low-rise building * Lucarne * Lunette * Lunette (fortification) * Luten arch


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* Maashaus * Machiya * Machicolation * Maenianum * Mahal (palace), Mahal * Maharishi Vastu Architecture * Mahoney tables * Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism), Main Hall * Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta (Brussels) * Malay house * Maltese Baroque architecture * Mamluk architecture * Mammisi * Mandaloun * Mandapa * Mannerism * Manor house * Mansard roof * Mansion * Mansionization * Manueline * Manufactured housing * Maqam (shrine), Maqam * Maqsurah * Mar del Plata style * Margent * Marine architecture * Marriage stone * Marsh castle * Martello tower * Martyrium (architecture), Martyrium * Māru-Gurjara architecture * Mas (Provençal farmhouse) * Mascaron (architecture), Mascaron * Mashrabiya * Masia * Massing * Mastaba * Master of Architecture * Materiality (architecture), Materiality * Mathematical tile * Mathematics and architecture * Mathura lion capital * Matroneum * Mausoleum * Maya architecture * Mayan Revival architecture * Mead hall * Meander (art), Meander * Medallion (architecture), Medallion * Medici villas * Medieval architecture * Medieval fortification * Medieval Serbian architecture * Medieval stained glass * Medieval turf building in Cronberry * Mediterranean Revival architecture * Megalithic architectural elements * Megaron * Megastructure (planning concept), Megastructure * Meitei architecture * Membrane structure * Memorial gates and arches * Mendicant monasteries in Mexico * Merlon * Merovingian art and architecture * Meru tower * Mesoamerican architecture * Mesoamerican ballcourt * Mesoamerican pyramids * Metabolism (architecture), Metabolism * Metaphoric architecture * Metope * Metroon * Mezzanine * Miami Modern architecture * Microdistrict * Mid-century modern * Middle German house * Mihashira Torii * Mihrab * Minaret * Minimal Traditional * Minka * Minstrels' gallery * Mission Revival architecture * Mithraeum * Model maker * Modern architecture * Modern architecture in Athens * Modern Greek architecture * Moderne architecture * Modernisme * Modillion * Modular building * Mokoshi * Moldavian style * Molding (decorative), Molding * Mole (architecture), Mole * Mon (architecture), Mon * Monaco villas * Mondop * Monitor (architecture), Monitor * Monofora * Monolithic architecture * Monolithic church * Monolithic column * Monolithic dome * Mono-pitched roof * Monopteros * Monterey Colonial architecture * Monumental sculpture * Monumentalism * Moon gate * Moorish architecture * Moorish Revival architecture * Moorish Revival architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Morava architectural school * Moroccan architecture * Moroccan riad * Moroccan style * Morphology (architecture and engineering), Morphology * Mosaic * Mosque * Motte-and-bailey castle * List of motte-and-bailey castles, Motte-and-bailey castles * Mozarabic art and architecture * Mudéjar art, Mudéjar * Mudéjar architecture of Aragon * Mughal architecture * Muisca architecture * Mullion * Mullion wall * Multi-family residential * Multifoil arch * Muntin * Muqarnas * Muragala * Murder hole * Musalla * Museum architecture * Musgum mud huts * Myanmar architecture * Mycenaean Revival architecture


N

* Nabataean architecture * Nagare-zukuri * Naiskos * Nakazonae * Namako wall * Nano House * Napoleon III style * Naqqar khana * Narthex * Naryshkin Baroque * National Aptitude Test in Architecture * National Park Service rustic * National Romantic style * Natural building * Nave * Nazi architecture * Neck ditch * Neo-Andean * Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire * Neo-eclectic architecture * Neo-futurism * Neo-Grec * Neo-historism * Neo-Manueline * Neomodern * Neo-Mudéjar * Neo-Tiwanakan architecture * Neoclásico Isabelino * Neoclassical architecture * Neoclassical architecture in Belgium * Neoclassical architecture in Milan * Neoclassical architecture in Poland * Neoclassical architecture in Russia * Neoclassicism in France * Neolithic architecture * Neolithic long house * Neorion (ancient Greece), Neorion * New Classical architecture * New Formalism (architecture) * New Hague School (architecture), New Hague School * New Indies Style * New Khmer Architecture * New Mexico vernacular * New Objectivity (architecture), New Objectivity * New Spanish Baroque * New Urbanism * Newa architecture * Newar window * Newel * Niche (architecture), Niche * Nieuwe Zakelijkheid * Nightingale floor * Nijūmon * Nilachal architecture * Niōmon * Nipa hut * Architecture of the night, Nocturnal architecture * List of nonbuilding structure types, Nonbuilding structure types * Non-Referential Architecture * Nordic Classicism * Nordic megalith architecture * Norman architecture * List of Norman architecture in Cheshire, Norman architecture in Cheshire * Norman Revival architecture * North light (architecture), North light * North-Western Italian architecture * Novelty architecture * Nubian architecture * Nubian vault * Nuraghe * Nymphaeum


O

* Ōbaku Zen architecture * Obelisk * Observation deck * Observation tower * Octagon house * Octagon on cube * Oculus (architecture), Oculus * Odeon (building), Odeon * Oecus * Oeil-de-boeuf * Ogee * Ogive * Okinawan architecture * Old Frisian farmhouse * Old Frisian longhouse * List of oldest buildings in Scotland, Oldest buildings in Scotland * One-day votive churches * Onigawara * Onion dome * Open building * Open plan * Openwork * Opisthodomos * Opus (architecture), Opus * Opus africanum * Opus albarium * Opus compositum * Opus craticum * Opus emplectum * Opus gallicum * Opus incertum * Opus isodomum * Opus latericium * Opus listatum * Opus mixtum * Opus quadratum * Opus regulatum * Opus reticulatum * Opus sectile * Opus signinum * Opus spicatum * Opus tessellatum * Opus testaceum * Opus vermiculatum * Opus vittatum * Orangery * Order (mouldings), Order * Organic architecture * Oriel window * Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal * Orillon * Ornamentalism (architecture), Ornamentalism * Orri * Orthostates * Ottoman architecture * Ottoman architecture in Egypt * Overhang (architecture), Overhang * Overlay architecture * Ovolo


P

* Padmasana (shrine), Padmasana * Paduraksa * Pagoda * Pair-house * Pakistani architecture * Palace * Palaestra * Palas * Palazzo * Palazzo style architecture * Palisade church * Palladian architecture * Palladio Award * Pallava art and architecture * Palloza * Palmette * Pandyan art and architecture * Paned window (architecture), Paned window * Panelák * Panelling * Panjdari * Parabolic arch * Paraguayan architecture * Parametricism * Parapet * Parclose screen * Pargeting * Paris architecture of the Belle Époque * Parlour * Parthenon * Parthian style * Parti pris * Party wall * Parvise * Pataliputra capital * Patera (architecture), Patera * Patina * Patio * Patio home * Pattern (architecture), Pattern * Pattern book * Pattern language * Paulista School * Pavement (architecture), Pavement * Pavilion * Pavilion (exhibition) * Peak ornament * Pedestal * Pediment * Pedimental sculpture * Pedway * Peel tower * Pelmet * Pend * Pendant vault * Pendentive * Pendhapa * Performative architecture * Pergola * Peribolos * Peripteros * Peristasis (architecture), Peristasis * Peristyle * Perpend stone * Perron (architecture), Perron * Perserschutt * Persian column * Peruvian colonial architecture * Petrine Baroque * Phallic architecture * Phenomenology (architecture), Phenomenology * Phiale (building), Phiale * Philosophy of architecture * Piano nobile * Pier (architecture), Pier * Pierrotage * Pieve * Pila (architecture), Pila * Pilae stacks * Pilaster * Piloti * Pinnacle * Pit-house * Place-of-arms * Plafond * Plan (drawing), Plan * Plank house * Plantagenet style * Plateresque * Plattenbau * Plot plan * Pluteus (sculpture), Pluteus * Plyscraper * Podium * Pointed arch (architecture), Pointed arch * Polifora * Polish Cathedral style * Polished plaster * Polite architecture * Polychrome * Polychrome brickwork * Polygonal fort * Polygonal masonry * Pombaline style * Ponce Creole * Pont Street Dutch * Porch * Portal (architecture), Portal * Portcullis * Porte-cochère * Portego * Portico * Porticus * Porto School of Architecture * Portuguese Architecture * Portuguese colonial architecture * Portuguese Gothic architecture * Portuguese Romanesque architecture * Post (structural), Post * Post and lintel * Post-and-plank * Post church * Post in ground * Postconstructivism * Postern * Postmodern architecture * Poteaux-sur-sol * Poupou (architecture), Poupou * Prairie School * Pranala * Prang (architecture), Prang * Prasat (Thai architecture), Prasat * Prastara * Prefabricated building * Prefabricated home * Prefabs in the United Kingdom * Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps * Pre-Parsian style * Pre-Romanesque art and architecture * Pre-war architecture * The Primitive Hut, Primitive Hut * Pritzker Architecture Prize * Prodigy house * Professional requirements for architects * Project architect * Promenade architecturale * Promontory fort * Proportion (architecture), Proportion * Propylaea * Prospect 100 best modern Scottish buildings * Prostyle * Prow house * Prytaneion * Pseudodipteral * Pseudoperipteros * Pteron * Pucca housing * Pueblo Deco architecture * Pueblo Revival architecture * Pullman (architecture), Pullman * Pulpitum * Pulvino * Purism (Spanish architecture), Purism * Purlin * Puteal * Putlog hole * Puuc * PWA Moderne * Pyatthat * Pylon (architecture), Pylon * Pyramidion


Q

* Qa'a (room), Qa'a * Qadad * Qalat (fortress), Qalat * Quadrangle (architecture), Quadrangle * Quadrangular castle * Quadrant (architecture), Quadrant * Quadrifora * Quarry-faced stone * Quarter round * Quatrefoil * Quattrocento * Queen Anne Revival architecture in the United Kingdom * Queen Anne style architecture * Queen Anne style architecture in the United States * Queenslander (architecture), Queenslander * Quincha * Quoin * Qutb Shahi architecture


R

* Rafter * Raised floor * Rampart (fortification), Rampart * Ranch-style house * Rangkiang * Raška architectural school * Ratha (architecture), Ratha * Rationalism (architecture), Rationalism * Raygun Gothic * Rayonnant * Realism (architectural history), Realism * Reconstruction (architecture), Reconstruction * Redoubt * Reduit * Reeding * Reflecting pool * Refuge castle * Regency architecture * Regia (architecture), Regia * List of regional characteristics of Romanesque churches, Regional characteristics of Romanesque churches * Reglet * Regulating Lines * Reinforced concrete column * Relief * Religious architecture in Belgrade * Religious architecture in Novi Sad * Renaissance architecture * Renaissance Revival architecture * Repoblación art and architecture * Residence * Residential architecture in Historic Cairo * Residential architecture in Ibiza * Resort architecture * Respond * Responsive architecture * Retaining wall * Retractable roof * Retrofuturism * Retroquire * Rhenish helm * Revenue house * Revivalism (architecture), Revivalism * Revolving door * RIBA Competitions * RIBA Journal * Ribat * Rib vault * Richardsonian Romanesque * Ridge castle * Ridge-post framing * Ridge turret * Rim joist * Rinceau * Ringfort * Riwaq (arcade), Riwaq * Rocca (fortification), Rocca * Rock castle * Rock-cut architecture * Rock-cut architecture of Cappadocia * Rococo architecture in Portugal * Rococo in Spain * Roman amphitheatre * Roman aqueduct * Roman architectural revolution * Roman brick * Roman bridge * List of Roman canals, Roman canal * List of Roman cisterns, Roman cistern * Roman concrete * List of Roman dams and reservoirs, Roman dams and reservoirs * List of Roman domes, Roman domes * Roman shower * Roman temple * Roman theatre (structure), Roman theatre * Roman villa * Romanesque architecture * Romanesque architecture in Poland * Romanesque architecture in Sardinia * Romanesque architecture in Spain * List of Romanesque buildings, Romanesque buildings * Romanesque churches in Madrid * Romanesque Revival architecture in the United Kingdom * Romanesque secular and domestic architecture * Romanian architecture * Romano-Gothic * Rōmon * Rondavel * Rondocubism * Roof comb * Roof garden * Roof lantern * Roofline * Roof pitch * Roof window * Rood screen * Room * Rorbu * Rosette (design), Rosette * Rose window * Roshandan * Rostra * Rostral column * Rota (architecture), Rota * Rotunda (architecture), Rotunda * Round barn * Roundel (fortification), Roundel * Roundhouse (dwelling), Roundhouse * Round-tower church * Royal Gold Medal * Royal Institute of British Architects * Ruin value * Ruins * Rumah Gadang * Rumah limas * Rumah ulu * Rumoh Aceh * Rundbogenstil * Russian architecture * Russian church architecture * Russian cultural heritage register * Russian neoclassical revival * Russian Revival architecture * Rustication (architecture), Rustication


S

* Sacellum * Sacral architecture * Saddle roof * Saddleback roof * Sahn * Sail shade * Saka guru * Sakuji-bugyō * Sala (Thai architecture), Sala * Sally port * Saltbox house * Sand Hills cottage architecture * Sandō * Sanmon * Sarasota School of Architecture * Sarnath capital * Sasak architecture * Sasanian architecture * Sash window * Scaenae frons * Scagliola * Scamilli impares * Scarsella (architecture), Scarsella * Schinkel school * Scissors truss * Sconce (fortification), Sconce * Scottish baronial architecture * Scottish castles * Scottish Vernacular * Screened porch * Scroll (art), Scroll * Seattle box * Sebil (fountain), Sebil * Second Empire architecture in Europe * Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada * Secondary suite * Secret passage * Secular building * Sedilia * Segmental arch * Self-cleaning floor * Self-cleaning glass * Seljuk architecture * Semi-basement * Semi-detached * Semi-dome * Serbian wooden churches * Serbo-Byzantine architecture * Serbo-Byzantine Revival * Serpentine shape * Setback (architecture), Setback * Setchūyō * Set-off (architecture), Set-off * Sexpartite vault * Shabaka (window), Shabaka * Shabestan * Shah Jahan period architecture * Shallow foundation * Shanxi architecture * Shear wall * Shed style * Shell keep * Shibi (roof tile), Shibi * Shinbashira * Shinden-zukuri * Shingle style architecture * Shinmei-zukuri * Shinto architecture * Shinto shrine * Shipping container architecture * Shipping container clinic * Shitomi * Shoebox style * Shoin-zukuri * Shōji * Shophouse * Shōrō * Shotgun house * Siberian Baroque * Sicilian Baroque * Side-deck * Side passage plan architecture * Sikh architecture * Silesian architecture * Sill plate * Sima (architecture), Sima * Single- and double-pen architecture * Single-family detached home * Sino-Portuguese architecture * Site plan * Site-specific architecture * Skylight * Skyscraper Index * Skyway * Slab hut * Sleeping porch * Slenderness ratio * Slipcover (architecture), Slipcover * Sliver building * Slow architecture * Smoke hole * Snout house * Sobrado (architecture), Sobrado * Sociology of architecture * Socle (architecture), Socle * Soffit * Soft Portuguese style * Solar (room), Solar * Solar architecture * Solar chimney * Solarized architectural glass * Solomonic column * Somali architecture * Sōmon * Sondergotik * Sopo (structure), Sopo * Sōrin * Sotoportego * Southern Colonial style in California * Southern French Gothic * Spa architecture * Space (architecture), Space * Space architecture * Spatiality (architecture), Spatiality * Spandrel * Spanish architecture * Spanish Baroque architecture * Spanish Colonial architecture * Spanish Colonial Revival architecture * Spanish Gothic architecture * Spanish Romanesque * Sphaeristerium * Spire * Spire light * Spite house * Split-level home * Springer (architecture), Springer * Spolia * Spur (architecture), Spur * Spur castle * Squinch * Stabilization (architecture), Stabilization * Staddle stones * Stained glass * Stair riser * Staircase tower * Stalinist architecture * Stanchion * Starchitect * State architect * State room * Stavanger Renaissance * Stave church * Steeple * Step pyramid * Stepwell * Stepped gable * Stick style * Stile Umbertino * Stillicidium * Still room * Stilt house * Stilt tower * Stilts (architecture), Stilts * Stoa * Stone ender * Stoop (architecture), Stoop * Storybook house * Strap footing * Strapwork * Streamline Moderne * Stripped Classicism * Structuralism (architecture), Structuralism * Structures built by animals * Studio apartment * Stupa * Style Sapin * Stylobate * Sudatorium * Sundanese traditional house * Sudano-Sahelian architecture * Sukanasa * Sukiya-zukuri * Sumbanese traditional house * Summer architecture * Sumiyoshi-zukuri * Sunburst * Sunken courtyard * Sunroom * Suntop Homes * Superposed order * Suprematism * Surau * Suspensura * Sustainable architecture * Svan towers * Swahili architecture * Swiss Chalet Revival architecture * Swiss chalet style * Symbolism of domes


T

* Taberna * Tablinum * Tadelakt * Taenia (architecture), Taenia * Tahōtō * Taisha-zukuri * Tajug * Talud-tablero * Tambo (Incan structure), Tambo * Tambour * Tas-de-charge * Tatar mosque * Technical drawing * Teito * Telamon * Temazcal * Temple * Templon * Tenaille * Tenement * Tenshu * Tensile structure * Tension member * Teocalli * Tepidarium * Term (architecture), Term * Terrace (building), Terrace * Terraced house * Terraced houses in Australia * Terraced houses in the United Kingdom * Terreplein * Territorial Style * Territorial Revival architecture * Tessellated roof * Tetraconch * Tetrapylon * Thai temple art and architecture * The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright * Thin-shell structure * Tholobate * Tholos (architecture), Tholos * Three hares * Tibetan Buddhist architecture * Tidewater architecture * Tie (cavity wall), Tie * Tiltyard * Timber framing * Timber roof truss * Timeline of architectural styles * Timeline of architectural styles 1750–1900 * Timeline of Art Nouveau * Timeline of Italian architecture * Tin ceiling * Tiny house movement * Tokyō * Toll castle * Tongkonan * Tong lau * Tulou * Torana * Torii * Torp (architecture), Torp * Totalitarian architecture * Tourelle (architecture), Tourelle * Tower * Tower blocks in Great Britain * Tower castle * Tower house * Tower houses in Britain and Ireland * Tower houses in the Balkans * Townhouse * Townhouse (Great Britain) * Tracery * Trachelium (architecture), Trachelium * Traditional architecture of Enggano * Traditional Chinese house architecture * Traditional Korean roof construction * Traditional Persian residential architecture * Traditional Thai house * Traditionalist School (architecture), Traditionalist School * Transept * Transom (architecture), Transom * Transverse rib * Trefoil * Trefoil arch * Trellis (architecture), Trellis * Triadic pyramid * Tribune (architecture), Tribune * Triclinium * Trifora * Triforium * Triglyph * Trilithon * Trinitarian steeple * Triodetic dome * Triquetra * Triumphal arch * Trombe wall * Trompe-l'œil * Trophy of arms * Trullo * Trumeau (architecture), Trumeau * Truss * Truth to materials * Truth window * Tsumairi * The Leeds Look * Tudor architecture * Tudor Revival architecture * Türbe * Turret (architecture), Turret * Twig work * Two-up two-down * Tympanum (architecture), Tympanum


U

* Ubaid house * Ukrainian architecture * Ukrainian Baroque * Ultimate bungalow * Uma (Gajo house), Uma * Umayyad architecture * Undercroft * Unfinished building * Universal design * Upper Lusatian house * Upright and Wing * Urban canyon * Urban castle * Urban design * Urban planning * Urban planning in ancient Egypt * Urban planning in Australia * Urban planning in communist countries * Urban planning in Nazi Germany * Usonia * Uthland-Frisian house


V

* Vainakh tower architecture * Valencian Art Nouveau * Valencian Gothic * Vancouver Special * Vancouverism * Vanderbilt houses * Vastu shastra * Vatadage * Vault (architecture), Vault * Velarium * Vellar cupola * Venereum * Venetian door * Venetian Gothic architecture * Venetian Renaissance architecture * Venetian window * Venice Biennale of Architecture * Ventilation (architecture), Ventilation * Ventilation shaft * Veranda * Verify in field * Vernacular architecture * Vernacular architecture in Norway * Vernacular architecture of the Carpathians * Vernacular residential architecture of Western Sichuan * Vesara * Vestibule (architecture), Vestibule * Viaduct * Victorian architecture * Victorian house * Victorian restoration * Victory column * Viga (architecture), Viga * Vihāra * Vijayanagara architecture * Viking ring fortress * Villa * Villa rustica * Vimana (architectural feature), Vimana * Vineyard style * Visigothic art and architecture * Vitruvian module * Vitruvian opening * Vitruvian scroll * Volume and displacement indicators for an architectural structure * Volute * Vomitorium * Votive column * Voussoir


W

* Wada (house), Wada * Waldlerhaus * Wall * Wall dormer * Wall footing * Walipini * Wantilan * Wat * Watchtower * Water castle * Watergate (architecture), Watergate * Waterleaf (architecture), Waterleaf * Water table (architecture), Water table * Water tower * Wattle and daub * Wayō * Wealden hall house * Weavers' cottage * Weavers' windows * Wedding-cake style * Weep * Well house * Welsh Tower houses * Wessobrunner School * Western Chalukya architecture * Western false front architecture * Westwork * Wetu * Wharenui * Whispering gallery * Widow's walk * Wilhelminism * Wind brace * Windcatcher * Window * Window blind * Window sill * Wing (building), Wing * Wing wall * Witch window * Witches' stones * World Architecture Festival * World Architecture Survey * WPA Rustic * Wunderlich (panels), Wunderlich


X

* Xylotechnigraphy * Xystum * Xystus (architectural term), Xystus


Y

* Yagura (tower), Yagura * Yakhchāl * Yalı * Yaodong * Yeseria * Yett


Z

* Z-plan castle * Zakopane Style * Zarih * Zellige * Zenshūyō * Zero carbon housing * Zero-energy building * Zingel (fortification), Zingel * Zoomorphic architecture * Zoophorus * Zvonnitsa * Zwinger


Lists

* List of architects, Architects * List of architects of supertall buildings, Architects of supertall buildings * List of architectural historians, Architectural historians * List of architecture schools, Architecture schools * List of architectural styles, Architectural styles * List of architecture awards, Architecture awards * Architecture criticism * List of architecture firms, Architecture firms * List of architecture magazines, Architecture magazines * List of bizarre buildings, Bizarre buildings * List of building types, Building types * List of buildings and structures, Buildings and structures * List of firsts in architecture, Firsts in architecture * List of Greek and Roman architectural records, Greek and Roman architectural records * List of historic houses, Historic houses * List of house styles, House styles * List of house types, House types * List of largest domes, Largest domes * List of nonbuilding structure types, Nonbuilding structure types * List of oldest known surviving buildings, Oldest known surviving buildings * List of professional architecture organizations, Professional architecture organizations * List of tallest buildings, Tallest buildings * List of twisted buildings, Twisted buildings * List of visionary tall buildings and structures, Visionary tall buildings and structures


Category

* :Architecture


See also

* Outline of architecture * Outline of classical architecture * Table of years in architecture * Timeline of architecture * Glossary of architecture {{Index footer Wikipedia indexes, Architecture topics Lists of visual art topics, Architecture Architecture, *