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architectural competition |
a means of selecting an architect for a significant commission. Architects are invited to compete, either by invitation or by open competition. The latter is considered an important way to discover new talent |
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axis |
a primary element in architectural composition around which objects are arranged, often (not always) in symmetrical fashion |
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vernacular |
ordinary or everyday; when applied to architecture, it usually reefers to buildings not designed by an architect |
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client |
the person or entity that commissions a building; the person for whom the architect works |
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planar |
a term referencing flat surfaces (planes) |
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plastic |
in architecture, a term referring to overtly three-dimensional form; a building which looks like a piece of sculpture is said to be this |
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Modern architecture |
a 20th-century style of unadorned, geometric forms that rejects both styles and ideas from the past |
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villa |
a house in the country |
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formal |
an architectural form that is balanced, symmetrical, and regular; the opposite of picturesque |
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picturesque |
architectural forms that are asymmetrical, irregular, additive, colorful, and dynamic; the opposite of formal |
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divisive plan |
the design of a building in which the individual areas seem subdivided from a larger whole and are usually arranged symmetrically. Often underlies a classical or neoclassical structure |
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additive plan |
the disjointed, accumulative, and often asymmetrical arrangement of the discretely formed areas composing certain buildings. Such a plan usually underlies a picturesque design |
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scale |
the relationship of one part of a building to another, or the relationship of a whole or part of a building to the human figure |
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space |
in architecture, the two- or three- dimensional extent of a room or rooms. the architect can manipulate the character of a space by size, shape, scale, color, lighting, etc..... |
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change order |
official authorization to alter an architectural design after the contract has been signed and work has begun |
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balloon frame |
as opposed to traditional heavy timber construction; a light-weight wooden structural system introduced in the US in the early 19th-century in which the basic unit is a machine-sawn two-by-four-inch upright stud repeated on sixteen-inch centers
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