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A relatively permanent enclosed structure constructed over a plot of land for habitable use. |
BUILDING |
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The vertical extension of a building or other construction above the foundation. |
SUPERSTRUCTURE |
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The exterior framework or walls and roof of a building. |
SHELL |
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The underlying structure forming the foundation of a building or other construction. |
SUBSTRUCTURE |
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A group of interacting, iterrelated, or interdependent things or parts forming a complex or unified whole, esp. to serve a common purpose. |
SYSTEM |
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A building of exceptional height and many stories, supported by steel or concrete framework fromwhich the walls are suspended. |
SKYSCRAPER |
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A building, esp. one of large size, massive structure, or imposing appearance. |
EDIFICE |
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A complete horizontal division of a building, having a continuous or nearly continuous floor and comprising the space between two adjacent levels. |
STORY |
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Describing a building having one, two, or three stories and usually no elevator. |
LOW-RISE |
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Describing a building with moderately large number of stories, usually 5-10, and equipped with elevators. |
MID-RISE |
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One of the upper floors of a warehouse or factory, typically unpartitioned and sometimes converted or adapted to other uses, as living quarters, artists' studios, or exhibition galleries. |
LOFT |
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A building having several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy. |
LOFT BUILDING |
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A room or space directly under the roof of a building, esp. a house. |
ATTIC |
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A usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting. |
HALF STORY |
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An area In a building having a clearance less than human height. But accessible by crawling. esp. such a space below the first floor that is enclosed by foundation walls. |
CRAWL SPACE |
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A room or set of rooms, for te storage of food, fuel, or the like, wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building. |
CELLAR |
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A cellar or other underground place for shelter during violent storms, as cyclones, tornadoes or hurricanes. Also called storm cellar. |
CYCLONE CELLAR |
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A horizontal or inclined door over a stairway giving access to a cellar. |
BULKHEAD |
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A continuous supporting surface extending horizontaly throughout a building, having a number of rooms and constituting one level in the structure. |
FLOOR |
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A low or partial story between two main stories of a building. esp. one that projects as a balcony and forms a composltion with, the story beneath It. |
MEZZANINE |
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The ground floor of a building. In Britain and: elsewhere, the first floor is tile floor immediately above the ground floor. |
FIRST FLOOR |
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The floor of the building at the nearest to ground level. |
GROUND FLOOR |
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A story of a building that is wholly or partly below the ground level. |
BASEMENT |
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Any story or floor below the main basement of a building. |
SUBBASEMENT |
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The front of a building or any of its sides facing a public way or space, esp. one distinguished by its architectural treatment. |
FACADE |
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A principal facade, or part or feature of a facade, often treated as a separate element of the design and highlighted by ornamentation. |
FRONTISPIECE |
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A central or planking projecting subdivision of a facade, usually accented by more elaborated decoration or greater height and distinction of skyline. |
PAVILLION |
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A major horizontal architectural divisions, as of a facade or the wall of nave. |
STORY |
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Any number of principal division of a wall, roof, or other part of a building marked off by vertical or transverse supports. |
BAY |
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A major horizontal division of a wall having no exterior windows. |
BLINDSTORY |
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Describing a recess in a wall having the appearance of a window (blind window) or door (blind door). Inserted to complete a series of windows or to provide symmetry of design. |
BLIND |
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The design, proportioning, and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building. |
FENESTRATION |
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An elevated platform projecting from the wall of a building and enclosed by a railing or parapet. |
BALCONY |
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A raised platform, approached by steps and sometimes having roof, at the entrance of a house. |
STOOP |
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An exterior appendage to a building forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway. |
PORCH |
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A porch having a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance of a building. |
PORTICO |
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A vehicular passageway leading through a building or screen wall into an interior courtyard. |
PORTE-COCHERE |
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A private or side entrance, as one for pedesrian next to a porte-cochere. |
POSTERN |
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A doorway, gate or entrance, esp. an imposing one empasized and stately architectural treatment. |
PORTAL |
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A large, open porch, usually roofed and partly encosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house. Also Verandah. |
VERANDA |
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A veranda, esp. a fully furnished one used as a living room. |
LANAI |
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An open, often paved area connected to a house or building and serving as an outdoor living area. |
TERRACE |
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An open, unroofed porch or platform extending from a house or other building. |
DECK |
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A series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof structure. |
COLONNADE |
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A courtyard before the entrance to a building or a group of buildings. |
FORECOURT |
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A round , domed building, or a large and high circular space in such a building. esp, one surmounted by a dome. |
ROTUNDA |
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A building or a structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either standing alone or forming part of a larger building. |
TOWER |
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A large building divided into number of separate apartments, offices, or shops. |
BLOCK |
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A collonnade or arcaded space within the body of a building but open to the air on one side, often at an upper story overlooking an open court. |
LOGGIA |
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The principal story of a large building , as a palace or villa, with formal reception and dining rooms, usually one flight above the ground floor. |
PIANO NOBILE |
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A large or principal courtyard of an italian palazzo. |
CORTILE |
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Any of the series of columns supporting a building above an open ground level. |
PILOTI |
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A rectangular building having little width with respect to its length and height. |
SLAB |
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A skylit, central court in a building, esp. a large interior one having a glass roof and surrounded by several stories of galleries. |
ATRIUM |
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A wing at right angles to the lengh of a building. Also, el. |
ELL |
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A part of a building projecting from and subordinate to the central or main part. |
WING |
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An area open to the sky and mostly or entirely surrounded by the walls or buildings. |
COURT |
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A court adjacent to or within a building. esp. one enclosed on all four sides. |
COURTYARD |
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A courtyard, esp. of a house, enclosed by low buildings, arcade, or walls. |
PATIO |
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To assert or demand recognition or posession. |
CLAIM |
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To combine, blend, or unite gradually by stages so as blur identity or distinctions. |
MERGE |
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To enclosed or encompass on all sides. |
SURROUND |
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To face in a specific direction or look out upon. |
FRONT |
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The position of a building on a site in relation to true north, to point on the compass, to a specific place or feature, or to local conditions of sunlight, wind, and drainage. |
ORIENTATION |
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A public square or open space in a city or town. |
PLAZZA |
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An open square or public place in a city or town, esp. in Italy. |
PIAZZA |
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A square or quadrangular space or court surrounded by a building or buildings, as on a college campus. Also called as quad. |
QUADRANGEL |
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A spacious promenade, court, or indoor mall, usually having vaulted roof and lined with commercial spaces. |
GALLERIA |
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An area used for a stroll or walk, esp. in a public place, as for pleasure or display. |
PROMENADE |
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French term for a broad walk planted with trees. |
ALLEE |
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A shelter of shrubs and branches or of latticework intertwined with climbing vines and flower. |
ARBOR |
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A frame supporting open latticework, used as a screen or a support for growing vines or plants. |
TRELLIS |
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A structure of crossed strips arranged to form a regular pattern of open space. |
LATTICE |
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A structure of parallel colonnades supporting an open roof of beams and crossing raters or trelliswork, over which climbing plants are trained to grow. |
PERGOLA |
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An ornamental arrangement of flower beds of different shapes and sizes. |
PARTERRE |
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Clipped or trimmed into ornamental and fantastic shapes, or the work or art of such clipping. |
TOPIARY |
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A building or architectural feature of a building, designed and situated to look out upon pleasing scene. |
BELVEDERE |
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A freestanding roofed structure, usually open on the sides, affording shade and rest in garden or a park. |
GAZEBO |
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A small often ornamental building in a garden. |
PAVILLION |
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A whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a converstion piece, lend interest to a view, or commemorate a person or event. |
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