Glossary

= = =Glossary =  Here is a small glossary with some words related to architecture


 * **Achievement**: A thing that is achieved. / The process or fact of achieving.




 * ** Acropolis ** : Literally means a high city. For purposes of defense, early settlers naturally chose elevated ground, frequently a hill with precipitous sides. In many parts of the world, these early citadels became the nuclei of large cities, which grew up on the surrounding lower ground, such as modern Rome.




 * **Architect**: A person who engages in the profession of architecture. / A person professionally engaged in the design of certain large constructions other than buildings and the like: landscape architect; naval architect. / The deviser, maker, or creator of anything: the architects of the Constitution of the United States




 * ** Blueprint ** : a photographic print in white on a bright blue ground or blue on a white ground used especially for copying maps, mechanical drawings, and architects' plans




 * ** Cornice ** : The cornice is the uppermost section of moldings along the top of a wall or just below a roof.




 * **Crane**: A machine for hoisting and moving heavy objects by means of cables attached to a movable boom.




 * **Design**: (Verb) Make plans for; formulate, conceive, think up, intend / (Noun) Plan; sketch, diagram; model; evil scheme




 * **Enviroment**: Constructed surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places.




 * **Facade**: The face of a building, especially the front. / A deceptive outward appearance.




 * **Fine art **: It describes an art form developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than utility. Today, the fine arts commonly include visual and performing art forms, such as painting, sculpture, music, dance, theatre, architecture,photography and printmaking. However, in some institutes of learning or in museums "fine art", and frequently the term "fine arts" as well, are associated exclusively with the visual art forms. Art is often a synonym for fine art in this sense, as employed in the term "art gallery". Historically, the fine arts were limited to painting, sculpture, architecture and engraving.




 * **Firm**: Economic entities which substantially lack internal markets. Their structure and behavior are described by the theory of the firm.




 * **Foundations**: The basis or groundwork of anything. / The natural or prepared ground or base on which some structure rests. / The lowest division of a building, wall, or the like, usually of masonry and partly or wholly below the surface of the ground. / The act of founding, setting up, establishing, etc.




 * **Hellenic**: (Adjective) Greek. Relating to Iron Age and Classical Greek culture. / (Noun) the Greek languag e.




 * **Hipped Roof**: A hipped (or hip) roof slopes down to the eaves on all four sides. Hipped roofs are often found on French Inspired and American Foursquare style homes. Although a hipped roof is not gabled, it may have dormers or connecting wings with gables.




 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Insulate****:** To cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound




 * **Landmarks**: Landmarks are readily identifiable objects which serve as external reference points.




 * <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Landscape**: Comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements like lighting and weather conditions, and human elements like human activity and the built environment.




 * <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Limestone**: Noun a hard sedimentary rock composed mainly of calcium carbonate




 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Minaret**: A tall slender tower attached to a mosque, having one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin summons the people to prayer.




 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Parapet**: A parapet is a low wall projecting from the edge of a platform, terrace, or roof. Parapets may rise above the cornice of a building or form the upper portion of a defensive wall on a castle. In Mission style homes, rounded parapets are often used as decorative features.



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