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The science of designing and building structures for habitation.
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gambrel
Architecture; General architecture
A symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side.
peripteral
Architecture; General architecture
A temple or other structure where the columns of the front portico are returned along its sides as wings at the distance of one or two intercolumniations from the walls of the ...
pseudodipteral
Architecture; General architecture
A temple which is like the dipteral temple except for omitting the inner row of columns.
gable
Architecture; General architecture
The triangular section of a wall on the side of a building with a double-pitched roof.
hip roof
Architecture; General architecture
A type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls.
quadriporticus
Architecture; General architecture
Also known as a quadriportico - a four-sided portico. The closest modern parallel would be a colonnaded quadrangle.
barrel vault
Architecture; General architecture
A ceiling or roof consisting of a continuous semicircular or pointed arch. Also known as a tunnel vault.
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