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The science of designing and building structures for habitation.
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ball flower
Architecture; General architecture
An architectural ornament in the form of a ball inserted in the cup of a flower, which came into use in the latter part of the 13th, and was in great vogue in the early part of ...
revolving door
Architecture; General architecture
An entrance door for excluding drafts from an interior of a building. A revolving door typically consists of three or four doors that hang on a center shaft and rotate around a ...
geison
Architecture; General architecture
The part of the entablature that projects outward from the top of the frieze in the Doric order and from the top of the frieze course of the Ionic and Corinthian orders; it forms ...
piano nobile
Architecture; General architecture
The principal floor of a large house, built in the style of renaissance architecture.
galletting
Architecture; General architecture
The process in which the gallets or small splinters of stone are inserted in the joints of coarse masonry to protect the mortar joints. They are stuck in while the mortar is wet.
garretting
Architecture; General architecture
The process in which the gallets or small splinters of stone are inserted in the joints of coarse masonry to protect the mortar joints. They are stuck in while the mortar is wet.
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