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Design

The art or practice of designing or making designs.

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National Grand Theater

Design; Architecture

Designed by French award-winning architect Paul Andreuthe, the National Grand Theater of China is an ultra modern opera house situated in the heart of Beijing on Chang An Avenue ...

arch

Construction; Architecture

A structure composed of separate pieces, such as stone or bricks, having the shape of truncated wedges, arranged on a curved line so as to retain their position by mutual ...

dormer window

Construction; Architecture

A window placed vertically in a sloping roof and with a roof of its own.

drum

Construction; Architecture

A vertical wall supporting a dome; it may be circular, square, or polygonal.

engaged column

Construction; Architecture

A column attached to, or partly sunk into, a wall or pier.

eye

Construction; Architecture

The center of a volute.

fluting

Construction; Architecture

Shallow, concave grooves running vertically on the shaft of A column, pilaster, or other surface.