Architecture

Architecture

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yoke

Construction; Architecture

The top horizontal board of a window frame.

The 20th Century has seen the construction of more new architecture than the total produced by all proceeding centuries put together. But it has also seen the principle of preservation not just the ...

constructivism

Construction; Architecture

An avant-grade movement of the early 20th century that originated in revolutionary Russia with work by the sculptor Naum Gabo. It had a vision of a new sense of space, an imaginative understanding of ...

contractor

Construction; Architecture

The responsibility for actually building an architect's design rests with the contractor, who commits to a particular price for the work, usually in competition, employs the workforce, and contracts ...

coping

Construction; Architecture

A flat cover of stone or brick that protects the top of a wall.

corbel

Construction; Architecture

A projecting wall member used as a support for some elements of the superstructure. Also, courses of stone or brick in which each course projects beyond the one beneath it. Two such structures, ...