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A&D Flashcards

1
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VERNACULAR

(n)

A

Local style in which ordinary houses are built

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STARCHITECTURE

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buildings designed by a famous or high-profiled architect

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‘CAVERNOUS

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if sth’s cavernous, there’s a large open space inside it

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DENUDED

syn. stripped bare

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remove the covering of sth
remove a valuable possession or quality

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5
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DIAPHANOUS

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light, delicate and translucent

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CARBON INTENSIVE

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Emission intensive (oil and gas)

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7
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AVANT’GARDE

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the artists whose styles are original or modern compared to the era they live

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8
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BOUCLE SOFA

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A’TELIER

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Workshop / studio, used by artist or designer

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POST & LINTEL

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11
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CLASSICAL ORDER

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IONIC (flare & slab - Partheon)
DORIC (entasis - taper) - human abstraction - represents the elasticity - feminine order (Vitruvius)
CORINTHIAN - volutes - a base

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12
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GREEK TEMPLE

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Pediment, Frieze (Triglyphs & Metopes), Etablature, Capital, Shaft, Fluting

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CANONICAL

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If something’s canonical, it follows a principle or rule, usually in a religious or church-related situation. It is also used in mathematics, music and can refer to something reduced to its most basic form

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14
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AQUADUCT

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The proudful structure of the Romans

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15
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COLOSSEUM

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used to be called as Flavian Amphitheatre, since the emperor at that time was Vespasians’ family and their last name was Flavius

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16
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ROTUNDA

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Any roofed building with a circular ground plan, and sometimes covered by a dome. It may also refer to a round room within a building

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17
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SUNDIAL

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A horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky

HOROLOGY - study of time

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18
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CHIFFONIER

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A tall chest of drawers, with a mirror on top

19
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KOTATSU

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Japanese heated table

20
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PENDENTIVE

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a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches

21
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FLIPPED HOUSE

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Buy a distressed property at low price - fix up - resell for higher amount

22
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FURNACE

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Enclosed structure in which material can be heated to high temperatures

23
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FUTON

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Converted bed that can be turned into a daytime sofa

24
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SUEDE

sweɪd

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Leather with flesh side rubbed to make velvety nap

25
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TARMAC

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Surfacing roads material for outdoor areas, similar use with asphalt

26
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VE-‘RAN-DA

vəˈræn.də

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Outdoor space attached along the sides of a house, covered

27
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‘WIG-WAM

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A rounded structure made from a frame of poles covered with materials such as grass, cloth, or animal skins, lived in by Native Americans, especially in the northeastern US and Canada in the past

28
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DAPPLED LIGHT

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Produced when sunlight passes through the leaf canopy of a plant

29
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EDIFICE

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A large building, especially an impressive one

30
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DERMACATED

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are limited by sth

31
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MANSARD ROOF

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multi-sided gambrel hip roof
has 2 slopes, upper and lower

32
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TENSEGRITY

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structural design principle - system stablized by a balance between tensile and compressive forces

33
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BLUEPRINTS

A

A guide for making something

34
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RUBBLE

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Broken stones and bricks after a building’s torn down

35
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HYGROMORPHIC MATERIALS

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materials that are able to respond to the changes of weather by changing their geometry

36
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ZEBRAWOOD (ZEBRANO)

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wood has zebra strips-like pattern, native to central Africa

37
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TUNG OIL

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oil extracted from seeds of Asian tung tree, used for waterproofing wood surface and quick-drying layer to varnishes and paints

38
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VARNISH

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resin coat to add shiny look to wood surface

39
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DOWNDRAFT COOKTOP

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Cooktop with a hood integrated

40
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CARPET-TACK

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Strips of wood studded with nails to secure carpet in place

41
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COPING

A

capping or covering top of the wall

42
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SHIPLAP

A

wooden sheathing and wooden siding

43
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SHIPLAP

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wooden sheathing and wooden siding

44
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CULVERT

A

a waste pipe under roads, railways, etc

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