Architecture Flashcards
Any of the sciences, such as sociology and anthropology, that seek to discover general truths from the observation of human behavior in society.
Behavioral science
Critical judgment, discernment or appreciation of what is fitting, harmonious or beautiful prevailing in a culture or personal to an individual.
Taste
The consicience use of skill, craft and creative imagination in the production of what is beaufiful, appealing or of more than ordinary significance.
Art
The ordering of the physical environment by means of architecture, engineering construction, landscape architecture, urban design and city planning.
Environmental Design.
The science of human beings, specifically the study of the origins, physical and cultural development and environmental and social relations of humankind.
Anthropology
Applied science: The branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical methods and materials and their interrelation with life, society and the environment.
Technology
A steam turbine with the case opened. Such turbines produce most of the electricity used today. Electricity consumption and living standards are highly correlated.[1] Electrification is believed to be the most important engineering achievement of the 20th century.
The state or quality of being solidly constructed.
Firmness
The activity or profession of determining the future physical arrangement and condition of a community, involving an appraisal of the current conditions, a forecast of future requirements, a plan for the fulfillment of these requirements and proposals for legal, financial and constructional programs to implement the plan.
City Planning/ Town Planning / Urban Planning
Architecture also exists without necessary assistance from an architect; and architects sometimes create buildings which are not architecture.
Norval White
Norval Crawford White (June 12, 1926 - December 26, 2009) was an American architect, architectural historian and professor. He designed buildings throughout the U.S., but he is best known for his writing, particularly the AIA Guide to New York City (with Elliot Willensky). White was widely considered to be one of the great figures of New York architecture.[1]
A high degree of pleasure or enjoyment.
Delight
The aspect of architecture and city planning that deals with the design of urban structures and spaces.
Urban Design
The art and science of applyingg scientific principles to practical ends in the design and construction of structures, mahines and systems.
Engineering
Apparent
Maliwanag
Something of value, use or convenience.
Commodity. “Paninda o Kagamitan”