Architecture Flashcards
A style design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s, marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production
Art Deco
The mix of cement,water, sand and gravel that hardens into a super strong -strong building material.
Concrete
Marked by or capable of arousing controversy
Controversial
Refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
Elegant
Something that is really unpleasant to look at
An eyesore
The face or front of a building
Facade
Lowest support of a structure
Foundation
Designed for a capable of a particular function or use
Functional
Transparent material
Glass
Describes things you do that are contemporary or current
Modernism
A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
Storey
A multi -storey car park
A structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
A porch
A very tall building
A skyscraper
Abandoned home, person
Derelict
Something used to exist, but now gone
Defunct
A defunct Indian tribe
