Dec 2020 - Flashcards
………. is a range of masonry techniques used in classical architecture giving visible surfaces a finish texture that contrasts with smooth, squared-block masonry called ashlar.
Rustication
Word that means to coat (iron or steel) with a protective layer of zinc?
Also means to excite people into action?
Galvanised
Gal-van-ised
A protective layer in wall build-up that stops moisture getting through the walls?
Vapour Barrier
To express an element in a facade is to what? Acc
Accentuate
Ar-ti-cu-late
Americans say sidewalks and the english say what? And the people that walk on are called what/
Pavement
Pedestrian Walkway
When a column does line up with other, you say the column is what to the others? Ob….
Oblique
A strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound is called what?
Rhythm
(of music or a rhythm) characterized by displaced beats or accents so that the strong beats are weak and vice versa. Columns are not aligned right on purpose, word?
Sync-op-ated