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Feasible

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Possible and practical to do easily or conveniently

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Proposal

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A plan or suggestion, especially a formal or written one, put forward for consideration for others

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Hemisphere

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A half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator

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Iconic

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A (person or) thing regarded as a representation symbol or as worthy of veneration

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Landmarks

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An object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognised from a distance, establishes location

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Demographic

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Relating to the structure of populations: a particular sector of a population

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Residential

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Designed for people to live in

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Commercial

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Concerned with or engaged in commerce: business or trade

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Constraint

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A limitation or restriction

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Orientation

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The relative position or direction of something

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Stakeholder

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A person with an interest or concern in something

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Open-plan

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Having large rooms with few or no interior dividing walls

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Aesthetics

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A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty

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Users

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A person who uses or operates something

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Materials

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The matter from which a thing is or can be made

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Environment

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The surroundings or conditions where living things survive and operate

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Sustainability

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Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level; avoiding depletion of natural resources

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Functions

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An activity that is natural to a thing, or the purpose something is made for

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Budget

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The anmount of money needed or available for a purpose

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Benchmarks

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A standard or point of reference you can compare to

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Bubble diagram

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A simple drawing that has bubbles to show spaces, and connecting lines to show relationships between spaces

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Schedule of Accomodation

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A list that has the type, number, description and size of spaces needed for a design

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Layout

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The way that the parts of something are arranged

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Vision

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The ability to plan the future, an image of what something could look like

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Durability

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The ability to withstand pressure or damage

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Efficiency

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when something achieves maximum productivity with minimum input

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Energy

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Power from physical or chemical resources to work machines

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Level

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A horizontal plane above or below a point; a floor within a multi-story building

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Contour

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An outline of natural features such as hill, shows height on a map

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Boundary

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A line which marks the limits of an area

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Orientation

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The relative position or direction of something

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Feasibility study

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As assessment of the practicality of a proposed plan or method

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Matrix

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A grid-like arrangement of elements; a lattice

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Embodied energy

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The total energy required to produce any goods or services

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Energy-on-demand

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Info to follow

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Timescale

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The time allowed for or taken by a process

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Deliverable

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A thing able to be provided, especially as a product or service

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Organogram

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A diagram of the structure of roles, showing their relationships

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Whole life costs

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the costs associated with the life of a building, the development to the building lifetime

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Evaluate

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To determine somethings worth and value

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Concept

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An abstract idea

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Precedents

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An earlier example of something similar that is an example

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Mission statment

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a formal summary of the aims and values of a company, organisation, individiual or project

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Unique selling point

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A factor that makes something unique from its competitiors

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Procurement

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The act of aquiring, buying good services and works from an external source

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Utilities

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Services used by the public like electricty, gas, water, etc

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Life cycle

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The series of changes in the life of a product

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Position

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a place where something or someone is located or has been put

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Properties

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special property or characteristic of something

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wind direction

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the indication of the direction of where the wind is coming from

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Illumination

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the act of supplying something with light

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Light shelves

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Horizontal surfaces that reflect daylight deep into a building

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Scale

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the relation between the real size of something and its size on a map

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Consents

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The permission for something to happen or agreement to do something

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Local plan

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sets out guidance from the local authoritty for the development of an area

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Principles

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A law or rule that has to be followed

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standard

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a level of quality or attainment

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specification

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an act of identifying something precisely

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Function

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An activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person

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risk

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a situation involving exposure to danger

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legislation

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a law of set of laws suggested by a government and made offical by parliment

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climate change

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a change in global or regional climate pattern

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Compliant

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meeting or in accordance with rules and standards

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attributes

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a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something

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context

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the circumstances that form the setting for an event

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Inclusive

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Including all the services or items normally expected or required

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optimise

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make the best or most effective of a situation or resource

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criteria

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principles or standards by which something may be judged or decided

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data

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facts or statistics collected together for reference or analysis

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spatial

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relating to space

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aural

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relating to the ear or sense of hearing

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emotional

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relating to someones emotions

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