building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

arch - (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

architectural ornament - (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance

architecture - an architectural product or work

attic - (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof

pillar, column - (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure

corbel, truss - (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

corbel arch - (architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet

corbel step, corbie-step, corbiestep, crow step - (architecture) a step or step-like projection on the top of a gable wall

corbie gable - (architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps

quoin, corner - (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

drip mold, drip mould, drip - (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

entablature - (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof

foliage, foliation - (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament

modillion - (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice

pier - (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)

pinnacle - (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower

scape, shaft - (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

terminal figure, terminus, term - (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

vaulting - (architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting"

order - (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

columniation - (architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure

fenestration - the arrangement of windows in a building

art form - (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)

branch of knowledge, discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

architectonics, tectonics - the science of architecture

landscape architecture - the branch of architecture dealing with the arrangement of land and buildings for human use and enjoyment

urban planning - the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities

interior design - the branch of architecture dealing with the selection and organization of furnishings for an architectural interior

beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art

build - be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles"

corbel - furnish with a corbel

cornice - furnish with a cornice

attached - used of buildings joined by common sidewalls; "a block of attached houses"

detached - used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage"

corinthian - most ornate of the three orders of classical Greek architecture

doric - oldest and simplest of the three orders of classical Greek architecture

ionic - an order of classical Greek architecture

foliate, foliated - ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"

profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

cantilever - construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"

terrace, terrasse - provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"

step - furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace"

rail - provide with rails; "The yard was railed"

air-condition - equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature; "Our house is not air-conditioned"

seat - provide with seats; "seat a concert hall"

reseat - provide with new seats; "reseat Carnegie Hall"

ramp - furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium"

crenel, crenelate, crenellate - supply with battlements

rafter - provide (a ceiling) with rafters

gate - supply with a gate; "The house was gated"

machicolate - supply with projecting galleries; "machicolate the castle walls"

sanitate - provide with sanitary facilities or appliances

structure - the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule"

complex instruction set computer, complex instruction set computing, CISC - (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip

reduced instruction set computer, reduced instruction set computing, RISC - (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures