[...]... and side walls aisled building a traditional timber-framed building type with rows of intermediate posts to support roof construction, thus forming side aisles in plan aisle post, arcade post; in traditional timberframed building, one of a number of intermediate posts supporting a roof and forming an interior aisle or arcade akanthos Greek form of acanthus !81, !82, !121 akheiropoeitos Greek form of. .. one or a number of architects for the professional practising of architecture architectural pertaining to architecture; relating to, involving, in the manner of architecture architectural competition an ideas or design competition in which the purpose is to find outline or detailed solutions for the design of a building or buildings architectural design that part of the design of a building produced... circus, or of a bullring, often sanded see arena in amphitheatre illustration !90 2 a modern sports or entertainment venue, often along the lines of the above, a stadium 3 see stadium arenaceous, sandy; pertaining to types of soil, rock or landscape composed of or containing a large proportion of sand arenaceous rock, arenite; referring to sandstone or other sedimentary rock composed from sandy grains... angle between the tangent and radius vector is the same for all points on the spiral archipelago a distinct and extensive group of islands in a particular region of the sea architect a qualified professional or organization who designs buildings and supervises their construction architectonic having the spatial qualities, properties and language special to architecture architect’s office, architectural... gemstones and for decoration andesite a pale-coloured volcanic rock similar to basalt, used for road aggregates andradite a brownish black variety of the mineral garnet andron, 1 androne, andronitis; Gk; that part of an ancient Greek building used by men, especially a large formal dining or banqueting room with couches arranged on platforms around its periphery see andron in Greek residential building. .. ridges and hips of tiled roofs etc angle trowel, corner trowel; 1 a plasterer’s L-shaped trowel for smoothing inside and outside corners !43 2 internal angle trowel, see twitcher trowel 3 see external angle trowel Anglo-Norman architecture see Norman architecture !109 see medieval capitals illustration !115 Anglo-Saxon architecture, Saxon architecture; the church architecture or vernacular building of. .. concrete mix to promote the inclusion of air air-entraining agent see air-entraining admixture air entrainment, entraining; the deliberate incorporation of tiny air bubbles into concrete to improve its workability and frost resistance airfield, aerodrome; a non-commercial area of land and associated buildings to accommodate the taking off, landing and administration of aircraft air filter in air conditioning,... cisterns etc air resistance the property of a pigment in paint to remain stable both in colour and structure when exposed to the effects of air and airborne pollutants air seasoned see air dried airstream see air jet airstrip, runway; a flat strip of land, nowadays paved with tarmac or concrete with systems of markings and guide lights, for aircraft to take off and land air-supported structure, pneumatic... a style of interior wall decoration popular from 80 BC to c.100 AD in Roman Pompeii, in which principal motifs are pilasters and entablatures with pastoral perspective scenes between see Pompeian styles illustration !126 22 architecture architecture 1 the art and science of producing built form, the product and study of this 2 in computing, the specification of the contents and functioning of a particular... entranceway, especially one to a Roman building !89, !90 aditus Latin form of adit !89, !90 adjacent building a building on a site next to that of a proposed or existing building, such that there is space between the two adjoining building a building on a site next to that of a proposed or existing building, such that they are physically joined to one another adjustable the ability of a device, tool, machine, . y0 w0 h0" alt="" Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction This page intentionally left blank Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction Nikolas Davies and Erkki Jokiniemi AMSTERDAM. aspects of architecture and building construction from history and ornamentation to current modern technologies and professional project management, making it one of the most exten- sive and comprehensive. professionals within the construction industry, and at academics and architectural histor- ians: this includes those working in the fields of architecture, design and construction: architects and