architecture

Noun
  1. An architectural product or work (synset 102737730)
    referred to in: architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
    is a type of: building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
  2. The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings (synset 106132970)
    "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
    associated with:
    • 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
    • column, pillar - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
    • conge, congee - (architecture) a concave molding
    • 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 on the top of a gable wall
    • corbie gable - (architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps
    • corner, quoin - (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
    • drip, drip mold, drip mould - (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
    • spandrel, spandril - an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them
    • term, terminal figure, terminus - (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
    • 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)
    • hip - (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof
    • build - be engaged in building
    • corbel - furnish with a corbel
    • cornice - furnish with a cornice
    • astylar - lacking columns or pillars
    • attached - used of buildings joined by common sidewalls
    • detached - used of buildings; standing apart from others
    • engaged - built against or attached to a wall
    • trabeate, trabeated - not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches)
    • arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed - forming or resembling an arch
    • foliate, foliated - ornamented with foliage or foils
    is a type of:
    subtypes: urban planning - the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities
    has: architectonics, tectonics - the science of architecture
  3. The profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect (synset 100612006)
    associated with:
    is a type of: profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
  4. (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software (synset 104939455)
    "the architecture of a computer's system software"
    referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
    is a type of: structure - the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
    subtypes:
    same as: computer architecture

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