Visual Dictionary - Architecture & Arch p.2-6

The branch of science that deals with the nature of art, beauty, taste, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgement concerning works of art.

• aesthetics or esthetics

• technics

• architectonics

• tectonics

The ordering of the physical environment by means of architecture, engineering, construction, landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning/

• city planning

• urban design

• space planning

• environmental design

The activity or profession of determining the future physical arrangement and condition of a community. Also called town planning or urban planning

• city planning

• urban design

• space planning

• environmental design

The aspect of architecture and interior design that deals with the planning, layout, design and furnishing of spaces within a proposed or existing building

• city planning

• urban design

• space planning

• environmental design

An approach to architecture that strives to counter a lack of identity or sense of place bu utilizing the geographical context of a building to guide its design response to topography, climate, light, and tectonic form.

• tectonics

• architectonics

• behavioral science

• regionalism

The uppermost part of an abutment, often in the form of a block, capital, or molding, from which an arch springs

• Spring

• Springer

• Springing

• Impost

An archway having sides or jambs not at right angles with the face of its abutments

• Skew arch

• Furnicular arch

• Bell arch

• Ogee arch

An outward force or pressure exerted by one part of a structure against another

• Drift

• Thrust

• Arch action

• Arch axis

The part of a structure receiving and supporting the thrust of an arch, vault, or strut

• Abutment

• Drift

• Inverted cartenary

• Tie rod

The extent of space between two supports of a structure

• Clear span

• Effective span

• Span

• Neutral axis