Architecture part of CHECK VOCAB

Art deco

• the predominant decorative art style of the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by precise and boldly delineated geometric shapes and strong colours

• the process by which dead organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, simple sugars and mineral salts

• a person who creates paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby.

  a person who habitually practises a specified reprehensible activity.

Controversy

• giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement.

• a strike that retaliates against or counters earlier strike : a return strike. government counterstrikes against the rebel stronghold.

• writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.

An eyesore

• a thing that is very ugly, especially a building

• a combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

• a very tall building of many storeys.

Facade

• the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

• a very tall building

• the biggest wall in the world that is located in capital

High-rise apartment

• In the US, anything above seven stories is considered a high-rise. In India, it's any building with four stories or more.

• the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

• a person who designs hardware, software, or networking applications and services of a specified type for a business or other organization.

High-tech

• using, requiring, or involved in high technology.

• it's any building with four stories or more

• a thing that is very ugly, especially a building.

Low-rise apartment

• has a few floors – typically four or fewer.

• has more than 12 floors

• Technology that is at the cutting edge: the highest form of technology available

Porch

• a covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building.

• (informal) ​using the most modern methods and machines, especially electronic ones. high-tech industries.

• the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

Reinforced concrete

• concrete in which steel is embedded in such a manner that the two materials act together in resisting forces

• graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.

• a hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda and lime and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles.

Skyscraper

• a very tall building of many storeys.

• a hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda and lime and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles.

• the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.