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WorksheetsHousing/Interior Design Vocab
Total questions: 34
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contains several single-family housing units in one structure
Multiple Family Housing
Repetition
Deposit
Traffic Patterns
describes the way an object's surfaces look at feel. it often influences the way people feel in a room. Plush rugs, wood furniture, tile floors, etc
Scale
Texture
Deposit
Line
a written rental agreement. It is a legal, binding contract.
Space
Balance
Scale
Lease
gives a feeling of equal weight among all the parts of design
Scale
Harmony
Balance
Emphasis
the point of greatest interest. Often a picture, sculpture, piece of furniture.
Emphasis
Radiation
Repetition
Deposit
built in a factory & installed at a specific site
General Lighting
Townhomes
Single Family Housing
Manufactured Homes
owners of rental housing
Gradation
Landlord
Balance
Repetition
provides enough light so that you can move around the room safely and comfortably-like ceiling lights
General Lighting
Accent Lighting
Task lighting
All parts of a composition are balanced and repeated around a center. (Chairs around a table, flowers, chandeliers)
Emphasis
proportion
repetition
radiation
An amount you must pay to move in. This money is kept aside & will be returned if the unit isn't damaged.
deposit
texture
emphasis
radiation
the feeling that all parts of a design belong together. Everything doesn't have to match, but nothing looks out of place.
balance
harmony
shape
proportion
three or more units
duplex
multiplex
mortgage
landlords
one building that contains 2 separate units
lease
duplex
multiplex
scale
Completed by increasing or decreasing one or more qualities (size, color, etc)
radiation
repetition
gradation
emphasis
the paths people use to get from one area or room to another.
informal balance
formal balance
traffic patterns
apartment building
An intense beam of light aimed at a painting, sculpture, or other object to create a dramatic effect.
accent lighting
task lighting
informal balance
down payment
refers to the 3-D dimensional area to be designed, such as the room itself, as well as the area around or between objects.
scale
shape
line
space
a long-term loan that you pay monthly-usually lasts for 15-30 years
gradation
mortgage
lease
emphasis
money buyers must put up front in order to purchase the home. Often this is 10% of the purchase price
Radiation
Formal Balance
Down Payment
Deposit
a feeling of movement, leading the eye from one point to another.
Rhythm
Shape
Scale
Color
Houses built in a row and attached at the side walls
Town home
Cooperative
Color
Task lighting
Meets a specific need
apartment building
traffic pattern
functional furniture
Color
Color
describes the way an objects surfaces look and feel
influences how people feel, called the most important decorating tool
amount you must pay to move in
overall size of an object or its size compared to other objects
Informal Balance
Point of greatest interest, focal point
paths people use to get from one room to another
objects on each side of the center are different in size or color, but it still balanced
money you pay before you move in to the apartment
Built to house one family
single family home
multiplex
landlord
line
repetition
Point of greatest interest
rhythm completed by increasing or decreasing one or more qualities (color,size)
Something in design is repeated, color, size, shape
all parts are balances on both sides of the imaginary line.
Objects on each side of the imaginary line are the same or mirrored.
Formal balance
informal balance
cooperative
condominium
Apartment Building
contains several single family housing units in one structure
paths people use to get from one area to another
any structure that has rental units for more than 2 families
something in the design is repeated (color, objects, patterns)
Refers to the outline of an object. These can cause the eyes to move up and down or across an object. Can be seen on the furniture, curtains, walls, etc.
Lease
Line
Landlord
Shape
Focuses light where it's needed—like lamps.
General Lighting
Task Lighting
Accent Lighting
The way one part of a design relates in size or shape to another or to the whole. Most desirable is a 2:3 proportion. This could be end table to couch
Condo
Proportion
Space
Emphasis
residents of a multiple-family dwelling form an organization that owns the building
Cooperative
Condominiums
Landlord
Apartment Building
individually owned units in a multiple-family dwelling
Cooperative
Condominiums
Line
Texture
refers to the overall size of an object or its size compared to other objects
Space
Scale
Shape
Line
