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A relatively permanent enclosed structure constructed over a plot of land for habitable use.

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BUILDING

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The vertical extension of a building or other construction above the foundation.

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SUPERSTRUCTURE

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The exterior framework or walls and roof of a building.

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SHELL

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The underlying structure forming the foundation of a building or other construction.

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SUBSTRUCTURE

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A group of interacting, iterrelated, or interdependent things or parts forming a complex or unified whole, esp. to serve a common purpose.

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SYSTEM

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A building of exceptional height and many stories, supported by steel or concrete framework fromwhich the walls are suspended.

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SKYSCRAPER

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A building, esp. one of large size, massive structure, or imposing appearance.

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EDIFICE

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A complete horizontal division of a building, having a continuous or nearly continuous floor and comprising the space between two adjacent levels.

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STORY

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Describing a building having one, two, or three stories and usually no elevator.

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LOW-RISE

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Describing a building with moderately large number of stories, usually 5-10, and equipped with elevators.

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MID-RISE

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One of the upper floors of a warehouse or factory, typically unpartitioned and sometimes converted or adapted to other uses, as living quarters, artists' studios, or exhibition galleries.

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LOFT

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A building having several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.

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LOFT BUILDING

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A room or space directly under the roof of a building, esp. a house.

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ATTIC

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A usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.

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HALF STORY

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An area In a building having a clearance less than human height. But accessible by crawling. esp. such a space below the first floor that is enclosed by foundation walls.

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CRAWL SPACE

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A room or set of rooms, for te storage of food, fuel, or the like, wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.

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CELLAR

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A cellar or other underground place for shelter during violent storms, as cyclones, tornadoes or hurricanes. Also called storm cellar.

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CYCLONE CELLAR

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A horizontal or inclined door over a stairway giving access to a cellar.

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BULKHEAD

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A continuous supporting surface extending horizontaly throughout a building, having a number of rooms and constituting one level in the structure.

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FLOOR

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A low or partial story between two main stories of a building. esp. one that projects as a balcony and forms a composltion with, the story beneath It.

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MEZZANINE

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The ground floor of a building. In Britain and: elsewhere, the first floor is tile floor immediately above the ground floor.

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FIRST FLOOR

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The floor of the building at the nearest to ground level.

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GROUND FLOOR

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A story of a building that is wholly or partly below the ground level.

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BASEMENT

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Any story or floor below the main basement of a building.

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SUBBASEMENT

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The front of a building or any of its sides facing a public way or space, esp. one distinguished by its architectural treatment.

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FACADE

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A principal facade, or part or feature of a facade, often treated as a separate element of the design and highlighted by ornamentation.

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FRONTISPIECE

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A central or planking projecting subdivision of a facade, usually accented by more elaborated decoration or greater height and distinction of skyline.

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PAVILLION

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A major horizontal architectural divisions, as of a facade or the wall of nave.

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STORY

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Any number of principal division of a wall, roof, or other part of a building marked off by vertical or transverse supports.

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BAY

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A major horizontal division of a wall having no exterior windows.

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BLINDSTORY

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Describing a recess in a wall having the appearance of a window (blind window) or door (blind door). Inserted to complete a series of windows or to provide symmetry of design.

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BLIND

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The design, proportioning, and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.

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FENESTRATION

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An elevated platform projecting from the wall of a building and enclosed by a railing or parapet.

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BALCONY

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A raised platform, approached by steps and sometimes having roof, at the entrance of a house.

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STOOP

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An exterior appendage to a building forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.

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PORCH

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A porch having a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance of a building.

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PORTICO

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A vehicular passageway leading through a building or screen wall into an interior courtyard.

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PORTE-COCHERE

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A private or side entrance, as one for pedesrian next to a porte-cochere.

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POSTERN

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A doorway, gate or entrance, esp. an imposing one empasized and stately architectural treatment.

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PORTAL

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A large, open porch, usually roofed and partly encosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house. Also Verandah.

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VERANDA

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A veranda, esp. a fully furnished one used as a living room.

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LANAI

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An open, often paved area connected to a house or building and serving as an outdoor living area.

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TERRACE

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An open, unroofed porch or platform extending from a house or other building.

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DECK

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A series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof structure.

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COLONNADE

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A courtyard before the entrance to a building or a group of buildings.

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FORECOURT

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A round , domed building, or a large and high circular space in such a building. esp, one surmounted by a dome.

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ROTUNDA

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A building or a structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either standing alone or forming part of a larger building.

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TOWER

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A large building divided into number of separate apartments, offices, or shops.

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BLOCK

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A collonnade or arcaded space within the body of a building but open to the air on one side, often at an upper story overlooking an open court.

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LOGGIA

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The principal story of a large building , as a palace or villa, with formal reception and dining rooms, usually one flight above the ground floor.

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PIANO NOBILE

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A large or principal courtyard of an italian palazzo.

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CORTILE

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Any of the series of columns supporting a building above an open ground level.

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PILOTI

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A rectangular building having little width with respect to its length and height.

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SLAB

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A skylit, central court in a building, esp. a large interior one having a glass roof and surrounded by several stories of galleries.

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ATRIUM

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A wing at right angles to the lengh of a building. Also, el.

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ELL

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A part of a building projecting from and subordinate to the central or main part.

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WING

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An area open to the sky and mostly or entirely surrounded by the walls or buildings.

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COURT

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A court adjacent to or within a building. esp. one enclosed on all four sides.

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COURTYARD

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A courtyard, esp. of a house, enclosed by low buildings, arcade, or walls.

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PATIO

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To assert or demand recognition or posession.

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CLAIM

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To combine, blend, or unite gradually by stages so as blur identity or distinctions.

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MERGE

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To enclosed or encompass on all sides.

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SURROUND

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To face in a specific direction or look out upon.

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FRONT

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The position of a building on a site in relation to true north, to point on the compass, to a specific place or feature, or to local conditions of sunlight, wind, and drainage.

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ORIENTATION

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A public square or open space in a city or town.

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PLAZZA

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An open square or public place in a city or town, esp. in Italy.

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PIAZZA

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A square or quadrangular space or court surrounded by a building or buildings, as on a college campus. Also called as quad.

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QUADRANGEL

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A spacious promenade, court, or indoor mall, usually having vaulted roof and lined with commercial spaces.

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GALLERIA

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An area used for a stroll or walk, esp. in a public place, as for pleasure or display.

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PROMENADE

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French term for a broad walk planted with trees.

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ALLEE

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A shelter of shrubs and branches or of latticework intertwined with climbing vines and flower.

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ARBOR

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A frame supporting open latticework, used as a screen or a support for growing vines or plants.

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TRELLIS

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A structure of crossed strips arranged to form a regular pattern of open space.

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LATTICE

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A structure of parallel colonnades supporting an open roof of beams and crossing raters or trelliswork, over which climbing plants are trained to grow.

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PERGOLA

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An ornamental arrangement of flower beds of different shapes and sizes.

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PARTERRE

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Clipped or trimmed into ornamental and fantastic shapes, or the work or art of such clipping.

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TOPIARY

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A building or architectural feature of a building, designed and situated to look out upon pleasing scene.

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BELVEDERE

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A freestanding roofed structure, usually open on the sides, affording shade and rest in garden or a park.

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GAZEBO

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A small often ornamental building in a garden.

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PAVILLION

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A whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a converstion piece, lend interest to a view, or commemorate a person or event.

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FOLLY

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