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A stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics. Cryptoporticus A concealed or covered passage, generally underground, though lighted and ventilated from the open air. One of the best-known examples is the crypto-porticus under the palaces of the Caesars in Rome.
Conceptual architecture is a form of architecture that utilizes conceptualism, characterized by an introduction of ideas or concepts from outside of architecture often as a means of expanding the discipline of architecture. This produces an essentially different kind of building than one produced by the widely held 'architect as a master ...
The term originated from an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in 1960. [1] Visionary architects are also known as paper architects because their improbable works exist only as drawings, collages, or models. [2] [1] [3] Their designs show unique, creative concepts that are unrealistic or impossible except in the design environment. [1] [4]
This category is about the verb "building", as in building techniques and methods, and about building concepts, such as adaptive reuse. For the use as noun, as in a church building, see Category:Buildings and structures. For other concepts see Category:Construction and Category:Architecture
Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is dominant. [1] Contemporary architects work in several different styles, from postmodernism, high-tech architecture and new references and interpretations of traditional architecture [2] [3] to highly conceptual forms and designs, resembling sculpture on an enormous scale.
A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures. [9] The art and science of designing buildings and (some) nonbuilding structures; [9] sometimes called "architectonics" [10] The style of design and method of construction of buildings and other physical structures. [9] A unifying or coherent form or structure. [11]
An architectural style is characterized by the features that make a building or other structure notable and historically identifiable. A style may include such elements as form, method of construction, building materials, and regional character.
The term design thinking has been used to refer to a specific cognitive style (thinking like a designer), a general theory of design (a way of understanding how designers work), and a set of pedagogical resources (through which organisations or inexperienced designers can learn to approach complex problems in a designerly way).