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  2. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    One of the best-known examples is the crypto-porticus under the palaces of the Caesars in Rome. In Hadrian's Villa in Rome they formed the principal private intercommunication between the several buildings. [20] Cuneus A wedge-shaped division of the Roman theatre separated by the scalae or stairways. [21] This shape also occurred in medieval ...

  3. Regulating Lines - Wikipedia

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    Regulating Lines is a design concept in architecture, which uses proportions of geometry in buildings giving its harmony and order. [1] A prominent architect who espoused this concept was Le Corbusier.

  4. List of architectural styles - Wikipedia

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    Umayyad architecture – based in Damascus (c. 660–750) Abbasid architecture – based in Baghdad (c. 750–1256) Mamluk architecture – based in Cairo (c. 1256–1517) Ottoman architecture – based in Istanbul (c. 1517–1918) Regional Styles Egypt Early Islamic architecture (Rashidi + Umayyad) (641–750) Abbasid architecture (750–954)

  5. Line (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Given a line and any point A on it, we may consider A as decomposing this line into two parts. Each such part is called a ray and the point A is called its initial point. It is also known as half-line (sometimes, a half-axis if it plays a distinct role, e.g., as part of a coordinate axis). It is a one-dimensional half-space. The point A is ...

  6. Outline of architecture - Wikipedia

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    Architecture is variously defined in conflicting ways, highlighting the difficulty of describing the scope of the subject precisely: [1] [2] [3] A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures – although not all buildings are generally considered to be architecture, and infrastructure (bridges, roads etc.) is civil engineering, not architecture.

  7. Line of thrust - Wikipedia

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    The line of thrust is the locus of the points, through which forces pass in a retaining wall or an arch. It is the line, along which internal forces flow, [1] , [2] . In a stone structure , the line of thrust is a theoretical line that through the structure represents the path of the resultants of the compressive forces , [3] .

  8. Architectural drawing - Wikipedia

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    An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture.Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and concepts, to convince clients of the merits of a design, to assist a building ...

  9. Descriptive geometry - Wikipedia

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    Example of the use of descriptive geometry to find the shortest connector between two skew lines. The red, yellow and green highlights show distances which are the same for projections of point P. Given the X, Y and Z coordinates of P, R, S and U, projections 1 and 2 are drawn to scale on the X-Y and X-Z planes, respectively.