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Art nouveau
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A movement that embraced architecture, design, and visual arts throughout Europe. It was fashionable between 1890 and 1910, and particularly strong in France, Belgium, Germany, and Austria. In ...
Picture window
Construction; Architecture
One single, large window pane that does not open from either side.
Arts and craft
Construction; Architecture
Galvanised by William Morris's disgust at what he perceived as the dehumanising tendencies of mass production and the factory system, a group of architects and designers attempted to revive the ...
Pier
Construction; Architecture
A solid masonry support, as distinct from a column; the solid mass between doors, windows, and other openings in buildings.
Asbestos
Construction; Architecture
A fibrous, incombustible material once used in building construction. No longer allowed due to health risk.
Pilaster
Construction; Architecture
A rectangular vertical member projecting only slightly from a wall, with a base and capital as will a column.
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