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Architecture contemporaine

Of or pertaining to the building style of the present day. Not to be confused with modern architecture which refers to the building style of the early to mid-20th century.

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Architecture contemporaine

Project

Architecture; Architecture contemporaine

Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted. In architecture project is used to denominate the realisation of a building.

Design

Architecture; Architecture contemporaine

The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan).

Agency

Architecture; Architecture contemporaine

Commercial organisation that provides a set of services in architecture. It oftens gathers several architects.

Steel

Architecture; Architecture contemporaine

Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and carbon.

Apse

Architecture; Architecture contemporaine

Semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome.

Sacred architecture

Architecture; Architecture contemporaine

Sacred architecture (also known as religious architecture) is concerned with the design and construction of places of worship and/or sacred or intentional space, such as churches, mosques, stupas, ...

Arcosolium

Architecture; Architecture contemporaine

An arched recess used as a burial place in a catacomb

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