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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; Architecture contemporaine
A structure, especially one of masonry, forming the curved,pointed, or flat upper edge of an open space and supporting the weight above it, as in a bridge or doorway.
Buttress
Architecture; Architecture contemporaine
Projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall.
Cantilever roof
Architecture; Architecture contemporaine
A projecting structure supported at one end and carrying a load at the other end or along its length.
Arrow slit
Architecture; Architecture contemporaine
An opening in a structure through which small projectiles may be shot.
Column
Architecture; Architecture contemporaine
In architecture a round pillar, a cylindrical solid body, or a many-sided prism, the body of which is sometimes reeded or fluted, but practically cylindrical in shape, and which supports another body ...
