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An entrance passage or avenue leading to a building, tomb or passageway. Those leading to beehive tombs are enclosed between stone walls and sometimes in-filled between successive uses of the tomb. [34] [35] In ancient Egypt the dromos was a straight, paved avenue flanked by sphinxes. [34] [36] Dutch gable
In architecture and urban planning, sightlines or vistas [1] are a consideration in the design of civic structures, such as a stage, arena, or monument. They may determine the configuration of architectural elements in theater and stadium design and road junction layout.
Morphology in architecture is the study of the evolution of form within the built environment. Often used in reference to a particular vernacular language of building, this concept describes changes in the formal syntax of buildings and cities as their relationship to people evolves and changes.
Example of a site plan. A plot plan. A site plan or a plot plan is a type of drawing used by architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and engineers which shows existing and proposed conditions for a given area, typically a parcel of land which is to be modified.
Rafter – is one of a series of sloped structural members that extend from the ridge or hip to the wall plate, downslope perimeter or eave, and that are designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads. [30] A pair of rafters is called a couple. In home construction, rafters are normally made of wood. Exposed rafters are a feature of ...
The superstructure of Kurobe Dam in Japan rests on opposing concrete abutments Abutment for a large steel arch bridge Brick abutment supporting disused tramway over the Yass River in Yass, New South Wales Cream-colored concrete abutment gives vertical support to both the small iron rail bridge and earthen fill of the bridge approach embankment at Old Town Station Staten Island Railway - Staten ...
For example, arrival of construction iron essentially created a set of new core-forms, and many architects got busy inventing the matching art-forms. [6] Similarly, introduction of reinforced concrete, steel frame, and large plates of sheet glass in the 20th century caused creation of radically new space and mass arrangements. [7]
Tree avenue in Normandy, France An avenue at Alexandra Park, London. In landscaping, an avenue (from the French), alameda (from the Portuguese and Spanish), or allée (from the French), is a straight path or road with a line of trees or large shrubs running along each side, which is used, as its Latin source venire ("to come") indicates, to emphasize the "coming to," or arrival at a landscape ...