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  2. Architectural firm - Wikipedia

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    A 1940s architectural office. In the United States, an architectural firm or architecture firm is a business that employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture; while in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and other countries, an architectural firm is a company that offers architectural services.

  3. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    In ecclesial architecture, it is also used of the area between the baluster of a Catholic church and the high altar (what is usually called the sanctuary or chancel). Peristyle A continuous porch of columns surrounding a courtyard or garden (see also Peristasis). In ecclesial architecture, the term cloister is used. Phiale

  4. Geodesign - Wikipedia

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    Geodesign is a set of concepts and methods [1] used to involve all stakeholders and various professions in collaboratively designing and realizing the optimal solution for spatial challenges in the built and natural environments, utilizing all available techniques and data in an integrated process.

  5. 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.

  6. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...

  7. Architecture - Wikipedia

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    In adding the dome to the Florence Cathedral in the early 15th century, the architect Filippo Brunelleschi not only transformed the building and the city, but also the role and status of the architect. [1] [2] Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. [3]

  8. Architect - Wikipedia

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    An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. [1] To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. [2]

  9. Landscape architecture - Wikipedia

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    Stourhead in Wiltshire, England, designed by Henry Hoare (1705–1785), "the first landscape gardener, who showed in a single work, genius of the highest order" [1]. Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. [2]