Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining or relating to architecture or the art of building; according to the principles of architecture.
Wiktionary
- adj. Pertaining to architecture
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture
Examples
“But actually resulted in architectural choices that would never have made upfront but which were best for the situation.”
“The last few years have witnessed a gradual disenchantment within architectural education with the goals espoused by the architectural profession.”
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“This year's show has captured the usual kind of criticism within architectural circles, torn between finding some things beautiful but then feeling the guilt for being ravished by the beauty.”
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“Four years after the levee failures, New Orleans is seeing an unexpected boom in architectural experimentation.”
“En: Libraries: new concepts in architectural & design.”
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“The Troitzki church was the first wooden church of the imperial city; around it were erected houses in Dutch architectural style for Peter and his friends.”
“Also called architectural shingles, laminated asphalt shingles look much more like real slate than flatter three-tab shingles, outperformed them overall in the tests for our June 2009 report on shingles, and often cost less.”
“But for all the wit and fun, there is a dark side: in questioning the notion of architectural monumentality and permanence, Gehry's work reflects the uncertainty of our time.”
“Much of the praise of Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has to do with how imaginatively he has recast the notion of architectural monumentality in ways the Getty and its advisers never dreamed of when they chose Meier.”
“In the construction of a new school building there is nothing that should receive more careful and scientific consideration than the matter of lighting, but too often the architect is either entirely ignorant of the entire matter, or else is selfishly interested in so-called architectural effects.”
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