a/c
a/c condenser
abacus
abandoned property+
abbey
abutment
abutter
accent
accoloade
accouplement
acoustics
acropolis
activate the space
activity
ada
adapted plant
added antimicrobial treatment
addendum
additional dwelling unit (ADU)
adjacencies
adjacent site
adobe
aedicule
aesthetic
agent
aggregate
agora
agreement
aisle
alcazar
allée
allowance(s)
alterations
alternate bid
alternative daily cover (ADC)
alternative fuel
alternative water source
amalaka
amalgamation
ambiguity
ambulatory
amphitheater
annual sunlight exposure (ASE)
anomaly
anta
ante-choir
anthropogenic
anthropology
anthropometry
anthropomorphism
apadana
application for payment
appurtenance
apse
arabesque
araeosystyle
arbor
arcade
arch
architect
architect-engineer
architects basic services
architectural drawing
architrave
archway
arcology
arcuate
area median income
area wells
arris
arrowslit
articulate
articulation
as-built drawings
ase1000,250
ashlar
assemblage
assembly
astragal
atlas
atrium
attendance boundary
attic
attic window
automated dynamic façade systems
average LED intensity (ALI)
average rated flush volume
axis
back charge
backfill
background
backing
baffle
bake oven
balance
balconet
balcony
baldachin
ball flower
ballast
balloon framed wall
baluster
balustrade
banal
baptistery
barge
barge board
bargeboard
bartizan
base
base building
base/baseboard
baseline building performance
baseline condition
baseline water consumption
basement
basilica
basis of design (BOD)
bat
batter
battlement
bay
bay window
beam
bearing header
bearing partition
bearing point
bearing wall
bedrock
belfry
bell roof
belvedere
bema
bench table
berm
bespoke
bicycle network
bicycling distance
bid
bid bond
bid date/time
bid form
bid opening
bid price
bid shopper
bid tabulation
bidding documents
bidding period
bidding requirements
bifurcate
bim
bio-based material
blackwater
blasé
blind
blobitecture
block length
blowdown
blue print(s)
blue stake
board-and-batten
bond
bonding company
boomburb
bosket
bossage
bousillage
boutant
bow window
brace
bracket
breaker panel
breezeway
bressummer
bridging
brise-soleil
brownfield
brownfield land
brusselization
brutalism
btu
budget (construction)
bug rating
buildable land
building
building code
building envelope
building exterior
building inspector/official
building interior
building permit
building process
built-up roof
bullseye window
bulwark
bus rapid transit
butterfly roof
buttress
caisson
campanile
cancellus
cantilever
cantilevered void
capital
caravansary
carbon offset
caryatid
casement window
catalyst
catenary
cathedral
cauliculus
cavity wall
ceiling
ceiling joist
celebrate
cella
cenotaph
cfm (cubic feet per minute)
chain of custody (CoC)
chaitya
chalciducum
chalet
chancel
chandrashala
change order
change order proposal
change order request
chapel
charette
charrette
chatri
chattri
check valve
chevron
chimera
chimney
chimney stacks and bundles
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)-based refrigerant
chresmographion
church
cincture
cinquecento
cippus
circuit
circuit breaker
circulation
circulation network
civil twilight
class “A”
class “C”
classical architecture
classical figurative statuary
classroom or core learning space
clean waste
clear glazing
cleithral
clerestory
cloister
closed bid/estimate
closed-loop cooling
co
codes
coffer
colarin
cold air return
collar beam
colonial kitchen
colonnade
color rendering index
column
combination oven discharge
combined heat and power
combustion air
commingled waste
commissioning (Cx)
commissioning authority (CxA)
community greens
compluvium
composite order
compressor
concept
concrete
concretization
condensate line
condensing unit
conductivity
conduit
cone-shaped roof
confluences
conscious city
construct
construction
construction cost
construction document review
construction documents
construction documents phase
construction impact zone
construction management
construction management contract
construction phase
consultant
contemporary
context
contract
contract administration
contract bond
contract documents
contract over-run (under-run)
contract payment bond
contract performance bond
contract period
contract sum
contract time
contracting officer
contractor
contractor’s option
contractor’s qualification statement
contractual liability
contrast
control joint
conurbation
conventional irrigation
cooling load
cooling tower blowdown
coping
corbel
corbusian
corinthian order
corner braces
cornice
cornice molding
corona
corridor
cortile
cost codes
cost of work
cost plus fee agreement
counter flashing
counterfort
court
courtyard
covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&R)
coving
cradle-to-gate assessment
crawl space
create/provide a gesture
crenellation
cresting
cricket
critical path
critical path method
cromlech
cross bracing
cross bridging
cross tee
cross-wing
crypt
cryptoporticus
csi
csi master format
cul-de-sac
cull
cultural landscape
cuneus
cupola
curate
cure
curlicue
current date line
current facilities requirements (CFR)
curtain wall
curvilinear
customer
cyma recta
cymatium
cyrto-style
dado
daily construction report
date of agreement
date of commencement of the work
date of substantial completion
datum
dead load
deconstruction
decorative motif
dedicated storage
demand response (DR)
demand response (DR) event
demising walls
demountable partition
densely occupied space
density
dentals
denticulation
departmental gross area (DGA)
design
design-build construction
design-construct contract
design-development phase
detail
development footprint
device
diagrammatic
diamond-paned windows
dian
diastyle
diaulos
diazoma
dichotomy
differential durability
dikka
dimension
direct access
direct cost
direct sunlight
dissonance
district energy system (DES)
distyle in antis
diverse use
dodecastyle
dolmen
dome
domesticity
doric order
dormer
dormer window
dosseret
double doors
double-hung sash windows
dougong
downspout
downstream equipment
draw
drawings
drift
dromos
drywall
duality
durable goods
durable goods waste stream
duration
dynamic
easement
eave return
eaves
eclectic
eclecticism
edge city
egress
ekistics
elbow roomers
electric vehicle supply equipment
electrical rough
electrical trim
electronic waste
elemental mercury
elevation
elizabethan architecture
emergency lighting
employment center
enclosure
energy service provider
enfilade
engaged column
engineered nanomaterial
entablature
entasis
environmental product declaration
ephebeum
ephemeral
epinaos
ergonomics
esoteric
estimate
estimate of construction cost
estimating
estrade
eustyle
evapotranspiration
excavation
exedra
expansion joint
explores the notion
exposed rafters
extended producer responsibility
extensive vegetated roof
exterior vegetated surface area
external meter
extrapolate
exurbia
fabric
fabrication
facade
facadism
facility or site analysis
fan light
fascia
fast track construction
fenestration
feretory
ff&e
field
field order
field work order
figure
figure-ground
final acceptance
final inspection
final payment
finial
finish date
fire rated
fire retardant chemical
fireplace surround
fire-stop
fixed fee
fixed limit of construction costs
flâneur
flared roof
flashing
floating
floating wall
floor
floor area ratio
floor plan
floor-area ratio (FAR)
flushwork
fluting
flying buttress
flying rib
folly
footprint
foot-stall
form
formal
formeret
formwork
forum
foundation
foundation drain
foundation ties
free-flowing floor plan
freight village
french baroque architecture
french doors
fresco
frieze
functional entry
furniture and furnishings
fused grid
gable
gable roof
gablets
gadrooning
galleria
gallerie
gallery
galletting
gambrel roof
gantt chart
garbha-griha
gargoyle
garret
gauged brickwork
gazebo
geison
general conditions
general contracting
general contractor
generative
genius loci
gentrification
geodesic dome
gestalt
gestalt psychology
gesture
gingerbreading
girder
golden section
gopura
grade
grain
grams per brake horsepower hour
graywater
green belt
green infrastructure
green power
green vehicles
greenfield
greenfield land
greyfield land
grid
grid plan
grilles
groin vault
gross bulk generation
gross Floor Area (GFA)
gross local generation
grotto
ground
hacienda
haiden
half-timbering
hall
hardscape
hardware
harmonic progression
harmony
hashira
hazardous material
heat island effect
heat rough
heat trim
heating load
hegemony
herculaneum and pompeii
hierarchy
highway
hipped roof
hippodrome
historic building
historic district
holistic
homogeneous
homogeneous material
hood molding
hot-mopped asphalt for roofing
how the _ is received by the _
human scale
hybrid
hydrozone
hypostyle hall
i-beam
iconic
illuminance
impervious surface
improvements
in antis
incised linear shapes
indemnification
independent contractor
indirect cost
individual occupant space
industrial process water
infill
infill site
infiltration
informal transit
infrared (thermal) emittance
inpatient
inpatient unit
inspection
inspection for disbursement of funds
inspection list
inspection report
inspector
inspiration
integral labeling
integrated pest management
integrated project delivery
intensive vegetated roof
intercolumniation
interfenestration
interior finish
interior floor finish
interior wall and ceiling finish
interiority/exteriority
interlaced arches
intermodal facility
interstitial
interstitial space
intrados
invasive plant
invoice
ionic order
isovist
it annual energy
iteration
iwan
jack arch
jacobean
jagati
jami masjid
jettied story
jettying
jigsaw
joinery
joist
juxtaposition
ka‘ba
keystone
kitsch
kondo
labor and material payment bond
lacunar
lamp
lamp life
land trust
land-clearing debris and soil
landscape water requirement (LWR)
language
lantern
latticework
lead-free
leasehold improvements
least-risk pesticide
legibility
length of stay
lien release
lien waiver
lien, mechanic’s or material
life-cycle assessment
life-cycle inventory
light pollution
light rail
light trespass
lightning rod
liminal
linga
lingdao
lintel
live load
load bearing wall
load shedding
loculus
loggia
long-term bicycle storage
louver
low-cost improvement
low-impact development (LID)
lumens
lump sum bid
lump sum contract
lunette
madrasah
major renovation
makeup water
manage (rainwater) on site
mandala
mandapa
mansard roof
mansionization
map out
marriage stone
mascaron
masonry
mass
massing
mastaba
master plan boundary
materiality
mausoleum
mean lumen output
meander
medical furnishing
meeting attendance form
meeting notes
megalith
megaron
menhir
metaphor
metering control
mezzanine
miesian
mihrab
milestone
millwork
minaret
mirador
missing middle housing
mixed paper
model
modillion
modular
modular and movable casework
module
molding
moment
monastery
monolith
monolithic
monopost
monotriglyph
morphology
mosque
motifs
mounting height
movable furniture and partitions
mullion
multitenant complex
muntin
muntins
muqarnas
mural
mutule
mylar
naed code
naos
narthex
native vegetation
natural refrigerant
natural resources conservation service (NRCS) soils delineation
natural site hydrology
nave
nec (National Electrical Code)
necropolis
negative/positive space
net usable program area
new suburbanism
new urbanism
newel
niche
nimby
nodes
nonbearing wall
non-inpatient area
nonpotable water
non-regularly occupied space
nonwater toilet systems
nonwater urinal
nuance
nuraghe
obelisk
oc (On Center)
occupant control
occupiable space
occupied space
oculus
ogee arch
ongoing consumable
on-site wastewater treatment
open bid/estimate
openable window area
open-grid pavement system
operations and maintenance (O&M) plan
order
organic
oriel
orientation
ornamental luminaire
orthographic
orthostates
orthostyle
out growth
outdoor room
outpatient
outrigger
overdevelopment
over-hanging rafters
owner
owner’s project requirements (OPR)
owner-architect agreement
owner-builder
owner-construction agreement
owner-construction management agreement
pagoda
pailou
palaestra
palazzo
palimpsest
palladian motif
panel
panopticon
pantheon
paradigm
parallax
parametric
parapet
parclose screen
parterre
parti
partition
passage grave
pastiche
patient position
patio
pavilion
peak demand
peak watering month
pedestal
pediment
pelmet
pendentive
penetrate
performance bond
performance specifications
performative
pergola
peripteral
peristyle
permaculture
permanent interior obstruction
permanent peak load shifting
permeability
permeable pavement
persistent bioaccumulative toxic chemical
pert
pert schedule
phenomenology
piano nobile
piazza
picturesque
pier
pilaster
pillar
piloti
pilotis
pitch
place of respite
placemaking
plan
plan checker
plan view
planceer
planner
plans
plate girder
platonic solid
play with
plaza
plinth
plug load or receptacle load
plumbing rough
plumbing trim
plvi
poché
podium
pods
pointed arch
poppyheads
porch
portcullis
porte-cochère
portico
post
post-and-beam
postconsumer recycled content
postern
post-industrial
potable water
poteaux-en-terre
power distribution unit output
power utilization effectiveness (PUE)
powered floor maintenance equipment
precast
pre-construction planning and team building
preconsumer recycled content
predecessor
preferred parking
preliminary drawings
preliminary lien notice
premature obsolescence
pre-qualification of prospective bidders
previously developed
previously developed site
previously disturbed
prick post
prime farmland
private meter
pro style
process energy
process load or unregulated load
process water
procession
product (permanently installed building product)
program
programmatic adjacencies
project electrical load
projection
promenade
proportion
propylaeum
propylon
protected view
proud
proxemics
pseudodipteral
pteroma
public realm
public water supply (PWS)
pueblo
pycnostyle
pylon
pyramid
qibla
quadriporticus
quoin
rafters
rainwater harvesting
rake
rampart
rath
ratio
raw material
rear vault
rebate
reclaimed water
rectilinear
recycled content
redundancy
reentrant
reference evapotranspiration rate
reference soil
refurbished material
regenerate
regionalism
regular
regularly occupied space
regularly used exterior entrance
regulated load
remanufactured product
renewable energy
renewable energy credit (REC)
repetition
return
reuse
reused area
revenue-grade meter
revolving door
rhythm
rib vault
ribbon development
ridge board
road verge
robust
roof
roof comb
roof ridge
roofline
room
rotunda
round-arched window
roundel
rubble brick
rustication
saltbox roof
salvaged material
sanctuary
sash
scale
schism
school authority
scope 1 emissions
scope 2 emissions
scroll
sculptural forms
sDA300/50%
section
segmental arch
semiotics
sequence
servant space
served space
server input
service life
setback
setback (land use)
shared multioccupant space
shell space
shell structure
shoro
short-term bicycle storage
shrine
shutters
side light
sikhara
sill
simple box energy modeling analysis
simultaneity
site assessment
site master plan
skin
slate
smart city
soft space
softscape
solar garden/community renewable energy system
solar reflectance (SR)
solar reflectance index (SRI)
solarium
solid
solid/void
sound-level coverage
source reduction
space
spandrel
spatial composition
spatial daylight autonomy (sDA)
speech privacy
speech spectra
spire
springer
squinch
squint
stained glass
stair
stalactite work
stasis
steeple
stele
stereotomic
stickwork
stoa
stoop
story
streetcar
striated brick
stringcourse
strollology
structure
stucco
stupa
stylobate
sunburst
superimpose
sustainability
symbol
symbology
symmetry
synagogue
synekism
systems manual
systyle
ta
tactical urbanism
taxonomy
technical Release (TR) 55
technology
tectonics
temenos
tensile structure
terminating vista
terrace
tetrastyle
thatched roof
thermal emittance
third place
tholos
three-year aged SR
threshold
tile inset
tile roof
timber framing
time-of-use pricing
tokonoma
topography
torana
torii
tower
trabeate
tracery
traditional ethos
transept
transient
transom light
transparency/opacity
trellis
trullo
truncated
truss
turret
tuscan order
tympanum
typology
undercover parking
undercroft
uniformity
uninterruptible power supply (UPS) output
unity
universal waste
unoccupied space
upstream equipment
urban acupuncture
urban prairie
urbicide
uSDA Organic
vancouverism
vault
veranda
vernacular
vernacular architecture
vertical illuminance
verticality
vestibule
victorian era
viewshed
vihara
villa
vision glazing
void
volume
volute
voussoir
wainscot
walkability
walking distance
wall
waste diversion
waste-to-energy
wastewater
wat
water body
water budget
wet meter
wetland
wildlife corridor
window sash
wood
wooden clapboards
wooden shingles
xeriscaping
yard tractor
yimby
zaguan
zeitgeist
zero lot line project
ziggurat
zone of transition
Sources Cited
Architecture Dictionary, https://www.archdictionary.com/. Last accessed December 29, 2023.
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