A&D

Question 1

VERNACULAR

(n)

Answer 1

Local style in which ordinary houses are built

Question 2

STARCHITECTURE

Answer 2

buildings designed by a famous or high-profiled architect

Question 3

‘CAVERNOUS

Answer 3

if sth’s cavernous, there’s a large open space inside it

Question 4

DENUDED

syn. stripped bare

Answer 4

remove the covering of sth
remove a valuable possession or quality

Question 5

DIAPHANOUS

Answer 5

light, delicate and translucent

Question 6

CARBON INTENSIVE

Answer 6

Emission intensive (oil and gas)

Question 7

AVANT’GARDE

Answer 7

the artists whose styles are original or modern compared to the era they live

Question 8

BOUCLE SOFA

Question 9

A’TELIER

Answer 9

Workshop / studio, used by artist or designer

Question 10

POST & LINTEL

Question 11

CLASSICAL ORDER

Answer 11

IONIC (flare & slab - Partheon)
DORIC (entasis - taper) - human abstraction - represents the elasticity - feminine order (Vitruvius)
CORINTHIAN - volutes - a base

Question 12

GREEK TEMPLE

Answer 12

Pediment, Frieze (Triglyphs & Metopes), Etablature, Capital, Shaft, Fluting

Question 13

CANONICAL

Answer 13

If something’s canonical, it follows a principle or rule, usually in a religious or church-related situation. It is also used in mathematics, music and can refer to something reduced to its most basic form

Question 14

AQUADUCT

Answer 14

The proudful structure of the Romans

Question 15

COLOSSEUM

Answer 15

used to be called as Flavian Amphitheatre, since the emperor at that time was Vespasians’ family and their last name was Flavius

Question 16

ROTUNDA

Answer 16

Any roofed building with a circular ground plan, and sometimes covered by a dome. It may also refer to a round room within a building

Question 17

SUNDIAL

Answer 17

A horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky

HOROLOGY - study of time

Question 18

CHIFFONIER

Answer 18

A tall chest of drawers, with a mirror on top

Question 19

KOTATSU

Answer 19

Japanese heated table

Question 20

PENDENTIVE

Answer 20

a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches

Question 21

FLIPPED HOUSE

Answer 21

Buy a distressed property at low price - fix up - resell for higher amount

Question 22

FURNACE

Answer 22

Enclosed structure in which material can be heated to high temperatures

Question 23

FUTON

Answer 23

Converted bed that can be turned into a daytime sofa

Question 24

SUEDE

sweɪd

Answer 24

Leather with flesh side rubbed to make velvety nap

Question 25

**TARMAC**

Answer 25

Surfacing roads material for outdoor areas, similar use with asphalt

Question 26

**VE-'RAN-DA** | vəˈræn.də

Answer 26

Outdoor space attached along the sides of a house, covered

Question 27

**'WIG-WAM**

Answer 27

A rounded structure made from a frame of poles covered with materials such as grass, cloth, or animal skins, lived in by Native Americans, especially in the northeastern US and Canada in the past

Question 28

**DAPPLED LIGHT**

Answer 28

Produced when sunlight passes through the leaf canopy of a plant

Question 29

**EDIFICE**

Answer 29

A large building, especially an impressive one

Question 30

**DERMACATED**

Answer 30

are limited by sth

Question 31

**MANSARD ROOF**

Answer 31

multi-sided gambrel hip roof has 2 slopes, upper and lower

Question 32

**TENSEGRITY**

Answer 32

structural design principle - system stablized by a balance between **tensile** and **compressive** forces

Question 33

**BLUEPRINTS**

Answer 33

A guide for making something

Question 34

**RUBBLE**

Answer 34

Broken stones and bricks after a building's torn down

Question 35

**HYGROMORPHIC MATERIALS**

Answer 35

materials that are able to respond to the changes of weather by changing their geometry

Question 36

**ZEBRAWOOD (ZEBRANO)**

Answer 36

wood has zebra strips-like pattern, native to central Africa

Question 37

**TUNG OIL**

Answer 37

oil extracted from seeds of Asian tung tree, used for waterproofing wood surface and quick-drying layer to varnishes and paints

Question 38

**VARNISH**

Answer 38

resin coat to add shiny look to wood surface

Question 39

**DOWNDRAFT COOKTOP**

Answer 39

Cooktop with a hood integrated

Question 40

CARPET-TACK

Answer 40

Strips of wood studded with nails to secure carpet in place

Question 41

COPING

Answer 41

capping or covering top of the wall

Question 42

SHIPLAP

Answer 42

wooden sheathing and wooden siding

Question 43

SHIPLAP

Answer 43

wooden sheathing and wooden siding

Question 44

CULVERT

Answer 44

a waste pipe under roads, railways, etc