AT01 - Architecture

Question 1

The art and science of designing and constructing buildings.

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ARCHITECTURE

Question 2

The product or result of architectural work; buildings, collectively.

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ARCHITECTURE as ART

Question 3

A style or method of building characteristic of a people, place, or time.

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ARCHITECTURE as SCIENCE

Question 4

The profession of designing buildings and other habitable environments.

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ARCHITECTURE as DESIGN

Question 5

The conscious act of forming things, resulting in a unifying or coherent structure.

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ARCHITECTURE as CONSTRUCTION

Question 6

The conscious use of skill, craft, and creative imagination in the production of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.

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ART

Question 7

The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art. Also esthetics.

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AESTHETICS

Question 8

The aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives intense pleasure to the senses or deep satisfaction to the mind or spirit, whether arising from harmony of form or color, excellence of craft, truthfulness, originality, or other, often unspecific property.

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BEAUTY

Question 9

Critical judgment, discernment, or appreciation of what is fitting, harmonious, or beautiful prevailing in a culture or personal to an individual

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TASTE

Question 10

A high degree of pleasure or enjoyment.

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DELIGHT

Question 11

Something of value, use, or convenience.

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COMMODITY

Question 12

The ordering of the physical environment by means of architecture, engineering, construction, landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning.

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ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

Question 13

The aspect of architecture and city planning that deals with the design of urban structures and spaces.

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URBAN DESIGN

Question 14

The activity or profession of determining the future physical arrangement and condition of a community, involving an appraisal of the current conditions, a forecast of future requirements, a plan for the fulfillment of these requirements, and proposals for legal, financial, and constructional programs to implement the plan. Also called town planning, urban planning.

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CITY PLANNING

Question 15

The art, business, or profession of planning the design and supervising the execution of architectural interiors, including their color schemes, furnishings, fittings, finishes, and sometimes architectural features.

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INTERIOR DESIGN

Question 16

The aspect of architecture and interior design that deals with the planning, layout, design, and furnishing of spaces within a proposed or existing building.

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SPACE PLANNING

Question 17

A branch of knowledge dealing with a body of facts or truths obtained by direct observation, experimental investigations, and methodical study, systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.

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SCIENCE

Question 18

Applied science: The branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical methods and materials, and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment.

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TECHNOLOGY

Question 19

The science of an art or of the arts in general.

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TECHNICS

Question 20

The science or art of shaping, ornamenting, or assembling materials in building construction.

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TECTONICS

Question 21

The unifying structure or concept of an artistic work.

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ARCHITECTONICS

Question 22

The state or quality of being solidly constructed

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FIRMNESS

Question 23

The art and science of applying scientific principles to practical ends in the design and construction of structures, machines, and systems.

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ENGINEERING

Question 24

Any of the sciences, such as sociology and anthropology, that seek to discover general truths from the observation of human behavior in society.

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BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

Question 25

The science of human social institutions and relationships, specifically, the study of the origin, development, structure, functioning, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings.

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SOCIOLOGY

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The science of human beings, specifically, the study of the origins, physical and cultural development, and environmental and social relations of humankind.

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ANTHROPOLOGY

Question 27

The art, business, or profession of designing, arranging, or modifying the features of a landscape for aesthetic or practical reasons.

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Question 28

An approach to architecture that strives to counter a lack of identity or sense of place by utilizing the geographical context of a building to guide its design response to topography, climate, light, and tectonic form.

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REGIONALISM