ARCHITECTURE


Meaning of ARCHITECTURE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

baroque music/architecture/paintings etc

Tudor house/buildings/architecture etc (= built in the style used in the Tudor period )

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

byzantine

It is different from any Byzantine architecture in east or west but owes much of its fundamental character to the Byzantine style.

These mosaics are not only decoration; they are an integral part of the Byzantine scheme of architecture .

classical

Competitors felt, as events were to prove with considerable justification, that official opinion favoured classical architecture .

The master-planned, classical idea of architecture soon meets with the emergence of Modern architecture.

In re-planning the east wing galleries, built in 1928-32, great efforts have been made to respect their dignified classical architecture .

domestic

These are the finest flowers of our domestic architecture .

It is typical of a certain sort of domestic architecture which exudes an air of virtue and solidity.

fine

Mr Pei's pyramid in the Louvre is fine architecture , but it is nothing other than a new front door.

See the city's fine Victorian architecture , and visit its excellent museums.

Such estates, if sensitively planned can produce fine architecture and the spaces around and between houses can provide endless design opportunities.

The finest architecture and the best examples of town planning are conceived with a clarity of vision that brooks no compromise.

gothic

The new clergy houses were of a quite different, selfless and holy Gothic architecture .

Window design is also a characteristic feature of Gothic architecture .

This is perhaps because the later accretions are somewhat dwarfed amid the towering Gothic architecture .

The House of Hapsburg came to power in 1273, and soon afterwards Gothic architecture made its appearance.

This forced on builders a simple form of Gothic architecture .

This virtuoso decorative carving is a typical feature of late Gothic architecture in Bohemia.

Secular remains of Gothic architecture in Czechoslovakia are fewer.

medieval

The foundation of the Camden Society in 1839 had promoted much more careful study of medieval architecture .

There is, however, apart from these regional differences, a similarity about most Scandinavian Medieval architecture .

On any reckoning James of St George's achievement in the field of medieval military architecture was outstanding.

The method came to prominence through the activities of Frederick Bligh Bond, a highly respected authority on medieval church architecture .

The castle, dominating its surroundings, represents a high point of medieval military architecture .

Meksi was by profession a construction engineer and former restorer of medieval architecture .

modern

Between the wars the idea of modern architecture was a heroic adventure which could actually improve man's condition.

The master-planned, classical idea of architecture soon meets with the emergence of Modern architecture.

The austerity and uniformity of much modern architecture made sculpture superfluous.

Now, thanks to modern architecture and a porous defense, neither is a problem.

Contrary to one of the fantasies of modern architecture , brick and masonry buildings are far more flexible than concrete, steel-framed ones.

The current architectural debate has served to polarise popular opinion on modern architecture .

Before you answer this question, consider the context. Modern architecture was not a style.

Why then should anyone want to conserve examples of modern architecture ?

new

All have a right to see the new architecture planned for their town.

The new architecture became operational on April 30, 1995.

These men were pioneers of new architecture .

Often they talk about a new computing architecture inspired by biological models.

Working together, we must design and gradually put into place a new architecture for a new era.

Our new architecture broke up those functional fiefdoms and broke down those functional walls.

open

Some of these difficulties might be solved with genuine open systems architecture but not all.

This trade-off underscores a serious tension between open architecture and investment incentive during the initial deployment and development of the I-way.

They have an open client-server architecture and manage heterogeneous workstations, servers and host computers linked via a local area network.

Thus much research and development effort remains to create the technological capabilities needed to realize the objectives of open architecture and interoperability.

Dialogic describes this as a comprehensive multilayered open architecture for building distributed communications systems from multiple technologies.

romanesque

Further south the Romanesque architecture is traditional but strongly tinged with classical forms from Rome.

victorian

The grand Victorian and Edwardian architecture of this period still gives the civic centre of Birmingham its character.

See the city's fine Victorian architecture , and visit its excellent museums.

He was known to be interested in Victorian architecture .

■ NOUN

baroque

Salzburg is not far away and is well worth a visit to see the wonderful Baroque architecture of this elegant city.

church

There's your speciality, church architecture and all that.

That experience was to prove singularly rich in its diversity and in its legacy of Sussex church architecture .

The method came to prominence through the activities of Frederick Bligh Bond, a highly respected authority on medieval church architecture .

I was Roy Edward Burnell, a university lecturer and specialist in church architecture .

The early interest in church architecture and brasses afforded him destinations for the bicycle.

computer

We drop below the level of computer architecture to discuss these in Chapter 8.

It is based on personal computer architecture , and can be directly attached to the local network in a client-server architecture.

network

Precisely what sort of cable will be used depends on the network architecture you've chosen.

Absent a definitively superior or ideal network architecture , there is no simple answer.

It has a network architecture for high-performance and referential integrity, but also allows purely relational systems to be built where required.

Knowledge is distributed throughout the system; it is the dynamic response to the inputs and the network architecture .

The network architecture will be based around the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy standard.

Another key issue is the choosing of appropriate neural network architecture and paradigms to match applications.

■ VERB

based

Reportedly built from the ground up, it includes a static analyser, debugger and performance analyser based on an object-oriented architecture .

It is based on personal computer architecture , and can be directly attached to the local network in a client-server architecture.

study

He was educated privately and at Rossall, and went on to study architecture under a tutor at Cambridge.

She had been studying architecture in Paris when he first met her in 1958.

A number of people were walking quietly to and fro, studying the architecture , referring to guide-books and conversing in low voices.

She was forced to study architecture - he constantly pointed out buildings to her.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Renaissance art/furniture/architecture etc

Little Renaissance furniture survives intact, and the present catalogue will go a long way to furthering its understanding.

That year, several superb works of Renaissance art were sold without publicity to private investors.

peer-to-peer architecture/network/technology etc

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

City Hall is a fine example of Gothic architecture .

medieval architecture

Minerals are understood in terms of their molecular architecture .

She's studying architecture at college.

We spent most of our time in Barcelona just looking at the architecture .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And the rooms pull a few surrealistic tricks with their architecture .

Rottmayer played an important role in Czech architecture between 1918 and 1939.

Secular remains of Gothic architecture in Czechoslovakia are fewer.

The architecture and culture feel pleasantly familiar and the friendly atmosphere makes Tenerife particularly attractive.

The architecture for a balanced-budget deal is largely in place.

This forced on builders a simple form of Gothic architecture .

This may relate to its revival in the garden, where the style, as architecture , first secured a footing.

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