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A flight is a series of these unbroken by a landing

Architecture • Level 136

From the arabic word al-qubbah meaning vault it's a recessed chamber within or connected to a room

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Medieval castles are often encircled by these deep ditches

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Dry masonry is brickwork or stonework laid without this

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Bay casement & jalousie are types of these

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A hanging flight of these rising 3 stories without visible support was erected at virginia's shirley plantation

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In the mid-12th century this style using ribbed vaults & pointed arches began to be used for churches

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A term used for a raised pedestal or base of a building it is also used for a conductor's raised platform

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This ornate 18th century style noted for its ornamental shellwork evolved from the baroque

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Francois hennebique was a pioneer in the use of this reinforced material in architecture

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It describes a 19th century london exhibition palace & schuller's cathedral

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The turkish style of these islamic prayer towers is slender pencil-shaped & girdled with balconies

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Styles of these include gambrel curb & mansard

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Wedge-shaped blocks called voussoirs make up these structures that span openings

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These protective tiles can cover walls & spires not just roofs

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The largest temple ever built in the corinthian style is named for this supreme god

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A properly constructed roof will include rafters that give the roof its shape & these horizontal beams that provide structural support

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A roman forum corresponds to this culture's agora

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Finnish-born architect eero saarinen designed the u.s. embassy in this norwegian capital

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This british architectural style began after the accession of henry vii

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The name of this ornate style of baroque architecture probably comes from the french for rockwork

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Finlandia hall in this capital city was one of finnish architect alvar aalto's last creations

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The oldest of the greek orders it's the only type of column that normally has no base

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This country's manueline style celebrated its sea trade with carved barnacle & coral designs

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A flying one of these is an arched support extending from a column to a wall

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This low wall around the edge of a castle roof was designed to protect soldiers from falling off

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Walter gropius said this school in dessau germany designed itself

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This style influenced by the romans is named for england's 4 kings between 1714 & 1830

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Typically these towerlike asian structures have stories that diminish in size from bottom to top

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Henry hobson richardson designed this massachusetts city's trinity church in the romanesque style

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A writer & doctor as well as an architect imhotep designed the first of these structures

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The palazzo vendramin-calergi in this canal city was built in the lombardesque style in 1509

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This sun-dried mud brick is a common building material in latin america

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The name of this design school was derived from the german for architecture house

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Fischer von erlach's 1690 design for this city's schonbrunn palace was much grander than it turned out

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In north africa these towers from which muslims are called to prayer are rectangular in plan

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Brutalism is a style originated by le corbusier that mainly uses big chunks of this material

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Sir basil spence designed a new cathedral next to the bombed-out ruins of the old one in this english city

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This baroque architect & sculptor designed the colonnade that borders the piazza in front of st. peter's

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Few examples remain of china's early architecture because most of it was made of this material

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A projecting ornament where the ribs of a vault ceiling meet or a nickname for bruce springsteen

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