Glossary

=Words You Need To know=

Ex**: "The Campaign releases report analyzing survey of //affordable housing// public education campaigns. Choose a link below to view or download the report or survey"
 * **Affordable Housing** - low cost housing for sale or rent, often from a housing association, to meet the needs of local people who cannot afford accommodation through the open or low cost market, or subsidised housing.
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 * **Amenity** - the pleasant or normally satisfactory aspects of a location which contribute to its overall character and the enjoyment of residents or visitors.


 * Ex**: "real property and lodging, //amenities// are any tangible or intangible benefits of a property, especially those that increase its attractiveness or value or **...**"


 * **Antebellum**: means "before war" in Latin. The term Antebellum architecture refers to elegant plantation homes built in the American South in the 30 years or so preceding the Civil War.


 * Ex**: "Oak Alley Plantation is an Antebellum home in Louisiana"
 * **Bargeboards**:also called vergeboards -- hang from the projecting end of a roof. Bargeboards are often elaborately carved and ornamented. Homes in the Carpenter Gothic style have highly ornamented bargeboards.


 * Ex**: "The greater number of **bargeboards** in this district are moulded."
 * **Bauhaus** is a German expression meaning //house for building//


 * Ex**: "Architect Walter Gropius used **Bauhaus** ideas when he built his monochrome home in Lincoln, Massachusetts."


 * **Betterment** - the amount by which the value of land is increased by development or by the grant of planning permission, or because of the development of neighbouring land.
 * Ex**:"An improvement over what has been the case: financial //betterment//."


 * Brown-field Site** - land which has been previously developed, excluding mineral workings or other temporary uses.




 * Ex**: "Generally, //brownfield sites// exist in a city's or town's industrial section"


 * **Clerestory** is a high wall with a band of narrow windows along the very top. The clerestory wall usually rises above adjoining roofs.




 * Ex**: "Clerestory windows illuminate the kitchen of Frank Lloyd Wright's Zimmerman House."


 * **Commitments**: All land with current planning permission or allocated in local plans.

Ex: " Bahrain World Trade Center shows //commitment// to sustainability through"


 * **Deconstructivism or** **Deconstruction**: is an approach to building design that attempts to view architecture in bits and pieces.


 * Ex**: "The Seattle Public Library by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is an example of Deconstructivist architecture."


 * **Detailed/Full Application**: The most common type of planning application is one that seeks full or detailed planning permission. It should contain all the information needed for the LPA to reach its decision, but the LPA may seek further information.

Ex:"//Detailed application/////full application//. A planning //application// seeking //full// permission for the principle and details of a developmen"


 * **Frieze**: is a horizontal band that runs above doorways and windows or below the cornice. The frieze may be decorated with designs or carvings.




 * Ex**: "An elaborately carved frieze below a band of dentil molding"


 * **Googie**: describes a futuristic, often outrageous, building style that evolved in the United States during the 1950s. Googie architecture was designed to attract customers.




 * Ex**: "This Googie Style McDonald's restaurant in Orlando, Florida is shaped like a basket of French fries"


 * **Pilaster** is a rectangular support that resembles a flat column. The pilaster projects only slightly from the wall, and has a base, a shaft, and a capital. Greek Revival homes often have pilasters.




 * Ex**: "The fluted **pilaster**, so prevalent in Burgundy and Provence, is not Byzantine--in fact, it is seldom, if ever, used in Byzantine architecture."


 * **Quatrefoil**: 0is a round window that is composed of four equal lobes, like a four-petaled flower.


 * Ex**: "The quatrefoil pattern is common in Moorish and Gothic architecture."


 * **Scullery**: is a room ajoining the kitchen where pots and pans are cleaned and stored and clothes are laundered. In Great Britain and the United States, houses built before 1920 often had sculleries.

Ex: "This home, featured in the popular TV series, //The 1900 House// , has a scullery in the rear, behind the kitchen."