French window, despite its name, is a heavily fenestrated double door, usually found in domestic buildings and opening on to a garden.
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A stressed-skin panel is a structural panel consisting of plywood facings glued to timber stringers. It is normally used as floor, roof, or wall member subject to bending. The plywood facings and stringers act as a series of I-beams where the plywood acts as a resistant of all the bending stresses. A cross bracing may be positioned to support the edges of the skin and to help distribute concentrated loads.
Tectonics is the science or art of shaping, ornamenting, or assembling materials in construction.
Stina Holm Jensen | Tectonic Architectural Studio
Trompe l’oeil is a drawing or painting in which objects are rendered in extremely fine detail to emphasize the illusion of tactile and spatial qualities.
Falsework is the temporary framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.
An anthemion is a stylized decorative form based on honeysuckle, the lobes of which point inwards (unlike a palmette).
Allendale Theatre in Buffalo, NY
Design process is a focused activity aimed at formulating a plan for altering an existing situation into a more favoured one.
1  initiation: identifying a problem…
2  preparation: collecting and analysing relevant information…
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