element of architecture

collocation in English

meaningsofelementandarchitecture

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element
noun
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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architecture
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɑː.kɪ.tek.tʃər/us
/ˈɑːr.kə.tek.tʃɚ/
the art and practice of designing and ...
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(Definition ofelementandarchitecturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is the first and most important, the moralelementofarchitecture.
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Colour was now regarded as an essentialelementofarchitecture, rather than something considered by the architect while his work was being erected.
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Trees were thought to be the balancingelementofarchitecturethat provided harmony between nature and buildings.
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Since architecture itself is an expression of culture, the propagandaelementofarchitecturecan organically flow from the structure by nature of its being.
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In this sense, research and practice in the architecture of tomorrow may have to be regarded as complementary rather than contradictory elements of architecture.
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The practice specialises in fusing together the elements of architecture, landscape and urban design.
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The crosses combine elements of architecture, sculpture, blacksmith art, and painting.
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Walls are the most basic elements of architecture, but they can also be the most enriching.
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It is characterized by fragmentation, an interest in manipulating a structure's surface, skin, non-rectilinear shapes which appear to distort and dislocate elements of architecture, such as structure and envelope.
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In these works, the basic elements of architecture volume, mass, color, space and rhythm were subjected to a fresh formulation in relation to the new suprematist ideals.
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