BUILDINGS

TECHNIC VOCABULARY AND DEFINITIONS

STUDENT: JOEL CAMAZE

ARCHITECT M. PADILLA
 Beijing National Stadium
by Herzog de Meuron.
Image Courtesy of IAKS

A stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other

STADIUM
events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely
surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand
or sit and view the event.
 Lusitania Paz de Colombia School
Camilo Avellaneda
Carlos Alfonso Avellaneda

An educational institution offering studies at differentiated levels to groups

SCHOOL
of pupils of various ages; instruction may be given by one or more teachers.
It may be contained in a single structure or a group of separate buildings;
may be under private or public auspices.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Snhetta
Image Courtesy of Snhetta

A place for maintaining a permanent collection of books for public or

LIBRARY
private use; in a home, usually consists of a single room, but in a public or
private facility, may occupy an entire building.
Angdong Hospital Project
Rural Urban Framework
Courtesy of Rural Urban Framework (RUF)

HOSPITAL means land and buildings used for, or ancillary to, the reception

HOSPITAL
and care of persons needing specialised or controlled health care or
medical treatment due to injury, disease, or any form of nonpermanent ill-
health.
Jewish Museum, Berlin
Daniel Libeskind
MUSEUM/GALLERY means land or BUILDINGS open to the public which

MUSEUM
acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible
and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of
education, study and enjoyment.
Chadstone Shopping Center
CallisonRTKL + The Buchan Group
CallisonRTKL

A concentration of stores, markets, and service establishments,

SHOPPING CENTER
along with parking facilities; often in a suburban location.
 Dulles International Airport
Eero Saarinen
MWAA

A place where aircraft regularly take off and land, with buildings for

AIRPORT
passengers to wait in.
Thesis project PriSchool
Glen Santayana
Glen Santayana
Gaol, jail, or place for confining criminals and segregating

PRISON
them from society.
Hearst Tower
Foster and Partners
Chuck Choi

A building used for professional or clerical purposes.

OFFICE BUILDING
 Wuxi Grand Theatre
PES-Architects
Pan Weijun

A building, room, or outside structure with rows of seats, each row

THEATER
usually higher than the one in front, from which people can watch a
performance, a movie, or another activity.
Church of the Light
Tadao Ando

The church is essentially a gathering place for worship and other congregational
activities .

CHURCH There is a functional need not only to provide a comfortable environment but also a
special quality that makes worship possible as well as meaningful . It is precisely this
search for quality which makes church design so challenging to most architects.
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