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Living space  The feeling of the comfortable positioning of things in the environment that promotes both liberty of movement and paths as directives.
Transept  The crossing arm of a church structured like a Latin cross. See Latin cross.
Frieze  Low-relief sculpture running high and horizontally on a wall of a building.
Cornice  The horizontal molding projecting along the top of a building.
Entasis  The subtle convex swelling near the center of a column.
Pediment  The triangular space formed by roof jointure in a Greek temple or a building on the Greek model.
Cantilever  In architecture, a projecting beam or structure supported at only one end, which is anchored to a pier or wall.







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