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ARCHITECTURE SPEAK

The resources on this page will help you with the LANGUAGE OF ARCHITECTURE.
Use the words that Architects use when your designing, speaking or writing about your architecture. 

These are the 22 most common architecture words.
Learn what they mean & use them to design & describe your architecture project 

site. plan. elevation. section. detail. form. function. scale. proportion. volume. axis. symmetry. asymmetry. aesthetic. texture. structure. cantilever. datum. gradient. contour. topography. pre fabrication

There are heaps of words to describe architecture, play Architect Bingo - learn what the words mean & use them to design & describe your architecture project 
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HOW TO "ARCHI~SPEAK" LIKE A PRO

1. Pick a few architecture projects that are inspirational to you from the 1-5 COOL pages architectureschool.co.nz/cool5
2. Start a new Google Doc 
3. Copy into your doc an image & website link of the architecture you picked
4. Cut/paste into your doc the website text that describes the architecture projects
5. Yellow highlight the text that you think sounds the most interesting that describes the project
6. Cut/paste into your doc the yellow highlight text that describes the project
7. To archi-speak like a pro... use some of the cut/paste text to describe YOUR 12AOF project
8. Use a combination of the cut/paste text with the most common & architect bingo words to describe YOUR architecture
9 This doc is an example of steps 1-8 to describe Marc's MiCloud architecture project 
architectureschool.co.nz/micloud 
Marc's MiCloud design archi-speak example
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13TNfOkb2wsteH136AnrDo4JewkDmUQOIAfP1CtTHt1I/edit?usp=sharing
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