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  • ....6''' [[Architecture]], [[Garden design|Garden]] and [[Landscape Design]], and [[Urban Design]] '''6.2.7''' [[Sculpture]] ''' | || 1981 || Art || Novelist and writer on architecture and industrial design || 46
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  • ...[[garden]] features and interiors. It is sometimes cut or split for use in architecture. Washed and split, field rock is considered an attractive landscape and building material, and can be expensive at building supply stores. Howe
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  • ...hitecture]] of [[Jerusalem]] since ancient times, especially in [[Herodian architecture]].<ref name=Arkinp7>{{cite book|publisher=The Ministry of National Infrastr ...ian marble".<ref name=Petersenp134>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Islamic Architecture|author=Andrew Petersen|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=1996|isbn=0415060842, 9
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  • ...shapes are rectangular blocks used for stair treads, sills, and [[Coping (architecture)|coping]] (coping is sometimes nonrectangular). The shapes subject to foot ...water pollution, but these can be remedied without too much trouble. The landscape may also have to be restored if quarry waste is temporarily or permanently
    34 KB (5,137 words) - 09:21, 20 September 2010
  • ...natural materials have many practical uses in areas such as [[sustainable architecture]] and [[engineering]]. The main purpose of using such materials is to mini ...|last=Craven|first=Jackie|title=Building With Natural Materials|url=http://architecture.about.com/od/naturalmaterials/Build_With_Natural_Materials.htm|accessdate=2
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  • ...so known as '''taipa'''<ref name="Pev">Pevsner - The penguin dictionary of architecture</ref> (Portuguese), '''tapia''' (Spanish), '''''pisé de terre''''' or simp ...d, rammed earth walls are constructed on top of conventional [[Foundation (architecture)|footings]] or a [[reinforced concrete]] slab base.
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  • ...of design. 'Hard landscape' can also describe outdoor furniture and other landscape products. *[[Landscape products]]
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  • ...break up a level area in order to provide more interesting textures to the landscape.
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  • ...ecture of ancient Rome|Roman structures]], a key event in the [[history of architecture]] termed the [[Roman Architectural Revolution]], freed [[Roman engineering| ...imilar structures in stone or brick.<ref>D.S. Robertson: ''Greek and Roman Architecture'', Cambridge, 1969, p. 233</ref></blockquote>
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  • [[Image:Inka mauern cuzco.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Inca architecture|Inca wall]] of dry stone construction in [[Cusco]], [[Peru]]]] ...gion because of the flexibility of the walls and that in their double wall architecture, the two portions of the walls incline into each other.
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  • ...ingly more concerning health hazard than outdoor air. Using [[Ventilation (architecture)|ventilation]] to dilute contaminants, filtration, and source control are t ...sa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930073077_1993073077.pdf Interior Landscape Plants for Indoor Pollution Abatement]. NASA.</ref> Plants also appear to r
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