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truss, in architecture and engineering, a supporting structure or framework composed of beams, girders, or rods commonly of steel or wood lying in a single plane. A truss usually takes the form of a triangle or combination of triangles, since this design ensures the greatest rigidity.

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the horizontal portion of a set of stairs on which a person walks. The tread can be composed of wood, metal, plastic, or other materials. In residential settings, treads can be covered in carpeting.

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a document that specifies the operational requirements of a component or installation.

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a landscape architectural plan, and a detailed engineering drawing of proposed improvements to a given lot.

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A sill plate or sole plate in construction and architecture is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached.

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a combination of a cross section, with elevations of other parts of the building seen beyond the section plane. Geometrically, a cross section is a horizontal orthographic projection of a building on to a vertical plane, with the vertical plane cutting through the building.

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an organized arrangement of notes or information usually lettered within a ruled enclosure, conveniently placed, and coordinated with other drawings.

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a term for anything that rises vertically through a building, although it normally specifically refers to vertical riser ducts, pipes or conduits.

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High-rise building, also called high-rise, multistory building tall enough to require the use of a system of mechanical vertical transportation such as elevators.

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an architecture, engineering, and/or landscape architecture plan drawing—diagram which shows the buildings, utility runs, and equipment layout, the position of roads, and other constructions of an existing or proposed project site at a defined scale.

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a more modern approach in construction. It utilizes plates to enable the upward extension of a building.

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a floor plan for the ground level of a building. Type of: drawing. a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines. Instead, an architectural plan was drawn up and then put forth to residents.

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a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.

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that you can replace or add any one component (module) without affecting the rest of the system.

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Joist, ceiling or floor support in building construction.Joists—of timber, steel, or reinforced concrete—are laid in a parallel series across or abutting girders or a bearing wall, to which they are attached, usually by metal supports called joist hangers, or anchors.

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an opening for a window or door, or a cut-out in the roof or floor for a skylight, chimney, or staircase

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a sketch of the baseline of the entire structure.

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a drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure.

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a horizontal orthographic projection a building on to a vertical plane, the vertical plane normally being parallel to one side of the building.

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a small piece of the whole, yet it has the power to characterize and define the entire building.

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Technically defined, a contour is an imaginary line that connects all points of equal elevation above or below a fixed reference plane or datum.

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a type of authorization that must be granted by a government or other regulatory body before the construction of a new or existing building can legally occur.

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an intelligent 3D model-based process that gives architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals the insight and tools to more efficiently plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure.

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somewhat different meanings in different branches of Information systems or Information technology

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The style of design and method of construction of buildings and other physical structures

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a set of rules that specify the standards for constructed objects

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the studs (vertical members) extend the full height of the building (usually two stories) from foundation plate to rafter plate, as contrasted with platform framing, in which each floor is framed separately. Balloon framing is used primarily in Scandinavia and in the United States.

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a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture.

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relating to the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings.

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a specialized ruler designed to facilitate the drafting and measuring of architectural drawings, such as floor plans and orthographic projections

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a person who plans, designs, and reviews the construction of buildings.

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Adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an old site or building for a purpose other than which it was built or designed for.

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A volute is a spiral, scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the capital of the Ionic column.

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A pediment is an architectural element found particularly in classical, neoclassical and baroquearchitecture, and its derivatives, consisting of a gable, usually of a triangular shape, placed above the horizontal structure of the entablature, typically supported by columns.

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The shaft, which rests upon the base, is a long, narrow, vertical cylinder that in some orders is articulated with fluting (vertical grooves).

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Frieze. Frieze, in Greco-Roman Classical architecture, the middle of the three main divisions of an entablature (section resting on the capital).

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In architecture the capital (from the Latin caput, or "head") or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster)

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A vertical support element. In classical architecture, columns are visually distinctive elements that help define the order.

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A common base used for columns in classical architecture, the Attic base is made up of an upper and lower torus, separated by a scotia with fillets.

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an ornamental molding around the wall of a room just below the ceiling.

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a square space between triglyphs in a Doric frieze.

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a tablet in a Doric frieze with three vertical grooves. Triglyphs alternate with metopes.