L 1 U Unit 1 building climate community design ecology efficiency energy healthy insulation D level materials microclimate people planning renewable resources sustainability O Unit 2 authorities cladding development form function glass historical iron machine M E 2 REVISION AND PRACTICE masonry multi-storey ornamentation principle style skyscraper steel warehouses These are the key words you have met in this Module. Unit 3 balconies decorative details eclecticism elimination fa ade fusion invention geometrical horizontal lines masterpiece measurements natural needs simplification site spiral solution technology Unit 4 contemporary design infrastructure green roof high tech lighting passive VOCABULARY rectilinear re-use rounded shape sunshield titanium tower unusual ventilation 2 Use some of the above words to fill in the blanks. Landscape architecture concerns the relationship between (1) ............................... and their environment. What constitutes green construction may vary according to the (2) ................................, geography and market preferences of the community in which the house will be built. An important factor in energy conservation is the relationship between the exterior surface and thermal (3) ................................ of the building s shell. During the second half of the 19th century in the United States, the possibilities of cast iron and (4) .............................. were most effectively exploited in the construction of (5) .............................. buildings. One of the distinguishing features of the Chicago School is the use of steel-frame building with masonry (6) ................................ to make it fireproof. Art Nouveau promoted a more widespread adoption of beautiful design, it did not diminish the value of the (7) ................................ or mass-production. The Modernist Movement was present in all forms of artistic expression. In strictly architectural terms, the tendency was towards the (8) ................................ of all arts into one. Modern architecture is usually characterized by the principle that materials and functional (9) .............................. determine the result, by an emphasis of horizontal and vertical (10) .............................., the creation of ornament using the structure of the building, the (11) ................................ of form and elimination of unnecessary (12) ................................ and the concept that form follows function . Wright practiced what is known as organic architecture , architecture characterized by the use of (13) ................................ materials such as wood, stone or other native materials, according to the (14) ................................ of the building. Gropius created innovative designs that borrowed materials and methods of construction from modern (15) ................................ . Le Corbusier defined the Modulor as a range of harmonious (16) ................................ to suit the human scale, universally applicable to architecture and to mechanical things . In the last decade, the word Starchitect a neologism describing the phenomenon of architects achieving a sort of celebrity status has been applied to those architects considered icons of (17) ................................ 152 architecture.