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Former Architect to the Queen, he often collaborated with the landscape architect Gertrude Jekyll.
Sir Edwin Lutyens
This dimensional restriction could also be considered an impedement.
Set-back
Could be a tack and a string
Compass
The self finished edge of fabric that will not fray without the use of hems, welts, or other binding.
Selvage
A-squared plus B-squared equals C-squared.
Pythagoreen Theorem
The "Master of Detail". The tomb and sanctuary he designed for the Brion family is a symphony for the senses.
Carlo Scarpa
A restrictive zoning region that may cover several districts.
Overlay District
Keeping things in line, this tool tracks in one direction.
Parallel Rule (May accept T-Square)
Acronym for the least amount of goods to make up an order of a given skew.
MOQ
The mathematical sequence of a Nautilus Shell.
Fibonacci Section
A child protogy, this living architect has citizenship in Canada, The United States and Israel. He is well known for his sminal project which stacked living units like toy blocks.
Moshe Safdie
A structure that, according to Vermont law, may be up to 900 SF or 30% of the principal dwelling
ADU or Accessory Dwelling Unit
I am NOT a pencil. But I do write with lead.
Lead Holder
Sales Price less Gross Cost of Goods Sold
Margin
The environment wherein we design, whether built, temporal, or cultural
Context
Drip Drip Drip. Might be the sound of his seminal work.
Frank Lloyd Wright
The percentage of a total property's area that is blocked by impervious surfaces
Lot Coverage
A transparent film for drafting.
Mylar
Minimum purchase required to establish a trade relationship.
Opening Order
The art of emulating nature
Biomimicry
Having a style named after him, this architect produced such edifices as the Villa Rotunda and the Teatro Olympico. (A window configuration has also been ascribed to him.)
Anrea Palladio
An urban planning method that combines multiple property types into a singel building or neighborhood
Mixed Use
Like a stencil in reverse, this tool guides elimination of drawn work.
Eraser Shield
Legal protection for original material.
Copyright
Regarding shape and use, Louis Sulivan coined the term in his 1896 essay The Tall Office Building Artistically.
Form follows Function