Architecture
This person is responsible for the exterior design around a building using vegetation and other outdoor features such as water fountains and planters.
What is a landscape architect?
This skilled tradesperson is responsible for erecting elements made of brick, stone, or concrete block.
What is a Mason?
This common North American voltage is found in households using the typical Type A or Type B socket.
What is 120v?
Rumored to have been started by a cow kicking over a lantern, this disaster spurred the creation and adoption of city, state, national, and international building codes to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its occupants.
What is the Great Chicago Fire?
A common ingredient in paint until the late 1970's, this poisonous metal can be found in ancient Roman plumbing, as body filler for classic cars, but not in modern pencils.
What is lead?
This drawing typically cuts a building at about 4' above the ground and looks down. Architects use this drawing to show how rooms relate.
What is a Plan?
This cranial personal protective equipment is required for heavy labor today but was first a requirement on the Golden Gate Bridge jobsite in 1933.
What are hard hats?
This space based global navigation system is commonly used by surveyors, planners, and engineers to precisely locate geographical elements. You can also find it in most phones and luxury cars.
What is the global positioning system?
This is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units and used throughout the world but not in the United States
What is a meter?
This is the most common construction material in the world, first used by the Roman empire to build aqueducts and bridges.
What is concrete?
A board submitted by an interior designer/architect that may contain physical samples of finishes found in the building.
What is a material board or finish board?
This construction paste, commonly made from cement, sand, and water, is used to hold together brick, stone, and cinder block.
What is mortar?
These are used by the heating ventilation and air conditioning systems of the building to transfer air throughout the building.
What are ducts?
This type of paper-based reproduction of a technical drawing gets its name from its cyanotype process which leaves the paper a dark blue color.
What is a blueprint?
A common material in most contemporary buildings, this amorphous solid is the final product of melting silica and other minerals. It's clearly important.
What is glass?
This item commonly made by architects is a scaled representation of the designed building. It can be made from various boards, papers, and plastics... or be entirely digital.
What is a model?
This phase in construction commonly involves digging and earthwork using backhoes, bulldozers, and sometimes explosives.
What is excavation?
A common requirement in public buildings, this specific type of water fixture is activated when smoke or excessive heat is detected.
What are fire sprinklers?
Standing for Request For Proposal this document is sent from the client to potential architects asking them to apply for a project.
What is an RFP?
Commonly used in the electrical system of a building, this peachy metal is germicidal by nature, killing most pathogens and bacteria within 8 hours.
What is copper?
This is the test that qualifies one as an architect.
What is the ARE (Architectural Registration Exam)?
This person manages, coordinates, and supervises the construction process from development through final construction.
What is a Construction Manager?
This unit of measurement (initialed dBA) is used in acoustics to quantify sound levels above a certain reference point.
What is a decibel?
Standing for Building Information Modeling, this process generates and manages building data throughout its lifecycle.
What is BIM?
"Hard" species of this building material are often used in decorative work, but "Soft" species are used structurally.
What is wood?