Synonyms and antonyms of Architecture and building design in British Thesaurus

architectural (adjective)

relating to architecture

architecture (noun)

a particular style or way of designing buildings

blueprint (noun)

a drawing that shows how to build something such as a building or a machine, often printed with white lines on blue paper

civil engineering (noun)

the job of designing and building roads, bridges etc

elevation (noun)

a side of a building as you would see it in a drawing by an architect

engineering (noun)

the activity of designing things such as roads, railways, bridges, or machines

feng shui (noun)

a Chinese system of designing buildings or arranging rooms according to special rules about the flow of energy that is thought to influence people’s lives

ground plan (noun)

a drawing that shows the shape of a building or group of buildings from above

landscape architecture (noun)

the profession or activity of designing the areas outside buildings

lay out ()

to arrange something according to a detailed plan, for example rooms in a building, roads in a town, or areas on a piece of land

off-plan (adjective)

based on the plans of a building that has not yet been built

plan (noun)

a technical drawing that shows details of how a building, city, machine etc will be built or developed

planning permission (noun)

British official permission from local government to make changes to the structure of a building, or to build a new one