Términos

Roof-like ornamented projections, suspended from one wall or from the ceiling, used in architecture or furniture design, typically placed over a niche, door, window, tomb, etc., to protect it from the sun or elements, or to draw attention to the feature.

Describes all interventions pursued by architectural conservators to preserve the integrity of built objects, directed toward the long-term safekeeping of architectural heritage.

Advocates for or experts in architectural conservation, which is the practice of preserving the integrity of built objects, directed toward the long-term safekeeping of architectural heritage.

Professionals who apply the principles of engineering to the planning, design, and construction of buildings and other structures.

Companies that employ one or more licensed architects to practice the profession of design and production of architecture.

Animations depicting a built work or urban space, as if the viewer were floating or flying through the space. Such works are used for architectural models and for other purposes.

Built works transmitted inter-generationally within a society and that are invested with significance in that society.

Books of designs or plans for architecture or architectural details, circulated or published to enable widespread copying; in addition to illustrations, may describe techniques and working methods for construction.

People training or working in the planning field having to do with the establishment of objectives, procedures, and resources for architectural projects.

General term for visual works produced by any number of reproduction methods, for use in construction, engineering, and other fields.

General term for processes for reproducing architectural drawings and other documents used by architects, engineers, designers, surveyors, and others involved in designing and constructing built works.

Surveys which assess the condition of a set of historic buildings and prioritize preservation and repair.

Pictorial or photographic representations that focus on built works as taken from a distance far enough away to display the full work or most of the built work in its surrounding context. For views of entire cities, use "cityscapes (representations)."

Computer generated renderings of architectural structures that give the viewer the sensation of walking through a structure.

Gabinetes con cajones dimensionados para guardar documentos; a menudo, pero no siempre, hechos de metal.

Contenedores utilizados específicamente para almacenar información escrita en forma de documento.

In the context of archives and manuscript collections, archival description encompasses the dual processes of cataloging and the production of finding aids.

Persona interesada en la adquisición, disposición, descripción, preservación, interpretación y en hacer accesible los materiales de archivo, que son registros públicos y documentos de importancia histórica.

Institutions that store, maintain, and care for non-active public records or other important historical documents that are arranged as an organized body. The documents in an archive were received or originated in connection with the activities of an organization, institution or individual, and are preserved because of their continuing value.

Cupboard in which the archives are kept. An inscription sometimes indicates its function. The term is often used to refer to the archives of a church, confraternity, or a town.