Fun Reads: 150 Weird Words in Architecture

Wordle credit to designcoding

A few years ago, ArchDaily put up a post titled “150 Weird Words That Only Architects Use,” with a follow-up post to define all of them. There’s categories for the unusual, the overused, and the everyday word redefined for architecture. Take a break and scroll through the list!

Quick preview: fenestration, blobitecture, liminal, “activates the space,” Corbusian…

Option B: “121 Definitions of “Architecture”

Definition #81

If you want a read that will provoke more existential ponderings, ArchDaily recently released “121 Definitions of Architecture” about a month ago, collecting various definitions of the word by designers, critics, and authors.

Here are just a few:

14. “Architecture is the only art that you can’t help but feel. You can avoid paintings, you can avoid music, and you can even avoid history. But good luck getting away from architecture.” – Philippe Daverio in Humans of New York

31. “Architecture is characterised by endurance and longevity: a long education, long training, long hours and long lives.” – Catherine Slessor in The Architectural Review

89. “Architecture is interesting, but by itself it means nothing.” – Massimiliano Fuksas in New York Times

Have fun reading!