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| A network of evenly spaced streets or roads set at right angles to each other. |
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| A plan in which bold, sweeping diagonals (avenues) terminate in (or are interrupted by) places for buildings, parks, and /or monuments. |
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| An approach to planning involving asymmetry, curving streets and extensive green space. |
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| An extensive area with a concentration of buildings, activities and people. |
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| A district, especially a residential one, on the edge of a city; a place between the city and the country. |
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| A residential area beyond city or suburb. |
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| An area outside, but near, a larger city that contians a variety of elements, including commercial, entertainment, and residential stock. |
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| uncontrolled and unchecked growth |
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| An extended area in which large cities sometimes meet or grow together as a result of extended suburban and/or exurban development. |
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| Communities attempting to foster community through careful planning, they are based on earlier forms, such as small towns and early suburbs; and which privilage the pedestrian rather than the automobile. |
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| Infrastructure; that is, public systems, services, and facilities of a city, including water and power, roads, streets, walkways, etc. |
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| A small (usually urban) park accessible to the general public. |
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| Areas set apart and available for use in a variety of forms, such as parks, gardens, and plazas. |
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| The large, open space of a modern building. |
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| An advanced state of human society |
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| An arrangement of objects forming rows that flank an axial element, such as a road or path. |
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| An ornamental arrangement of flower beds or shrubs. |
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| A tree or other plant clipped to form an interesting shape. |
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| Ordinary or everyday; when applied to architecture, it usually refers to buildings not designed by an architecture. |
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| A basic, simple sketch (often a plan) that shows the architect's ideas for a particular design. |
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| An expanse of natural scenery seen by the eye in one view. |
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| A primary element in architecture composition around which objects are arranged, often (but not always) in symmetrical fashion. |
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| A vault in the form of a spherical triangle that bridges between a square in plan and the circle at the bottom of a dome. |
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| Design composed of cold substances, natural rocks, or man made paving. |
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| Designs composed of natural, organic substances. Warm designs. |
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