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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Blockhaftigkeit

English translation:

blocky design

Added to glossary by jsolis
Mar 12, 2006 18:47
20 yrs ago
German term

Blockhaftigkeit

German to English Tech/Engineering Architecture
Die Materialien der Gebäude, die Themen der Bepflanzung und Proportionen von raumbildenden Kanten setzen sich von innen nach außen fort. Die scharf geschnittene Blockhaftigkeit des einfachen Baukörpers und die feine Glätte seiner Oberfläche verleihen dem Gebäude eine skulpturale Wirkung.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 blocky design

Discussion

Francis Lee (X) Mar 13, 2006:
Are there any images of this building up on the Net?

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blocky design

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Note added at 6 mins (2006-03-12 18:54:13 GMT)
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These buildings also have a blocky design with few offsets in plane or variations ...
www.santa-monica.org/planning/arb/agendas/2003/staff report...

... and a blocky design consistent with modernist ideals of the period, ...
www.preservela.com/archives/000377.html

Peer comment(s):

agree Rebecca Garber
25 mins
thanks Rebecca!
agree Chinmayi Sripada
15 hrs
thank you!
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