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| Architect | An individual trained in the art and science of designing and constructing buildings. |
| Facade | The exterior face of a building. |
| Aesthetics | The quality of an object that deals with art, beauty, and taste. |
| Design Principles | The rules that describe how designers might put together various design elements to create an aesthetic finished product. |
| Balance | The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition. |
| Proportion | A principal of design that deals with the size and shape of the areas and their relationship to one another. |
| Repetition | A principle where some graphic elements are repeated throughout the entire design. |
| Emphasis | Stress or prominence given to an element of a composition by means of contrast, anomaly, or counterpoint. |
| Rhythm | Movement characterized by a patterned repetition or alteration of formal elements or motifs in the same or a modified form. |
| Unity | The state or quality of being combined into one, as the ordering of elements in an artistic work that constitutes a harmonious whole or promotes a singleness of effect. |
| Element of Design | A basic visual component or building block of designed objects. |
| Line | The edge or contour of a shape. |
| Shape | The two-dimensional contour that characterizes an object or area. |
| Form | The shape and structure of something as distinguished from its substance or material. |
| Space | The dimensions of height, depth, and width within which all things exist and move. |
| Color | The aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources. |
| Pattern | An artistic or decorative design, especially one having a characteristic arrangement and considered as a unit. |
| Texture | The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface, substance, or fabric. |
| Value | The relative lightness or darkness of a color. |
| Vernacular Architecture | Culturally and climatically relevant architecture using locally available materials and traditional building techniques. |
