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 * Architect: **someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)


 * Architecture **: the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect


 * Account: **The quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing skills to good account"


 * Afford: **Be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"


 * Brightly: **with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright"


 * Business **: Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"

cases, they may also design other light frame residential buildings, agricultural buildings, and decorative facades for larger buildings
 * Building Designers** : Professional Building Designers, or Home Designers, specialize in designing single family homes. In some


 * Cupola** : A cupola is a dome-shaped ornamental structure placed on the top of a larger roof or dome. In some cases, the entire main roof of a tower or spire can be a cupola. More frequently, however, the cupola is a smaller structure which sets on top of the main roof.


 * Courtroom: **A room in which a law court sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom" **

Humility **: A disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue" ** Ladder **** : ** Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down ** Shutters **** : ** A hinged blind for a window ** Surround **** : ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Partnership: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">a : **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> legal relation existing between two or more persons contractually associated as joint principals in a business
 * b** : the persons joined together in a partnership


 * New Urbanism** : New Urbanism is an approach to designing cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Although the term New New Urbanist town planners, developers, architects, and designers try to reduce traffic and eliminate sprawl. Ex: “The first New Urbanist town was Seaside, Florida, built in the early 1980s”


 * Mitered**: The term mitered describes the process of joining together two pieces of wood, glass, or other construction material. Ex: “The windows of the [|Zimmerman house] by Frank Lloyd Wright have mitered glass corners that allow unobstructed views of the gardens.”