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German to English Architecture Translation Glossary

German term English translation
Wappenfelder heraldic fields
Wappenfries heraldic frieze
Wärmetechnische Sanierung heating technology rehabilitation
WDS Water Dispersed Silane Sealer
Wegeführungen design and lay-out of roads
Entered by: Olaf Reibedanz
Weihrelief relief
Werden Bestandsbauten zu wenig kontrolliert? Are existing buildings inspected enough?
Werkplanung working drawings / construction documents (documentation)
wesensgerecht in keeping with its character...
Wettbewerbsvorprüfung prequalification of competition entrants
Wiesengelände undeveloped parcel of grassland
Windladen bargeboard
wirkt die Ansicht... leichter und eleganter als die klassische Brett-Fugen-Optik gives a lighter, more elegant appearance than the classic jointed boards look
Wohnmasse housing supply (alternatively \'volume\')
Wohnungsbestände industrieller Bauweise stock of industrial-style housing
Wurzelgänge root channels
Entered by: Michele Fauble
x-achsige / Achse x-bayed, bay(s)
Zeitlich angelegte Extrapolation temporal extrapolation
Entered by: Helen Shiner
Zeitlos und doch ihrer Zeit zuordbar timeless yet part (examples) of their specific time (period)
Entered by: Karin T
Ziergehölz ornamental shrubbery
Zinnenkranz crenellation
Zirbelstube den paneled in Swiss pine
Zonierung (architectural) configuration; zoning (depending on context)
zudienende Funktionen secondary/service/ancillary functions
Entered by: Steffen Walter
zugebaut closed off; partitioned off; walled up; bricked up
Zugleine pull cord
zurückbinden tie back
Entered by: jsolis
zurückdrängen reduce to
Entered by: Emily Plank
Zuschreibungscharakter attributive nature
Zweckarchitektur functional architecture
zweibündig double-loaded
Entered by: Daniel Gerke
Zweigeschossig spanning two storeys in height
zweispännig / vierspännig semi-detached; 2- or 4- unit row house; two-, foursides; set of two/four
zweistielig eingeschnitten halved
zwischen Haupttribüne und den Stirntribünen between the main stand and the stands at both ends
\"Papierauflagen\" paper lining/overlay
\"technische Funktionsfläche\" technical operating area
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