Architecture Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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stick-built adj. The legislation promotes manufactured homes as “a significant affordable-housing alternative to stick-built homes.” Manufactured houses typically cost 20 to 30 percent less than what builders refer to as “stick-built” houses. [English Architecture] [full cite] (Apr. 14, 2005)

strohlem n. The 18th-century kitchen has a strohlem ceiling that is among the best preserved that team members have seen. Strohlem is the German word for straw and mud, Thomas said. Wooden boards were wrapped in wet straw, then packed in mud. [German Architecture] [full cite] (Jul. 14, 2004)

swankienda n. The Malibu swankienda was still under construction when Tommy lost his battle with cancer more than two years ago, so he never got to enjoy it. [English United States Architecture] [full cite] (Nov. 15, 2004)

swankienda n. High court judges were a dime a dozen at the sumptuous cocktail-buffet tossed by the law partners Marian Rosen (ex of P.A.) and Clyde Woody at the Rosen’s swankienda in Houston during the Texas bar convention last week. [English United States Texas Architecture] [full cite] (Nov. 15, 2004)

swankienda n. In February 1965, the Houston-born columnist landed a rare, exclusive interview with Burt Lancaster (top, left) in Dallas. Later that year, she and celebrity pal Judy Garland (bottom, left) were spied sharing a ride on the way to an undisclosed “swankienda.” [English United States Texas Architecture] [full cite] (Nov. 15, 2004)

swankienda n. She had it on at her swankienda confronting Adamo, and then bopping about Pine Valley! [English United States Architecture] [full cite] (Nov. 15, 2004)

swankienda n. 2. The Swankienda. [English United States Architecture] [full cite] (Nov. 15, 2004)

teardown n. A million-dollar “teardown,” real estate parlance for buying a home for the land or the view, is a new thing in Tacoma. [English Architecture Construction & Buildings] [full cite] (May. 19, 2006)

toad n. “There’s a toad!” she exclaimed, referring not to a warty amphibian but to a defunct Toys “R” Us (Toad: Temporary, Obsolete, Abandoned or Derelict site). [English United States Architecture Jargon Acronym] [full cite] (Jun. 17, 2004)

tofu building n. Many other survivors were convinced that corruption had played a role in determining which buildings collapsed and which were unscathed. One man pointed to a new building whose first floor had collapsed, even as older buildings around it were intact. “They used fewer bricks in the new building, so they could earn more money,” he said. The shoddily constructed buildings are commonly called “tofu buildings” because of their weak structural condition. [China Architecture Construction & Buildings] [full cite] (May. 20, 2008)

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