agora: (Greek) public square or market place.
alternating supports: a system in which piers of complex section alternate with simple columns or pillars.
Agora
the open space in an ancient Greek town used as a marketplace or for general meetings.
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The public open space that formed the heart of ancient Greek cities and it's the origin of most western conceptions of public, or civic, space as center of for social interaction for ceremony and democratic life on a pedestrian scale.
Agora - Marketplace of a town. It is a Greek term and is used to refer to the forum of a Roman city founded in Greek lands.
Alae - Wings off of the atrium of a Roman house.
Agora: a marketplace. It was the center of commercial activity of an ancient city. The Ancient Agora of Athens is a good example.
on the Acropolis of Athens); the fountain house, a building where women filled their vases with water from a public fountain; and the stoa, a long narrow hall with an open colonnade on one side, which was used to house rows of shops in the agoras ...
The building uses many modern interpretations of historical motifs such as a rotunda, a central tower with a clock, an agora - a Greek market place or meeting place - and arcades.
Building: Hephaisteion (Agora)
Date: 449 BCE Exterior view Evora (Portugal)
Building: Temple of Diana (Roman Temple)
Date: 1st Century CE
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Agora - Greek forum or market place.
Agreed Levels - A survey of natural ground levels before the commencement of groundworks, marked on a drawing and signed by the site engineer and the clerks of works.
A typical Greek agora (public square or meeting place) included a temple, a council chamber (bouleuterion), a theatre, and gymnasiums, all enclosed within a colonnade.
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