Technical glossary of
architecture, construction, engineering and urban planning

Arq. Julián Manzur Pérez
Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.

2007-2018

     Compilation of more than 21, 000 old, contemporary and some disused terms referring to the field of architecture, construction, engineering and urbanism, used mainly in Spanish-speaking countries, presenting their gender, definition, synonyms as well as their etymology in the most of them.

     Ordered alphabetically and contemplated in subtopics such as: masonry, arboriculture, archeology, bioclimatic architecture, interior architecture, military architecture, religious architecture, biology, botany, stonework, carpentry, aluminum carpentry, air conditioning, construction, decoration, demolition, technical drawing, design, graphic design, ecology, architectural elements, structural elements, assemblies and joints, construction equipment, physics, plumbing, geometry, gardening, tools, hygiene, lighting, computing, infrastructure, environmental engineering, civil engineering, cost engineering, facilities hydraulic, measuring instruments, sanitary and electrical, Mathematics, building materials, soil mechanics, crafts, architectural ornamentation, painting, chemistry, waste, restoration, structural safety, industrial safety, sustainability, topography, units of measurement and urban among others.
      Also included are architectural urban lexicon, adverbial locutions used in the construction industry and oil in the Spanish language in different countries, as well as names of organizations and associations related to architecture, construction, engineering and urban planning in Latin America and Spain.

      In order to cover most of the vocabulary in the context of the building, some terms were taken into account in other languages, for example Anglicisms, Latinisms, Gallicisms, Germanisms, some Orientals, native languages ​​(Maya, Nahuatl, Quechua, etc.) , regionalisms and acronyms in English as well as computer programs related to architecture, engineering, construction and urban planning.