ARCHITECTURAL DICTIONARY                

Your Handbook for understanding Architecture:

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Under Ground
 Under the surface of the ground, earth.
Unhinge
 To take from the hinges, to render unstable.
Unsafe Building
 Unsafe Building are those which are structurally unsafe, in-sanitary or provided with adequate means of egress or which constitute a fire hazard or are otherwise dangerous to human life or which in relation to safety or health or public welfare, by reason of inadequate maintenance dilapidation or abandonment.
Upholster
 To furnish with stuffing, springs, to provide curtains.
Urban
 Belonging to a city, town like as opposed to rural character.


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