bowellism
bowellism noun: high tech architecture; a style of architecture that places pipes, ducts and other mechanical utilities outside the building to maximise interior space.
Noun
bowellism (uncountable)
- high tech architecture; a style of architecture that places pipes, ducts and other mechanical utilities outside the building to maximise interior space.
- Bowellism, is the strangest of the three (fig 15). It never, in fact, reached the stage of a built building, at least not in its ultimate style.1970, Peter Cook, Experimental Architecture
- Over and above the continuous discussion concerning architectural education the contents of the magazines reflect the changing preoccupations of students from the establishment of the Modern Movement in the thirties through post-war reconstruction, bowellism and expendable architecture to today's...1971, Architectural Association (Great Britain), AAQ. Architectural Association Quarterly
Forms of bowellism
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Origin of bowellism
From bowel + -ism, from the resemblance of exposed ducts to bowels.
Words formed from bowellism
- bowellist
Questions about bowellism
- What does bowellism mean?
- Bowellism means high tech architecture; a style of architecture that places pipes, ducts and other mechanical utilities outside the building to maximise interior space.
- What part of speech is bowellism?
- Bowellism is a noun.
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