aquatecture

English

Etymology

Blend of aqua +‎ architecture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.kwə.tɛk.t͡ʃɚ/

Noun

aquatecture (uncountable)

1. (rare) Architecture designed to work with water (and e.g. rising sea levels).
   • 2014, Suzann Dodd, Planet Smudge: Firebird - Chapter Twenty Seven, →ISBN:

     I sent applications to all Aquatecture concerns I could locate, and surprisingly there were more than one or two. Obviously in the tropics aquatecture was important.

   • 2016 July-August, Richard Coutts, in Building Surveying Journal:

     [...] landscape and engineering solutions used in aquatecture.

   • 2017, Habitable Aquatecture, Volume I: Research:

Derived terms

• aquatectural