mažoji architektūra

English translation: street furniture

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Lithuanian term or phrase:mažoji architektūra
English translation:street furniture
Entered by: Valters Feists

10:05 Apr 13, 2012
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO]
Architecture / Miestų sandara
Lithuanian term or phrase: mažoji architektūra
Sveiki, gal kas žinote tikslų sąvokos „mažoji architektūra“ atitikmenį anglų k.? Iš anksto dėkoju
Vaida Vrubliauskienė
Lithuania
Local time: 08:31
street furniture
Explanation:
"Street furniture is a collective term (used mainly in the United Kingdom) for objects and pieces of equipment installed on streets and roads for various purposes. It includes benches, traffic barriers, bollards, post boxes, phone boxes, streetlamps, traffic lights, traffic signs, bus stops, tram stops, taxi stands, public lavatories, fountains, watering troughs, memorials, public sculptures, and waste receptacles."

(main article) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_furniture
and
(Category) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Street_furniture

http://www.wordspy.com/words/streetfurniture.asp

Company websites

http://www.streetfurniture.co.nz/
(see "Products" menu item)

http://streetfurniture.com/au/products/

http://www.omos.ie/
--> Products

Local government websites:

http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/streetfurniture/

http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/roads/mainten...

Street Furniture Selection Guide
Heritage Protection Department
March 2007
www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/street-furniture/s...

Books:
http://www.amazon.com/Street-Furniture-Jacobo-Krauel/dp/8496...
http://www.amazon.com/Mailboxes-Street-Furniture-Canada-Merc...
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Valters Feists
Latvia
Local time: 08:31
Grading comment
Thank you and other colleagues, as well. In my case, this option is the most suitable.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4street furniture
Valters Feists
4small-scale architecture
Paul Adie (X)
3small architecture
Leonardas
3minor architecture
Gintautas Kaminskas
3architecture of small forms
Jurate Kazlauskaite
3little architecture
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Discussion entries: 2





  

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small architecture


Explanation:
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Leonardas
Local time: 08:31
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Ačių už atsakymą, tačiau pabandykite įvesti „small architecture“ į Google - https://www.google.lt/search?q=SMALL+ARCHITECTURE&hl=lt&client=firefox-a&hs=CU0&rls=org.mozilla:lt:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=xw2IT9SSArTc4QTKx6T9CQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBMQ_AUoAQ&biw=1525&bih=664 - rodomi visokie nedideli pastatai, o „mažoji architektūra“ turi kitą reikšmę.

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minor architecture


Explanation:
Turbūt "minor architecture".

ne-Way Street: Toward a Minor Architecture
onewaystreet.typepad.com/one_way_street/.../toward_a_minor_.html
13 Jun 2007 – Usually it's a city's big downtown buildings--the skyscrapers, the museums, concert halls, and stadiums--that capture public imagination.
Toward a Minor Architecture - The MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12863
by J Stoner - 2012
A major proposal for a minor architecture, and for the making of spaces out of the already built.
Is a minor in architecture good for anything? - College Confidential
talk.collegeconfidential.com › ... › College Majors › Architecture Major
25 Dec 2007 – I might couple that with a physics major, but I'm not sure it would have any practical applicability.
Most advantageous minor for Architecture majors?‎ - 11 Aug 2011
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Minor in Archetectural Studies at Norwich University.

Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Local time: 15:31
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Ačiū ir už jūsų atsakymą, tačiau, ko geo, būsiu radusi tikslesnį vertimą - „street furniture“

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street furniture


Explanation:
"Street furniture is a collective term (used mainly in the United Kingdom) for objects and pieces of equipment installed on streets and roads for various purposes. It includes benches, traffic barriers, bollards, post boxes, phone boxes, streetlamps, traffic lights, traffic signs, bus stops, tram stops, taxi stands, public lavatories, fountains, watering troughs, memorials, public sculptures, and waste receptacles."

(main article) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_furniture
and
(Category) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Street_furniture

http://www.wordspy.com/words/streetfurniture.asp

Company websites

http://www.streetfurniture.co.nz/
(see "Products" menu item)

http://streetfurniture.com/au/products/

http://www.omos.ie/
--> Products

Local government websites:

http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/streetfurniture/

http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/roads/mainten...

Street Furniture Selection Guide
Heritage Protection Department
March 2007
www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/street-furniture/s...

Books:
http://www.amazon.com/Street-Furniture-Jacobo-Krauel/dp/8496...
http://www.amazon.com/Mailboxes-Street-Furniture-Canada-Merc...


Example sentence(s):
  • There are three broad categories of street furniture. The first comprises objects connected with the highways; the second relates to the provision of public utilities; the third to law, order and public security. http://tinyurl.com/d3uyqnq

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_furniture
    Reference: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/stree...
Valters Feists
Latvia
Local time: 08:31
Native speaker of: Latvian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you and other colleagues, as well. In my case, this option is the most suitable.
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small-scale architecture


Explanation:
As far as I am aware, this term refers to small-scale architecture such as wooden sheds, structures in gardens, etc.

Paul Adie (X)
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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architecture of small forms


Explanation:
Arba: Small Architectural Forms.
Net ir lietuviskai daznai tai vadina "mazuju formu architektura"

Example sentence(s):
  • XXX
  • XXX

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Jurate Kazlauskaite
Lithuania
Local time: 08:31
Native speaker of: Lithuanian
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little architecture


Explanation:
Sia savoka radau keliuose interneto saltiniuose


    Reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBp_cWazMlw
translations9
Lithuania
Local time: 08:31
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