Tectonics

(n.) The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.

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anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, build, building, composition, conformation, constitution, construction, creation, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, forging, form, format, formation, frame, getup, make, makeup, making, manufacture, mold, molding, organic structure, organism, organization, pattern, patterning, physique, plan, production, setup, shape, shaping, structure, structuring, texture, tissue, warp and woof, weave, web