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Utility locating survey
A utility locating survey is a field investigation that maps the position and depth of buried pipes and cables before excavation, using geophysical instruments and records.
Utility tunnel
A utility tunnel, also called a steam tunnel or utility corridor, is an underground passage housing utility lines like water pipes and power cables for maintenance without street excavation.
Utrecht Cathedral
Utrecht Cathedral (Domkerk), formally the Cathedral of Saint Martin, is a Gothic church in Utrecht, the Netherlands, begun in 1254; a 1674 storm destroyed its nave.
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena, also known as the MECCA, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Milwaukee, opened in 1950 and home of the Milwaukee Bucks from 1968 to 1988.
Vacuum consolidation
Vacuum consolidation, also called vacuum preloading, is a geotechnical method that uses vacuum applied beneath a sealed membrane to consolidate soft, saturated soils, in wide use since the 1980s.
Vacuum sewerage
Vacuum sewerage is a wastewater collection method that moves sewage through sealed pipes by air pressure, suited to flat terrain and high groundwater, first employed in Stockholm in 1959.
Vadakkunnathan Temple
Vadakkunnathan Temple (Malayalam: വടക്കുംനാഥക്ഷേത്രം) is an ancient Hindu temple to Shiva on a hillock at the center of Thrissur, Kerala, host of the Thrissur Pooram festival.
Vaishno Devi Temple
The Vaishno Devi Temple, or Vaishno Devi Mandir, is a Hindu cave shrine dedicated to the goddess Vaishnavi in the Trikuta Hills near Katra, Jammu and Kashmir.
Vaison-la-Romaine Roman Bridge
Roman single-arch bridge (Pont romain) over the Ouvèze at Vaison-la-Romaine, Vaucluse, France, built late 1st century AD for Vasio Vocontiorum; classified monument historique 1840, survived 1616 and 1992 floods and a 1944 German demolition attempt, still in use.
Vaitheeswaran Koil
Vaitheeswaran Koil (வைத்தீஸ்வரன் கோயில்) is a temple town in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, India, built around a Shiva temple, one of the Navagraha temples, famed for healing and Nadi astrology.
Vajont Dam
The Vajont Dam, also known as the Vaiont Dam, is a disused 261.6 m arch dam in northern Italy, built 1956 to 1959 by SADE.
Valaam Monastery
Valaam Monastery (Спасо-Преображенский Валаамский монастырь) is a Russian Orthodox men's monastery on the Valaam archipelago in Lake Ladoga, Karelia, dating to around the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries.
Valdivian Fort System
The Valdivian Fort System (Sistema de fuertes de Valdivia) is a Spanish colonial network of forts and castles at Corral Bay, southern Chile, built from 1645 to defend Valdivia.
Van Nelle Factory
The Van Nelle Factory (Van Nellefabriek) is a former coffee, tea, and tobacco plant in Rotterdam, Netherlands, built 1925–1931 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Van Oord
Van Oord, also known as Royal Van Oord, is a Dutch family-owned marine contractor in Rotterdam specializing in dredging, land reclamation, and offshore wind installation since 1868.
Vanderbilt houses
The Vanderbilt houses are the mansions and country estates built by the wealthy Vanderbilt family during the Gilded Age, most famously Biltmore in North Carolina and The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island.
Vanderbilt Triple Palace
The Vanderbilt Triple Palace was a complex of three Gilded Age mansions on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, built for William Henry Vanderbilt and completed in 1882.
Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram
Varadharaja Perumal Temple, also called Attiyuran or Hastagiri, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, and one of the 108 Divya Desams.
Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Simhachalam
The Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple (Telugu: సింహాచలం), commonly called Simhachalam Temple, is a Hindu temple on Simhachalam hill near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, dedicated to Vishnu as Varaha Narasimha.
Variable air volume
Variable air volume (VAV) is an air-conditioning method that controls each zone's temperature by varying supply airflow while keeping supply air temperature constant, saving fan energy and serving as the standard choice for commercial office buildings.
Variable-mode tunnel boring machine
A variable-mode tunnel boring machine is a single TBM that can be reconfigured to tunnel in more than one ground-support regime, such as open, EPB, and slurry modes.
Vasari Corridor
The Vasari Corridor (Corridoio Vasariano) is an elevated enclosed passageway in Florence, built in 1565 by Giorgio Vasari to connect the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti.
Vasco da Gama Bridge
The Vasco da Gama Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Vasco da Gama) is a road bridge over the Tagus at Lisbon, opened in 1998 and among the longest in Europe.
Vastu shastra
Vastu shastra (Vaastu, वास्तु शास्त्र) is a traditional Indian system of architecture that prescribes site selection, building orientation, and room layout around the Vastu Purusha Mandala grid, and still shapes Indian homes today.
Vault (architecture)
A vault is an architectural structure, a curved ceiling of brick or stone spanning space in compression, built in forms such as barrel, groin, and ribbed vaults.
Vaux-le-Vicomte
Vaux-le-Vicomte, or Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, is a 17th-century château and formal garden in Maincy near Paris, built for Nicolas Fouquet by Le Vau, Le Brun, and Le Nôtre, and the model for Versailles.
Veerabhadra Temple, Lepakshi
Veerabhadra Temple, also called Sri Veerabhadra Temple, is a 16th-century Hindu temple at Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh, celebrated for its hanging pillar, murals, and monolithic Nandi.
Venetian plaster
Venetian plaster, known in Italian as stucco veneziano or marmorino, is a wall finish of slaked lime and marble dust burnished to imitate polished marble.
Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala
The Venkateswara Temple, also known as Tirupati Balaji, is a Hindu temple on the Tirumala hills in Andhra Pradesh, India, dedicated to Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu.
Ventilation (architecture)
Ventilation in architecture is the supply and removal of air in a building to provide healthy air, by diluting indoor pollutants and controlling odors, temperature, and humidity.