aquatecture

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UK/ˈɑ.kwə.tɛkˌtʃə/US/ˈɑ.kwə.tɛkˌt͡ʃɚ/

noun

Architecture designed to work with water (and e.g. rising sea levels).

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Meanings

nounaquatecture (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableArchitecture designed to work with water (and e.g. rising sea levels).

    … landscape and engineering solutions used in aquatecture.

    2016 July-August, Richard Coutts, in Building Surveying Journal
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    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.

    2014, Suzann Dodd, Planet Smudge: Firebird - Chapter Twenty Seven, →ISBN

Origin

Blend of aqua + architecture.

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APA

aquatecture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquatecture

MLA

“aquatecture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquatecture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aquatecture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquatecture.

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