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{{Short description|Branch of architecture focused on coastal, near-shore and off-shore construction}}
'''Marine architecture''' is the design of architectural and engineering structures which support coastal design, near-shore and off-shore or deep-water planning for many projects such as [[Engineering:Shipyard|shipyard]]s, ship transport, [[Earth:Coastal management|coastal management]] or other marine and/or hydroscape activities. These structures include [[Earth:Harbor|harbor]]s, [[Lighthouse|lighthouse]]s, [[Engineering:Marina|marina]]s, [[Engineering:Oil platform|oil platform]]s, [[Engineering:Offshore drilling|offshore drilling]]s, accommodation platforms and offshore wind farms, floating engineering structures and building architectures or civil seascape developments. Floating structures in deep water may use suction caisson for [[Engineering:Anchor|anchor]]ing.<ref>[http://learn.org/directory/category/Engineering/Marine_Architecture_and_Engineering.html Marine Architecture and Engineering Careers]</ref><ref>[http://study.com/marine_architecture_degree.html Study.com, Marine Architecture Degree Program Overviews]</ref><ref>[http://um2017.org/2017_Website/History_of_Naval_Arch_%26_Marine_Eng.html History of the University of Michigan, Naval Architecture & Marine engineering]</ref><ref>[http://ntl.bts.gov/DOCS/narmain/narmain.html U.S. Department of Transportation, Naval Architecture: Past, Present and Future]</ref><ref>A History of Naval Architecture, By John Fincham</ref>

==See also==
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*{{annotated link|Engineering:Cofferdam}}, a temporary water-excluding structure built in place, sometimes surrounding a working area as does an open caisson.
*{{annotated link|Earth:Offshore geotechnical engineering}}
*{{annotated link|Engineering:Civil engineering}}
*{{annotated link|Engineering:Marine engineering}}
*{{annotated link|Physics:Oceanography}}
*{{annotated link|Earth:Earth materials}}
*{{annotated link|Engineering:Floating wind turbine}}
*{{annotated link|Engineering:Geotechnical engineering}}
*{{annotated link|Engineering:Geotechnical investigation}}
*{{annotated link|Engineering:Geotechnics}}
*{{annotated link|Earth:Ocean}}
*{{annotated link|Engineering:Offshore construction}}
*{{annotated link|Earth:Offshore (hydrocarbons)}}
*{{annotated link|Earth:Submarine pipeline}}
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==Photo gallery==
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File:VolturnUS 1-8 in Castine ME.jpg|University of Maine's [[Engineering:Floating wind turbine|Floating wind turbine]] VolturnUS 1:8 was the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in the Americas.
File:Floating loose mooring catenary plain.svg|A single floating cylindrical [[Engineering:Spar buoy|spar buoy]] moored by [[Catenary#Anchoring of marine vessels|catenary]] cables. Hywind uses a ''ballasted catenary'' layout that adds 60 tonne weights hanging from the midpoint of each anchor cable to provide additional tension.
Image:Clevedon Victorian pier.jpg|Victorian pier at Clevedon, Somerset, England
Image:Pier Blankenberge R01.jpg|The pier of Blankenberge, Belgium
Image:Surfer at Huntington Beach Pier.jpg|Huntington Beach Pier, California
Image:Suontee in Joutsa.jpg|A typical Finnish pier with a table, chair and ladders for swimmers in Joutsa, Central Finland
File:USS Port Royal (CG 73) aft elevated drydock view.jpg|USS Port Royal (CG-73) in drydock.
File:Duxbury Pier light house in Plymouth harbor.jpg|Duxbury Pier Light in Plymouth harbor.
File:AereaPuertoSherry.JPG|Aerial view of a typical marina (harbor dredge and lighthouse in lower right)
File:Oil platform P-51 (Brazil).jpg|{{center|Oil platform P-51 off the {{wipe|Brazil}}ian coast is a [[Engineering:Semi-submersible platform|semi-submersible platform]]}}
File:Off Shore Drilling Rig, Santa Barbara, CA, 6 December, 2011.JPG|An oil drilling platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, CA
File:11-09-fotofluege-cux-allg-25a.jpg|Oil platform Mittelplate includes an accommodation platform.
File:Jawaharlal Nehru Trust Port.jpg|Harbour cranes unload cargo from a container ship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, {{wipe|India}}.
File:Oosterscheldekering, Netherlands.JPG|Oosterscheldekering sea wall, the Netherlands.
File:Oosterscheldekering-pohled.jpg|One of the three movable barrier sections of the Oosterscheldekering
File:Saipem 7000.jpg|The ''[[Engineering:Saipem 7000|Saipem 7000]]'', a semi-submersible crane vessel equipped with a J-lay pipe-laying system.
File:Allseas' Solitaire, pijplegschip.jpg|The ''Solitaire'', one of the largest pipe-laying ships in the world.
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==References==
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==External links==

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