bri·co·lage (br  k -läzh , br k-)n. Something made or put together using whatever materials happen to be available: "Even the decor is a bricolage, a mix of this and that" (Los Angeles Times). [French, from bricole, trifle, from Old French, catapult, from Old Italian briccola, of Germanic origin.] |
bricolage [ˈbrɪkəˌlɑːʒ (French) brɪkɔlaʒ]
n Architect
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the deliberate creation of such an effect in certain modern developments the post-modernist bricolage of the new shopping centre
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