charrette
noun
a final, intensive effort to finish a project, especially an architectural design project, before a deadline.
charette
-
a variation of
charrette.
Example Sentences
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People bombarded me with ideas, like they’d been invited to a redesign charette.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
So we did a design charette approach, during which we took a team down to Baltimore, where WellDoc is located, and set up shop in their kitchen.
From Forbes ● Apr. 30, 2013
To his friends and associates, Architect Eero Saarinen was known as "a man who is always en charette."
From Time Magazine Archive
But Miler kept walking on before the charette, acting up to his character of guide in the most thorough manner.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
Renville had procured me a charette, or cart, to carry the tent, baggage, and provisions.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
