What is the Engliosh expression for "Fügungsprinzipien" (in architecture)?

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 31 Jul 2003 11:38 PDT

Dear Leander, 

I found this term only in the context of Theology. Do you have a full
sentence, or the context in which you saw the word?

leander1 --

We have German-speaking researchers, of which I am not one, and I
expect that one of them will be able to give you a definitive answer. 
However, I have come up with one site that provides a clue.

Here are architectural drawings labeled "Holztafel - Baukasten:
Fügungsprinzipien + Details."  Two of the individual drawings are
labeled with the term "fugungsprinzip," which is the singular form of
your word.  Given the drawings involved, it appears that the term
refers to methods of joining elements of a structure.  This is also
consistent with the basic meaning of the elements of the compound
word; that is "fugung" appears to mean a "joining" or an "addition,"
and "Prinzip" means "principle.

Holztafel - Baukasten: Fügungsprinzipien + Details 
http://www.fh-trier.de/fachbereiche/diplom_online/ar/lautenbd/konstruktion/tafelbaukasten.htm

markj-ga