Definition of Architecture. Meaning of Architecture. Synonyms of Architecture

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Definition of Architecture

Architecture
Architecture Ar"chi*tec`ture (?; 135), n. [L. architectura, fr. architectus: cf. F. architecture. See Architect.] 1. The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture. Many other architectures besides Gothic. --Ruskin. 3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship. The architecture of grasses, plants, and trees. --Tyndall. The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture. --Burnet. Military architecture, the art of fortifications. Naval architecture, the art of building ships.

Meaning of Architecture from wikipedia

- Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills ****ociated with construction. It is both the process...
- Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages...
- Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings ****ociated with Islam. It encomp****es both secular and religious styles from the early...
- Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was an architectural movement or architectural style based upon new and innovative technologies of construction...
- Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date...
- Décoratifs, and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just...
- Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became...
- Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war...
- Soviet architecture usually refers to one of two architecture styles emblematic of the Soviet Union: Constructivist architecture, prominent in the 1920s...
- The Architectural ****ociation School of Architecture in London, commonly referred to as the AA, is the oldest private school of architecture in the UK...