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Architecture
Architecture is both the process and the product of
planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other
structures.[3] Architectural works, in the material form of
buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as
works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with
their surviving architectural achievements.

The term architecture is also used metaphorically to refer to

the design of organizations and other abstract concepts. See
glossary of architecture.

Brunelleschi, in the building of the dome of Florence

Cathedral in the early 15th century, not only
Contents transformed the building and the city, but also the
role and status of the architect.[1][2]
Definitions and etymology
Theory of architecture
Historic treatises
Modern concepts
History
Origins and vernacular architecture
Ancient architecture
Asian architecture
Islamic architecture
Middle Ages
Renaissance and the architect
Early modern and the industrial age
Modernism
Postmodernism
Architecture today Plan of the second floor (attic storey) of the Hôtel de
Brionne in Paris - Date:1734
Business architecture
Cognitive architecture
Computer architecture
Enterprise architecture
Interior architecture
Landscape architecture
Naval architecture
Software architecture
System architecture
See also
Notes
References

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Definitions and etymology

Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων arkhitekton "architect", from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων
"builder") is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings and other physical
structures.

Architecture can mean:

A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures.[4]

The art and science of designing buildings and (some) nonbuilding structures.[4]
The style of design and method of construction of buildings and other physical structures.[4]
A unifying or coherent form or structure[5]
Knowledge of art, science, technology, and humanity.[4]
The design activity of the architect,[4] from the macro-level (urban design, landscape architecture) to the micro-level
(construction details and furniture). The practice of the architect, where architecture means offering or rendering
professional services in connection with the design and construction of buildings, or built environments.[6]

Theory of architecture

Historic treatises
The earliest surviving written work on the subject of architecture is De
architectura, by the Roman architect Vitruvius in the early 1st century AD.[8]
According to Vitruvius, a good building should satisfy the three principles of
firmitas, utilitas, venustas,[9][10] commonly known by the original translation
– firmness, commodity and delight. An equivalent in modern English would
be:

Durability – a building should stand up robustly and remain in good

condition.
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece,
Utility – it should be suitable for the purposes for which it is used.
"the supreme example among
Beauty – it should be aesthetically pleasing.
architectural sites." (Fletcher).[7]
According to Vitruvius, the architect should strive to fulfill each of these three
attributes as well as possible. Leon Battista Alberti, who elaborates on the ideas
of Vitruvius in his treatise, De Re Aedificatoria, saw beauty primarily as a matter of proportion, although ornament also
played a part. For Alberti, the rules of proportion were those that governed the idealised human figure, the Golden mean.

The most important aspect of beauty was, therefore, an inherent part of an object, rather than something applied
superficially, and was based on universal, recognisable truths. The notion of style in the arts was not developed until the
16th century, with the writing of Vasari:[11] by the 18th century, his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and
Architects had been translated into Italian, French, Spanish, and English.

In the early 19th century, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin wrote Contrasts (1836) that, as the titled suggested,
contrasted the modern, industrial world, which he disparaged, with an idealized image of neo-medieval world. Gothic
architecture, Pugin believed, was the only "true Christian form of architecture."

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The 19th-century English art critic, John Ruskin, in his Seven Lamps of
Architecture, published 1849, was much narrower in his view of what
constituted architecture. Architecture was the "art which so disposes and
adorns the edifices raised by men ... that the sight of them" contributes "to his
mental health, power, and pleasure".[12]

For Ruskin, the aesthetic was of overriding significance. His work goes on to
state that a building is not truly a work of architecture unless it is in some way
"adorned". For Ruskin, a well-constructed, well-proportioned, functional
The Houses of Parliament, building needed string courses or rustication, at the very least.[12]
Westminster, master-planned by
Charles Barry, with interiors and On the difference between the ideals of architecture and mere construction,
details by A.W.N. Pugin the renowned 20th-century architect Le Corbusier wrote: "You employ stone,
wood, and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces:
that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart,
you do me good. I am happy and I say: This is beautiful. That is Architecture".[13]

Le Corbusier's contemporary Ludwig Mies van der Rohe said "Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks
together. There it begins."[14]

Modern concepts
The notable 19th-century architect of skyscrapers, Louis Sullivan, promoted an
overriding precept to architectural design: "Form follows function".

While the notion that structural and aesthetic considerations should be

entirely subject to functionality was met with both popularity and skepticism,
it had the effect of introducing the concept of "function" in place of Vitruvius'
The National Congress of Brazil,
"utility". "Function" came to be seen as encompassing all criteria of the use,
designed by Oscar Niemeyer
perception and enjoyment of a building, not only practical but also aesthetic,
psychological and cultural.

Nunzia Rondanini stated, "Through its aesthetic dimension architecture goes

beyond the functional aspects that it has in common with other human
sciences. Through its own particular way of expressing values, architecture can
stimulate and influence social life without presuming that, in and of itself, it
will promote social development.'

To restrict the meaning of (architectural) formalism to art for art's sake is not
only reactionary; it can also be a purposeless quest for perfection or originality
Sydney Opera House, Australia which degrades form into a mere instrumentality".[15]
designed by Jørn Utzon
Among the philosophies that have influenced modern architects and their
approach to building design are rationalism, empiricism, structuralism,
poststructuralism, and phenomenology.

In the late 20th century a new concept was added to those included in the compass of both structure and function, the
consideration of sustainability, hence sustainable architecture. To satisfy the contemporary ethos a building should be
constructed in a manner which is environmentally friendly in terms of the production of its materials, its impact upon the

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natural and built environment of its surrounding area and the demands that it makes upon non-sustainable power sources
for heating, cooling, water and waste management and lighting.

History

Origins and vernacular architecture

Building first evolved out of the dynamics between needs (shelter, security,
worship, etc.) and means (available building materials and attendant skills). As
human cultures developed and knowledge began to be formalized through oral
traditions and practices, building became a craft, and "architecture" is the
name given to the most highly formalized and respected versions of that craft.
It is widely assumed that architectural success was the product of a process of
trial and error, with progressively less trial and more replication as the results
of the process proved increasingly satisfactory. What is termed vernacular
architecture continues to be produced in many parts of the world. Indeed, Pre-historic model of a planned pre-
vernacular buildings make up most of the built world that people experience historic temple, at the National
every day. Early human settlements were mostly rural. Due to a surplus in Museum of Archaeology in Valletta
production the economy began to expand resulting in urbanization thus
creating urban areas which grew and evolved very rapidly in some cases, such
as that of Çatal Höyük in Anatolia and Mohenjo Daro of the Indus Valley Civilization in modern-day Pakistan.

Vernacular architecture in In Lesotho: rondavel stones.

Norway: wood and
elevated-level

Ancient architecture
In many ancient civilizations, such as those of Egypt and Mesopotamia, architecture and urbanism reflected the constant
engagement with the divine and the supernatural, and many ancient cultures resorted to monumentality in architecture to
represent symbolically the political power of the ruler, the ruling elite, or the state itself.

The architecture and urbanism of the Classical civilizations such as the Greek and the Roman evolved from civic ideals
rather than religious or empirical ones and new building types emerged. Architectural "style" developed in the form of the
Classical orders. Roman architecture was influenced by Greek architecture as they incorporated many Greek elements into
their building practices.[16]

Texts on architecture have been written since ancient time. These texts provided both general advice and specific formal
prescriptions or canons. Some examples of canons are found in the writings of the 1st-century BCE Roman Architect
Vitruvius. Some of the most important early examples of canonic architecture are religious.
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The Pyramids at Giza in Egypt The Parthenon in Athens, Roman aqueduct in

Greece. Segovia, Spain.

Asian architecture
Early Asian writings on architecture include the Kao Gong Ji of China from the 7th–5th centuries BCE; the Shilpa
Shastras of ancient India and Manjusri Vasthu Vidya Sastra of Sri Lanka.

The architecture of different parts of Asia developed along different lines from that of Europe; Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh
architecture each having different characteristics. Buddhist architecture, in particular, showed great regional diversity.
Hindu temple architecture, which developed around the 3rd century BCE, is governed by concepts laid down in the
Shastras, and is concerned with expressing the macrocosm and the microcosm. In many Asian countries, pantheistic
religion led to architectural forms that were designed specifically to enhance the natural landscape.

Gyeongbokgung Palace Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion), The Great Red Gate at Bahay na Bato houses in
in Seoul, South Korea. Kyoto, Japan. the Ming Tombs near Philippines
Beijing, China.

Islamic architecture
Islamic architecture began in the 7th century CE, incorporating architectural forms from the ancient Middle East and
Byzantium, but also developing features to suit the religious and social needs of the society. Examples can be found
throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Spain and the Indian Sub-continent.

Dome of the Rock, Taj Mahal in Agra, Alhambra, Granada, Spain. Sultan Ahmed Mosque in
Jerusalem. India. Istanbul

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Middle Ages
In Europe during the Medieval period, guilds were formed by craftsmen to organise their trades and written contracts
have survived, particularly in relation to ecclesiastical buildings. The role of architect was usually one with that of master
mason, or Magister lathomorum as they are sometimes described in contemporary documents.

The major architectural undertakings were the buildings of abbeys and cathedrals. From about 900 CE onwards, the
movements of both clerics and tradesmen carried architectural knowledge across Europe, resulting in the pan-European
styles Romanesque and Gothic.

Notre Dame de Paris, The Tower of London, Doge's Palace, Venice,

France. England. Italy.

Renaissance and the architect

In Renaissance Europe, from about 1400 onwards, there was a revival of Classical learning accompanied by the
development of Renaissance Humanism which placed greater emphasis on the role of the individual in society than had
been the case during the Medieval period. Buildings were ascribed to specific architects – Brunelleschi, Alberti,
Michelangelo, Palladio – and the cult of the individual had begun. There was still no dividing line between artist, architect
and engineer, or any of the related vocations, and the appellation was often one of regional preference.

A revival of the Classical style in architecture was accompanied by a burgeoning of science and engineering which affected
the proportions and structure of buildings. At this stage, it was still possible for an artist to design a bridge as the level of
structural calculations involved was within the scope of the generalist.

St. Peter's Basilica, Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Santa Maria Novella,

Rome, Italy. Italy. Florence, Italy.

Early modern and the industrial age

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With the emerging knowledge in scientific fields and the rise of new materials and technology, architecture and
engineering began to separate, and the architect began to concentrate on aesthetics and the humanist aspects, often at the
expense of technical aspects of building design. There was also the rise of the "gentleman architect" who usually dealt with
wealthy clients and concentrated predominantly on visual qualities derived usually from historical prototypes, typified by
the many country houses of Great Britain that were created in the Neo Gothic or Scottish Baronial styles. Formal
architectural training in the 19th century, for example at École des Beaux-Arts in France, gave much emphasis to the
production of beautiful drawings and little to context and feasibility.

Meanwhile, the Industrial Revolution laid open the door for mass production and consumption. Aesthetics became a
criterion for the middle class as ornamented products, once within the province of expensive craftsmanship, became
cheaper under machine production.

Vernacular architecture became increasingly ornamental. House builders could use current architectural design in their
work by combining features found in pattern books and architectural journals.

Palais Garnier, Paris, Pont Alexandre III Paris, Congeso Nacional

France. France. Palace, Buenos Aires,
Argentina.

Modernism
Around the beginning of the 20th century, a general dissatisfaction with the emphasis on revivalist architecture and
elaborate decoration gave rise to many new lines of thought that served as precursors to Modern Architecture. Notable
among these is the Deutscher Werkbund, formed in 1907 to produce better quality machine made objects. The rise of the
profession of industrial design is usually placed here. Following this lead, the Bauhaus school, founded in Weimar,
Germany in 1919, redefined the architectural bounds prior set throughout history, viewing the creation of a building as the
ultimate synthesis—the apex—of art, craft, and technology.

When modern architecture was first practiced, it was an avant-garde movement with moral, philosophical, and aesthetic
underpinnings. Immediately after World War I, pioneering modernist architects sought to develop a completely new style
appropriate for a new post-war social and economic order, focused on meeting the needs of the middle and working
classes. They rejected the architectural practice of the academic refinement of historical styles which served the rapidly
declining aristocratic order. The approach of the Modernist architects was to reduce buildings to pure forms, removing
historical references and ornament in favor of functionalist details. Buildings displayed their functional and structural
elements, exposing steel beams and concrete surfaces instead of hiding them behind decorative forms. Architects such as
Frank Lloyd Wright developed organic architecture, in which the form was defined by its environment and purpose, with
an aim to promote harmony between human habitation and the natural world with prime examples being Robie House
and Fallingwater.

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Architects such as Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson and Marcel Breuer worked to create beauty based on the inherent
qualities of building materials and modern construction techniques, trading traditional historic forms for simplified
geometric forms, celebrating the new means and methods made possible by the Industrial Revolution, including steel-
frame construction, which gave birth to high-rise superstructures. By mid-century, Modernism had morphed into the
International Style, an aesthetic epitomized in many ways by the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center designed
by Minoru Yamasaki.

The Bauhaus school Guggenheim Museum, New Cathedral of Brasília, Brazil.

building in Dessau, York City, United States.
Germany.

Postmodernism
Many architects resisted modernism, finding it devoid of the decorative richness of historical styles. As the first generation
of modernists began to die after World War II, a second generation of architects including Paul Rudolph, Marcel Breuer,
and Eero Saarinen tried to expand the aesthetics of modernism with Brutalism, buildings with expressive sculptural
façades made of unfinished concrete. But an even new younger postwar generation critiqued modernism and Brutalism
for being too austere, standardized, monotone, and not taking into account the richness of human experience offered in
historical buildings across time and in different places and cultures.

One such reaction to the cold aesthetic of modernism and Brutalism is the school of metaphoric architecture, which
includes such things as biomorphism and zoomorphic architecture, both using nature as the primary source of inspiration
and design. While it is considered by some to be merely an aspect of postmodernism, others consider it to be a school in its
own right and a later development of expressionist architecture.[17]

Beginning in the late 1950s and 1960s, architectural phenomenology emerged as an important movement in the early
reaction against modernism, with architects like Charles Moore in the United States, Christian Norberg-Schulz in Norway,
and Ernesto Nathan Rogers and Vittorio Gregotti, Michele Valori, Bruno Zevi in Italy, who collectively popularized an
interest in a new contemporary architecture aimed at expanding human experience using historical buildings as models
and precedents.[18] Postmodernism produced a style that combined contemporary building technology and cheap
materials, with the aesthetics of older pre-modern and non-modern styles, from high classical architecture to popular or
vernacular regional building styles. Robert Venturi famously defined postmodern architecture as a "decorated shed" (an
ordinary building which is functionally designed inside and embellished on the outside), and upheld it against modernist
and brutalist "ducks" (buildings with unnecessarily expressive tectonic forms).[19]

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The Dancing House, Sydney Opera House, The Petronas Tower in

Prague, Czech Republic. Australia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Architecture today
Since the 1980s, as the complexity of buildings began to increase (in terms of structural systems, services, energy and
technologies), the field of architecture became multi-disciplinary with specializations for each project type, technological
expertise or project delivery methods. In addition, there has been an increased separation of the 'design' architect [Notes 1]
from the 'project' architect who ensures that the project meets the required standards and deals with matters of
liability.[Notes 2] The preparatory processes for the design of any large building have become increasingly complicated, and
require preliminary studies of such matters as durability, sustainability, quality, money, and compliance with local laws. A
large structure can no longer be the design of one person but must be the work of many. Modernism and Postmodernism
have been criticised by some members of the architectural profession who feel that successful architecture is not a
personal, philosophical, or aesthetic pursuit by individualists; rather it has to consider everyday needs of people and use
technology to create liveable environments, with the design process being informed by studies of behavioral,
environmental, and social sciences.

Environmental sustainability has become a mainstream issue, with profound effect on the architectural profession. Many
developers, those who support the financing of buildings, have become educated to encourage the facilitation of
environmentally sustainable design, rather than solutions based primarily on immediate cost. Major examples of this can
be found in passive solar building design, greener roof designs, biodegradable materials, and more attention to a
structure's energy usage. This major shift in architecture has also changed architecture schools to focus more on the
environment. There has been an acceleration in the number of buildings which seek to meet green building sustainable
design principles. Sustainable practices that were at the core of vernacular architecture increasingly provide inspiration
for environmentally and socially sustainable contemporary techniques.[20] The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system has been instrumental in this.[21]

Concurrently, the recent movements of New Urbanism, metaphoric architecture and New Classical Architecture promote a
sustainable approach towards construction that appreciates and develops smart growth, architectural tradition and
classical design.[22][23] This in contrast to modernist and globally uniform architecture, as well as leaning against solitary
housing estates and suburban sprawl.[24] Glass curtain walls, which were the hallmark of the ultra modern urban life in
many countries surfaced even in developing countries like Nigeria where international styles had been represented since
the mid 20th Century mostly because of the leanings of foreign-trained architects.[25]

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Bird's Nest stadium, Beijing, London City Hall, Auditorio de Tenerife, Canary
China. England. Islands, Spain..

Business architecture
Business architecture is defined as "a blueprint of the enterprise that provides
a common understanding of the organization and is used to align strategic
objectives and tactical demands."[27] People who develop and maintain
business architecture are known as business architects.

Business architecture is the bridge between the enterprise business model and
enterprise strategy on one side, and the business functionality of the enterprise
on the other side.
Aspects of the Business
Cognitive architecture Represented by Business
Architecture[26]
Cognitive architecture can refer to a theory about the structure of the human
mind. One of the main goals of a cognitive architecture is to summarize the
various results of cognitive psychology in a comprehensive computer model. However, the results need to be in a
formalized form so far that they can be the basis of a computer program. The formalized models can be used to further
refine a comprehensive theory of cognition, and more immediately, as a commercially usable model. Successful cognitive
architectures include ACT-R (Adaptive Control of Thought, ACT) and SOAR.

The Institute of Creative Technologies defines cognitive architecture as: "hypothesis about the fixed structures that
provide a mind, whether in natural or artificial systems, and how they work together – in conjunction with knowledge and
skills embodied within the architecture – to yield intelligent behavior in a diversity of complex environments."[28]

Computer architecture
In computer engineering, "computer architecture" is a set of rules and methods
that describe the functionality, organization, and implementation of computer
systems. Some definitions of architecture define it as describing the capabilities
and programming model of a computer but not a particular implementation.[29] In
other definitions computer architecture involves instruction set architecture
design, microarchitecture design, logic design, and implementation.[30]

Pipelined implementation of
MIPS architecture. Enterprise architecture

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Enterprise architecture (EA) is "a well-defined practice for conducting enterprise analysis, design, planning, and
implementation, using a holistic approach at all times, for the successful development and execution of strategy.
Enterprise architecture applies architecture principles and practices to guide organizations through the business,
information, process, and technology changes necessary to execute their strategies. These practices utilize the various
aspects of an enterprise to identify, motivate, and achieve these changes."[31]

Practitioners of enterprise architecture, enterprise architects, are responsible for performing the analysis of business
structure and processes and are often called upon to draw conclusions from the information collected to address the goals
of enterprise architecture: effectiveness, efficiency, agility, and durability.[32]

Interior architecture
Interior architecture is the design of a space which has been created by
structural boundaries and the human interaction within these boundaries. It
can also be the initial design and plan for use, then later redesign to
accommodate a changed purpose, or a significantly revised design for adaptive
reuse of the building shell.[33] The latter is often part of sustainable
architecture practices, conserving resources through "recycling" a structure by
adaptive redesign. Generally referred to as the spatial art of environmental
design, form and practice, interior architecture is the process through which
Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Music the interiors of buildings are designed, concerned with all aspects of the human
Room 1901 uses of structural spaces. Put simply, Interior Architecture is the design of an
interior in architectural terms.

Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor public areas, landmarks, and
structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioral, or aesthetic
outcomes.[34] It involves the systematic investigation of existing social,
ecological, and soil conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design
of interventions that will produce the desired outcome. The scope of the
profession includes landscape design; site planning; stormwater management;
environmental restoration; parks and recreation planning; visual resource
management; green infrastructure planning and provision; and private estate
and residence landscape master planning and design; all at varying scales of
Orangery at the Palace of
design, planning and management. A practitioner in the profession of
Versailles, outside Paris
landscape architecture is called a landscape architect.

Naval architecture
Naval architecture, also known as naval engineering, is an engineering discipline dealing with the engineering design
process, shipbuilding, maintenance, and operation of marine vessels and structures.[35][36] Naval architecture involves
basic and applied research, design, development, design evaluation and calculations during all stages of the life of a
marine vehicle. Preliminary design of the vessel, its detailed design, construction, trials, operation and maintenance,
launching and dry-docking are the main activities involved. Ship design calculations are also required for ships being

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modified (by means of conversion, rebuilding, modernization, or repair). Naval

architecture also involves formulation of safety regulations and damage control
rules and the approval and certification of ship designs to meet statutory and non-
statutory requirements.

Software architecture
Software architecture refers to the fundamental structures of a software system,
Body plan of a ship showing the
the discipline of creating such structures, and the documentation of these
hull form
structures. These structures are needed to reason about the software system. Each
structure comprises software elements, relations among them, and properties of
both elements and relations,[37] along with rationale for the introduction and configuration of each element. The
architecture of a software system is a metaphor, analogous to the architecture of a building.[38]

Software architecture is about making fundamental structural choices which are costly to change once implemented.
Software architecture choices, also called architectural decisions, include specific structural options from possibilities in
the design of software. For example, the systems that controlled the space shuttle launch vehicle had the requirement of
being very fast and very reliable. Therefore, an appropriate real-time computing language would need to be chosen.
Additionally, to satisfy the need for reliability the choice could be made to have multiple redundant and independently
produced copies of the program, and to run these copies on independent hardware while cross-checking results.

Documenting software architecture facilitates communication between stakeholders, captures decisions about the
architecture design, and allows reuse of design components between projects.[39]:pp.29–35

System architecture
System architecture is a conceptual model that defines the structure, behavior, and more views of a system.[40] An
architecture description is a formal description and representation of a system, organized in a way that supports reasoning
about the structures and behaviors of the system.

A system architecture can comprise system components that will work together to implement the overall system. There
have been efforts to formalize languages to describe system architecture, collectively these are called architecture
description languages (ADLs).[41][42]

See also
Architectural design competition
Architectural drawing
Architectural firm
Architectural style
Architectural technology
Architectural theory
Architecture prizes
Building materials
Contemporary architecture
Dravidian architecture
Guerrilla architecture
Glossary of architecture
List of human habitation forms
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Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Machu Picchu, Peru, shows Lower Manhattan, March 2001.
symmetry and elevation have the adaptations of The 20th century saw cities across
often been utilised in the architecture and town the world transformed by highrise
architectural expression of planning to a rugged natural buildings in the International Style
religious devotion or political site
power.

Mathematics and architecture

Metaphoric Architecture
Organic architecture
Outline of architecture
Sociology of architecture
Sustainable architecture
Zoomorphic architecture

Notes
1. A design architect is one who is responsible for the design.
2. A project architect is one who is responsible for ensuring the design is built correctly and who administers building
contracts – in non-specialist architectural practices the project architect is also the design architect and the term
refers to the differing roles the architect plays at differing stages of the process.

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