what is architecture?

Question

THE DEFINITIONS OF ARCHITECTURE

Answer 1

1 : the art or science of building; specifically : the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones
2 a : formation or construction resulting from or as if from a conscious act b : a unifying or coherent form or structure
3 : architectural product or work
4 : a method or style of building
5 : the manner in which the components of a computer or computer system are organized and integrated

Answer 2

Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, "a master builder", from αρχι- "chief, leader" and τεκτων, "builder, carpenter")[1] is the art and science of designing buildings and structures.

A wider definition would include within its scope the design of the total built environment, from the macrolevel of town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the microlevel of creating furniture. Architectural design usually must address both feasibility and cost for the builder, as well as function and aesthetics for the user.

In modern usage, architecture is the art and discipline of creating an actual, or inferring an implied or apparent plan of any complex object or system. The term can be used to connote the implied architecture of abstract things such as music or mathematics, the apparent architecture of natural things, such as geological formations or the structure of biological cells, or explicitly planned architectures of human-made things such as software, computers, enterprises, and databases, in addition to buildings. In every usage, an architecture may be seen as a subjective mapping from a human perspective (that of the user in the case of abstract or physical artifacts) to the elements or components of some kind of structure or system, which preserves the relationships among the elements or components.

Planned architecture often manipulates space, volume, texture, light, shadow, or abstract elements in order to achieve pleasing aesthetics. This distinguishes it from applied science or engineering, which usually concentrate more on the functional and feasibility aspects of the design of constructions or structures.

In the field of building architecture, the skills demanded of an architect range from the more complex, such as for a hospital or a stadium, to the apparently simpler, such as planning residential houses. Many architectural works may be seen also as cultural and political symbols, and/or works of art. The role of the architect, though changing, has been central to the successful (and sometimes less than successful) design and implementation of pleasingly built environments in which people live.

Answer 3

if you mean the course... the worst seven years of my life.

it's the study of the most wonderful and exciting part of culture, the physical built environment within which our lives happen. there's history, theory and ideas in abundance. but if you're going to do the course, be prepared for Really Really Hard Work.

i think around 50 UK universities do an architecture course, just search for it via google or yahoo and you're sure to find a course definition in someone's prospectus.

Answer 4

The art and science of planning, designing and constructing buildings.

Also an attribute (ie: style) of the design, planning and construction of buildings (ie: modern architecture, gothic architecture).

Answer 5

Studies relating to designs and construction of something is called architecture...
now it is a very diversified field... so u cannot particularly name its branches...

Answer 6

my definition of it would be that it is the making of reality into an accessible metaphor