architecture

[ ahr-ki-tek-cher ]

/ ˈɑr kɪˌtɛk tʃər /

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noun

the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of furnishings and decorations, supervision of construction work, and the examination, restoration, or remodeling of existing buildings.

the character or style of building: the architecture of Paris; Romanesque architecture.

the action or process of building; construction.

the result or product of architectural work, as a building.

buildings collectively.

a fundamental underlying design of computer hardware, software, or both.

the structure of anything: the architecture of a novel.

Origin of architecture

1555–65; (< Middle French) < Latin architectūra. See architect, -ure

Words nearby architecture

architect's table, architectonic, architectonics, architectural, architectural bronze, architecture, architecture parlante, architrave, archival, archival storage, archive

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“It fundamentally changes the architecture of forest canopies,” says Watson.

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He completely disrupts not only the conception of architecture—but also the fabrication, the mise en oeuvre of architecture.

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The introduction of AIMS in the 777 changed the architecture of the avionics on Boeing airliners.

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Compared to the architecture of other prominent Pritzker winners, these works are of an almost foreign category.

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Some look at the Aspen museum and wonder whether Ban will be able to continue creating his humanitarian “virtuous” architecture.

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There are a gymnasium, a school of architecture and a monument to Hoffmann von Fallersleben in the town.

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In the architecture and embellishments of the chamber, the evident design had been to dazzle and astound.

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In architecture, as in poetry, this parabolising tendency was evident.

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The church itself belonged to that informal type of architecture in which Iviza abounds.

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Her growing interest in sculpture and architecture is matched by a magnificent opportunity.

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British Dictionary definitions for architecture

architecture

/ (ˈɑːkɪˌtɛktʃə) /

noun

the art and science of designing and superintending the erection of buildings and similar structures

a style of building or structure Gothic architecture

buildings or structures collectively

the structure or design of anything the architecture of the universe

the internal organization of a computer's components with particular reference to the way in which data is transmitted

the arrangement of the various devices in a complete computer system or network

Derived forms of architecture

architectural, adjective architecturally, adverb

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