### structure | building:

Architecture
* are the blueprints for a system, and the carriers of the system's quality attributes.
* balance of business and art.
* branch of pastry decoration.
* can also be a revealing aspect of the study of other cultures
  - the building style of a particular culture or artistic movement
  - mean the style in which buildings are designed
* can be a living, inspired contract between humans and nature instead of a scar
  - an art form
  - grow only if it is rooted in a living tradition of building construction
  - mediate between experience and place
* concerns itself with designing spaces within which people live and work.
* describes the internal organization of the computer.
* exists throughout the world and is the stuff that shapes our towns and our communities.
* field that can be very time consuming.
* has a lot to do with understanding what people want to experience
  - for centuries revolved around creating human experiences through space
  - many different disciplines, from working as a planner, surveyor designer etc
* includes bases
  - boilers
  - ceilings
  - courtyards
  - doorknobs
  - elevator cars
  - elevators
  - floors
  - foundation stones
  - foyers
  - hinges
  - interior doors
  - readsides
  - roof peaks
  - roofs
  - room light
  - sections
  - staircases
  - storeys
  - window frames
  - windowpanes
* involves the designing and building of buildings.
* is about aesthetics
  - style as well as function
* is an amalgam of engineering art and engineering science
  - art, that has many types of evolutions
  - art forms
  - both an art and a science
* is concerned with planning and designing of buildings and other structures
  - solids and voids
* is considered a nontraditional occupation for women
  - the queen of all the arts because all the arts are contained in it
  - engagement with the world
  - especially important in biopsies with small foci of tumor
  - examined as a means of expressing cultural values
  - fine art
  - important as a setting for human drama
  - learned by making things and reflecting on what has been made
  - less about the design of buildings, than an attitude to life
  - matter and space
  - more than scuplture or the means of giving pure expression to abstract human ideals
  - most likely the oldest of the fine arts and has often been linked to religion
  - occupations
  - professions
  - related to the fine arts, the humanities and the technologies
  - something that affects each of our lives
  - the art and science behind building and sculpture design
* is the art of creative play of spaces, both covered as well as open
  - how to waste space
  - creation of a structure that makes, instils or contains memory
  - embodiment of the culture that created the built environment
  - highest form of art
  - imaginative blend of art and science in the design of environments for people
  - interface, a visual cue to information
  - lamp of memory
* is the most important expression of Islamic art
  - symbolic and most visible facet of cultural heritage
  - organizational structure of a system
* is the physical manifestation of a society's view of itself
  - shell of culture
  - profession of designing and constructing buildings
  - result of thinking of object as act, as transformation, and as invention
  - skill or art of designing buildings
  - underlying principles of Web components so that they work together
  - universal language through which people relate to their environment
  - ultimately a cultural statement, a way to express a community's identity
  - unlike other professions in that it combines art and science
  - usually key to the shape of a space
  - very important to Egypt because it supplies homes and religious monuments
  - what makes outside inside
* means planning structures
  - towards designing a flexible system that can cope with change
* occurs at the meeting of interior and exterior forces of use and space.
* offers inspiration.
* plays a big role in Ancient Egypt and in the Egypt game.
* profession in which the cube and sphere are still the literal building blocks
  - open to both men and women
* real living environment created by indigenous people for themselves.
* realm of art that demands more than aesthetics to achieve a successful outcome.
* reflects the society that builds it, but it also affects the way that society develops.
* responds to place, that is to climate, geology, culture and availability of materials.
* set of agreements about information technology interfaces and products.
* social art.
* unites the science of construction with the art of making beautiful spaces.
* uses space and light to challenge the human scale.
* way of life.
* wide field with lasting social impact.
+ Arts, Visual Arts, Architecture: Non-verbal communication
  * Architecture is the art and science behind building and sculpture design. Architecture as an art involves making something look beautiful and appealing to others.
  * Architecture can be about small designs such as a garage or large designs such as a whole city. Architecture often overlaps with civil engineering, and architects and civil engineers often work together.
+ Building: Civil engineering
  * Buildings can be beautiful or ugly, exciting or boring. Architects are people trained to design buildings. There have been many good architects and also many bad ones, just as there have been good builders and bad. Architecture can be an art form. Look at the building where you are reading this. Look at the shapes and shadows. Think about how you could have made the building better. Almost anybody can become an architect if they want to. But only a good architect or a good builder can design or build a beautiful building.