What is architecture?

1. The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
2. The profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their aesthetic effect
3. Architecture (Latin „architectura“, from the Greek „arkitekton“, ὰρχιτεκτονική – arkhitektonike, from ὰρχι chief or leader and Τεκτονική builder or carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and other physical structures.
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4. Architecture is the imaginative blend of art and science in the design of environments for people. People need places to eat, work, live and play. Architects transform these needs into concepts and then develop the concepts into building images that can be constructed by others. These projects can be as small as an entrance way and as large as an entire college campus—and everything in between.An architect serves in a leadership role to bring together the design and budgetary requirements set by the client, restraints of a site (where the building will be constructed), needs of the building’s users, and the limitations of materials into a unique and balanced design solution. Decision-making, team leadership and creativity are the key elements of making architecture.Succinctly put, an architect is a licensed professional with specialized skills who designs buildings and cityscapes and helps make real the unique vision of their clients and communities.
5. Architecture is a process of organizing spaces which are largely dependent on Man's capability of applying technological skills along with aesthetics. Interestingly, both technology and aesthetics keep changing, resulting in various styles throughout its evolutionary process. But now it's not only buildings but also its setting which is in the purview of architecture. Certainly what makes a good architecture is its capacity to remain timeless.—Guest bipin malik