Architecture (disambiguation)
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Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other structure for human use and shelter.

Architecture may also refer to:
  • Architecture (magazine)
    Architecture (magazine)
    Originally titled Journal of the American Institute of Architects from January 1944 through 1951, the magazine changed its name to The American Institute of Architects Journal. After publication of the AIA Journal ended in August 1976, then followed Architecture magazine...

    , a defunct magazine
  • Architecture Label
    Architecture Label
    Architecture Label is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia.- Artists with releases on Architecture :* Belles Will Ring* Bit By Bats* Death Cab for Cutie* Pedro the Lion* School of Emotional Engineering* So Many Dynamos...

    , a record label
  • Architecture Records
    Architecture Records
    Architecture Records is a New York-based record label focusing on all elements of electronic music.The label's artists include Christ Analogue, Bomb 20, Fragment King, The Heartworm and Rough Robot....

    , a record label
  • Cytoarchitecture, the arrangement and interaction of cellular structures
  • Landscape architecture
    Landscape architecture
    Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve environmental, socio-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions...

    , the design of man-made land constructs
  • Naval architecture
    Naval architecture
    Naval architecture is an engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures. Naval architecture involves basic and applied research, design, development, design evaluation and calculations during all stages of the life of a...

    , the science of design of water-borne vessels
  • Process architecture
    Process architecture
    Dualistic Petri nets are a process-class variant of Petri nets.Like Petri nets in general and many related formalisms and notations, they are used to describe and analyze process architecture.-Process Modeling with dPNs :...

    , the design of general process systems (computers, business processes, etc)
    • Computer architecture
      Computer architecture
      In computer science and engineering, computer architecture is the practical art of selecting and interconnecting hardware components to create computers that meet functional, performance and cost goals and the formal modelling of those systems....

      , the systems architecture of a computer
    • Enterprise architecture
      Enterprise architecture
      An enterprise architecture is a rigorous description of the structure of an enterprise, which comprises enterprise components , the externally visible properties of those components, and the relationships between them...

      , an architecture, or framework, for aligning an organization's systems
      • Enterprise information security architecture
        Enterprise Information Security Architecture
        Enterprise information security architecture is a part of enterprise architecture focusing on information security throughout the enterprise.- Overview :...

        , or EISA, the portion of enterprise architecture focused on information security
    • Hardware architecture
      Hardware architecture
      In engineering, hardware architecture refers to the identification of a system's physical components and their interrelationships. This description, often called a hardware design model, allows hardware designers to understand how their components fit into a system architecture and provides...

      , the architecture design of an integrated device
    • Information architecture
      Information Architecture
      Information architecture is the art of expressing a model or concept of information used in activities that require explicit details of complex systems. Among these activities are library systems, Content Management Systems, web development, user interactions, database development, programming,...

      , the systems architecture for structuring the information flows in a knowledge-based system
    • Robotic architectures, the architecture of the hardware and software in robots
    • Software architecture
      Software architecture
      The software architecture of a system is the set of structures needed to reason about the system, which comprise software elements, relations among them, and properties of both...

      , the systems architecture of a software system
    • Systems architecture
      Systems architecture
      A system architecture or systems architecture is the conceptual model that defines the structure, behavior, and more views of a system.An architecture description is a formal description and representation of a system, organized in a way that supports reasoning about the structure of the system...

      , the representation of an engineered system
    • Technical architecture
      Technical architecture
      Technical architecture is one of several architecture domains that form the pillars of an enterprise architecture or solution architecture. It describes the structure and behaviour of the technology infrastructure of an enterprise, solution or system...

      , the technical definition of an engineered system
    • Website architecture
      Website architecture
      Website architecture is an approach to the design and planning of websites which, like architecture itself, involves technical, aesthetic and functional criteria. As in traditional architecture, the focus is properly on the user and on user requirements...

      , the design and planning of websites
  • Vehicle architecture, an automobile platform common to different vehicles


Architecture sometimes refers to:
  • Architectural history
    Architectural History
    Architectural History is the main journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain .The journal is published each autumn. The architecture of the British Isles is a major theme of the journal, although it includes more general papers on the history of architecture. Member of...

    , studies the evolution and history of architecture
  • Product design
    Product design
    -Introduction:Product design is the process of creating a new product to be sold by a business or enterprise to its customers. It is concerned with the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products.Product designers conceptualize and...

    , or product architecture, the systems design of a product or product family
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