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Architecture (in Greek αρχή= first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) 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 furniture.
Architecture is the art and the technique of building employed to fulfil the practical and expressive requirements of civilized people. Almost every settled society that possesses the techniques for building produces architecture.
The characteristics that distinguish a work of architecture from other man-made structures are (1) suitability of the work used by human beings in general and the adaptability of it to particular human activities (2) the stability and the permanence of the work’s construction and (3) the communication of experience and through its form.
All these conditions must be met in architecture. The second is constant while the first and the third vary in relative importance according to the social functions of the buildings.
The architect is a person trained and experienced in the design of buildings and the coordination and supervision of all aspects of the construction of buildings.
When the architect designs a structure, he uses the cumulative knowledge of centuries. Many consultant experts - structural engineers, services engineers and other sub-contracted specialists work according to architect’s design.
The architect’s function now extend into town planning. Town planning or urbanism is the preparation of plans for the regulated growth and improvement of towns or the organization of land and buildings for group living. It is a cooperative process in which architects, economists, engineers, lawyers, landscape architects, doctors, sociologists, surveyors or topographers and other specialists take part.
The architect’s sphere of knowledge is constantly expanding. He has to combine art, advanced technology, science and economics in his work.
The main problem facing the architect today is to avoid any conflict with nature and landmarks of by-gone days.