ar|chi|tec|ture

ar|chi|tec|ture
ar|chi|tec|ture «AHR kuh TEHK chuhr», noun.
1. the science or art of building. Architecture has to do with the designing and planning of houses, churches, schools, and public and business buildings.
2. a style or special manner of building; qualities that distinguish the buildings of one time, region, or group from those of another: »

Greek architecture made much use of columns and beams.

3. architectural work; design; construction: »

the massive architecture of the Pyramids. Figurative. the architecture of a symphony, the architecture of a molecule.

4. a building; structure.
╂[< Latin architectūra < architectus architect]

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