Encyclopedia - Architecture: Encyclopedia - Architecture
Architecture (classical Greek: αρχή, 'start', τέχνη, 'craftsmanship') is the art and science of designing buildings and structur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural History: Encyclopedia Ii - Architectural History - Modern Architecture And Beyond
The instrumentalisation of Architecture as paraded by "form follows function" after "wiping the slate clean". Arts and Crafts Movement A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural History: Encyclopedia Ii - Architectural History - Modern Architecture And Beyond
The instrumentalisation of Architecture as paraded by "form follows function" after "wiping the slate clean". Arts and Crafts Movement A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture - Architectural History
Architecture first evolved out of the dynamics between needs (shelter, security, worship, etc.) and means (available building materials a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Association School Of Architecture: Encyclopedia - Architectural Association School Of Architecture
The Architectural Association (also known as AA School of Architecture) is the oldest independent school of architecture in the UK. It wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural History: Encyclopedia - Architectural History
Architectural history studies the evolution and history of architecture across the world through a consideration of various influences- a...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Architecture
Buddhist religious architecture developed in the South Asia in the third century BCE. Two types of structures are associated with early B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Endoscopy: Encyclopedia - Architectural Endoscopy
Architectural endoscopy is an imaging technology that allows realistic views of a scale architectural model to be created, using an analo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Parlante: Encyclopedia - Architecture Parlante
The phrase architecture parlante (“speaking architecture”) refers to the concept of buildings that explain their own function or iden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Mythology: Encyclopedia - Architectural Mythology
Architectural mythology is the term used to describe the overall story of an architectural work. Sometimes this story is rooted back to o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Z/architecture: Encyclopedia - Z/architecture
z/Architecture (formerly and briefly known as ESAME) refers to IBM's 64-bit computing architecture for its top-of-the-line enterprise ser...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Timeline: Encyclopedia - Architecture Timeline
This page indexes the individual year in architecture pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. 21s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Technologists: Encyclopedia - Architectural Technologists
Architectural Technologists, sometimes known as Building Technologists, have many of the same abilities as Architects, usually with an em...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victorian Architecture: Encyclopedia - Victorian Architecture
The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. As with the latt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Acoustics: Encyclopedia - Architectural Acoustics
Architectural acoustics is the science of controlling quality of sound in buildings. The main concerns of architectural acoustics are: B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Terms: Encyclopedia - Architectural Terms
Bahut a dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade. Cable molding...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waterloo School Of Architecture: Encyclopedia - Waterloo School Of Architecture
Architecture Program within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Other related archivesUniversity of Waterl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abacus Architecture: Encyclopedia - Abacus Architecture
In architecture, an abacus (from the Greek abax, a slab; or French abaque, tailloir) is a flat slab that sits upon the capital of a colum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Architecture: Encyclopedia - Classical Architecture
From the point of view of modern times, the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean sometimes seem to blend smoothly into one melange ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Engineering: Encyclopedia - Architectural Engineering
Architectural engineers apply the skills of many engineering disciplines to the design, construction, operation, maintenance and renovati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cistercian Architecture: Encyclopedia - Cistercian Architecture
Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux, France in the year 1124 led the Cistercians to a specific reaction of architectural constrcution: Cistercian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Architecture: Encyclopedia - Byzantine Architecture
Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine empire. The empire emerged gradually after AD 330, when Constantine moved the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 In Architecture: Encyclopedia - 2005 In Architecture
See also: 2004 in architecture, other events of 2005, 2006 in architecture and the architecture timeline. 2005 in architecture - Building...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of The United States: Encyclopedia - Architecture Of The United States
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Architecture: Encyclopedia - Computer Architecture
In computer science, computer architecture is the conceptual design and fundamental operational structure of a computer system. It is a b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Style: Encyclopedia - Architectural Style
Architectural style constitutes a mode of classifying architecture largely by morphological characteristics in terms of form, techniques,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Ancient Greece
This article discusses architecture in Ancient Greece. Architecture (building executed to an aesthetically considered design) was extinct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arm Architecture: Encyclopedia - Arm Architecture
The ARM architecture (originally the Acorn RISC Machine) is a 32-bit RISC processor architecture that is widely used in a number of appli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture: Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture
Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in Asia over the years. Over the centuries, the structural pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyclopean Architecture: Encyclopedia - Cyclopean Architecture
Cyclopean architecture was a characteristic building style of Mycenaean Greek civilization. Tombs and citadels were built of huge irregul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Architecture - Norman Architecture In Scotland
Scotland also came under early Norman influence, with Norman nobles at the court of King Macbeth around 1050. His successor Malcolm III o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Architecture - Norman Architecture In England
In England, Norman nobles and bishops had influence before the Norman Conquest of 1066, and Norman influences affected late Anglo-Saxon a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Landscape Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Landscape Architecture - What Is Landscape Architecture?
Activities of a landscape architect can range from the creation of parks and greenways to the site planning for corporate office building...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Landscape Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Landscape Architecture - What Is Landscape Architecture?
Activities of a landscape architect can range from the creation of parks and greenways to the site planning for corporate office building...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Landscape Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Landscape Architecture - History
The Romans undertook landscape architecture on an extensive scale, and Vitruvius wrote on many topics (eg the layout of towns) which stil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1973 In Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - 1973 In Architecture - Buildings
Sears Tower Sydney Opera House ... See also:1973 in architecture, 1973 in architecture - Buildings, 1973 in architecture - Births, 1973...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Architecture - Buddhist And Jaina Architecture
Buddhism gained prominence during the reign of the emperor Ashoka. It is primarily represented by three important building types- the Cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural History: Encyclopedia Ii - Architectural History - Historic Architecture Dated Events
For the key architectural event(s) of any year in history, just search under ### in architecture, where ### is a year, as 23 BC in archit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural History: Encyclopedia Ii - Architectural History - Western Architecture — Classical To Eclecticism
Architectural history - Classical architecture. Main article: Classical architecture The architecture and urbanism of the Greeks and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1976 In Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - 1976 In Architecture - Buildings
CN Tower John Hancock Tower Home Office Royal National Theatre ... See also:1976 in architecture, 1976 in architecture - Buildings, 197...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medieval Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Medieval Architecture - Secular Architecture
Surviving examples of medieval secular architecture mainly served for defense. Castles and fortified walls provide the most notable remai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Architecture - Architecture As Religion
A major difference between the neoclassical state architecture of Nazi Germany and neoclassical architecture in other modern countries in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sustainable Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Sustainable Architecture - Social Sustainability In Architecture
Sustainable architecture - Sustainable social constructs. Architectural design can play a large part in deciding the ways that social g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Architecture - Buddhist And Jaina Architecture
Buddhism gained prominence during the reign of the emperor Ashoka. It is primarily represented by three important building types- the Cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medieval Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Medieval Architecture - Religious Architecture
The Latin cross plan takes as its model the Roman Basilica. It consists of a nave and two sections half its size flanking it, and the alt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of Africa - Early Architecture
Main Articles: Nubian pyramids, Ancient Egyptian architecture, Great Zimbabwe Probably the most famous structure in all of Egypt, the pyr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technical Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Technical Architecture - Steps
The following steps are defined in the discipline of technical architecture: Forming a team structure Create a skeletal system Exploit p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Engineering: Encyclopedia Ii - Architectural Engineering - Difference From Architecture
A common confusion is the distinction between architecture and architectural engineering. In essence, architectural engineering is a comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sustainable Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Sustainable Architecture - Environmental Sustainability In Architecture
Sustainable architecture - Energy efficiency. Energy efficiency is one of the most active areas of interest in sustainable architecture...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of Africa - Modern Architecture
The revival of interest in traditional styles can be traced to Cairo in the early 19th century. This had spread across North Africa by 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hawaiian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Hawaiian Architecture - Gothic
The first experiment of gothic architecture in Hawaii was undertaken by the Hawaii Catholic Church. Discontent with the earliest designs ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Limerick: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of Limerick - Georgian Architecture
Much Georgian architecture was evident in the city from about the 1800s onwards. Although some has since been demolished, much of the cit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Limerick: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of Limerick - Architecture Lost And Found
Much of Limerick's architectural heritage has been compromised. The main streets in the city centre were originally fronted by mostly uni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hawaiian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Hawaiian Architecture - Renaissance
While Kamehameha IV succeeded in developing the Hawaiian gothic style, Kamehameha V fathered Hawaiian renaissance architecture. Commissio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hawaiian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Hawaiian Architecture - International
Developed in the 1920s and popularized in the 1960s, Bauhaus architecture became a widespread trend throughout the world. An American for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Cambodia: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of Cambodia - Features
The architecture of the Angkor period used certain specific structural features and styles which (along with inscriptions) are one of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enterprise Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Enterprise Architecture - Enterprise Architecture Methodology
The practice of Enterprise Architecture involves the application of a framework to describe an "as is" or a "to be" architecture. These f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palladian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Palladian Architecture - Palladio's Architecture
Buildings by Palladio himself are all in Venice and the Veneto. They include Villa Capra and Villa Badoer, as well as Santa Maria della S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palladian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Palladian Architecture - Palladio's Architecture
Buildings by Palladio himself are all iin Venice and the Veneto. They include Villa Capra and Villa Badoer, as well as Santa Maria della ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hawaiian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Hawaiian Architecture - Mission
Traditional Hawaiian architecture experienced its first revolution with the arrival of Congregational missionary Hiram Bingham. Presbyter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iranian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Iranian Architecture - Pre-islamic Architecture Of Persia Iran
By evidence, the history of architecture and urban planning in Iran (Persia) dates back some 10 thousand years ago. Persians were among t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hawaiian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Hawaiian Architecture - Plantation
At the same time that the monarchy and various corporations developed downtown Honolulu with their renditions of Hawaiian renaissance sty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Landscape Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Landscape Architecture - Specialisms Within Landscape Architecture
Landscape designers and engineers are employed with landscape construction and service companies. Landscape designers like garden designe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of The United Kingdom - Twentieth Century Architecture
At the beginning of the 20th century a new form of design arts and crafts became popular, the architectural form of this style, which had...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Architecture - Sculpture
Sculpture was used with Nazi architecture to embody the "German Spirit" of divine destiny. Sculpture expressed the National Socialist obs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Architecture - Religious Architecture
Generally speaking, Buddhist architecture follow the imperial style. A large Buddhist monastery normally has a front hall, housing the st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dzong Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Dzong Architecture - Characteristics Of Dzong Architecture
The architecture is massive in style with towering exterior walls surrounding a complex of courtyards, temples, administrative offices, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technical Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Technical Architecture - Processes
There are two important processes defined in technical architecture. These processes will be clarified in the underlying text. Technical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Architecture - Commoner Architecture
As for the commoners, be they mandarins, merchants or farmers, their houses tended to follow a set pattern: the centre of the building wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Landscape Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Landscape Architecture - History
The history of landscape architecture overlaps with the history of gardening. Humans across the world have been building gardens for over...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Architecture - Influence Of Islam And The Mughal Architecture
With the advent of Islam, the erstwhile Indian architecture was slightly adapted to allow the traditions of the new religion, but it rema...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Barrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Architectural Barrier - Removing Architectural Barriers
In evaluating what barriers need to be removed, a business should look to the ADA Standards for Accessible Design as a guide. These stand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brutalist Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Brutalist Architecture - Style
Brutalism is related and similar to (and often confused with) the modernist, minimalist and internationalist styles of architecture. All ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belfry Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Belfry Architecture - Gallery
Belfry of Aalst Belfry of Bruges Belfry of Douai Belfry of Ghent Belfry of Lille Belfry of Mons (The tower left of the church) Belfry of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Information Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Information Architecture - Criticism
The value of the term “information architecture” is highly questionable since activities involved in the creation of such are congrue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Architecture - Imperial Architecture
There were certain architectural features that were reserved for the Emperor of China. The most noticeable were the yellow roof tiles; ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dzong Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Dzong Architecture - Construction
By tradition dzongs are contructed without the use of architectural plans. Instead construction proceeds under the direction of a high la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Synagogue Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Synagogue Architecture - Exterior
Synagogue architecture - General styles. Though there are a few Talmudic restrictions on how synagogues could be built, namely that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval Architecture - Habitability
Vessels intended for cruising and "live aboard" marina use will compromise other factors, typically speed, in the interest of providing a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sassanid Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Sassanid Architecture - The Origin
In reviving, the glories of the Achaemenian past, the Sassanians were no mere imitators. The art of this period reveals an astonishing vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Architecture - Norman Buildings In Sicily
Sicily's Norman period lasted from circa 1070 until about 1200, debatable perhaps until the demise of Frederick II, in 1250, so can appro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Limerick: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of Limerick - Bridges
As a city situated on a river (the Shannon), and at a crossing point, Limerick's bridges are of vital importance to the region. They conn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brutalist Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Brutalist Architecture - History
Brutalism gained large momentum in Britain during the middle 20th century, as economically depressed (and WWII-ravaged) communities sough...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Architecture - Modern Architecture
As with so many other aspects of Japanese culture and society, the jump to modern technology brought a quite noticeable leap in architect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iranian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Iranian Architecture - Post-islamic Architecture Of Persia Iran
Built during the Safavid period, an excellent example of Islamic Architecture in Persia (Iran). The fall of the Persian empire to invadin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dzong Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Dzong Architecture - Function
Dzongs serve as the religious, military, administrative, and social centers of their district. They are often the site of an annual tsech...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tudorbethan Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tudorbethan Architecture - Evolution
The Tudorbethan style was a reaction to the ornate Victorian Gothic revival of the second half of the 19th century. Rejecting mass produc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of The United Kingdom - Medieval Architecture
After the Norman invasion of 1066, more consistent forms of design began to regularly appear. William I and his law lords built numerous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of The United Kingdom - Stuart Architecture
The Civil War 1642—49 proved to be the last time in British history that houses had to survive a siege. Corfe Castle was destroyed foll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Architecture - Asuka And Nara Architecture
The earliest Buddhist structures still extant in Japan, and the oldest wooden buildings in the Far East are found at the Hōryū-ji to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Architecture - The Hindu Temples
The reference to temples in literature go back early with Panini (520 BC - 460 BC) and Patanjali mentioning temples which were called pra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Architecture - Influence Of Islam And The Mughal Architecture
With the advent of Islam, the erstwhile Indian architecture was slightly adapted to allow the traditions of the new religion, but it rema...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of The United Kingdom - Victorian Architecture
In the early 19th century the romantic medieval gothic style appeared as a backlash to the symmetry of Palladianism, and such buildings a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hakka Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Hakka Architecture - Guangdong
The Hakka in Guandong province live mostly in east Guangdong, in particular the so-called Xing-Mei (Xingning-Meixian) Area. Like their as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Software Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Software Architecture - Views
Software architecture is commonly organised in views, which are analogous to the different types of blueprints made in common architectur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tudorbethan Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tudorbethan Architecture - Interiors
The interiors of the Tudor style building have evolved considerably along with the style, often becoming truer to the replicated era than...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arm Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Arm Architecture - History
The ARM design was started in 1983 as a development project at Acorn Computers Ltd. The team, led by Roger Wilson and Steve Furber, start...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval Architecture - Efficiency
Broadly, a commercial vessel is efficient if the ship's owner can make a profit against the mortgage and running costs. A pleasure vessel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture - Architecture And Buildings
The difference between architecture and building is a subject matter that has engaged the attention of many. According to Nikolaus Pevsne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture - Scope And Intentions
According to the very earliest surviving work on the subject, Vitruvius' De architectura, good buildings satisfy three core principles: F...   » Read the article