1. Noun
The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.
2. Noun
Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
3. Noun
(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software"
Vocabulary classified under Computing and technology
4. Noun
an architectural product or work
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
5. Noun
the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
Vocabulary classified under Economics
6. Noun
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"
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
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