519,064 articles
Architect
An architect is a licensed building design professional who plans and designs structures, prepares the drawings and contract documents used to build them, and often administers construction on the owner's behalf.
Architect of the Capitol
The Architect of the Capitol, also known as the Architect of the United States Capitol, is the federal agency maintaining the Capitol complex's buildings and grounds.
Architecton
Architecton (2024) is Victor Kossakovsky's documentary on concrete and stone, premiering in Berlinale competition, featuring architect Michele De Lucchi, Baalbek ruins, and 2023 Turkey earthquake imagery.
Architects (British band)
Architects are a British metalcore band formed in Brighton, England, in 2004 by twin brothers Dan and Tom Searle, known for combining hardcore, death metal, and ambient elements.
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth) is a Berkeley, California 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2006 by architect Richard Gage, claiming the World Trade Center towers and Building 7 were destroyed by controlled demolition and petitioning for a new investigation with subpoena power, contrary to NIST findings.
Architects' Journal
The Architects' Journal is a British professional architecture magazine published in London by Metropolis International, known for its technical building studies and the AJ100 ranking of the UK's largest practices.
Architectural Association School of Architecture
The Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), founded in 1847, is the oldest independent school of architecture in the UK, based at Bedford Square, London, known for its unit system of studio teaching and ARB/RIBA-recognized qualifications.
Architectural drawing
An architectural drawing is a graphic representation of a building, often drawn to scale, used to design, document, and construct it; standard types include plans, elevations, sections, and details.
Architectural element
An architectural element is a major component of a building, such as a wall, floor, roof, or opening, defined by its function regardless of design, construction method, or materials.
Architectural engineering
Architectural engineering, also called building engineering, applies engineering principles and technology to the design, construction, and maintenance of buildings, with engineers designing mechanical, electrical, lighting, and structural systems.
Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad
Trinity Sergius Lavra ensemble (Троице-Сергиева лавра), working Russian Orthodox monastery in Sergiev Posad near Moscow, founded 1337 by Sergius of Radonezh; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993 with over 50 buildings, 88 m belfry, and Rublev's Trinity icon.
Architectural Institute of Japan
The Architectural Institute of Japan (日本建築学会, AIJ) is Japan's principal academic society for architecture, founded in 1886. With about 37,000 members, it publishes journals and sets design standards.
Architectural pattern
An architectural pattern, also known as an architectural style, is a general, reusable solution to a recurring problem in software architecture, described as context, problem, and solution.
Architectural photography
Architectural photography is a genre of photography focused on buildings and structures, spanning documentation, commercial magazine commissions, and fine-art work; Julius Shulman was its most celebrated practitioner.
Architectural programming
Architectural programming is the research process that identifies a building's scope of work before design begins, documenting goals, spatial needs, and constraints in a program or brief.
Architectural Record
Architectural Record is an American monthly magazine for architects, engineers, and design professionals, founded in New York in 1891 and America's oldest ongoing architecture publication.
Architectural Review
The Architectural Review, founded in London in 1896, is a British monthly magazine of architecture known for criticism and thematic issues on the social and political context of buildings.
Architectural singularity
An architectural singularity, also called an architecture singularity, is a design defect of a parallel manipulator, named by Ma and Angeles in 1992, that makes the robot uncontrollable and useless.
Architectural style
Architectural style, also called styles of architecture, is a recognizable set of formal characteristics, such as plan, structure, and decoration, that links buildings to a particular period, region, or movement.
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh (Nesvizh Castle), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Belarus inscribed 2005 under criteria ii, iv, vi: Radziwill residence castle with Corpus Christi Church, held 1583-1939.
Architecture
Architecture is the art and practice of designing and making buildings, spanning creative design, building science, and construction regulation, with architects strategizing, designing, and overseeing building projects.
Architecture 101 (건축학개론)
Architecture 101 (건축학개론) is a 2012 South Korean melodrama directed by Lee Yong-ju, starring Uhm Tae-woong, Han Ga-in, Lee Je-hoon, and Suzy, about first loves reunited over a house renovation; it was the first Korean melodrama to pass 4 million admissions.
Architecture of cathedrals and great churches
The architecture of cathedrals and great churches, also called cathedral architecture, is the tradition of monumental Christian church building from the Roman basilica through Gothic styles.
Architecture of Chicago
The architecture of Chicago is the body of buildings and planning traditions that arose after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, pioneered the steel-frame skyscraper, the Prairie School, and City Beautiful planning.
Architecture of India
The architecture of India spans ancient Buddhist stupas, Hindu temples classified as Nagara, Dravida, and Vesara, Indo-Islamic and Mughal building, and modernist work after independence in 1947.
Architecture of Mesopotamia
Architecture of Mesopotamia: the mud-brick building tradition of the Tigris-Euphrates plain, from Ubaid temples and Uruk's first cities to ziggurats, Early Dynastic palaces, brick vaulting, and the Ishtar Gate.
Architecture of the Philippines
The Architecture of the Philippines, or Philippine Architecture, is the building traditions of the archipelago, from the bahay kubo and bahay na bato to American colonial and modernist works.
Architecture of Windows NT
The architecture of Windows NT, also known as the Windows NT architecture, is the internal design Microsoft introduced with Windows NT 3.1 in 1993, underlying Windows XP through Windows 11.
Architecture tradeoff analysis method
The Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM) is a scenario-based technique developed at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute in 2000 for evaluating software architectures against competing quality attributes.
Architrave
An architrave is the lowest horizontal member of a classical entablature, resting on column capitals; the word also names the molding around a door or window.