Background Information on Architecture

Architecture can mean:

-The art and science of design and erecting buildings and other physical structures.
-A general term to describe buildings and other infrastructures.
-A style and method of design and construction of buildings and other physical structures.
-The practice of an architect, where architecture means to offer or render professional services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings, that have as their principal purpose human occupancy or use.
-Design activity, from the macro-level (urban design, landscape architecture) to the micro-level (construction details and furniture).
-The term "architecture" has been adopted to describe the activity of designing any kind of system, and is commonly used in describing information technology.