Steven Holl's design for Simmons Hall of MIT won the Harleston Parker Medal in 2004.

Beijing National Aquatics Centre by PTW Architects and Ove Arup (Australia), and behind, the Beijing National Stadium by Herzog and de Meuron.

Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings. Architectural design usually must address both feasibility and cost for the builder, as well as function and aesthetics for the user.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to architecture:

[edit] Essence of architecture

Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Australia, the world's tallest residential tower.

Main articles: Architecture and Building design

• Architect
• Architectural style
• Architecture selected pictures
• Architecture parlante

[edit] Subclassifications of architecture

• Religious architecture
• Domestic architecture
• Modern architecture
• Responsive architecture
• Sustainable architecture

[edit] Regional architecture

• Australian architectural styles
• Canadian architecture
• Georgian architecture
• Iranian architecture
• Islamic architecture
• New York City architecture
• Portuguese architecture
• Spanish architecture
• United States architecture

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[edit] Architectural education

Architectural educator Bachelor of Architecture Master of Architecture Doctor of Architecture

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, New York

[edit] History of architecture

Architectural mythology Neolithic architecture Ancient Egyptian architecture Pyramids Armenian architecture Coptic architecture Dravidian architecture Maya architecture Sumerian architecture Classical architecture Mesoamerican architecture Architecture of ancient Greece Roman architecture Incan architecture Sassanid architecture Byzantine architecture Islamic architecture

Newari architecture Buddhist architecture Medieval architecture Iranian architecture Romanesque architecture Gothic architecture Hoysala architecture Vijayanagara Architecture Renaissance architecture Ottoman architecture Baroque architecture Neoclassical architecture Victorian architecture Neo-Renaissance Gothic Revival architecture Modern architecture Postmodern architecture Timeline of architecture

Taj Mahal

[edit] Architectural theory

Architectural design Mathematics and architecture Parti Pattern language Proportion (architecture) Space syntax

The Sage, Gateshead by Norman Foster

[edit] Architectural practice

• Architectural drawing
• Architectural plan
• Blueprint
• Building code
• Cost overrun

[edit] Building types

Main articles: Building and List of building types

Apartment building Bank Bar (establishment) Pub Basilica Casino Church (building) Conservatory (greenhouse) Courthouse Fire station Fortification Forum (Roman) Gas station Green building Hotel House

Library Market Mosque Motel Museum Office building Railway station Restaurant Shopping mall Skyscraper Shopping mall Stock exchange Supermarket Temple Terminal station Warehouse

The Geisel Library at UCSD, with its unique architecture, is a San Diego landmark.

[edit] Structural elements

Arch Atrium Beam Buttress Cantilever Column Dome Facade Pier (architecture) Post and lintel Span Truss Vault Wall

Dome of St Peter's Basilica, Rome

[edit] Building materials

Main articles: Materiality (architecture),Building material and List of building materials

[edit] Architectural prizes

Aga Khan Award for Architecture AIA Gold Medal Alvar Aalto Medal Driehaus Prize Emporis Skyscraper Award European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Praemium Imperiale for Architecture Pritzker Prize RIBA Royal Gold Medal Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture

Interior of the debating chamber of Scottish Parliament building by Enric Miralles, winner of the 2005 Stirling Prize.

[edit] Architecture lists

Refer to: Category:Architecture lists

• List of architects
• List of architecture firms
• List of architecture prizes
• List of buildings
• List of concert halls

[edit] Related fields

[edit] See also

Architecture portal

• Arts
• Outline of design

[edit] External links

• DesignIntelligence
• Architecture.com, published by the Royal Institute of British Architects

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