Outline of architecture

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

Architecture – both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art.

Essence of architecture

Main articles: Architecture and Building design

• Architect –
• Architectural style –
• Architecture parlante –

Definitions

• The art and science of designing and erecting 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.^[1]
• A general term to describe buildings and other structures.
• A style and method of design and construction of buildings and other physical structures.
• All building design activity, from the macro-level (urban design, landscape architecture) to the micro-level (construction details and furniture).

Subclassifications of architecture

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

Regional architecture

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

Architecture of the world   Architecture of Europe Albania · Andorra · Austria · Azerbaijan1 · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia1 · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia1 · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey1 · Ukraine · United Kingdom Dependencies, autonomies and other territories Abkhazia1 · Adjara1 · Åland · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Crimea · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle of Man · Jersey · Nagorno-Karabakh1 · Nakhichevan1 · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus1 1 Has significant territory in Asia.   Architecture of Asia Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma · Cambodia · China (People's Republic of China (Hong Kong · Macau) · Cyprus · East Timor · Georgia · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel (See also Palestinian territories) · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Korea (North Korea · South Korea) · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Taiwan · Tajikistan · Thailand · Turkey · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen   Architecture of Africa Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe Dependencies and other territories British Indian Ocean Territory · Mayotte · Réunion · St. Helena · Western Sahara (SADR)   Architecture of North America Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Canada · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago · United States Dependencies and other territories Anguilla · Aruba · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Navassa Island · Netherlands Antilles · Puerto Rico · Saint-Pierre and Miquelon · Turks and Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands   Architecture of South America Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela Territories Aruba · Falkland Islands · French Guiana · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands   Architecture of Oceania Australia Australia · Norfolk Island · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands Melanesia East Timor · Fiji · New Caledonia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu Micronesia Guam · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Northern Mariana Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · Palau Polynesia American Samoa · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · New Zealand · Niue · Pitcairn · Samoa · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · Wallis and Futuna

Architectural education

• Architectural educator –
• Bachelor of Architecture –
• Master of Architecture –
• Doctor of Architecture –

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 –

Architectural theory

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

Architectural practice

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

Buildings

Main articles: List of building types and List of buildings

Listed below are building types, along with lists of notable buildings of each type (in parentheses):

Building –

• Amphitheatre   (amphitheatres) –
• Apartment building –
• Aquarium   (aquaria) –
• Bank –
• Bar –
• Pub –
• Basilica   (basilicas) –
• Casino   (casinos) –
• Castle   (castles) –
• Church –
• Concert hall   (concert halls) –
• Conservatory   (conservatories) –
• Courthouse –
• Fire station –
• Fortification   (fortifications) 
• Forum –
• Gas station –
• Green building –
• Hotel –
• House –
• Library   (libraries) –
• Market –
• Mosque   (mosques) –
• Motel –
• Museum   (museums) –
• Observatory   (observatories) –
• Office building –
• Opera house   (opera houses) –
• Palace   (palaces) –
• Railway station   (railway stations) –
• Restaurant –
• Shopping mall –
• Skyscraper   (skyscrapers) –
• Stock exchange –
• Supermarket –
• Temple –
• Terminal station –
• Warehouse –

Structural elements

Refer to: Category: Architectural elements

• Arch –
• Atrium –
• Beam –
• Buttress –
• Cantilever –
• Column –
• Dome –
• Facade –
• Pier –
• Post and lintel –
• Span –
• Truss –
• Vault –
• Wall –

Building materials

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

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 –

Architecture firms

• List of architecture firms

Professions in architecture

• Architect
  • Architectural designer
  • Landscape architect
  • Starchitect
• Architectural technologist

Persons influential in the field of architecture

• List of architects

Related fields

• Construction –
  • Building construction – builds the structures that architects design.
• Civil engineering –
• Environmental design –
• Interior design –
• Structural engineering –
• Sustainable design –
• Urban Design –
• Urban planning –

See also

• Arts
• Outline of design

References

External links

• Architecture.com, published by Royal Institute of British Architects
• Worldarchitecture.org, World Architecture Database
• Archdaily.com Recopilation of thousands of recents projects
• Architectural centers and museums in the world, list of links from the UIA
• arch-library

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