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Freezing a culture's priorities into something that outlives everyone who paid for it.
means The art and science of designing buildings — the discipline that shapes how structures look, stand up, and work for the people inside them.
from From Latin architectura, from Greek arkhitekton, 'chief builder' — arkhi- ('chief') plus tekton ('builder, carpenter'). The same tekton root gives us 'technology' and 'technique,' a cousin-reminder that architecture was always as much craft as vision.
- Vitruvius's rule
- Must be firm, useful, and beautiful, all three
- Tallest wood building
- Milestone Tower, Norway, 85.4 meters
- Software borrowed it
- Code structure is called architecture too
- No legal protection
- Architectural designs can be copyrighted, floor plans often cant