architecture
- noun
- A2
- Top 3000
The work and study of planning how buildings are made, and the style in which they are built.
Architecture students spend long nights building small models of houses.
The old town is admired for its dark brick Gothic architecture.
He gave up architecture after two terms and chose design instead.
Good architecture can make a small flat feel light and open.
Common collocations: study architecture · modern architecture · Gothic architecture · a school of architecture · a piece of architecture
Part of: School subjects, Buildings and places, Art, School and teaching