"architecture", the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. As with some other arts, the practice of architecture embraces both aesthetic and utilitarian ends that may be distinguished but not separated, and the relative weight given to each can vary widely from work to work. Thus, at one end of the scale are purely functional structures (that may nonetheless possess certain aesthetic qualities, intended or not), while at the other are purely decorative ones with no genuine practical function at all.
All but the simplest cultures have evolved characteristic forms of architecture, and the more complex societies command a great variety of styles, techniques, and purposes that shape their buildings.
Scaffold: WWW Architectural Project
Voice of the Shuttle: Architecture Page
Period and Style for Designers
AIA Online: The American Institute of Architects
International Architecture and Design Home Page
Architectural digital imaging project
SPIRO: Architecture Slide Library
Architronic: The Electronic Journal of Architecture