Outline of architecture

See also: Index of architecture articles

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.

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 symbols and as works of art.

Essence of architecture

The Secretariat at Chandigarh, India, by French architect Le Corbusier, one of the founders of modern 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.
• 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 –

Architectural education

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

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

History of architecture

Taj Mahal

Main articles: Architectural history and Architectural style

• Architectural mythology –
• Neolithic architecture –
• Ancient Egyptian architecture –
• Pyramids –
• Achaemenid architecture
• 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

The Sage, Gateshead by Norman Foster

Main article: 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

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

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

Dome of St Peter's Basilica, Rome

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

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

Main article: List of architecture 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 –
• Civil engineering –
• Environmental design –
• Interior design –
• Structural engineering –
• Sustainable design –
• Urban Design –
• Urban planning –

See also

• Arts
• Outline of design

External links

• This outline displayed as a mindmap, at wikimindmap.com
• 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