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thumb|upright=1.3|alt=View of Florence showing the dome, which dominates everything around it. It is octagonal in plan and ovoid in section. It has wide ribs rising to the apex with red tiles in between and a marble lantern on top.|In adding the dome to the Florence Cathedral ([[Italy) in the early 15th century, the architect Filippo Brunelleschi not only transformed the building and the city, but also the role and status of the architect.]] thumb|upright=1.3|Bauhaus building ([[Germany). The Bauhaus style co-started modernist architecture.]]

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Architecture is the art and practice of designing and constructing buildings and structures that shape our physical spaces. It matters because thoughtful architectural design can transform not only individual buildings and cities, but also influence culture and society, as demonstrated by landmark achievements like Brunelleschi's dome in Florence Cathedral, which elevated the status of architects themselves.

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Research

329,980 papers

Healing Architecture for Sick Kids.ReviewZeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie · 2019Fricke OP, Halswick D, Längler A et al.DOI: 10.1024/1422-4917/a000635
Insect architecture: structural diversity and behavioral principles.ReviewCurrent opinion in insect science · 2020Sane SP, Ramaswamy SS, Raja SVDOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.08.005
Indicators of Healthy Architecture-a Systematic Literature Review.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Rice L, Drane MDOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00469-z
Architecture for mental health.Medical humanities · 2025Rusca RDOI: 10.1136/medhum-2024-013155
Salutogenic Architecture, Non-Therapeutic Environments and the Health of the Elderly: A Systematic Review.HERD · 2025Rakhshani Z, Khakzand MDOI: 10.1177/19375867251313980
The Role of Architecture and Design in the Management of Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2020Ramos JB, Duarte GS, Bouça-Machado R et al.DOI: 10.3233/JPD-202035
The signs of life in architecture.ReviewBioinspiration & biomimetics · 2008Gruber PDOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/3/2/023001
[Therapy through architecture].ReviewPrzeglad lekarski · 1998Grabowska-Pałecka H

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Contents

Definitions
Theory
Historic treatises
Modern concepts
History
Origins and vernacular architecture
Prehistoric architecture
Classical era
Asian architecture
African Architecture
Islamic architecture
European medieval architecture
Renaissance architecture
Early modern and the industrial age
Modernism
Postmodernism
Architecture today
Types
Residential architecture
Commercial architecture
Industrial architecture
Landscape architecture
Interior architecture
Urban design
Green Design
Other types of architecture
Naval architecture
Metaphorical "architectures"
Seismic architecture
See also
Notes
References
External links

Architecture is the study and practice of designing structures, especially habitable ones. It utilizes civil engineering techniques, but is considered a visual art. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. The term comes ; ; . Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.