Building environment:

The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, skyscrapers, and other structures. Numerous people have made the association between the physical structure of buildings and the layout and design of computers, including Christopher Alexander.
Prominent architects include:

• Christopher Wren 1632-1723
• Major William Le Baron Jenney 1832-1907
• Antonio Gaudi 1852-1926
• Louis Sullivan 1856-1924
• Hendrik Petrus Berlage 1856-1934
• Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959
• Walter Gropius 1883-1969
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1886-1969
• Le Corbusier 1887-1965
• Joseph Albers 1888-1976
• Richard Neutra 1892-1970
• Alvar Aalto 1898-1976
• Louis Kahn 1901-1974
• Marcel Breuer 1902-1981
• Philip Johnson 1906-
• Charles Eames 1907-1978
• Eero Saarinen 1910-1961
• Lawrence Halprin 1916-
• I. M. Pei 1917-
• Jørn Utzon 1918-
• Paolo Soleri 1919-
• Arthur Erickson 1924-
• Robert Venturi 1925-
• Kenneth Snelson 1927-
• Peter Smithson 1928-
• Alison Smithson 1928-
• Frank Gehry 1929-
• Peter Eisenman 1932-
• Richard Meier 1934-
• Christopher Alexander 1936-
• Renzo Piano 1937-
• Moshe Safdie 1938-
• Rem Koolhaas 1944-
• Willaim Bruder 1946-
• Lars Spuybroek 1959-
• Greg Lynn 1964-

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Buildings:

• World's 10 Tallest Buildings
• Great Pyramid of Giza - 2480 BC
• Acropolis - 432 BC
• The Parthenon - 432 BC
• Teotihuacán - 800
• Westminster Abbey - 1066
• Tower of London - 1090
• Notre-Dame Cathedral - 1250
• Chartres Cathedral - 1260
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa - 1370
• The Alhambra - 1390
• The Alcazar - 1455
• Machu Picchu - 1500
• The Louvre - 1546
• Saint Peter's Basilica - 1615
• Taj Mahal - 1653
• Wren Building - 1697
• Home Insurance Building - 1885
• Eiffel Tower - 1889
• Bank of China Tower - 1890
• The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel - 1893
• "Woolworth Building" - 1913
• Equitable Building - 1915
• Imperial Hotel - 1922
• RJ Reynolds Building - 1929
• "The Chrysler Building" - 1930
• The Daily News Building - 1930
• Empire State Building - 1931
• Brill Building - 1931
• Grand Central Terminal - 1932
• Fallingwater - 1937
• Museum of Modern Art - 1939
• Rockefeller Center - 1940
• John F. Kennedy International Airport - 1948
• Notre Dame Du Haut - 1955
• The Capitol Records Building - 1956
• Tokyo Tower - 1958
• "Seagram Building" - 1958
• Guggenheim Museum - 1959
• Whitney Museum - 1966
• John Hancock Center - 1969
• Kimbell Art Museum - 1972
• World Trade Center -1972-73
• Sydney Opera House - 1973
• Sears Tower - 1973
• CN Tower - 1973
• world's tallest building
• Flatiron Building
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial - 1982
• The High Museum of Art - 1983
• Jacob-Javits Convention Center - 1986
• Musee d'Orsay - 1987
• Arcosanti
• Robie House
• Petronas Towers - Kuala Lumpur - 1998
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 1998

Computing environment:

The structure of a computer's hardware and/or software system and how they work together.

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• Computer Architecture
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• Superscalability

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Source:
Whitford, Frank, "Bauhaus", Thames and Hudson, London, 1984
http://www.architecture.com/
http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings.html
Last Updated 06.12.04

Architecture is so much more than the average person realizes. It is not about drafting or even building. Real architecture has more to do with philosophy and psychology than it does with construction. Architects SHOULD be concerened with manipulating the human experience. They should always question how their work influences reality. By the way, any architect who designs primarily in floor plan is not a thinker. Floor plans are retarded. Designing in section perspective, or model are the best ways to design the human experience.

Ar"chi*tec`ture (?; 135), n. [L. architectura, fr. architectus: cf. F. architecture. See Architect.]

1.

The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.

Many other architectures besides Gothic. Ruskin.

3.

Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.

The architecture of grasses, plants, and trees. Tyndall.

The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture. Burnet.

Military architecture, the art of fortifications. -- Naval architecture, the art of building ships.

 

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