A Critical Analysis Of Architecture

Many of you, of course, has traveled many places around the world. You experienced different culture, tourist spot and some amazing and unique structure in different places or country. All those unique structures were made by many great architects. Architecture is the process and a product of designing, planning and constructing of buildings or any other structures. Architectural works perceived as cultural symbols and as a works of arts. The article was written by Sarah Williams Goldhagen, who is an author and one of the nation's chief architecture critics. She writes about how architecture is more than just buildings in remembrance of Ada Huxtable who is also an architecture critics for the New York times who died on january 7 at the age

Architecture has been defined as “a multi-disciplinary profession requiring a combination of artistic technological and sociological expertise”. The challenge of architecture is to produce within a given budget and time period an aesthetically pleasing design which will stand up to wear and tear and is the kind of building which enables the user to function effectively; whether it be a house, school or

It is a deep expression of human civilization in a particular era and it will endure and outlive us in forms of monuments that future generations will study and strive to understand. All architects represent a great force in our society because architecture is as well an expression of the strengths of the society as well as their technological progress. Architecture is a form of visual art that creates irrevocable works. Human value this art so much because it’s a permanent expression of the society values, desires, ways of thinking and ideals, ideology and many other things in a fixed point in time. It is like a reflection in the mirror, a way society sees itself as well as how it sees the environment, nature and finally, this world. This is why even buildings used for the most mundane of purposes transform into a work of art in the hands of a gifted architect. Moreover, certain architectural wonders, be it a house or a public building like a museum, bears the signature of the architect. They reflect the architect’s personality and beliefs. However, architecture is also science because a building design has to be within the realms of rational thinking: It cannot ignore reality and its boundaries. For example, a house addresses the need for shelter, a basic human necessity. It has to be functional, durable, sustainable and affordable. Ensuring these qualities needs empirically tested and validated