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. Architecture is an artform to last for decades, selection of material, colours and technology
will change constantly but what will not change is the deepth of understanding the artform many architects in Lefkada,has.
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By the simplest definition, architecture is the design of buildings, executed by architects. However, it is more. It is the expression of thought in building. It is not simply construction, the piling of stones or the spanning of spaces with steel girders. It is the intelligent creation of forms and spaces that in themselves express an idea.
Construction becomes intelligent and thus architectural when it is efficient and immediately appears so. If it is the simplest and most advanced type of structure, solving the task set for it, and conceivable in its age, construction will have the quality of perfect appropriateness and will also be the expression of the mechanical knowledge of a culture. It becomes intelligent also when it is made to emphasize its simplicity and to express its system of support so that both can be immediately understood.
Construction, however, only became a basic factor in architectural thought during the Roman era at the time of the birth of Christ. Before then architecture had been almost exclusively symbolic in form and decoration. The symbols that were materialized in the Egyptian pyramid, Sumerian ziggurat, Hindu stupa, and Japanese pagoda were the most powerful expression of each culture's religious beliefs. They were designed according to the most complex and all-embracing symbolic systems; their shape, decoration, dimensions, and orientation to the sun were the result of the most profound meditation. But they enclosed little or no internal space. They were works of architecture but not of construction.
When intelligent, permanent construction enclosing space replaced the symbolic architecture of primitive cultures, a new type of architectural art appeared. It became possible for a whole city to become a work of architecture with each contributing element places of worship, government institutions, markets, houses enclosed in an appropriate structure and decorated to express its individual character.
The cities of Rome, Ravenna, Constantinople, and Isfahan became possible with their colorful domes, cavernous markets, and decorated palaces. Their interior spaces also became symbolic in their shape and decoration as seen in the Islamic mosque and in Byzantine and Gothic churches.
With the Renaissance in Europe around 1400, there came a new sort of architecture in which mass and interior space were manipulated to produce aesthetically pleasing pictures like those in paintings and sculptures. The elaborate symbolism of primitive and medieval art disappeared. In its place was a purely human-centered handling of form and space to produce visual delight.
The demystification of architecture during the Renaissance prepared the way for modern design. In the 19th century the picturesque, the design of both buildings and their landscape surroundings as if they were pictures, evolved.
But the simultaneous evolution of society, science, and industry collided with this view of architecture, suggesting the very different idea that building could be an important instrument of social betterment if made healthy and efficient. Thus it has come about that next to the theater-set architecture of New York City's Fifth Avenue there is that of the hospital-like housing projects, which has left many architects with the difficult choice between working as decorative artists or as social planners.
Architectural Links
The CMHC Innovation Centre for Highrise and Multiples provides the latest information on applied research and technology for highrise residential construction: durable building envelope, energy efficiency, acoustical performance, healthy indoor environment, maintenance and operation, and renovation and repair.
Sthapatya-Ved Home Page information on the Ancient Indian system of architecture.
Society of Architectural Historians
he American Institute of Architects
The AIA Homepage includes information about why you need an architect and how to select one, as well as information on careers in architecture and classroom resources.

I Want To Be An Architect

AEC InfoCenter
The Internet Expo for Architecture, Engineering and Construction.
ARCAT
A directory of building products and manufacturers.
BuildNet
The builder's network.
Derck & Edson Associates
Landscape Architects Civil Engineers Land Planners
Orpheus Acoustics
Specializing in room acoustics and noise control
Benchmark Construction Company Inc.
Brownstown, PA
Texas Board of Architectural Examinars
NCARB Home Page
National Society of Professional Engineers
American Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Architectural Slide Library - Berkeley
San Antonio Chapter of the AIA
AIA OnLine
Texas Society of Architects
Texas Dept. of Licensing & Regulations
The Society of Architectural Historians