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ar·chi·tec·ture  (ärk-tkchr)
n.
1. The art and science of designing and erecting buildings.
2. Buildings and other large structures: the low, brick-and-adobe architecture of the Southwest.
3. A style and method of design and construction: Byzantine architecture.
4. Orderly arrangement of parts; structure: the architecture of the federal bureaucracy; the architecture of a novel.
5. Computer Science The overall design or structure of a computer system, including the hardware and the software required to run it, especially the internal structure of the microprocessor.

[Latin architectra, from architectus, architect; see architect.]

archi·tectur·al adj.
archi·tectur·al·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.architectural - of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture; "architectural history"; "architectural design"
Translations
architectural [ˌɑːkɪˈtektʃərəl] ADJarquitectónico
architectural [ˌɑːrkɪˈtɛktʃərəl] adj [heritage, style] → architectural(e)
architectural
adj, architecturally
architectural [ˌɑːkɪˈtɛktʃrl] adjarchitettonico/a


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Not that all architectural ornament is to be neglected even in the rudest periods; but let our houses first be lined with beauty, where they come in contact with our lives, like the tenement of the shellfish, and not overlaid with it.
THE old Archiepiscopal Palace of Lambeth, on the southern bank of the Thames -with its Bishop's Walk and Garden, and its terrace fronting the river -- is an architectural relic of the London of former times, precious to all lovers of the picturesque, in the utilitarian London of the present day.
One day in returning from this spring by a circuitous path, I came upon a scene which reminded me of Stonehenge and the architectural labours of the Druids.
 
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