What is Architecture?

As a student of Architecture the best way I could define such a wide subject is by quoting three of its greats:

“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.” –Le Corbusier

“The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.” –Frank Lloyd Wright

“Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts.” –Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

However, by law, according to RA 9266, Article I, Section 3 (1) "Architecture" is the art, science or profession of planning, designing and constructing buildings in their totality taking into account their environment, in accordance with the principles of utility, strength and beauty.

On a personal note, architecture is a manifestation of human intelligence through forms and spaces by which its usefulness enhance the quality of our lives. From the day we were born in a hospital up to our dead bodies in a mausoleum, architecture surrounds us and influences our actions that defines the very way we live.

Sources:
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9266
http://thinkexist.com
http://www.brainyquote.com

Theory of Architecture 1
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