architecturenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɑː.kɪ.tek.tʃər/us/ˈɑːr.kə.tek.tʃɚ/B1 the art and practice of designing and making buildings:
to study architecture
B1 the style in which buildings are made:
Roman architecture
More examples
- Modernist architecture tries to conquer nature instead of working with it.
- This is a prime example of 1930s architecture.
- Almost every visitor to Edinburgh is seduced by its splendid architecture.
- The town's modern architecture is very well integrated with the old.
- I like the clean-cut shapes of classical architecture.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Architecture
- architect
- architectural
- blueprint
- colonial
- design
- floor plan
- Georgian
- Gothic
- ground plan
- modernism
- modernist
- neoclassical
- plan
- rococo
- Romanesque
- vernacular