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principles of good architectures

I strongly believe that a building must balance all three to be considered architecture: function, structure and beauty.The most effective and memorable architecture, it that which it express its function in a meaningful and visually interesting way and  it complement or contrast with its surroundings. The question is: do these principles, meant to apply to physical architecture, apply to system architecture and more specifically clinical architecture?What is considered beautiful and what is considered ugly changes over time? What Vitruvius is saying is that architecture is about craftsmanship and technology.  Architecture is the apex of a people’s technology, for it is the technological environment that they create for themselves. Today, it's ridiculed for its boxy shape, gigantic lobbies, and modernistic decorations.The difference between a good application architect and a great application architect is the ability to craft an elegant solution in a way so as to delight the user. Obviously in the modern age, our control of the atom and thus the ability to produce energy from non traditional sources and thus harvest and fabricate non local or natural materials for construction, has made a major change in how the different people’s of the world produce their architecture.Understanding the complexity of architecture can seem daunting. To understand this complexity, you must find out about the science of structures, the craft of building, and the art of space-making, as well as the terminology of architecture. 


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