1. (

• architecture

) an architectural product or work ;

2. (

• architecture

) the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" ;

3. (

• architecture

) the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect ;

4. (

• computer_architecture ,
• architecture

) (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software" ;