Architecture is the general name of buildings and structures, and it is an artificial environment created by people to meet the needs of social life by using the material and technical means they have mastered and applying certain scientific laws, geomantic concepts and aesthetic laws.

The original meaning of architecture:

Buildings are made of mud, bricks, tiles, stones and wood. Space for people to live and use, such as houses, bridges, factories, gymnasiums, caves, water towers, temples, etc. Broadly speaking, landscape and gardens are also part of architecture. More broadly, nests consciously built by animals can also be counted as buildings. There is a saying in western philosophy: architecture is solidified music. Architecture is a stone history book. Ten Books of Architecture, the classic masterpiece of ancient Roman architect Vitruwei, puts forward three standards of architecture: firmness, practicality and beauty, which has always influenced the development of architecture in later generations.

Architecture consists of three elements: architectural function, architectural technology and architectural artistic image.