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Technology Education - Architecture (18551 words) |
 | The characteristics that distinguish a work of architecture from other man-made structures are (1) the suitability of the work to use by human beings in general and the adaptability of it to particular human activities; (2) the stability and permanence of the work's construction; and (3) the communication of experience and ideas through its form. |
| This section of the article is concerned with architectural typology, with the role of society in determining the kinds of architecture, and with planning--the role of the architect in adapting designs to particular uses and to the general physical needs of human beings. |
| Architectural ornament in the 19th century exemplified the common tendency for mimetic ornament, in all times and places, to turn into mere applied decoration, lacking either symbolic meaning or reference to the structure on which it is placed. |
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