Architectural theory is the act of thinking, discussing, or most importantly writing about architecture. The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αÏχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αÏχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ...
The architectural basic elements of this urban analysis can be the network of streets, routes and paths, squares, focal points, neighbourhoods, domains, symbolic centres, boundaries, public monuments, vistas, enclosures, the presence of nature (parks, water), the continuity of street fronts, the significance of street corners and so on.
Architecture can be analysed in semiological terms as a system of signs (architectural forms) which are drawn from a familiar and generally-understood vocabulary (Style) and combined to mean something in particular circumstances.
Theory of architecture is the tool by which architects check or compare the goals of architecture with its actual achievements.
The specialization area in the History and Theory of Architecture is concerned with a critical examination of the record of architectural development from the earliest times to the present.
By examining and discriminating among the various methodologies and points of view that attempt to describe and explain knowledge about architecture, students become better equipped to determine the appropriate method or approach to be adopted in their inquiry into the history and theory of architecture.
New methodologies and theoretical stances, grounded in a critical examination of past and present bodies of knowledge on various aspects of architecture, may be advanced for the purpose of working out and testing new theoretical bases for the discipline of architecture.
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