art

The conscience use of skill, craft, and creative imagination in the production of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more
than ordinary significance.
environmental design
The ordering of the physical environment by means of architecture, engineering, construction,
landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning.
aesthetics
The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with a view to establishing the
meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art. Also, esthetics.
beauty The aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives intense pleasure to the senses or deep satisfaction to the
mind or spirit, whether arising from harmony of form or color, excellence of craft, truthfulness, originality, or other, often
unspecific property.
taste
Critical judgment, discernment, or appreciation of what is fitting, harmonious, or beautiful prevailing in a culture or
personal to an individual.
urban design

The aspect of architecture and city planning that deals with the design of urban structures and spaces.

city planning
The activity or profession of the future physical arrangement and condition of a community, involving an
appraisal of the current conditions, a forecast of future a plan for the fulfillment, of these and proposals for legal, financial, and
constructional programs to implement, 'the plan. Also called town planning, urban planning.
delight A high degree, of pleasure or enjoyment.
commodity

Something of value, use, or convenience.

interior design The art, business, or profession of planning the design and supervising the execution of architectural interiors,
including their color schemes, furnishings, fittings, finishes, and architectural features.
space planning The aspect of architecture and interior design that deals with the planning, layout, design, and furnishing of
spaces within a proposed or existing building.
firmness

The state or quality of being solidly constructed.

technology
Applied science: The branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical methods and
materials, and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment.
technics

The science, of an art or of the arts in general.

tectonics

The science or art of shaping, ornamenting, or assembling materials in building construction.

architectonics

The unifying structure or concept of an artistic work.

engineering
The art; and science of applying scientific principles to practical ends in the design and construction of
structures. machines, and systems.
science A branch of knowledge dealing with a body of facts or truths obtained by direct observation, experimental investigation,
and methodical study, systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.
behavioral science
Any of the sciences, such as sociology and anthropology, that seek to discover general truths from
the observation of human behavior in society.
sociology
The science of human social institutions and relationships, specif. the study of the origin, development,
structure, functioning, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings.
anthropology
The science of human beings, specif. the study of the origins, physical and cultural development, and
environmental and social relations of humankind.
landscape architecture The art, business, or profession of designing, arranging, or modifying the features of a landscape for
aesthetic or practical reasons.
regionalism
An approach to architecture that strives to counter a lack of identity or sense of place by utilizing the
geographical context of a building Co guide its design response to topography, climate, light, and tectonic forth.