(~s)
1.
Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
He studied classical ~ and design in Rome.
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2.
The ~ of a building is the style in which it is designed and constructed.
...a fine example of Moroccan ~.
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3.
The ~ of something is its structure. (FORMAL)
...the crumbling intellectual ~ of modern society.
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