[ar.chi.tec.ture] n (1555) 1: the art or science of building; specif: the art or practice of designing and building structures and esp. habitable ones
2. a: formation or construction as or as if as the result of conscious act "the ~ of the garden" b: a unifying or coherent form or structure "the novel lacks ~"
3: architectural product or work
4: a method or style of building
5: the manner in which the components of a computer or computer system are organized and integrated