Unit Eigh Architecture Engineering.docVIP

Unit Eight Architecture Engineering Passage One What a Building Is? Architecture is a public art. It is the building block of the city, a compound work. Cities are always changing, growing and being altered, being destroyed and being rebuilt, and all in response to social and political change, to the demands of commerce and industry, and to the rhythms of technological innovation. Each time a new building is proposed it must be studied, not in isolation, but evaluated as a part of the increasingly complex whole that forms all regions. Architecture is a liberal art that is taught at our u