Way before modern architecture, and classic European architecture, actually there is the oldest architecture of all. And we could call it as ancient architecture, why? because most of them hand made and using nature as its basic material, also nature took important role in here.

The role of nature, could be found in the landscape. Most of the architecture using the landscape as the basic foundation, as the result, the building almost blended with the landscape, its a bit hidden to be precisely. One of the example is Cliff Palace in Colorado. The place is also one of the reason Moving To Colorado.
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Vernacular architecture is the term used to categorize methods of construction which uses local resources to meet the local’s needs. Vernacular architecture developed at any time to reflect on the environment, culture, and history of the area where the architecture is located.

Vernacular architecture becomes important to the context of architecture in Asia because Asia consists of many different cultures and each of it different in each territory. Each region has a specific architecture derived from tradition, the local human adaptation of nature that gave rise to a variety of ways to cope with climate for building comfort.
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Modern architecture, not to be confused with ‘contemporary architecture’, is a term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament. While the style was conceived early in the 20th century and heavily promoted by a few architects, architectural educators and exhibits, very few Modern buildings were built in the first half of the century. For three decades after the Second World War, however, it became the dominant architectural style for institutional and corporate building.

The exact characteristics and origins of Modern architecture are still open to interpretation and debate.

Some historians see the evolution of Modern architecture as a social matter, closely tied to the project of Modernity and hence to the Enlightenment, a result of social and political revolutions.
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This article will give a brief introduction to architecture, its origins and a look at how important it is in the world today and in the past.
Architecture is the practice of design buildings and other physical structures. It is often considered a form of art and science due to the massive amount of technical knowledge required to implement a design that has been created from nothing.
Architects have many factors to consider when constructing a building such as mass, texture, materials, light/shadow, cost, construction and technology. All of these factors are manipulated in order to create an end design that appears both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
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