Definitions

=__ Architecture __=

//Arch////itectu////re is the art of designing, construction buildings and other physical structures. The architecture has as its principal object the creative manipulation of materials and forms, technologies, light and shadows that allow you to plan, design and construct buildings and structures f////unctional and useful to society.//

//The architecture als////o encompasses the pragmatic aspects of realizing des////ig////ned spaces, such as project planning, cost estimating and construction adminis////tration. A wider definition may comprise all design activity from the macro-level (urban design of buildings and landscape architecture) to th////e micro-level (construction details and furniture).//

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// The urban planning acts in different scales, from urban design, designed the public space and the elements that make it up (from the scenery building to street furniture) to the urban planning, which defines the development model of the city, passing by the Urban Management, which defines how it is executed as planned .//

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