Architecture is the general name of buildings and structures, and it is an artificial environment created by people to meet the needs of social life by using the material and technical means they have mastered and applying certain scientific laws, geomantic concepts and aesthetic laws.

According to Ten Books of Architecture, the earliest extant Roman architect Vitruwei, the elements contained in architecture should have the characteristics of utility, firmness and beauty. In order to realize these characteristics, we must establish a scientific artistic view.

The objects of architecture range from comprehensive environmental design, including regional planning, urban planning and landscape design, and related building processes before the formation of the community, to the production of indoor furniture and small objects. And its usual object is a unit in a site.

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Development history

From the outbreak of the Opium War in 1840 to the establishment of New China in 1949, the architecture in China presents the characteristics of the intersection of Chinese and Western styles. During this period, the traditional old building system in China still dominated in quantity, but entertainment service buildings such as theaters, restaurants and inns and commercial buildings such as department stores and vegetable markets generally broke through the traditional architectural pattern.

1949 after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), China's architecture entered a new historical period, and large-scale and planned national economic construction promoted the vigorous development of the construction industry. Modern architecture in China has broken through the limitations of modern times in terms of quantity, scale, type, geographical distribution and modernization level, and presented a brand-new posture.

During this period, China architecture experienced a retro style characterized by local application of large roofs, a new style of socialist architecture represented by the 10 National Day Project, and a Guangzhou style period that integrated modern design techniques and national implications. Since 1980s, China's architecture has gradually become open and compatible, and China's modern architecture has begun to develop in a diversified direction.

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