Arch 4561 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Architecture - ACCURATE ANSWERS Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and constructing space that reflects functional, social, and aesthetic considerations. Ecology - ACCURATE ANSWERS Is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. Sustainability - ACCURATE ANSWERS -Lester Brown (1981): "...one that is able to satisfy its needs without diminishing the chances of future generations."-SOA Conference (2...

Frank Lloyd Wright (and his design ideology) - ACCURATE ANSWERS • The underlying structure of nature. • Buildings integral to the site. • Buildings integral to the environment. • Buildings integral to the life of the inhabitants. • Buildings integral to the nature of the materials. "Form and function are one." Buckminster Fuller (and his design emphases) - ACCURATE ANSWERS Inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet, cosmologist, and author. "The planet's fr...