architecture
archi·tec·ture [architecture architectures] BrE [ˈɑːkɪtektʃə(r)] NAmE [ˈɑːrkɪtektʃər] noun 
1. uncountable the art and study of designing buildings
•to study architecture
2. uncountable the design or style of a building or buildings
•the architecture of the eighteenth century
•modern architecture
3. countable, uncountable (computing)the design and structure of a computer system
Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Latin architectura, from architectus from Greek arkhitektōn, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + tektōn ‘builder’.
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