Architecture and Civilization: A Sketch

Abstract

Building houses and cities is a part of our civilization. People are increasingly creating their own environment. To the extent they imbue that environment with meaning we have traditionally called it „architecture“ in many languages. The development of architecture is a characteristic subdivision of civilizational activities. The possible conditions for a relative autonomy of architectonic events can be determined from the overall framework of a civilizational process. We find the scholarly knowledge of these connections in the theories of civilization.