Everything has an architecture to it, not just buildings. The attributes or metadata are:

1. Quantities of parts within the whole.

2. Dimensions (length, width, height, thickness, angle, volume, weight, etc) of the parts.

3. Qualities (structural strength, social strength, etc) of the parts.

4. Relationships (physical location, dynamic performance, and social character):

   • Between parts.

   • Between parts and the whole.

   • Between the whole and its surrounding environment (context & location).

   • Between users interacting with the whole or its parts.

5. Time (i.e. performance, actions, events; managing change after the passage of time, or at an approaching time).

Practicing architecture is a process. Processes are invisible. But architects are not paid for invisible things. Architects are paid for the physical or tangible deliverables to the client, i.e. design plans, design drawings, renderings of the design, construction documents, written reports, written studies, written determinations, written interpretations, and so on.

Many years ago, building architecture was the first. See Google Jobs to compare all of the many new types of architecture.

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