Re: Internet "architecture"

Well, I am more a Frank Lloyd Wright fan myself.  ;-)

At 7:17 AM +0100 4/15/13, Jon Crowcroft wrote:
>that's pretty much how i'd use it too (having spent 30 years meeting 
>people who design styles of construction of living spaces, but dont 
>often actually build buildings, i'm stuck with the le courbusier, 
>gaudi, foster, rogers, gehry meaning:)
>
>
>On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 11:07 PM, John Day 
><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
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>I basically use the dictionary definition of "a style of 
>construction."  The important distinction being between an 
>architecture and buildings built to that architecture.  (I don't 
>remember what dictionary I found that in.  It was 30 years ago.)
>
>I would say that 90% of the usage in the field refers buildings, 
>rather than *architectures.*
>
>For example, the 7-layer OSI model is a building, not an architecture.
>
>Take care,
>John
>
>
>At 4:35 PM -0400 4/14/13, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
>     > From: Jon Crowcroft 
><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
>
>     > architecure remains as hard as ever
>
>I'm interested to know what 'architecture' means to you both; I know what
>_I_ mean by the term, but I'm not sure the field as a whole has a consistent,
>well-understood meaning, yet.
>
>         Noel