According to Dictionary.com, the definition of architecture is “the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect.” Architecture can be considered the art of making beautiful buildings. Architecture is truly in the eyes of the beholder and the people making these buildings and bridges can stamp their legacy with one beautiful piece of work. Those that do this for a living have grandiose visions and want to put them into existence. They might even get an architecture tattoo to show their love of what they do.

Some might wonder what an architecture tattoo is. It is simply a tattoo of a building or bridge or really anything put together by someone who participates in architecture. In this post we are going to talk about the meaning of the architecture tattoo and what it means to the person with it. We hope that by the end of this post you will have new and fresh ideas of pieces of architecture that would be great ideas for a tattoo.

What is Architecture

Architecture is both the product and the process of designing, planning and constructing buildings or almost any other structure. Works of architecture are considered works of art and cultural symbols. Ancient societies are often defined by the architecture achievements still standing.

De architectura is the oldest surviving written piece on architecture and it was written by the Roman architect Vitruvius. According to him, a good building should meet three philosophies of what is known in English as, firmness, commodity and delight. You might also break these three principles down to durability, beauty and utility.

An architect should try to fulfill these attributes as much as he or she can according to Vitruvius. A man named Leion Battista Alberti added to the ideas of Vitruvius. He wrote De Re Aedificatoria and in this piece he said beauty was basically a matter of proportion, however, ornament also played a role.