Architecture discipline different from engineering

(Part 2 of a two-part series)

ARCHITECTURE did not just come out of nowhere but due to the needs of man for physical security from the vagaries of nature, physical security from man itself, and man's quest for what is a true and beautiful dwelling for his family. There is this three-inch thick textbook called "A Comparative History of Architecture" written by the eminent British architectural historian Sir Bannister Fletcher, who happens to be a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, which enumerates the continuing evolution of architecture.