Origins and the ancient world
Architecture first evolved out of the dynamics between needs (shelter, security, worship, etc.) and means (available building materials and attendant skills). As human cultures developed and knowledge began to be formalized through oral traditions

Historic treatises
The earliest written work on the subject of architecture is De architectura, by the Roman architect Vitruvius in the early 1st century CE.According to Vitruvius, a good building should satisfy the three principles of firmitatis utilitatis venustatis,

Picking house paint colours isn’t just difficult. It’s terrifying! Pick colours that are blah, and your house will seem flat and featureless. But if the colours you pick are too bold, they might overwhelm the architecture… and upset