Architecture and web design
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Super Admin
By Super Admin
Published on 06/15/2008
Architecture and web design are close cousins. Both vocations require focus in creatively designing tangible experiences and environments that facilitate movement. A good architect will study how people move from room to room and craft a layout that makes this as easy as possible. A good web designer will research how people navigate a website, where their eyes travel, and what visual cues they look for to get the information they need as easily as possible.
Building accessible websites is a habit. It’s a mindset that should be adopted from the first day of planning to the last hour of quality assurance. An architect plans the wheelchair ramps from the first building blueprints; a developer should always reference a mental
checklist of accessibility considerations from the first wireframes and comps in Photoshop.
Website design is often compared with building architecture. The similarities run remarkably parallel. In fact, in web design, a site’s overarching flow and structure is referred to as its architecture, a term defining the placement of elements on a page, how they interact, the intended navigation, and how major sections of a site form a greater whole. This interweaving of components doesn’t happen magically; web design, like building design, takes meticulous planning with a focus on organization and usability.
checklist of accessibility considerations from the first wireframes and comps in Photoshop.
Website design is often compared with building architecture. The similarities run remarkably parallel. In fact, in web design, a site’s overarching flow and structure is referred to as its architecture, a term defining the placement of elements on a page, how they interact, the intended navigation, and how major sections of a site form a greater whole. This interweaving of components doesn’t happen magically; web design, like building design, takes meticulous planning with a focus on organization and usability.