When designing a building, the most important factor is intended use of the building rather than its outward appearance. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is believed that the usage of a building should be considered as the most important criterion in its

design

procedure

instead

of its exterior. In my view, some buildings are

especially

in a special manner

specially

designed to attract people, transfer a message, or serve as a symbol, while in other buildings, their applications dominate the designing process. Architects usually regard the

design

of a building’s external

appearance

as a critical step of their job.

Such

an importance emerges from the high potential of

this

part of buildings that can be

definitely

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defined

utilized to give them unique characteristics.

For instance

, thousands of tourists travel to Sydney to enjoy watching the picturesque external

design

of

this

city’s opera house.

Additionally

, a special message can be transferred through using particular elements in a building’s outward view. To illustrate, the German parliament’s glassy

appearance

is interpreted as the transparency of relationships between the political parties.

Moreover

, some building

symbolize

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symbolizes

a country and everyone remembers those buildings whenever they think about that country.

For example

, the iconic outward

design

of Burj al Arab in Dubai, which resembles a sailing boat, has become the symbol of

this

UAE.

On the other hand

, a huge amount of expenditure on special outward designs cannot be justified as logical for some types of building, since their intended usage preponderates over their

appearance

.

Therefore

, in some cases the simplest types of facades have always been selected.

For example

, the exteriors of industrial warehouses are usually covered by a layer of cement or even bricks. Most of public and

official

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office

buildings are constructed for special purposes. To illustrate, hospitals’ structures are designed based on regulations which assure their resistance against extreme natural disasters

such

as earthquakes and floods;

as a result

,

more strict

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stricter

regulations should be considered in their structural

design

process ― their

appearance

is not their architectural priority. In conclusion, the outward views of some buildings are a simple architectural element, because in certain

cases conceptual

Accept comma addition

cases, conceptual

appearances have been designed to attract people, symbolize a country, or transfer an idea, whereas in some other buildings, the designers focus on structural factors rather than their exterior appearances ― for the sake of building’s intended usage.