Abstract
The developed world's value for creative architectural design, and architects' thinking to explain the origin of the built environment, provides an argument in support of creation as an explanation for the origin of the natural environment. From the late 1800's in Western culture, there was a search for an explanation for an origin for life that did not require God as the designer. However, in parallel, in the very same culture the status of the creative designer was elevated by formalising the architectural profession. Since the Ancient Roman era, the architectural profession has developed a language that describes itself by relating to a Divine creative exemplar and often appropriating images, or analogies, from a created nature to explain how a building design works. The dominant thinking of the architectural profession, where the architect is portrayed as a creator and uses images from nature is here called the 'Design Paradigm'. The continuing dominance of this Design Paradigm raises questions regarding the usefulness of the evolutionary theory.