‘Place is to architecture as meaning is to language.’ Assess the accuracy of this claim.

Given this comparison, architecture gives a place meaning.  Examples of this include the Eiffel Tower in Paris, or the White House in Washington, D.C.  Without these structures, these places might be as relevant as a banal suburb, usually lacking relevant structures to call their own, apart from big-box superstores.  A politically and architecturally relevant structure stands out, even in a large city, because they chronicle either a particular incident, or time period….(short extract)