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Architecture
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What things would one have to consider in order to design a building?
Think-Pair-Share What things would one have to consider in order to design a building?
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EOA and POD
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Key Term Architecture- The art of designing buildings and other structures.
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Key Term Architect A specialist in designing structures.
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Neolithic Architecture
Contains some of the oldest known structures made by mankind. Distinguishable by Paleolithic and Mesolithic making and use of stone tools. Neolithic cultures have been shown to have existed in southwest Asia as early as 8000 B.C. to 6000 B.C. The peoples of the Americas and the Pacific region remained at the Neolithic level up until the time of European contact.
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Neolithic Architecture
Neolithic Architects were builders who used mainly mud-brick to construct houses and villages. Houses were plastered and painted with ancient scenes of humans and animals. Many of the more famous Neolithic structures were remarkably made by enormous stones.
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Egyptian Architecture
Due to lack of wood most Egyptian architecture was made with mud-brick and stone. Minerals included sandstone, limestone, and granite, which were generally used for tombs and temples. Most ancient Egyptian towns have been lost because they were situated in the cultivated and flooded area of the Nile Valley.
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Architecture One of the early architectural developments was the use of the “post-and-lintel” method. A beam is placed horizontally across upright posts.
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Architecture Ancient Greek “Orders” (styles): composed of a shaft, capital, and base.
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Other key developments
Arch Vault Dome
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Variations The arch, vault, and dome are variations of the same concept that allowed for greater height and more space inside a building.
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Gothic Architecture Flourished in western Europe from the 1100’s to 1400’s. New systems of construction allowed for architects to design churches with thinner walls and lighter piers. Piers extended several stories high and into the roof area making individual columns like ribs on an open umbrella. Ribbed vaults are most distinguishable characteristic of Gothic architecture.
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Gothic Architecture Other styles included pointed arches, stained-glass windows, flying buttresses. Flying buttresses were brick or stone arched supports built along outside walls. Gothic cathedrals could be highly decorated with statues and paintings.
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Neoclassical Architecture
Produced by the neoclassical movement during the 18th century. Neoclassical, or "new" classical, architecture describes buildings that are inspired by the classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. Symmetrical shape Tall columns that rise the full height of the building Triangular Pediment Domed roof Examples: U.S. Capitol Building, White House, Slave plantations
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Neoclassical Architecture
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New Materials During the Industrial Revolution, many new materials were developed: glass-- Crystal Palace (1851)
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New Materials During the Industrial Revolution, many new materials were developed: wrought iron-- The Eiffel Tower (1887)
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Artistic Architects Antoni Gaudi June 25, 1852– June 10, 1926
Artistic Architects Antoni Gaudi June 25, 1852– June 10, 1926 Spanish architect Gaudí's work was influenced by his passions in life: architecture, nature, and religion.
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Sagrada Família
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Artistic Architects Louis Sullivan September 3, 1856– April 14, 1924
Artistic Architects Louis Sullivan September 3, 1856– April 14, 1924 American architect Called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism.”
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Wainwright Building
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Artistic Architects Frank Lloyd Wright June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959
Artistic Architects Frank Lloyd Wright June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959 American architect Designed structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment.
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Running Water
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Video Video-Frank Lloyd Wright
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