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Architecture
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Stone Age Paleolithic Hall of the Bulls Black Cow and Horses
Lascaux Cave, Central France c.15,000 BCE Black Cow and Horses Lascaux Cave painting, Central France c.15,000 BCE Note : The following demonstrates how established dates are designated today vs. how they have been shown in the past : Before Now BC = Before Christ BCE = Before Common Era AD = Anno Domini (year of our lord) CE = Common Era
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Round Tower [of Jericho]
Ancient Architecture Round Tower [of Jericho] Tel-el-Sultan c BCE (Neolithic) Brick & Stone
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Ziggurat at Ur (Third Dynasty)
Sumerian Architecture Ziggurat at Ur (Third Dynasty) Sumerian c BCE Sun-dried Brick
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Stone Quarry for Pyramids
Egyptian Old Kingdom (EOK) Architecture Stone Quarry for Pyramids Great Pyramids At Giza (Cheops, Chefren, Mycerinus) (EOK) c BCE
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Pyramid entrance tunnel Cross section of Pyramid tunnels and chambers
Egyptian Old Kingdom (EOK) Archtiecture Pyramid entrance tunnel Cross section of Pyramid tunnels and chambers
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Mayan Temple of the Giant Jaguar (Temple I)
Mayan Architecture El Castillo Chichén Itza, Mexico th-10th Century CE Stone Mayan Temple of the Giant Jaguar (Temple I) Tikal, El Péten, Guatemala c. 700 CE
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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Egyptian New Kingdom (ENK) Architecture Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut Architect Imhotep Dier - El - Bahri, Thebes (ENK), Beginning of the XVIIIth Dynasty c.1480 BCE
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Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England c.1800 - 1400 BCE
Neolithic Architecture Type of construction? Stonehenge Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England c BCE
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Neolithic Architecture
Type of construction? Post and Lintel construction Stonehenge Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England c BCE
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Palace at Knossos courtyard
Minoan Architecture Palace Floor Plan Palace at Knossos courtyard Crete, Minoan c.1600 BC
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Queen’s Bedroom in the Palace at Knossos
Minoan Art and Architecture Queen’s Bedroom in the Palace at Knossos Late Minoan c.1500 BC
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Palace at Knossos, Crete
Minoan Art and Architecture The Queen’s parlour Palace at Knossos, Crete
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(based on the Golden Mean
Proportion Classical Greek design principle The Golden Rectangle A B C The Golden Mean Root 5 Rectangle (based on the Golden Mean Length = √ 5 x height )
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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Classical Art Sculptural model of the Goddess Athena of the Parthenon The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Iktinos and KalliKrates (Architects) BCE Floor Plan
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Doric Ionic Corinthian
Greece Classical Architectural Column Designs Doric Ionic Corinthian (origin : Greek mainland) (origin : Asia Minor) (origin : Corinth,Greece )
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Pont Du Gard, Nimes, France
Early Roman Empire Architecture Roman Aqueduct Pont Du Gard, Nimes, France Brick and Stone c. 14 CE 900’ in length x 160’ in height
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Collosseum Early Roman Empire Architecture Rome Concrete c. 80 CE
All three orders of Greek Architecture are used here. Third level : Corinthian Second Level : Ionic First Level : Doric
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Pantheon Early Roman Empire Architecture Rome Early Empire 117-125 CE
15-18 similar Pantheon Rome Early Empire CE Brick and concrete
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Under the Portico of the
Early Roman Empire Architecture Under the Portico of the Pantheon Rome CE
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Concrete coffered ceiling w/ oculus
Early Roman Empire Architecture The Pantheon Rome Early Empire CE Concrete coffered ceiling w/ oculus 15-19
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Construction Designs
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St. Etienne Cathedral interior
Romanesque Architecture • Cathedrals Floor Plan St. Etienne Cathedral interior Vignory, France CE St. Sernin Cathedral Toulouse, France CE 15-27
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Notre Dame Cathedral (Apse)
Gothic Architecture Notre Dame Facade Notre Dame Floor Plan Apse Flying Buttresses Notre Dame Cathedral (Apse) Paris, France Detail CE
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Ribbed Vaulted Ceiling
Gothic Architecture • Cathedrals Ribbed Vaulted Ceiling (Example) Amiens Cathedral Amiens, France Begun 1220 CE
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Great Mosque (interior)
Islamic Architeture Great Mosque (interior) Cordoba, Spain CE Mosque : from the Arab word masjad meaning ‘a place of kneeling’ Great Mosque dome
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Buddhist Architecture
Buddhist Stupa Sanchi, India
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Proscenium of the Teatro Olimpico
The Renaissance in Italy The High Renaissance House Proscenium of the Teatro Olimpico Vicenza, Italy c. 1560 The Rotunda Vicenza, Italy c. 1550 Pilladio
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Carson Pirie Scott Building
Late 19th & early 20th Century Architecture Louis Sullivan Carson Pirie Scott Building Chicago, IL Steel Structure Art Nouveau Decorative Details in wrought-iron above entrance and elsewhere
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Proscenium of the Teatro Olimpico
The Renaissance in Italy The High Renaissance House Proscenium of the Teatro Olimpico Vicenza, Italy c. 1560 The Rotunda Vicenza, Italy c. 1550 Pilladio
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Katsura Palace Kyoto, Japan c. 1615 - 1663
Traditional Japanese Architecture Katsura Palace Kyoto, Japan c
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Frank Lloyd Wright 1867 - 1959 The Robie House Falling Water
Late19th & early 20th Century Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright The Robie House Chicago, IL Falling Water Bear Run. PA
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Casa Mila Antonio Gaudi 1852 - 1926 Barcelona, Spain 1906 - 1910
Art Nouveau Architecture Antonio Gaudi Casa Mila Barcelona, Spain
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Art Nouveau Architecture
Antonio Gaudi Park Guell Barcelona, Spain
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Architecture Antonio Gaudi Casa Battlo Barcelona, Spain
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Modern Architecture - International Style Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Seagram Building NYC
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Geodesic Dome Structure
20th Century Architecture Prefab design and structure The Building Truss Buckminster Fuller Geodesic Dome Structure c 1950
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Buckminster Fuller Geodesic Urban Dome of the future
Architecture Buckminster Fuller Geodesic Urban Dome of the future Buckminster Fuller Stamp Geodesic Biosphere Montreal World’s Fair of 1967 Geodesic Sphere Epcot Center Orlando, FL
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Murphy & Mackey, architects
21st Century Architecture Murphy & Mackey, architects Climatron Missouri Botanical Garden Geodesic structure + Dale Chihuly blown glass sculpture
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Le Corbusier Notre Dame du Haut Villa Savoie 20th Century Architecture
Ronchamp, France Le Corbusier Villa Savoie Poissy, France
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Opera House Joern Utzon 20th Century Architecture
Sydney, Australia
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Olympic Village Tent Structures
20th Century Architecture Suspension and Tensile Construction Frei Otto Olympic Village Tent Structures Munich, Germany
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Walt Disney Concert Hall
Contemporary Architecture Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angelos, CA Frank Gehry
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Corcoran Gallery proposal (model)
Contemporary Architecture Frank Gehry Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain Corcoran Gallery proposal (model) Washington, DC Model made of Gatorboard, basswood, silver paper, Plexiglas, and acetate 30” x 41” x 72”
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