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Print › Architectural Period Styles Ancient Egypt Pyramid at Saqqara Ancient Egypt Obelisk Ancient Egypt Bent Pyramid Ancient Egypt Mastaba tombs Ancient Egypt Abu Simbel Ancient Egypt Pyramid at Giza Ancient Greek Minoan Palace Ancient Greek The Caryatids Ancient Greek The Ionic Order Ancient Greek The Doric Order Ancient Greek Acropolis Ancient Greek Agora -the meeting place where citizens shopped, discussed politics and issues of Athens Ancient Greek The Corinthian Order Ancient Greek Parthenon 447 BC, Athens Ancient Roman Colosseum Ancient Roman House: Peristyle Ancient Roman Pont du Gard, Roman Gaul (now the South of France.) 1st century AD Ancient Roman Temple of Fortuna Ancient Roman Pantheon 118-128 AD, Rome Ancient Roman Temple of the Vesta 1st century BC Ancient Roman Petra (Jordan) Ancient Rome Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Anatolia, Turkey Ancient Rome Domus Ancient Rome Basilica: Courthouse Ancient Rome Maison Carre 4-7AD, Nimes, France. Ancient Rome Imperial Forum Art Deco (1925-1945) Chrysler Building. Decorative spandrel panels, bas relief panels, strong vertical form, stainless steel Art Moderne 1920 to 1940 - Adaptations of the popular forms used on commercial buildings of the time (like New York City's Chrysler Building). Art Nouveau Casa Batlló 1877 Antoni Gaudi Art Nouveau 1899-1902- Musee Horta, Dining Room. Brussels, Belgium. Archt: Victor Horta. Art Nouveau Modernisme During 1890's to 1910's, it was architecture that attempted to copy elements of nature. Architects like Antonio Gaudi in Spain created works of art with his architecture. Art Nouveau Modernisme Sagrada Familia March 19, 1882 Arts & Craft William Morris House. The red house. 1859 Baroque The Palace of Versailles 1623-1770 Baroque St. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Rome Borromini 1634 Baroque St. Andrea al Quirinale 1658-70 Rome Bernini Baroque St. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, 1634 Dome Baroque St. Ivo alla Sapienza 1642-50 Rome. Borromini Beaux Art Beaux Art, 1875 - Paris, France. The Paris Opera. Grand. Archt: Garnier Blobitecture Late 20th / 21st-century design movement in which all or part of the building has a bio-morphic form. Brutalism Palace of the Assembly in Chandigarh 1947 Byzantine St. Mark's Basilica 1063. A style of buildings with features such as large domes on square bases, rounded arches, spires, and mosaics Byzantine Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) 537 AD, Emperor Justinian I. Designed by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles Cape Cod 1920s to 1940s - This cottage style is a subset of the Colonial Revival style. It's modeled after the simple houses of colonial New England, though early examples were almost always shingled, while 20th century examples can be clapboard, stucco, or brick. Many houses of the post World War II building boom were of this style, including many of the 17,400 cottages in Levittown, New York, the country's first housing development. Chateau Sur-le-Mer LATE VICTORIAN, 1872 - Chateau Sur-le-Mer, Newport, RI, French Ren. Revival, Mansard Roof. Richard Morris Hunt, Archt. Chinese Pagoda Chinese Temple of Heaven 1406 to 1420 Yongle Emperor Chinese Great Wall Chinese Forbidden City 1406 to 1420 Yongle Emperor Chinese Chinese temple Classic Revival Style (1890-1930) temple front with pediment, entablature, and columns Colonial Revival 1880 to 1955 - The American Centennial celebrations of 1876 brought about a want for the lifestyle of our country's past, including early house styles. But rather than copy those houses directly, architects McKim, Mead, and White mixed and matched details from several early styles, including Dutch Colonial, Georgian, and Federal. This is one of the country's most classic styles because millions of examples still stand today due to the building of "McMansions" of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Craftsman 1905 to 1930 - Followers of the Arts and Crafts movement (started in England in the late 19th century), particularly California architects emphasized the beauty of hand-crafted natural materials over Victorian-era excesses. The style also grew out of Frank Lloyd Wright's work in the Prairie style at the turn of the 20th century. Deconstructivism It is characterized by fragmentation, an interest in manipulating a structure's surface, shapes which appear to distort and dislocate elements of architecture. Deconstructivism Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry, Spain Deconstructivism Frank Gehry House, 1978 Early Christian Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, 432-40 AD Early Christian period from c. 320-600 Early Christian Santa Costanza Rome c.350AD. Early Christian San Vitale, Ravenna, 540-8 Early Christian Old St. Peters Basilica 318 and 322 Federal Style 1780 to 1820 - This style is based almost entirely on the English "Adamesque" style architecture, which took characteristics from ancient Roman architecture. This was the first style of homes in the United States, and it had a place in nearly every part of the country. This style was particularly found in bustling urban areas like Salem, Massachusetts. Federal Style (1780-1820) multi-paned windows, louvered shutters, lintels, gabled roof, brick facade, chimney Folk Victorian 1870 to 1910 - As the industrial age made machine-cut wood details affordable and available to the average American, homeowners added mass-produced decorative trim (called gingerbread) to their small, simple folk cottages to dress them up in the style of the day. French Revival 1915 to 1945 - American soldiers serving in France during World War I would have seen many houses with these characteristics in the French countryside. Like the Tudor Revival, which it resembles, the style was most popular in the growing suburbs of the 1920s. Geodesic Dome American Pavilion" - EXPO 67, Montreal Georgian 1700 to 1780 - This architecture style is based on earlier European styles, which emphasized classical Greek and Roman shapes. These houses could be found in every part of the colonies in the 18th century. Gothic St-Denis cathedral 1140-1145, Paris Gothic Chartres Cathedral Gothic San Denis Cathedral 1135 Paris Gothic Type of European architecture that developed in the Middle Ages, characterized by flying buttresses, ribbed vaulting, thin walls, and high roofs. Gothic Florence Cathedral Bell tower by Giotto Completed in 1359 Gothic Revival Houses of Parliament 1835 Gothic Revival 1840 to 1880 - This style is another trend that started in England and made its way to the U.S. The style mimics the shapes found on Medieval churches and houses, and is almost always found in rural areas. Greek Revival 1825 to 1860 - Americans, newly familiar with Greek democracy, built civic buildings that looked like Greek temples. The fashion for columns and pediments seeped into residential architecture as far as the most rural farmland. High Renaissance Palladian Window High Renaissance St. Peters Basilica April 18, 1506 High Renaissance Four Books of Architecture, 1570 Andrrea Palladio Industrial Revolution Wainwright Building, Louis Sullivan, St. Louis Industrial Revolution Eiffel Tower Industrial Revolution 1850-54 - London Crystal Palace, From Central Transept Toward North Transept, Archt: Paxton, Joseph Indus Valley Great Bath. Mohenjo Daro. Pakistan Indus Valley Drains and Toilet. Mohenjo Daro Indus Valley Citadel, Mohenjo Daro. Pakistan Indus Valley Residential Area, Mohenjo Daro International Style 1924 - Bauhaus School. Dessau, Germany. Brass and Silver Tea Sets. Marianne Brandt. International Style Habitat '67 International Style Farnsworth House 1945 and 1951 International Style Ronchamp Chapel, completed in 1954 Le Courbusier, France International Style Toronto City Hall 1958 International Style Seagram Building, 1958 Mies van der Rohe, New York International Style 1925 to present - The style took its name from a 1932 exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art that showed the new work of European Bauhaus architects like Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Before World War II, it was most popular in California (where this house by Richard Neutra is located) and in wealthy Northeast suburbs. International Style IIT Crown Hall, 1956, Chicago, Illlinois International Style German Pavilion, 1929 Barcelona International Style Glass House 1949 International Style 1924 - Schroder House. Utrecht, Holland. Archt: Gerrit Rietveld International Style MODERN, 1958 - Segram Building. New York, NY. Mies Vander Rohe International Style Fagus Shoe Company 1911 - 1913 International Style 20th century. Associated with Le Corbusier- simplicity and elegance of design came to influence the look of modern office buildings and skyscrapers. International Style Villa Savoye 1928 and 1931 International Style Unite d'habitation 1947 Islamic Architecture Minaret Islamic Architecture Ablutions Fountain Islamic Architecture Shah Mosque (Imam Mosque), 1611 Islamic Architecture Ka'bah Islamic Architecture Alhambra, Granada Spain, a small fortress in AD 889, rebuilt in the mid-13th century Islamic Architecture Multi-Domed Mosques Islamic Architecture Iwan Mosques Islamic Architecture Minbar Islamic Architecture Taj Mahal, India Islamic Architecture Courtyard Islamic Architecture Mihrab Islamic Architecture Dome of the Rock - 685-691 AD, Old City of Jerusalem Islamic Architecture The Great Mosque at Damascus (706-15) Italianate (1840-1880) bracketed cornice, window hoods, corbelled brick Italianate 1840 to 1885 - Modeled after a fashion started in England, this style rejected the rigid rules of classical architecture and instead looked to the more informal look of Italian rural houses. Ironically, the style became very popular as an urban townhouse.
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