Contents
- The Ancient Middle East
- Egypt
- The Agean
- Classical Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Early Christendom
- Byzantium
- Islam
- Romanesque
- Gothic
- Renaissance
- Late Renaissance
- Baroque
- Rococo
- Classicism
- Historicism
- Engineering
- Art Nouveau
- Functionality
- From the thirties…
- … until today
Glossary
- Mesopotamian temples
- small buildings
- clay bricks
- erected
- platform
- high terraces
- ziggurats
- astronomical observations
- Sumerians
- height
- temples
- holy grounds
- ziggurat
- palace complex
- city walls
- dwellings
- warehouses
- small settlements
- round nomad tents
- huts
- clay
- herbaceous materials
- central fireplace
- rectangular buildings
- unfired bricks
- urban settlements
- Jericho
- religious architecture
- defence
- Sumerian
- Uruk
- Ur
- pyramids
- tombs
- kings
- labour
- materials
- building site
- Nile
- temporary ramps
- passages
- chambers
- temple
- dried mud bricks
- Egyptian temple complexes
- longitudinal axis
- columned courts
- columned halls
- papyrus stems
- lotus
- papyrus blossoms
- palm fronts
- small tiles
- reed mats
- ancient Egyptian architecture
- limestone
- granite
- rectangular network of streets
- rowhouse settlements
- central complex of palaces and shrines
- megaron
- oblong construction
- side walls
- open porch
- hearth
- open entry hall
- dividing walls
- Classical Greek architecture
- central courtyard
- polis
- fortified city
- administrative buildings
- sacral buildings
- Lion Gate
- cyclopean wall
- upright megaliths
- relief
- Minoan culture
- Crete
- Mycenaean culture
- Cretan architecture
- Minoan palaces
- oval city centers
- narrow streets
- alleys
- citadels
- inner fortified settlement
- refuge fortress
- Greek theatre
- cult ceremonies
- altar
- stage
- wooden scaffolds
- semicircular risers
- tribunes
- Etruscans
- tumuli
- Parthenon
- Athenian Acropolis
- Acropolis
- marble
- peristyle temple
- city wall
- clay bricks
- acroteria
- gable decorations
- shrine
- peristyle hall
- megaron: a long rectangular building with a serial room arrangement
- clay model
- Etruscan temple
- cella
- ancient Agean civilization
- Greek temple
- classical architecture
- Doric style
- footless
- squat columns
- Ionic
- Corinthian
- decorated feet
- heavily ornamented capitals
- city walls
- assembly halls
- educational buildings
- training buildings
- libraries
- outdoor theatres
- marble
- limestone
- sacred buildings
- wood
- clay bricks
- Ancient Rome
- insulae
- islands
- profit
- ramshackle
- high rents
- trash
- waste
- masterworks
- Roman engineering
- Shinto shrines
- Ise
- Shinto divinities
- sacred area
- De architetura
- clocks
- machines
- water supply lines
- Renaissance architecture
- secular architecture
- Athenian Acropolis
- kores
- amphitheatre
- Classical Rome
- fired bricks
- poured cement
- arches
- domes
- vaults
- bridges
- aqueducts
- architectural design
- state structures
- private buildings
- villas
- farm buildings
- country estates
- rich city dwellers
- Roman theatres
- landscape
- arena
- basilica
- reconstruction
- sectional view
- five-aisle church building
- early Christian architecture
- Arch of Constantine
- recycling
- baths
- dome mosaic
- baptisterium: a domed centrally organized building based on a round or octagonal ground plan, which initially functioned as a memorial or baptismal church.
- Byzantine
- water god
- Jesus
- Jordan
- private dwellings
- house-churches
- sacral architecture
- late Classic architecture
- church design
- markets
- money exchanges
- courts
- hall-like building
- colonnaded central aisle
- apse
- entry
- altar
- priests
- Italian basilica
- transept
- T-shaped ground plan
- cross-shaped ground plan
- round ground plan
- octagonal ground plan
- memorial church
- baptismal church
- parish church
- longitudinal form
- domed building
- domed basilica
- Hagia Sophia
- Byzantine architecture
- mosque
- minarets
- earthquakes
- political events
- Islamic structures
- Dome of the Rock
- apse
- naves
- mosaics
- early Christian basilicas
- Byzantine Empire
- Central Europe
- Western Europe
- Great Migrations
- Islam
- Arabic Peninsula
- sacred buildings
- mausoleums
- libraries
- baths
- meetings
- school
- court of law
- Mecca
- prayer niche
- chair for preaching
- tower
- muezzin
- marble columns
- Romanesque churches
- pagoda
- Romanesque style
- sculptures
- enriched design of portals
- capitals
- columns
- pillars
- ornamentation
- decorative
- Romanesque reliefs
- Romanesque sculptures
- biblical characters
- scenes
- round arches
- double church: one church each in the upper and lower floor
- Hindu temples
- fortress
- massive walls
- defensive structures
- trade
- living areas
- chapel
- social position
- builder
- living quarters
- counts
- castle
- Romanesque churches
- monumental buildings
- ancient classical world
- monasteries
- large solid masonry
- cathedrals
- doorways
- gates
- windows
- vaults
- Machu Picchu
- Gothic cathedrals
- Inca kingdom
- Norman cathedral
- Sicily
- early gothic architecture
- flat roofing
- Arab
- ornamentation
- cities
- city hall: the seat of representatives of the rising citizenry and symbolized their increasing political power.
- assembly buildings
- warehouses
- market halls
- hospices
- schools
- universities
- Gothic architecture
- monumental
- planning
- construction
- interior columns
- exterior buttresses
- larger window areas
- lancet windows
- round arched windows
- rose windows
- geometrical tracery
- fenestration
- interior lighting
- ribbed vaults
- pointed arches
- towers
- Gothic churches
- Gothic
- Romanesque church
- Gothic style
- map
- Gate of Heavenly Peace
- Forbidden City
- lion
- emperor
- royal palace
- canal
- defensive wall
- south-north axes
- central axis
- wooden hall structures
- Chinese empire
- Greek order
- Florence
- Capitoline Hill
- Michelangelo
- Renaissance court
- levelling of the ground
- piazza
- equestrian statue
- humanist
- Renaissance
- collection
- research
- writings
- Roman antiquity
- education
- individuality
- human being
- artists
- musicians
- architects
- Renaissance
- Alberti
- Palladio
- Brunelleschi
- orders of columns and capitals
- triumphal arches
- pilasters
- relief columns
- tympanons
- fields
- gable fields above portals
- basic forms
- geometric figures
- blind window
- votive image
- parish church
- late Renaissance architecture
- bourgeois
- Urban Renaissance
- humanistic ideals
- urban life
- fortifications
- streets
- access roads
- public buildings
- private buildings
- geometrical ground plans
- Italian villas
- country estates
- palazzi
- city palaces
- Italian architects
- French palaces
- English palaces
- English Tudor Renaissance style
- European Baroque
- India
- Taj Mahal
- Islamic Indian architecture
- monasteries
- dormitories
- common rooms
- library
- storage
- utility buildings
- baroque monastery complex
- Ottomans
- Blue Mosque
- Istanbul
- baroque
- St. Paul Cathedral
- Sir Christopher Wren
- English baroque
- baroque style
- magnificence
- elaboration
- nobility
- clergy
- princely residences
- sculptural moulding
- dynamic curves
- opulent decoration
- statues
- paintings
- stucco
- German late baroque
- Benedictine abbey
- abbot
- Rococo
- prince-bishop
- nobility
- timber-framed houses
- Versailles
- U-shaped plan
- palace park
- French garden architecture
- royal European courts
- strict organizational principles
- divine order
- rococo style
- symbolic content of the building
- beauty
- effect on the observer
- playful
- classicism
- Classicism
- Prussia
- ancient classical architecture
- clear lines
- geometrical surfaces
- elaborate ornamentation
- World War II
- concert hall
- garden design
- geometric principles
- French garden
- English garden
- natural landscape
- irregularity
- tree-lined paths
- artificial ruins
- exotic design
- park landscapes
- classical lines
- pseudo-historical
- curved ornament
- British Greek Revival
- British Museum
- simple organizational principles
- pure forms
- decorative elements
- Greek antiquity
- Greek classical architecture
- Greek Revival
- utopian classicism
- spherical construction
- iron railroad bridge
- English Gothic style
- Norman Conquest
- neo-Gothic
- floor plan
- neo-Renaissance
- baroque park
- five-sided building
- NEo-Gothic
- sinkable tables
- theatre technology
- Historicism
- historicist tendency
- neo-Gothic
- neo-Romanesque
- neo-Renaissance
- neo-baroque
- neo-classic
- stylistic elements
- historical context
- applied
- room arrangement
- function
- memorials
- museums
- palaces
- city halls
- churches
- iron
- Crystal Palace
- pre-fabricated
- cast-iron construction
- standardized
- glass
- greenhouse
- high-rise
- art nouveau
- modern technology
- artistic design
- iron-and-steel skeletal construction
- high-rise buildings
- engineering
- Art Nouveau
- engineering in architecture
- cement
- concrete
- steel cable
- sheet glass
- iron
- industrial age
- modern civilization
- bridges
- industrial buildings
- railway stations
- exhibition halls
- market halls
- passages
- iron-and-steel construction
- Eiffel Tower
- art nouveau
- Jugenstil
- Secession Style
- modern style
- stile liberty
- functionalism
- engineered construction
- different surfaces
- Secession: Viennese variation of art nouveau
- clarity of line
- modern architecture
- corner pillars
- roof construction
- turbine hall
- ancient classical temple
- surfaces individually formed
- clear lines
- pure functionality
- Bauhaus
- Functionality
- naturalistic decor
- World War I
- curved ornamentation
- floral
- abstract
- historical reference
- ornamental style
- interior design
- window forms
- door forms
- gable forms
- railing forms
- stair forms
- dynamic flowing patterns
- Art deco
- Stalinist
- gingerbread
- machine for living
- Le Corbusier
- Guggenheim Museum
- ramps
- steel beams
- glass roof
- history of architecture
- pilgrim’s shrine
- curved projecting forms
- organically shaped sculpture
- Expressionist
- Bauhaus
- geometrical shapes
- Nazis
- New Bauhaus
- Chicago
- 20th-century architecture
- modern high-tech architecture
- high-tech architecture
- Postmodern
- metropolis
- skyline
- vertical construction
- high-rise apartment buildings
- reconstruction
- second half of the 20th century
- apartment buildings
- office
- administration buildings
- leisure centres
- stadiums
- multifunctional public halls
- shopping malls
- railway stations
- airports
- postmodern
- functionalism
- modern architecture
- postmodern design
- historicism
- old forms
- old colours
- old ornaments
- new freedom
- galleries
Source Citation
Stein, Mareile. Architecture: From the Pyramids to Post Modernism. London, United Kingdom: Dumont Monte. 2001.