The Story of ArchitectureThroughout the creation and shaping of the built environment has been at the forefront of human endeavour. The Story of Architecture is the account of how men and women of ingenuity and imagination have taken the most elementary of human needs and transformed them into some of the greatest manifestations of the human civilisation. |
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abbey aisles ancient apse arcades arches architects architecture Art Nouveau Baroque basic basilica Bauhaus became Bernini brick building built buttresses capital carved castle Cathedral central centre century BC Chapel Chinese Christian church classical colonnade colour columns complex concrete Corbusier corners court courtyard created curved decoration developed dome Doric early East Emperor empire England entrance Europe example exterior façade feet floor Florence gallery garden Gothic Greek Hagia Sophia hall Il Gesù Inigo Jones inside interior International Style Islamic Islamic architecture later Le Corbusier lintel London look masonry mihrab modern mosque nave original pagoda painted Palace Palazzo Palladian Paris pattern period pillars pyramid qibla rectangular Renaissance Renaissance architecture ribs Roman Romanesque Rome roof rooms round shape shrine side sikhara space square staircase stone story structure stupa style temple theatre tomb towers town tradition Uxmal vaults walls wooden