Encyclopaedia of ArchitectureIn over 1200 articles, the author sets out a mass of detailed information on the history of architecture. There is some emphasis on British architectural history, but the story cannot be told without reference to the continental European and American base from which British architecture has initially sprung. Thus, for example, there are articles on Roman, Byzantine, Renaissance, Baroque and modern arhitecture which set developments in Britain in their international context. |
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Abbey Adam aisles apse arch archi architects Art Nouveau Baroque BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE became block brick brickwork Britain building built buttress Byzantine capital carved Castle Cathedral ceiling central centre chancel Chapel chimneypiece CHURCH DESIGN classical architecture CLASSICAL ORDER College colonnade colour columns concrete construction country houses curved decorative developed dome doorway Doric Doric Order early Elizabethan ELIZABETHAN ARCHITECTURE England English entrance example exterior façade gable glass Gothic architecture Gothic Revival Greek Hall Inigo Inigo Jones interior iron Italian Italy James Kent later London marble material medieval Middle Ages MODERN ARCHITECTURE mouldings nave Norman ornament Palace PALLADIAN ARCHITECTURE panels Park pediment pier portico Pugin REGENCY ARCHITECTURE Renaissance RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE ribs Robert Robert Adam Roman Romanesque ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE Rome roof Royal scheme Soane square staircase stone storey Street structure style survive Sussex temple terraces timber tower TOWN PLANNING tracery vault wall WILLIAM window wood Wren Wyatt