Architecture for BeginnersLooks at the development of architectural style, discusses influential architects, and examines the social impact of architecture. |
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What is Architecture? | 1 |
What influences Architecture? | 7 |
Mesopotamia and Egypt | 20 |
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19th Century arch architects Art Deco Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts Baroque Bauhaus became Beginners best known blocks brick Broadacre City buildings built capital centralised centre Christianity Church civilisation classical architecture classical elements classical orders climates column concrete construction Corbusier Corbusier's created cultural decoration designed developed dome economic Einstein Tower elements élite Empire engineering England environment Europe evolved exploited factories Florence forms Frank Lloyd Wright functional Germany glass Gothic cathedral Greek Gropius Hall heat High Tech human idea ideal Industrial Revolution industrial society influences inspiration iron king labour Le Corbusier London look machine Marne-la-Vallée mass production massive materials methods modern architecture Modern Movement monumental Morris nature ornament palaces Paris planning POST MODERN prefabricated priest principles Roman Rome ruled scale sculpture social space steel stone structure style symbolised symbols temples timber tower town traditional vast Vernacular villas walls Werkbund Wright