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 cold columns concrete construction Corbusier Corbusier's created Cubism cultural decoration designed developed dome economic elements élite Empire engineering England environment Europe evolved exploited expressed factories forms Frank Lloyd Wright front functional Germany glass Gothic cathedrals Greek Gropius heat High Tech human idea ideal Industrial Revolution industrial society influences inspiration iron KING labour Le Corbusier look mass production massive materials methods modern architecture Modern Movement monumental Morris nature ornament palaces planning political POST MODERN prefabricated priest principles Renaissance Renaissance architects Roman Rome ruled scale sculpture social space steel stone structure symbolised symbols temples timber took town traditional vast vernacular walls Werkbund whole