Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
2005
GREAT BUILDINGS
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EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE
(circa 1200 BC AD 1st Century)
Temple of Luxor
or Southern Sanctuary at Luxor, Egypt, 18th
dynasty king
dedicated to Amon-Re, king of the Gods
built of sandstone for the quarries of Gebel Silsila
5. 2 International Finance
Center
2003
Abu Simbel
dedicated chieftly to Re-Harakhti, God of the
rising sun
built during the reign of Ramses II (1304 1237
BC)
Epidaurus Theater
Architect: Polykleitos
Location: Epidauros, or Epidhavros, Greece
Style: Ancient Greek
Pyramid of King Zoser
Architect: Imhotep
earliest pyramidal structure of the ancient
world, the Step Pyramid (c.2630 BC) of King
Zoser at Saqqara, Egypt
consist of six terraces of receding sizes with a
one staba
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
(300BC 365 AD)
The Pantheon
118 - 126
Architect: Acrippa
Location: Rome, Italy
Style: Ancient Roman
Parthenon
Trajans Forum
GREEK ARCHITECTURE
447-438
100 112
Erechtheum
421 405
Architect: Mnesicles
Location: Athens, Greece
Style: Ancient Greek, Ionic
has Caryatid Porch with figural columns. On
the Acropolis, uses grade change.
Colosseum
70 82
had approximately eighty entrances so crowds could arrive and leave easily and
quickly
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
White House
Architect: James Hoban
Location: Washington, D.C.
Date: 1793 to 1801, burned 1814, porticos 1824
to1829
Washington Monument
Architect: Robert Mills
Location: Washington, D.C.
Style: Neo-Egyptian
the obelisk is the only remnant of the original
blue print that remains
with George Marsh, competition 1836.
standard Egyptian proportion of 10:1 height to
base
University of Virginia
1826
Fallingwater
Guggenheim Museum
1956 to 1959
Coonley House
1908
Larkin Building
1904, demolished 1950
Wingspread
1937
Ennis House
1923
FRENCH ARCHITECTURE
The Louvre
1546 to 1878
Architect: Pierre Lescot
Location: Paris, France
Building type: palace, art museum
Construction system: cut stone bearing masonry
Style: French Renaissance
also designed by Catherine de Medici, J.A. du
Cerceau II, Claude Perrault, etc.
I.M. Pei: design the glass pyramid, which
serves as the main public entrance
Tuileries
the Tuileries Garden of Paris is part
of the Triumphal way, which begins
at the Louvre and continues to the
Citys Western edge
Palais Royal
commissioned by Cardinal Richeliev
original name is Palais Cardinal
17th century
Daniel Buren: stripped columns
Arc de Triomphe
Napoleon, the French emperor decided to build
a very big arch of triumph, which stands at the
top of the Champs Elysees
Pompidou Centre
1972 to 1976
Sacre-coeur
located at the hill of Montmartre which is the highest point in the city of paris
1874: Paul Abadie
1910: completed by Lucien Magne
Hotel de Ville
largest renaissance building
16th and 17th century
Elysee Palace
1718
Hotel de Invalides
Rheims Cathedral
one of the greatest monument of Gothic art and
architecture
construction commerced by Jean dOrbais and
was completed by Robert de Coucy
a work of remarkable unity and harmony
La Madeleine
Architect: Napoleon I
church of Ste. Marie Madeleine
constructed as a church in 1842
surrounded by 52 Corinthian columns
Sorbonne
most famous building at the University of Paris
Chartres Cathedral
1194 to 1260
Location: Chartres, France
Building type: cathedral
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: Gothic exemplar
the elevation was in three tiers as it had no
gallery and the vaulting was quadripartite, which
eliminated the need for alternating supports
supreme monument of High Gothic art and
architecture
Eiffel Tower
1887 to 1889
Architect: Le Corbusier
Location: Ronchamp, France
Building type: church
Construction system: reinforced concrete
Style: Expressionist Modern
soft-form composition, deep windows with
colored glass (wall thickness 4' to 12')
Le Corbusiers dramatic pilgrim church
Villa Savoye
Amiens Cathedral
1928 to 1929
1220
145 meters long
Architect: Le Corbusier
Location: Poissy, France
GERMAN ARCHITECTURE
Classical Revival
Includes one of the world's great library rooms. Glazed roof over restored
courtyard by Norman Foster
Burgtheater
Salisbury Cathedral
1874 to 1888
Architect: Gottfried Semper with Karl von
Hasenaver
1220 to 1258
Location: Salisbury, England
Building type: Cathedral (church, temple)
Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone
Style: English Gothic
Cathedral of Saint Mary
an outstanding example of the Early English
architectural style
tallest in England 404ft (123m)
use of Purbeck marble to create a strongly coloured
scheme
Wurzburg Residenz
Architect: Balthazar Neumann
one of the best structure of the BaroqueRococo period
Queens House
1616 to 1635
Einstein Tower
1919 to 1921
brick
ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE
British Museum
1823 to 1847
Somerset House
1776 to 1786
Chiswick House
1729
Durham Cathedral
1093 to 1280
Location: Durham, England
Building type: church, cathedral
Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone
Style: Romanesque
one of the most impressive Norman Romanesque
style in Europe
had a reciprocal influence on the architecture of
Normady
the rib vault covering of Durham Cathedral is the
oldest example that has survived
Buckingham Palace
Architect: sir George Goring
built during the reign of king James I
Westminster Palace
1836 to 1868
"Pisa Cathedral with Baptistery, Campanile and Campo Santo, together form one of
the most famous building groups in the world
the cathedral complex includes the famous Leaning Tower, La Torre Pendente
white marble with colonnaded facades
Hagia Sofia
Florence Cathedral
532 to 537
1296 to 1462
Cathedral of Siena
Location: Southern Italy
incorporated Gothic elements in a
strongly Mediterranean design
Alhambra
Pisa Cathedral
103 to 1350
Location: Pisa, Italy
Building type: church complex
Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone,
white marble
Style: Romanesque
1338 to 1390
Location: Granada, Spain
Building type: palace
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: Moorish (Islamic)
palace of Nasrid Dynasty
the most beautiful remaining example
Western Islamic Architecture
of
Casa Batllo
1905 to 1907
Taj Mahal
1630 to 1653
inlaid
marble
Style: Islamic
onion-shape domes, flanking towers,
built for wife Mumatz Mahal
located on the Jumna River
museum for Mogul emperors consort
Casa Mila
1905 to 1910
PHILIPPINE SKYSCRAPERS
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1. PB Com Tower
2000
Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Location: Makati
Number of floors: 55
Height: 241 meters
cliff
Sagrada Familia
1882 to 1926
(SOM)
1998
Architect: HOK
Location: Pasig
Number of floors: 45
Height: 175 meters
3. BSA Twin Tower
1999
Architect: unknown
Location: Mandaluyong
Number of floors: 51
Height: 197 meters
THE SKYSCAPERS
- tallest to smallest
- antenna, radio communications, etc. are not included
1. Petronas Tower
1997
Architect: Cesar Pelli & Associates
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Number of floors: 88
Height: 452 meters
2. Sears Tower
1974
Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM)
Location: Chicago, USA
Number of floors: 110
Height: 443 meters
still the tallest building if the antennas are
included
has the highest occupied floors
4. Plaza Rakyat
2000
Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM)
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Number of floors: 79
Height: 382 meters
6. Central Plaza
1992
Architect: Dennis Lau and Ng Chu Man &
Associates
Location: Hong Kong, China
Number of floors: 78
Height: 374 meters
7. Bank of China
1989
Architect: I.M. Pei & Partners
Location: Hong Kong, China
Number of floors: 70
Height: 369 meters
8. Emirates Tower I
2000
Architect: NORR Group Consultants Intl. Ltd.
Location: Dubai, UAE
Number of floors: 56
Height: 358 meters
9. The Center
1998
Architect: Unknown
Location: Hong Kong, China
Number of floors: 73
Height: 350 meters
Number of floors: 75
Height: 305.40 meters
23. Ryugyong Hotel
1995
Architect: Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers
Location: Pyongyoang, North Korea
Number of floors: 105
Height: 300 meters
CHURCH ARCHITECTURE
Instructor: Architect Eva Maria Villanueva
CHURCH ARCHITECTURE
simple, patterned after early Christian types; either
rectangular or cruciform with simple naves and aisles
thick walls reinforced with heavy buttresses for earthquakes
protection
immense sizes because of colonial policy which dictated that a
church should be built for every 5000 baptized
materials used include: volcanic tuff (adobe), hardened lava,
volcanic ejecta, sandstone, river boulders, clay, corals,
limestone, oyster shells, eggs
SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLES
PAOAY CHURCH, Ilocos Norte
built in 1694 by Antonio Estavillo, completed 1702-1710
faade: rectangular, with arched doorway, four continuous
pilasters alternating with niches
finials and crenellations at pediment niche at the apex
huge volutes with low relief lines tracing the contour to
disguise the large buttresses
SAN
AUGUSTIN
CHURCH, Manila
oldest church in the Philippines; built 1587-1607
by Juan Macias according to the plans approved by the
Royal Audencia de Mexico and by a Royal Cedula
1854 : Don Luciano Oliver (Municipal Architect of
Manila) directed the renovation of the faade by adding to the
height of the towers; these towers were damaged in the 1863
earthquake and were never rebuilt
plaza adorned with Fu dogs represents colonial urban
planning