2. A Presentation
▪ Lascaux Cave – Montignac, France
▪ Bhimbetka rock shelters - Raisen District, Madhya Pradesh, India
▪ Barda Balka – Iraq
Paleolithic Era
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Prehistoric Architecture
Mesolithic Era
▪ Caves of El Cogul – Catalonia, Spain
▪ Howick house - Northumberland, England
▪ Lepenski Vir – Serbia
▪ Olmec Heads - Mexico
Neolithic Era
▪ Gobekli Tepe - Turkey
▪ Howick house - Northumberland, England
▪ Lepenski Vir – Serbia
▪ Callanish Stones – Scotland
▪ Stonehendge – Wiltshire England
▪ Temple of Tarxien – Malta
▪ Nuraghe – Sardinia
▪ Catalhoyuk - Turkey
3. A Presentation
▪ Zigurrat of Ur – Iraq
▪ Ishtar Gate – Hillah, Iraq
▪ Chogha Zanbil – Khuzestan, Iraq
▪ Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu – Baghdad, Iraq
▪ Hanging Garden of Babylon
Mesopotamia
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Bronze Age Architecture
Ancient Egypt
▪ Great Pyramid of Giza –
Egypt
▪ Great Sphinx of Giza – Egypt
▪ Mortuary Temple of
Hatshepsut - Deir el Bahari
▪ Colossi of Memnon – Luxor
▪ Valley of the Kings – East of
Nile River
▪ Pyramid of Djoser – Saqqara
Necropolis, Egypt
▪ Great Temple of Karnak –
Thebes
▪ Great Temple of Abu Simbel
▪ Temple of Isis – Philae
4. A Presentation
▪ Apadana – Persepolis
▪ Hall of Hundred Columns – Persepolis
Persia
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Bronze Age Architecture
Assyria
• Palace of Sargon – Khorsabad
• The Acropolis of Assur
• The Palace of Ninrud (or Callah), of Asurnasirpal
• The Gates of Balawat
• The Fort of Salmanasar or Arsenal Palace – Ninrud
• The Palace of Nineveh I
• The Palace of Nineveh II
Summerian
• White Temple at Uruk
• Ancient City of Kish
• Palace of Xerxes
5. A Presentation
▪ Chichen Itza – Yucatan, Mexico
▪ Temple of Kukulcán – Yucatan, Mexico
▪ Temple of the Inscriptions – Chiapas, Mexico
▪ Pyramid of the Magician – Uxmal, Mexico
▪ High Temple - Orange Walk District, Belize
▪ Temple of Warrior
▪ Temple II – Tikal, Guatemala
Mayan Civilization
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Mesoamerica Architecture
▪ Machu Picchu - Peru
▪ Coricancha – Cusco, Peru
▪ Saqsaywaman - Sacred and Urubamba Valleys
of Peru
Inca Empire
▪ Tenochtitlan – Mexico City
▪ Teotihuacan Pyramids (Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon)
▪ Pyramid of Santa Cecilia Acatitlan
▪ Pyramid of Tenayuca - Tlalnepantla de Baz
▪ Calixtlahuaca – Toluca, Mexico
▪ El Tepozteco - Morelos
Aztec Architecture
6. A Presentation
▪ Lothal - Saragwala, Gujarat, India
▪ Dholavira - Gujarat, India
▪ Mehrgarh - Balochistan, Pakistan
▪ Sokhta Koh - Balochistan, Pakistan
Harrapan Civilization
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Indus Valley Architecture
Mohenjo Daro
• Great Bath – Sindh, Pakistan
• House of Priests – Sindh, Pakistan
• Kalibangan
• Lothal
• Dholavira
• Rakhigarhi - Haryana
7. A Presentation
▪ Megaron of Tiryns
▪ Megaron of Mycenae
▪ Panagia Tomb
▪ Treasury of Atreus
▪ Tomb of Clytemnestra
Mycenaean Civilization
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Greek Architecture
▪ Palace of Knossos, Crete
Minoan Civilization
▪ Temple of Hera II – Paestum, Italy
▪ Theatre of Epidaurus – Epidaurus, Greece
▪ Stoa of Attalus II – Athens, Greece
▪ Acropolis – Athens, Greece
▪ Propylaea – Athens, Greece
▪ Temple of Athena Nike – Athens, Greece
▪ Erectheion – Mnesicles, Acropolis
▪ Parthenon – Athens, Greece
▪ Temple of Hadrian – Ephesus
▪ Theatre of Ephesus
▪ Temple of Artemis – Turkey
▪ Theatre and temple of Apollo – Phocis Greece
▪ Temple of Poseidon - Sounion
▪ Sanctuary of Nemesis – Attica, Greece
Classical Greek
8. A Presentation
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Roman Architecture
Roman Empire
Etruscans
• Pont Du Gard – France
• Appian Way (Road)
• Aqua Appia
• Aqueduct of Segovia – Spain
• Puente Romano (Bridge) –
Merida Spain
• Ponte dei Quattro Capi
• Aqua Alexandrina (Aqueduct)
• Baths of Trajan
• Baths of Diocletian
• Colosseum
• Baths of Caracalla
• Circus Maximus
• Forum of Augustus
• Hadrian’s Villa
• Pantheon
• Catacombs of Rome
• Pompeii
• Trajan Column
• Arch of Augustus
• Arch of Titus
• Arch of Septimus Severus
• Arch of Trajan
• Basilica Cistern – Turkey
• Baiae – Ancient Roman City
• Masada – Israel
• Basilica of Constantine
• Arch of Constantine
• Civita di Bagnoregio (Village) – Central Italy
• Palentine Hill
9. A Presentation
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Early Christian Architecture
▪ Pisa Cathedral
▪ St. Magdalene Vezelay
▪ Cluny Abbey
▪ Basilica of Saint Sernin
▪ Durham Cathedral
▪ San Miniato Al Monte
▪ Abbey of Saint-Étienne
▪ Abbey of Sainte-Trinite
▪ Basilica De San Isidoro
▪ Santo Domingo De Silos Abbey
▪ Modena Cathedral
▪ Basilica of Sant’ambrogio
▪ Krak des Chevaliers
Romanesque Architecture
Byzantine Architecture
• Hagia Sophia
• Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo
• Basilica of San Vitale
• Hippodrome of Constantinople
• Hagia Irene
• Hosios Loukas
• Angelokastro
• Church of Saint Catherine
• Church of St. Clement
• Old St. Peter
• Santa Coztanza
• Basilica of Trier
• Church of Santa Fosca
10. A Presentation
▪ Amiens Cathedral
▪ Notre-Dame de Reims
▪ Basilica of Saint Denis
▪ Chartres Cathedral
▪ Santa Maria del Fiore
▪ Westminster Abbey
▪ Canterbury Cathedral
▪ Milan Cathedral
Gothic Architecture
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Early Christian Architecture
English Medieval
Architecture
▪ York minster
▪ Westminster Hall
▪ Canterbury Cathedral
▪ Westminster Abbey
▪ Dover Castle
▪ Norwich Guildhall
▪ St. Michael’s Mount Castle
▪ Berkeley Castle
▪ The White Tower
▪ Rievaulx Abbey
France Medieval
Architecture
• Rievaulx Abbey
• Beauvais Cathedral
• Mont-Saint-Michel
• Carcassonne
• Avignon
• Aigues-Mortes
• Guérande
• Roquetaillade Castle
• Château de Montbrun
• Château d'Angers
11. A Presentation
▪ Cologne Cathedral
▪ Ulm Minster
▪ Wartburg Castle
▪ Cathedral of St Peter’s
Regensburg
▪ Aachen Cathedral
▪ Eltz Castle
▪ Marksburg
▪ Mylau Castle
▪ Mainz Cathedral
▪ Magdeburger Dom
German Medieval
Architecture
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Early Christian Architecture
Belgian/ Netherland
Medieval
Architecture
▪ Antwerp Cathedral
▪ Brussels Town Hall
▪ Martinikerk
▪ Brabantine Gothic
▪ St. John's Cathedral
('s-Hertogenbosch)
Spain Medieval
Architecture
• Santa Maria Ripoll
• Sant Climent de Taüll
• Church of Santa Maria La Real
• Castle Loarre
• Old Cathedral of Salamanca
• Leon Cathedral
• Cathedral of Burgos
• Cathedral of Toledo
• Royal palace of Olite
12. A Presentation
▪ Taq Kasra
▪ Tarikhaneh Temple
Sassanian Architecture
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Islamic Architecture
Moorish Architecture
• Great Mosque of Cordoba
• Alcazar of the Caliphs
• Medina Azahara
• Aljaferia palace
• The Alhambra
• Alcazar of Seville
• Granada
▪ Taj Mahal
Mughal Architecture
▪ Dome of the rock
▪ Samanid Mausoleum
▪ Kalon Minaret
▪ Mosque of sultan hassan
▪ Mecca
Ottoman Architecture
13. A Presentation
▪ Florence baptistry
▪ Florence Cathedral
▪ Church of San Lorenzo
▪ Palazzo Medici Riccardi
▪ Basilica of Sant'Andrea
▪ Palazzo Rucellai
▪ Santa Maria Novella
▪ St. Peter’s Basilica
▪ The Vatican Palace
Early Renaisance
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Renaissance Architecture
Late Renaisance
• The crossing of Santa Maria della Grazie,
Milan
• Pavia Cathedral
• Tempietto
• Pallazzo Farnese
French Renaisance
▪ Chateau de Blois
▪ Chateau de Bury
▪ Chateau de Chambord
▪ Palais de Versailles
▪ Palais de Louvre
▪ Palais de Fontainebleau
▪ Church of the Val de Grace
▪ Pantheon
▪ Opera house
14. A Presentation
▪ Heidelberg Castle
▪ Troja Palace
▪ The Rathaus
▪ Logia Waldstein Palace
▪ Pilgrimage Church
▪ Linderhof Guild House
▪ Walhalla Temple
German Renaisance
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Renaissance Architecture
Belgium and Dutch
Renaisance
• Townhall Antwerp
• Guild house, brussels
• S.Michel Louvain
• Townhall Desden
• Townhall Leyden
English Renaisance
▪ St. Paul Cathedral
▪ Queen’s House
▪ Hampton Court
▪ Greenwich Hospital
▪ Casa de las conchas
▪ Granada Cathedral
▪ The Alcazar
▪ University of
Salamanca
▪ The Escoliar
▪ Barcelona Cathedral
▪ Burgos Cathedral
Spain Renaissance
Russian Renaisance
▪ St. Petersburg
▪ The Ekaterininsky Palace
▪ Church of the Intercession of
the Holy Virgin
▪ Former General Staff
Headquarters
▪ St. basils Cathedral
15. A Presentation
▪ St. Trevi
▪ St. Peter’s Square
▪ San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontaine
Italian Baroque
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Baroque Architecture
▪ Palacio Real de
Madrid
Spanish Baroque
▪ Palace of Versailles
▪ Les Invalides Paris
French Baroque
▪ St. Paul Cathedral
English Baroque
▪ Westenberg Abbey Church
▪ Weingarten Abbey Church
German Baroque
16. A Presentation
▪ The Forbidden City
▪ Temple of Heaven
▪ Great Wall of China
▪ Summer Palace
▪ Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor
▪ Thousand Buddha Grottoes
▪ Potala Palace
▪ Wudang Mountains
▪ Mount Omei
▪ Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo
Kingdom
▪ Fujian Tulou
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Chinese Architecture
17. A Presentation
▪ Taj Mahal
▪ Tomb of Salim Chishti
▪ Safdarjung's Tomb
▪ Akbar Tomb, Agra
▪ Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Mughal Architecture
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Indian Architecture
Temples
• Ajanta Caves
• Town of Mamallapuram
• Shore Temple
• Ellora Caves
• The Kailash Temple
• Brihadeewarar Temple
• Kadariya Mahadeo Temple
• Sun Temple, Konark, Orissa
• Meenakshi Temple
• Great stupa at Sandhi
• Dashavatara Temple
• Palitana Jain Temples
• Virupaksha temple
• Rani Ki Vav, Gujarat
• Somanatha Temple
• Taranga Jain Temple
18. A Presentation
▪ Angkor Wat Complex
Khmer Impire
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Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand Architecture
Indonesian Architecture
• Rumah Adat (Traditional Home)
• Prambanan complex
• Borobudur Temple Compounds
• Sewu Temple
• Gunung Padang
Thai Architecture
• Wat Phra Kaew
• The ruins of Ayutthaya and Sukhothai
• Prasat Hin Phimai
• Wat Rong Khun
• The Grand Palace
19. A Presentation
▪ Himeji castle or White Heron Castle
▪ Golden pavilion temple
▪ Byodo In Temple
▪ Horyuji Temple
▪ Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi
▪ Castles of the Ryukyu Kingdom
▪ Shrines and Temples of Nikko
▪ Monuments of Ancient Nara
▪ Itsukushima Shrine
▪ Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
▪ Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
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Japanese Architecture
20. A Presentation
▪ Iglesia Dela Conception Madrid
▪ Natural History Museum of London
▪ Paris Opera House – eclectic
▪ Banco de Espanya
▪ Crystal Palace, Paxton
▪ Santa Maria De Covadonga
▪ Barcelona Cathedral
▪ House of Parliament London
▪ Eifel tower, Paris
▪ Carson, Pirie, Scott Building New York
▪ Home Insurance Building
Revivals Europe and America
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Revivals Architecture
21. A Presentation
▪ Sagrada Familia
▪ Casa Batlo
▪ Casa Mila
▪ Riga the city in Latvia
▪ Hotel Tassel
▪ The Museum of Musical Instruments
▪ Paris Métro
▪ 31 rue Campagne-Première in Montparnasse, Paris
▪ Secession Building in Vienna
▪ Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
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Art Nouveau Architecture
22. A Presentation
▪ Lutos Temple, Delhi
▪ Petronas twin Tower, Kuala lumpor
▪ Taipei 101, Taiwan
▪ International Commerce Centre (ICC),
Hongkong
▪ Jockey Club Innovation Tower,
Hongkong
▪ Opus Hong Kong
▪ Bank of China, Hongkong
▪ The National Stadium, or The Bird’s
Nest, Beijing
▪ CCTV Headquarters, Beijing
▪ Moon Hotel Huzhou
▪ Shanghai Tower
▪ Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
America
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Modern Architecture Architecture
Asia
▪ Chrysler Building (In Art deco)
▪ The Dakota (German renaissance
Style)
▪ Empire State Building (In Art Deco)
▪ Flatiron Building (Beaux Arts façade)
▪ Grand Central Terminal
▪ Guggenheim Museum
▪ Metropolitan Museum of Art
▪ New York Stock Exchange
▪ One World Trade Center
▪ TWA Terminal at JFK
▪ Fallingwater
▪ Robie house
▪ Glass house
23. A Presentation
▪ Sky Habitat Singapore
▪ Gardens by the Bay
▪ Hiroshima Peace Memorial
▪ Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Building
▪ Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo
▪ Church of Light, Osaka
▪ Christian Dior building, Omotesandō
▪ Nara Centennial Hall
▪ Singapore Changi Airport
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Modern Architecture Architecture
Asia Europe
▪ Notre-Dame du Haut, France
▪ The Centre Pompidou
▪ Louis Vuitton Foundation
▪ Black Diamond (library), Denmark
▪ The Gherkin, London
▪ Barcelona Pavilion
▪ Turning Torso, Sweden
▪ Dancing House, prague
▪ Villa Savoye, France
▪ The Shard, London
▪ Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
▪ SIS Building, London