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	Classical architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This stylistic designation elides the 8 or 10 centuries the period spans and the remarkable changes in technology and architectural design that took place.
		While later architects reviving classical forms in the Renaissance or the Neo-classical styles picked what they wanted to imitate, it is essential to separate the parts.
		The formal elements of classical Greek architecture were applied to temples for gods never worshipped in Greece.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Classical_architecture (282 words)

	Instructions for Use of Classical Moldings for the Designer
		Moldings are the smallest physical units -- the atoms, as it were -- of classical architecture, and so are easier to understand at first than the larger, more complex members formed from their combination.
		Likewise, the elements of classical architecture are organized into a clearly articulated base, middle section, and crown, but are customarily symmetrical about the vertical axis.
		This dual aspect of classicism, I believe, explains why people are so satisfied by the classical setting; it reflects their own nature as both emotional and rational beings.
	www.traditional-building.com /article/moldings.htm (3105 words)

	Aldo Rossi
		Rossi has been able to follow the lessons of classical architecture without copying them; his buildings carry echoes from the past in their use of forms that have a universal, haunting quality.
		This rarest of architectural capacities, the power to be radically of a place and to impart a meaning to objects far beyond their origin, makes of Rossi an architect whose reflections, lectures, and buildings capture our attention.
		Foremost among them was Peter Eisenman's Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, which, by means of exhibitions and the publication of Rossi's writings, laid the groundwork for a steadily widening audience and helped position Rossi's thought in the area of architectural controversy during the 1970s.
	www.pritzkerprize.com /rossi.htm (2944 words)

	Glossary GREEK
		In ancient Greek architecture, a large open area at the heart of the city whose boundries are defined by the public buildings that surround it.
		In Greek architecture, the three main parts are the base, shaft and capital.
		In ancient Greek architecture, this structure may have been a temple, a tomb, or the building for keeping the weights and measures.
	architecture.arizona.edu /courses/arc103/trad103/tutorials/fundamentals/glossary/Greek.html (743 words)

	ArchitectureWeek - News - Classical Porphyrios Prized - 2004.0310
		He has recently been awarded the second annual Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture from the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture.
		Classicism is not a doctrine; it is philosophy of life.
		His architecture situates itself in the interplay between history as accident and history as changing function.
	www.architectureweek.com /2004/0310/news_1-1.html (293 words)

	Century of Finnish Architecture — Virtual Finland
		The relation of Finnish architecture to the classical tradition is of the same type.
		The articulation, dimensions and decorative motifs of classical architecture were absorbed, from the few prosperous mansions to the houses of yeoman farmers, where their adaptation was in keeping with the owners' meagre resources.
		The functional architecture of these buildings, most surviving examples of which are from the 19th century, follows, in its own simplified way, the classical tradition.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/arkkit3.html (688 words)

	Thomas Rickman's essay on Gothic architecture
		Other consequences of his interest in mediaeval architecture were his friendship with the iron-master John Cragg and the design of two very remarkable churches built mainly in cast iron.
		Later the classical section was revised but not extended by Thomas L. Donaldson, professor of architecture at University College, London, from 1841 to 1864.
		Although his own architectural practice was not always consistent with his teaching, the Attempt transformed the fashionable Gothick associated with Strawberry Hill and Batty Langley along the lines of a more strictly archaeologically correct Gothic by making available illustrations and by drawing attention to surviving examples.
	w4.ed.uiuc.edu /faculty/westbury/Paradigm/Vaughan.html (2531 words)

	Ancient Greek Architecture - History for Kids!
		In the Classical period, there are more temples, bigger and with new design ideas: the Parthenon is built in the 440's BC.
		With the conquests of Alexander the Great, architecture becomes an important way to spread Greek culture and show who is in charge in the conquered countries.
		On the other hand, once the Romans conquer Greece, around 200 -100 BC, they too use architecture to show that they are in charge, and suddenly there is a lot of building in the Roman style.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/greeks/architecture/greekarch.htm (635 words)

	Veritas et Venustas
		With Robert A.M. Stern I wrote a history of architecture and urbanism in the Progressive Era, New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890–1915 (Rizzoli, 1983) as well as an introduction to the history of suburbia before sprawl, The Anglo–American Suburb (St. Martin's Press, 1981).
		I'm a Director of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, a Founding Member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, and a co-founder of the New Urban and Traditional Architecture Councils.
		Classical architecture refers not to a style, but to an approach that respects the past as it enhances the future.
	massengale.typepad.com (6749 words)

	Manifesto of Futurist Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The art of construction has been able to evolve with time, and to pass from one style to another, while maintaining unaltered the general characteristics of architecture, because in the course of history changes of fashion are frequent and are determined by the alternations of religious conviction and political disposition.
		That Futurist architecture is the architecture of calculation, of audacious temerity and of simplicity; the architecture of reinforced concrete, of steel, glass, cardboard, textile fiber, and of all those substitutes for wood, stone and brick that enable us to obtain maximum elasticity and lightness;
		That Futurist architecture is not because of this an arid combination of practicality and usefulness, but remains art, i.e.
	www.unknown.nu /futurism/architecture.html (1328 words)

	Architecture in Renaissance Italy \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Renaissance revival of Classical Rome was as important in architecture as it was in literature.
		Classical orders and architectural elements such as columns, pilasters, pediments, entablatures, arches, and domes form the vocabulary of Renaissance buildings.
		As in the Classical world, Renaissance architecture is characterized by harmonious form, mathematical proportion, and a unit of measurement based on the human scale.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/itar/hd_itar.htm (795 words)

	The Richard H. Driehaus Prize - News and Events - School of Architecture - University of Notre Dame
		The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture honored Terry’s extraordinary career with $100,000 and a bronze and stone replica of the Choregic Monument of Lysikrates in Athens.
		Educated at London’s Architectural Association, Terry also was a Rome Scholar sponsored by The British School in Rome, which promotes education in architecture, fine art and history.
		He established the Driehaus Prize through the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture because of its reputation as a national leader in incorporating the ideals of traditional and classical architecture into the task of modern urban development.
	architecture.nd.edu /news_and_events/driehaus05.shtml (1026 words)

	KATARXIS
		KATARXIS is a new webzine dedicated exclusively to a New Traditional Architecture and Urbanism: one that in its vernacular and classical expressions, incorporates a re-evaluation of the many World Cultures; includes the humanist heritage of the West and the East; and acknowledges the evidence of New Sciences, and the positive logistics of the contemporary world.
		KATARXIS supports a broader Culture of Reconstruction and participates to the emergence of a New Architecture and a New Urbanism of the 21st Century, solidly anchored in the most updated knowledge of man and nature, and in the most universal intuitions and feelings of mankind.
		The written architectural press is generally closed to anything about classical and traditional culture, in spite of the fact that this is an issue of relevance to a majority of people!
	luciensteil.tripod.com /katarxis (973 words)

	Classical Architecture In The Eighteenth Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There were two significant branches to the Georgian classical architecture- Palladianism appeared just before 1720 and lasted roughly until 1750, and was then superseded by Neo-Classicism which ran until approximately 1800.
		The door on the left is in the baroque style, which he described as a, "monstrous lump of deformity", while the door on the right was considered to be tasteful as it was designed using the architectural rules of the ancients.
		There was such a change in opinion that by the nineteenth century the style of Palladianism was thought to be too decorative and too free with the use of architectural elements such as columns and pilasters by architectural theorists.
	www.le.ac.uk /ur/urarch5.html (339 words)

	Greek Revival Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This was first based on Roman models (Federal style), but archaeological investigation in the early 19th century emphasized Greece as the Mother of Rome which, in turn, shifted interest to Grecian models.
		In classical architecture a low-pitched triangular gable above a facade, or a smaller version over porticos above the doorway or above a window.
		A course of masonry forming the foundation for a row columns, esp. the outermost colonnade of a classical temple.
	ah.bfn.org /a/DCTNRY/doric (1176 words)

	rococo, in architecture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		), style in architecture, especially in interiors and the decorative arts, which originated in France and was widely used in Europe in the 18th cent.
		The term may be derived from the French words rocaille and coquille (rock and shell), natural forms prominent in the Italian baroque decorations of interiors and gardens.
		During the 1660s and 1670s, the rococo competed with a more severely classical form of architecture, which triumphed with the accession of Louis XVI.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ro/rococo1.html (324 words)

	Architecture in Ancient Greece \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The pediment, the triangular space enclosed by the gables at either end of the building, was often adorned with sculpture, early on in relief and later in the round.
		A third order of Greek architecture, known as the Corinthian, first developed in the late Classical period, but was more common in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
		The architectural order governed not only the column, but also the relationships among all the components of architecture.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/grarc/hd_grarc.htm (928 words)

	Architecture Exhibits in the New York City Metropolitan Area
		The following is a list of current museum and gallery exhibits on architecture and related topics in the New York City area.
		If you know of other architectural exhibits or would like your own organization's exhibits placed on the list, please contact Scott.
		Frequent presentations and symposia on architecture and professional issues.
	www.demel.net /nycarchitecture (494 words)

	Institute revives classical interest but not all are hailing its comeback / Modern vs. traditional continues
		Classicism's most zealous fans maintain that its tenets mark it as the great and timeless architecture of democracy, and they exalt it above all other styles.
		The house, finished in 2002, was far from classical, a clean, angular white stucco structure reminiscent of the Arts and Crafts style.
		"Reviving the classical forms is not the same thing as reviving the culture," said Terence Riley, the chief curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/16/HOG4HBAKNC1.DTL (1695 words)

	INTBAU
		INTBAU is a world wide organisation dedicated to the support of traditional building, the maintenance of local character and the creation of better places to live.
		By education in traditional architecture, urbanism and the building crafts, we help people to maintain and restore traditional buildings, and to build new buildings and places that contribute to traditional environments and improve the quality of life in cities, towns and villages around the world.
		INTBAU is a force for the continuity of tradition in architecture and building and the promotion of traditional urban design, wherever it is found.
	www.intbau.org (272 words)

	GrandTradition.net - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After all, the classical tradition has endured because of the handing-down of knowledge from one generation to the next since the classical tradition began.
		Another mandate of this web-site is to promote these architecture firms so that the built environment is improved by the display of their works.
		So as we move into this new era of classicism (classical architecture has historically moved in and out of "style", always to make a resurgence), there is much work to be done to counter the destruction that has been done through the efforts of the architectural profession as a whole over the last seventy-five years.
	www.grandtradition.net (521 words)

	Neoclassicism
		Especially common in New England; a traditionalist approach to classicism, heavily influenced by English models.
		Symbolic and associational values stressed, with a goal of creating an expressive, "speaking architecture." Best example: Thomas Jefferson.
		Emphasized structure and classical building techniques, such as stone vaulting and domes.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/neoclassic.html (91 words)

	Andrea Palladio
		Through their books, Palladio learned the principles of Vitruvius, the classical Roman architect whose treatise had been rediscovered in the prior century, and of the Renaissance commentator, Leon Battista Alberti.
		A decade later Palladio began receiving commissions for country villas from prominent and wealthy leaders of the nobility of Venice itself, such as Daniele and Marc'Antonio Barbaro and Giorgio Cornaro (H-4).
		His first book was a guide to the classical ruins of Rome, prompted presumably by his own frustrations in attempting to locate various monuments during his visits to that city.
	www.boglewood.com /cornaro/xpalladio.html (707 words)

	BU Libraries \| Research Guides \| Architecture
		Architecture Slide Library, University of California at Berkeley.
		A standardized architectural vocabulary is published in the Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online by the Getty Art History Information Program (XZ 695.1 A7 A76 1990).
		Architectural design terms arranged alphabetically in English with corresponding words in the other four languages.
	www.bu.edu /library/guides/architect.html (2172 words)

	Baroque Architecture in Italy
		Baroque architecture can be seen as a continuation of High Renaissance ideals of symmetry, hierarchy and simple geometry combined with a greater sense of sensuality of surface, experiential complexity in space, directionality in movement, contextual siting and a clearer rhetoric in expressing symbolic meaning.
		The union of the arts painting, sculpture and architecture), use of sensuosity for catalyzing symbolic/real experience of S. Teresa of Aliva.
		Influence of Borromini and Bernini: Baroque architecture in Piedmont (north of Rome) in the work of Guarino Guarini (1624-83) in his treatise with illustrations of his work, including the church of St.
	arch.ced.berkeley.edu /courses/arch170/past/SP2000/3-3-00.html (593 words)

	Greek Architecture
		In this section of Architecture Through the Ages, you will learn about the great Greek Architecture including the style and structures of Greek Architecture.
		During the Classical Greek architecture period, it was made up of three different orders that are most commonly seen in their temples.
		Doric architecture was known for being used by the Spartans.
	library.thinkquest.org /10098/greek.htm (551 words)

	CLASSICS SUBJECT GUIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are also bibliographies for novice and knowledgable students of the classics, glossaries and compendia of mythological characters.
		The object of SEC is to encourage communication among European students of Classics.
		The Classics Alcove at the University of Florida Library.
	www.ualberta.ca /~slis/guides/classics/home.htm (1887 words)

	Classical Archaeology: Greek Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		post and lintel type of construction, which meant that wide spans were not possible, in contrast to the vaults and domes of Roman architecture.
		By the sixth century, temples were being built almost entirely of sone except for the roof beams.
		The appearance of stone architecture on a monumental scale was due to contact Greeks had with Egypt in the seventh century.
	www2.carthage.edu /outis/grarchitect.html (1057 words)

	NBS \| National Building Specification \| aecportico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At NBS, we believe that up-to-date, relevant information is vital for the competitiveness of UK industry; by providing pointers to as much of that information as possible we hope to contribute to the new spirit of openness and co-operation within construction.
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	www.aecportico.co.uk /Categories/RomanArch.shtm (689 words)

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