ARCHITECTURE
Architecture - meanings
• Science of designing
•Professional services of an architect
•A general term describing buildings
•A style and a method of designing and
constructing
Ancient Architecture
• Reflection of devine and supernatural (Egypt,
Mesopotamia)
• Preference of civic ideals to religious (Ancient
Greece, Rome
Asian Architecture
• Different development than in Europe
• Emphasis on natural landscape due to pantheistic
religion
• Different architecture kinds: Buddist, Hindu, Sikh
Islamic Architecture
• It began in 7 century CE (Common Era)
• Use of a architecture mixture from the Ancient
Middle East and Byzantium
Medieval Architecture
•Craftsmen formed guilds to organize their trade
mainly related to ecclesiastical buildings
• Building were not attributed to specific
individuals
•The names of architects remain frequently
unknown
Renaissance Architecture
• Emphasis on the individual and humanity
• Buildings were ascribed to the specific architects
(Michelangelo, Alberti)
• No division between architect, artist and engineer
Early Modern
and the Industrial Age
• Separation of architecture and engineering
• Rise of new materials and technology
•Rise of a so-called gentleman architect (dealt only
with wealthy clients)
•Industrial revolution – an emphasis on mass
production and consumption
Modernism
• Beauty in simplicity in constructing was pointed
out
• Rise of the profession of industrial design
•Bauhaus school (Mies van der Rohe, Marcel
Breuer)
•Organic architecture ( Frank Lloyd Wright)
Architecture Today
• Architecture requires a team of specialist
professionals
• Separation of a design architect from a project
architect
• Focus on architectural sustainability
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture,
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