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ALL ABOUT HISTORY IN ARCHITECTURE
Architectural information for beginner architects and students
PRE-HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE
Prehistory basically covers the Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, and New Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic...
NEAR EAST ARCHITECTURE
Started as villages on the flat land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers - “Mesopotamia” Turned into city-states with populations...
EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE
The ancient Egyptians built their pyramids, tombs, temples and palaces out of stone, the most durable of all building materials...
GREEK ARCHITECTURE
The Ancient Greeks had a unique style of architecture that is still copied today in government buildings and major monuments…
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Roman architecture continued the legacy left by the earlier architects of the Greek world, and the Roman respect for this tradition and…
EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE
Early Christian architecture at Rome was influenced by, and was the logical outcome of, existing Roman architecture, modified in other…
BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE
Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire, or Eastern Roman Empire. The Byzantine era is usually dated...
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
Gothic architecture is a European style of architecture that values height and exhibits an intricate and delicate aesthetic...
RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS
The civilizations developed near the rivers due to reliable water source, fertile land for farming and transportation...
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION
The Indus civilization is known to have comprised two large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, and more than 100 towns and villages...
DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE
The development of historic architecture is a record of continuation of evolution , beginning with the Egyptian architecture…
EVOLUTION OF VEDIC CIVILIZATION
India is country which passes huge ancient knowledge in the form of Vedas. “Vedas” means knowledge. They describes the study...
EVOLUTION OF HINDU TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE
As the race progressed, temples became important because they served as a sacred meeting place for the community to congregate...
COMPONENTS OF HINDU TEMPLE
The temples are built on the principles of vastushastra, known as " Shilpa Shasthra". Yogic posture By increasing the complexity...
JAIN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE
Jain temples are built with various architectural designs. Jain temples in North India are completely different from the Jain temples...
TOWN PLANNING PRINCIPLES IN ANCIENT INDIA
The term is used to indicate the arrangement of various components in such a way that the town as such attains significance of a living...
TAJ MAHAL ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS
A distinguishing characteristic of the Taj mahal's massing is that in elevation, all the elements are clustered and hierarchically...
