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History of World Architecture

ASTU – BSc. in Architecture
ARCH 2210 – History of World Architecture

Lecturer:
M.Sc. ANTONIO PATRUNO
Practicing Professional Architect

March, 2018
 CONTENTS

Prehistory, Egypt, Greece & Roma

Romanesque, Gothic & Baroque
EPF & Industrial Revolution
Art Deco & Modern Movement
Contemporary Trends

History of World Architecture

 Introduction

History of World Architecture

 Introduction

History is not a list of facts…

it is a story that can be
retold over and over
 Introduction

History of Architecture
"It is a record of man's effort to
build beautifully. It traces the
origin, growth and decline of
architectural styles which have
prevailed lands and ages."
 Introduction

Historic Styles of Architecture

"The particular method, the
characteristics, manner of design
which prevails at a certain place
and time.“
 Introduction

Six Influences of Architecture

Geographical
Geological
Climatic
Religious
Social - Economic
Historical
 Introduction

Four Great Constructive Principles

Post & Lintel Construction

Arch & Vault Construction
Corbel or Cantilever Construction
Trussed Construction
 Prehistoric settlements

Chauvet Cave - France

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 Prehistoric settlements

Dolmen

Stonehenge – GB 2800-1500 BC

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 Egypt & Near East

Zigurrat

Egyptian decoration

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 Egypt

Giza Pyramids

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 Egypt

Lovre Museum – France

by Pei

Step Pyramid - Mexico

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 Egypt

Sphinx

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 Egypt

Temple of Abu-Simbel

Temple of Hatshepsut

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 Egypt
Old Town at Sahl
Hasheesh, Egypt

Egyptian Vintage

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 Greece

Parthenon – Athens, Greece

History of World Architecture

 Greece

Parthenon – Athens, Greece

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 Greece

Theater of Epidauros

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 Greece

Nike
Louvre Museum – Paris, France

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 Roma

Arco di Costantino – Rome, Italy

Arc de Triomphe – Paris, France

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 Roma

Coliseum – Rome, Italy

Coliseum - Reconstruction

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 Roma

Pont du Gard – Languedoc, France

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 Roma

Termae di Caracalla- Rome, Italy

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 Roma

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 Romanesque

Roman Basilica

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 Romanesque

Rectangular Temple
Maison Caree - Nimes, France

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 Romanesque

Circular Temple
Pantheon - Rome, Italy

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 Romanesque

Old S. Peter church - Reconstruction

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 Romanesque

St. Peter church – Rome, Italy

History of World Architecture

 Romanesque

Christian Basilca of San Paolo

Rome, Italy

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 Romanesque

San Zeno - Italy

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 Romanesque

Cathedral of Bari,
Puglia, Italy

Cathedral of Trani,
Puglia, Italy

History of World Architecture

 Romanesque

S. Sofia - Istanbul, Turkey

The Bizantin Architecture

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 Romanesque

Islamic Architecture

History of World Architecture

 Gothic

History of World Architecture

 Gothic

La Madonnina – Milan, Italy

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 Gothic

History of World Architecture

 Gothic

Flying Buttress
Cathedral of Chartre - France

History of World Architecture

 Gothic

Notre Dame de Paris - France

History of World Architecture

 Baroque

San Domenico – Sicily, Italy

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 Baroque

Santa Maria della Carità

Brescia, Italy

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 Baroque

Santa Maria della Pace

Rome, Italy

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 Ecole Polytechnique Française

Engineering lecture in the Ècole

Polytechnic Française - 1794

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 Ecole Polytechnique Française

Tour Eiffel
Paris, France

History of World Architecture

 Britain industrial revolution

Chrystal Palace – GB 1851

History of World Architecture

 Art Deco

History of World Architecture

 Art Deco

Italian Liberty

History of World Architecture

 Art Deco
Spanish
Modernismo

Railway station - Bilbao

Casa Batlò - Barcelona

History of World Architecture
 Art Deco

Casa Decha’ - Lisboa Portuguese

Arte Nova

History of World Architecture

 Art Deco

USA
Tiffany Style

Macy’s mall in New York

History of World Architecture

Peacock Lantern
 Art Deco

Haute Residence

German
Jungenstil
History of World Architecture
 Art Deco

Austrian
Secession

Entrance to the bar room of the

Cabaret Fledemarmaus, Vien

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 The Modern Movement

Foyer of the Bauhaus University

of Weimar

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Sagrada Familia
Barcelona, Spain
by Antoni Gaudì

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Casa Batlò – Barcelona, Spain

by Antoni Gaudì

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Casa Milà – Barcelona, Spain

by Antoni Gaudì

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Parc Guel – Barcelona, Spain

by Antoni Gaudì

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Parc Guel – Barcelona, Spain

by Antoni Gaudì

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Mies Van der Rohe

MR Chair , 1929

Mies Van der Rohe

Barcelona Chair, 1929

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

PanAm Bld - NY, USA

by Emery Roth & Sons with
Walter Gropius and Pietro Belluschi.

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Bauhaus Bld - Weimar, Germany

by Walter Gropius
History of World Architecture
 The Modern Movement

Le Corbusier – Chaise Longue, 1928

Cassina production, 1965

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Uniteé d’habitation
Marseille, France
by Le Corbusier

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Ville Savoye – France

by Le Corbusier
History of World Architecture
 The Modern Movement

Notre Dame de Rochamps

by Le Corbusier

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Falling Water at Bear Run

Penn. USA
by F.L. Write

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Guggenheim Museum - NY, USA

by F.L. Write

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Philarmonie - Berlin, Germany

by Bernard Sharoun

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Philarmonie - Berlin, Germany

by Sharoun

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Philarmonie - Berlin, Germany

by Sharoun
History of World Architecture
 The Modern Movement

Railway Station Termini– Rome, Italy

History of World Architecture by P.L. Nervi
 The Modern Movement

Sport Palace – Rome, Italy

History of World Architecture by P.L. Nervi
 The Modern Movement

Cambridge Library – GB
History of World Architecture by James Sterling
 The Modern Movement

Yoyogi National Gymnasium – Japan

History of World Architecture by Kenzo Tange
 The Modern Movement

Yoyogi Olympic – Japan

by Kenzo Tange
History of World Architecture
 The Modern Movement

Orange Centre – Yale USA

by Paul Rudolph

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Sears Tower (Willis)

Chicago, USA
by B. Graham & F. Khan
Of SOM

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Arne Jacobsen – Staircase in Aarhus Radhus

History of World Architecture

 The Modern Movement

Opera House - Sidney, Australia

by Jørn Utzon
History of World Architecture
 Contemporary Trends

Centre Pompidou - Paris, France

by Renzo Piano

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Stadium - Bari, Italy

by Renzo Piano

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Ciudad des Arts y Ciensas

Valencia, Spain
by Santiago Calatrava

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Bridge at Cosenza , Italy

by S. Calatrava

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends
Mediopadana Railway Station
R. Emilia, Italy
by S. Calatrava

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends
Bilbao Airport - Spain
by S. Calatrava

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Vitra Museum
Weil am Rhein , Switzerland
by Frank Gehry

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Guggenheim Museum – Bilbao , Spain

by F. Gehry

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Potzdamer Platz – Berlin, Germany

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Potzdamer Platz
Berlin, Germany

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Potzdamer Platz
Berlin, Germany

Sony Centre
by Murphy-Jahn, Kollhof,
Isozaki, Piano, Rogers

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Potzdamer Platz
Berlin, Germany

Daimler-Chrysler Centre
by Rogers

Underground Entrance

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Jewish Museum – Berlin Germany

by Libenskind

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 Contemporary Trends

City Hall – London, GB – by Norman Foster

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

The «Cocumber» – London, GB – by Norman Foster

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 Contemporary Trends

Zaha Hadid

Museum STUA – Rome, Italy

Heyedar ar Aliyev Centre

Baku, Azerbaigian

History of World Architecture

 Contemporary Trends

Burj Al Arab
Dubai
by Tom Wright

History of World Architecture

«L’architettura è un cristallo»
(architecture is a crystal)
Gio Ponti