TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Collage of Pictures from Pre-Historic Structures to Modern 2004 skyscrapers

2. Pre-Historic Structures . 1
3. Egyptian Architecture.. 5
4. Mesopotamian Architecture..13
a. Persian Architecture
b. Assyrian Architecture
c. Babylonian Architecture
5. Greek Architecture... 17
6. Roman Architecture.. 31
7. Early Christian Architecture.. 38
8. Byzantine Architecture..... 41
9. Saracenic or Muslim Architecture .... 44
10. Romanesque Architecture.. 47
11. English Medieval Architecture... 52
12. Gothic Architecture55
13. Renaissance Architecture61
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Italian Renaissance
French Renaissance
German Renaissance
Belgium , Dutch Renaissance
English Renaissance
Russian Renaissance ..67
14. Australian Architecture 66
15. American Architecture .68
16. Age of the Revivals ( Continental Europe ) .69
17. Famous works of Architects of the 18th and 19th Century ..71
18. 200 Worlds Tallest Bldgs. With Respective Archts. ( As of 2005)79
19. South East Asian Architecture ( Buddhist and Hindu Countries ) ..86
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

Chinese Architecture
Japanese Architecture
Indian Architecture
Korean Architecture
Cambodian Architecture
Thailand Architecture
Indonesian Architecture

20. Philippine Architecture ... 93

a. Pre - Spanish Period
b. Spanish Period
c. American Period
21. Filipino Architects of the 60s to 80s100
22. Philippine Tallest Bldgs. with respective Archts . ( As of 2005 )103

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Collage of Pictures from Pre-Historic Structures to Modern 2004 skyscrapers
2. Pre-Historic Structures . 1
3. Egyptian Architecture.. 5
4. Mesopotamian Architecture..13
a. Persian Architecture
b. Assyrian Architecture
c. Babylonian Architecture
5. Greek Architecture... 17
6. Roman Architecture.. 31
7. Early Christian Architecture.. 38
8. Byzantine Architecture..... 41
9. Saracenic or Muslim Architecture .... 44
10. Romanesque Architecture.. 47
11. English Medieval Architecture... 52
12. Gothic Architecture55
13. Renaissance Architecture61
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Italian Renaissance
French Renaissance
German Renaissance
Belgium , Dutch Renaissance
English Renaissance
Russian Renaissance ..67
14. Australian Architecture 66
15. American Architecture .68
16. Age of the Revivals ( Continental Europe ) .69
17. Famous works of Architects of the 18th and 19th Century ..71
18. 200 Worlds Tallest Bldgs. With Respective Archts. ( As of 2005)79
19. South East Asian Architecture ( Buddhist and Hindu Countries ) ..86
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

Chinese Architecture
Japanese Architecture
Indian Architecture
Korean Architecture
Cambodian Architecture
Thailand Architecture
Indonesian Architecture

20. Philippine Architecture ... 94

a. Pre - Spanish Period
b. Spanish Period
c. American Period
21. Filipino Architects of the 60s to 80s100
22. Philippine Tallest Bldgs. with respective Archts . ( As of 2005 )104
23. Theory of Architecture106
24. Theory ll ( Famous Filipino Archts. Philosophies and Dictums ).108

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PRE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

20th Century
REVIVAL 19th Century)

(15th18th Cent)

RENAISSANCE

GOTHIC (13th 15th Century)

BYZANTINE

SARACENIC
(7th Century)

(4th Century)

ROMAN( 2nd C.B.C. 4TH C. A.D. ) GREEK ( 8nd C.B.C. 2ND CA.D.

EGYPTIAN
(5000 B.C. 1ST Cent. A.D.)

ASSYRIAN
(4000 B.C. 4TH Cent. A.D.)

MEXICAN

INDIAN
CHINESE JAPANESE

PERUVIAN

( Theory of Development of Architecture )

INFLUENCES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARCITECTURE
A. Geographical b. Geological c. Climatic d. Religious e. Socialpolitical f. Historical

PRE HISTORIC STRUCTURES

CULTURAL STAGES
I STONE AGE
a.) Paleolithic ( Old Stone Age ) b.) Mesolithic ( Middle S Age) c.) Neolithic ( New S Age )
II BRONZE AGE
Covered the Minoan Period of the Crete & Greek Pd.
III IRON AGE
25 to 50 yrs. Before Julius Ceasar

CONSTRUCTIVE PRINCIPLES
A. POST & LINTEL (Trabeated)
C. CORBEL OR CANTILLEVERED

B. ARCH & VAULT

D. TRUSSED

CLASSIFICATIONS OF EARLY KNOWN TYPES OF ARCHITECTURE

1. Dwellings

2. Religious Monuments

3. Burial Grounds

FROM THE DWELLINGS STRUCTURES

A. ROCK CAVE Earliest form of dwellings
3 STAGES OF THE EVOLUTION OF CAVE
1. NATURAL CAVE 2. ARTIFICIAL CAVE 3. CAVE Above the Ground
B. TENTS AND HUTS Made from tree barks, Animal skins & Plant leaves.
HUTS usually made up of reeds, brushes and wattles.

RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS
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CLASSIFICATIONS OF RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES

A. MONOLITH isolated single upright stone also known as menhir

Menhir - memorial of victory over one tribe. Prototypes of Egyptian pyramid.

B. MEGALITHIC Several number of stones

1. Dolmen - 2 or more upright stones supporting a horizontal slab.
2. Cromlech 3 or more upright stones capped by an unchain flat stone,
Indicates place of religious rites , e.g. Found at LANYON Cornwall
3. Stone Circle or Stone Row - made up of 3,000 stones spaced upright
e.g. Stonehenge, located @ Wiltshire & on Salisbury Plain

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STONEHENGE are made up of Concentric rings with the ff.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Outer ring 106 in diameter

Isolated blue stone
Innermost cirle
Smaller blue stone

BURIAL MOUNDS
TUMULI or Barrows earthen mounds use for burials of several to couple hundred
of ordinary persons. Prototypes of pyramids in Egypt also of the beehive huts.

ELEMENTS OF CLASSICAL SUPPORTS

1.) BASIC FORMS
a.) PIER
b.) COLUMN
c.) PILASTER
d.) PEDESTAL
e.) ENGAGED COLUMN
f.) BALUSTER
2.) SPECIAL FORMS
a.) CARYATIDS drapped female figure without hands & carrying nothing.
b.) CANEPHORAE same as caryatids but this time w/ basket on her head.

c.) ATLAS OR ATLANTES male figure in kneeling position supporting the world at his
shoulders.
d.) TELAMON or TELAMONES male figure in standing position in place of a column.
e.) ANTA COLUMN -- pier or pilaster formed by a thickening at the end of the wall.

PIER

COLUMN

PILASTERS

Engaged Columns

Baluster

Pedestal

CLASSICAL ORDERS
ORDERS it includes the column ( capital , shaft , base ) with an entablature, which is following
a certain rule with regards to systems of designing.

FROM GREECE

1. DORIC ORDER the simplest , earliest and the most perfect among the orders , made up
of wood.

2. IONIC ORDER -- the most sophisticated, less heavy than the Doric order.
3. CORINTHIAN ORDER -- the slenderest, elegant, and the most elaborated order.
FROM ROME
4. COMPOSITE ORDER -- roman elaboration of the Corinthian order.
5. TUSCAN ORDER -- the simplified version of the Roman Doric order and has no shaft flutes.
SUPERIMPOSITION or SUPERCOLUMNATION -- the placing of one order after another or above another.
INTERCOLUMNATION -- the clear space between two adjacent columns usually measured
at the lower parts of the shafts.
ARCADE a line of counterthrusting arches raised on columns of piers.
ENTASIS a swelling or curving along the outline of a column shaft . It was designed to counter-act
the Optical illusion which gives a shaft bounded by straight line appearance of curving inwards

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TWO KINDS OF ENTASIS
1. Single

2. Double

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AVENUE OF SPHINX

TEMPLE OF KHONS

ANDRO SPHINX

SETHMET

TEMPLE OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT

TEMPLE OF AMON

AVE. OF SPHINX

TEMPLE OF HATHOR

PYLON AT EDFU

TEMPLE OF HATHOR

PHARAOH MUMMIFICATION

OBELISK

CRIOSPHINX

HYPOSTYLE HALL

TEMPLE OF LUXOR

M A S T A B A

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FROM

5000 B. C. 1st CENTURY A. D.

A. GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE
Egypt known as The Land of Pharaoh , & desert Land . The Nile River is their means
of communication , highway , & lifeline . Egypts greatest wealth was its fertile soil.
B. GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCE
STONE abundant building material except on temples & pyramids
Soft stone limestone , sandstone , alabaster .
Hard stone granite , quartzite , basalt , porphyry
SAND DRIED BRICKS made up of clay & chopped stone for pyramids & temples.
DATE PALM for roofings & PALM LEAVES for roofing materials .
ACACIA for their boat
SYCAMORE mummy cases
C. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE
Structure have no downspout , drainage , gutters due to absence of rain . No windows to cut
heat penetration and sandstorm.
D. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
Pyramids were built bec. they believe in Life after Death & for the preservation of the dead
body. Pharaoh is not only king but also god both political & religious ruler, when he dies he
becomes osiris, god of dead. Theyre monotheistic in theory & polytheistic in practice.

DIFFERENT EGYPTIAN GODS:

a.) AMUNRA : chief god
b.) RAH
: symbol of the sun , hope for eternal life , sun god fr. Heliopolis
c.) ATUM
: world creator
d.) OSIRIS
: god of the dead
e.) ISIS
: wife of osiris
f.) HORUS
: sky god, son of osiris, also reincarnation of Ra himself
g.) SET
: dread god of evil, brother of pleasure
i.) THOT
: ibis headed god of wisdom
j.) ANUBIS
: jackal headed god of death
k.) PTAH
: god of craftsmen
l.) SERAPIS
: bull god
E. HISTORICAL INFLUENCE
30 DYNASTIES started from 3rd Millennium B.C. to Roman Period. Egypt was part of Persian
Empire for 2 Centuries, before the invasion of ALEXANDER the Great .
1. ANCIENT KINGDOM ( 1ST 10TH DYNASTY )
Development of two types of tombs
a.) Mastaba b.) Pyramid
2. MIDDLE KINGDOM ( 11TH 17TH DYNASTY )
Important Personalities
a.) MENTUHETEP II
developed the 3rd type of tomb Rockcut Tomb.
b.) SENUSRETS
erected the earliest known Obelisk @ Heliopolis.
c.) AMENEMHAT I founded Great Temple of Ammon Kharnak Grandest of all temples
3. NEW EMPIRE ( 18TH 30TH DYNASTY )
Important Personalities
a.) THOTMES 1- began the additions to the Temple of AMMON, Kharnak.
b.) HATSHEPSUT queen of Egypt, famous for her funerary temple @ Mt.Der-El-Bahari.
c.) THOTMES 1V the one responsible for the cleaning away of sand fr. the Sphinx
d.) AMENOPHIS III erected the Colossi of Memnon,one of the wonders of the world.
e.) RAMESES I began the construction of the Great Hypostyle Hall, @ Kharnak
f.) RAMESES II finished the construction of the Hypostyle Hall, & erection of the
Rock Temple @ ABU- SIMBEL , and the Remission,Thebes.
4. THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
Important Personalities
a.) PTOLEMY II built the Pharaohs or the Light House .
b.) PTOLEMY III founded the Greatest Serapeum at Alexandria.
F. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE
MONARCHY
form of government
PHARAOH
King of Egypt, ruler , highest priest in Egypt
SON OF PHARAOH normal successor to the throne
VIZIER
Kings most powerful official
CHANCELORhe controls the royal treasuries, granaries ,& supervises the census
CHIEF STEWARD- in charge of the Kings personal estate & household.
SOCIAL RANKS:
1. NOBLE FAMILIESroyal throne with his family
2. SOLDIERS, VIZIERS, CHANCELLORS, CHIEF STEWARDS next to leaders
3. FISHERMEN, FARMERS, CRAFTMENS, MERCHANTS - ordinary Egyptians
4. SLAVES- lowest form

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G. ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
1.) SIMPLICITY

2.) MONUMENTALITY

3.) SOLIDITY OR MASSIVENESS

SYSTEMS OF CONSTRUCTION:
POST & LINTEL; COLUMNAR OR TRABEATED.

FEATURES OF

EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE:

1. BATTERWALL- inclination from base to top of the faade.

2. HIEROGLYPHICS- use as ornaments, pictures & writings from the walls.

EXAMPLE OF STRUCTURES:
1. TOMBS ( 3 TYPES)
A. MASTABA- flat top or tapered solid temple
3 IMPORTANT PARTS OF MASTABA
1. OUTER CHAMBER- where offerings were placed
2. SERDAB inner chamber containing the statues of the deceased member of the family
3. SARCOPHAGUS chamber containing the coffin reached by an under ground shaft.
e.g. MASTABA OF THI ( THI - is a royal architect, superindentent of pyramids in Egypt )
Mastaba are Tomb-houses that were made to take the body at full length .
STELE is the upright stone slab containing the name of the dead found in the mastaba
B. PYRAMIDS evolved from MASTABA ; w/ four sides facing the Cardinal points , they
were made by 100,000 men for 100 years.
1.) STEP PYRAMID evolved from Mastaba
e.g. PYRAMID OF KING ZOSER or ISER built by IMHOTEP, oldest surviving
masonry bldg. structure in the world.

2.)

BENT OR BLUNT PYRAMID 2 degrees of inclination of slope

e.g. PYRAMID OF SENEFERU

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ARCHITECTURE 9

3.) SLOPE PYRAMID parts ( kings chamber , Queens chamber , subterranean

chamber, grand gallery, airshafts.
e.g. 3 Famous Pyramid @ GIZEH Great Pyramids of the Cheops was equated
to the size of St. Peter Rome

a) PYRAMID OF THE CHEOPS OR KHUFU (146.4 mts. High & ( 750 sq. ft. )
in plan two times the area of the famous St. Peter Basilica in Rome.
b) PYRAMID OF CHEOPS or Khafra ( 143.0 mts. high ) & (705 sq. ft. ) in plan.
c) PYRAMID OF MYKERINOS or Menkaura (109.0 mts. high) & (218ft. high).
PARTS OF PYRAMID COMPLEX:
1. elevated causeway 2. Offering chapel

3. Mortuary

4. Valley bldg.

C. ROCK CUT TOMB OR ROCK HEWN TOMB cut deep into the mountain rock
e. g. Tombs of the kings, Thebes
2. TEMPLES ( 2 TYPES) they were sanctuaries that only Kings and Priests can penetrate.
a.) Montuary built in honor of the Pharaohs
b.) Cult built for the worship of the gods, only high priest can enter in both types of temple.

Egyptian architecture was designed principally for internal effect

PARTS OF AN EGYPTIAN TEMPLE
1) Entrance Pylon massive sloping towers fronted by an obelisks known as gateways
in Egypt .
2) Hypaethral Court large outer court open to the sky
3) Hypostyle Hall - a pillared hall in which the roofs rest on column.
4) Sanctuary usually surrounded by passages & chambers used in connection w/
the temple service.
5) Avenue of Sphinx where mystical monster were placed.
EXAMPLE OF TEMPLES
1) Great Temple of Abu Simbel entrance forecourt leads to an imposing faade
formed by a pylon carved w/ 4 Colossal seated statues.( RAMESSES 1-1V)
2) Great Temple of Ammon, Khanak most grandest temple in Egyptian planning
& was commenced by Amenemhat 1 ; occupying an area of 1,200 ft. x 360 ft
PARTS OF AN EGYPTIAN TEMPLE
3) Temple of Ammon, Der El Bahari
4) Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
5) Temple of Elephantine
6) Temple of Hathor, Dendera
7) Temple of Horus, Edfu
8) Temple of Isis, Philae
9) Temple of Khons, kharnak, by Ramesses III
10) Temple of Luxor
11) Temple of Mamimisi
12) Temple of Mentuhetep, Thebes
13) Temple of Seti I, Abydos
14) Temple of Ramesseum, Thebes

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The Great Temple of Abu- Simbel

It is one of the rock- hewn temples at this place commanded by the indefatigable
Rameses II. An entrance forecourt leads to the imposing faade, 36 m ( 119 ft. ) wide and 32 m
( 105 ft. ) high formed as pylon, immediately in front of which are four rock-cut seated colossal
statues of Rameses, over 20 m ( 65 ft. ) high.

The Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak, Thebes

The grandest of all Egyptian temples, was not built upon one complete plan but owes its
size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. built from the XIIth Dynasty to the
ptolemaic period .

Temple of Queen HATSHEPSUT , Mt. Der El - Bahari

Queen of Egypt, famous for her funerary temple @ Mt.Der-El-Bahari.

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Temple of Hathor , Dendera

Temple of Amon Ra

3. OBELISKS are monumental pillars usually in pairs at the temple entrances considered
the symbol of Heliopolis the sun god. They are square in plan & stands at the ht. of 9 to 10
times the diameter of the base. The four sides tapers to the top on the form of a small pyramid.
e.g. Cleopatras Needle, Embankment, London
Piazza of St. John Laterano, Rome.
4. SPHINX a mystical monster with a body of a lion and head of a man or androsphinx,
body of a lion & head of a hawk or heiraosphinx , & body lion & head of a ram or criosphinx.
e.g. Great Sphinx at Gizeh near the Pyramid of the Cheops.
5. CAPITALS & COLUMNS
a.) Bud & Bell Capital
b.) Polygonal Columns
c.) Papyrus Capital

d.) Volute Capital

e.) Palm type Capital
f. ) Square Pillars

6. MOULDINGS Gorge and Hollow Moulding

used to cover the angles .

The torus mould in Egyptian temples were

ORNAMENTS
a) Lotus Papyrus & Palm
for fertility
b) Solar Discs & Vutures w/ wings for protection
c) Spiral & feather ornament
for eternity
d) Scarab or sacred beetle
for ressurection

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g.) Hathor Headed Capital

h.) Osiris Pillars

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HIEROGLYPHICS WITH HATHOR COLUMNS

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Mesopotamian Architecture

TOWER

OF BABEL

ISHTAR GATE

HANGING GARDEN

ZIGGURAT

ISHTAR GATE

ZIGGURAT

ZIGGURAT

WINGED BULL

ZIGGURAT

H A L L

ISHTAR GATE

OF

HANGING GARDEN

ZIGGURAT ENTRANCE

H U N D R E D

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C O L U M N S

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4000 B.C - 4th century

A. GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE
West Asiatic Architecture flourished & developed in the Twin Rivers Tigris & Euphrates
also known as Mesopotamia it refers to Persia, Assyria & Babylon.
B. GEOGOLICAL INFLUENCE
Due to floods & heavy rains , it resulted in the conversion of its earthen into clay to
produce bricks in Assyria and Babylon, due to rare experience of rain in Persia , they
use timber and coloured limestone.
C. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE
Mesopotamia experience floods and heavy rains which have resulted in the building of
Zigguratsin Persia, they have dry & hot climate w/c resulted in bldg.open type temples.
D. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
Mesopotamians were superstitious, believers of symbolism and also believers of genies
and demons. Persian were believers of good and evil. They believe that good usually
triumphs in the end.
E. SOCIAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCE
Babylonians among the three were considered extraordinary because they achieved
highest degree of civilization. Assyrian and Persian believe in military superiority thus
manifested in their bldgs.
F. HISTORICAL INFLUENCE
1. Babylonian Pd.
2. Assyrian Pd.

3. Neo -Babylonian Pd.

G. ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
1. MASSIVENESS
2. MONUMENTALITY

4. Persian Pd.

3. GRANDEUR

CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES
PERSIAN ARCH. Columnar and Trabeated with flat timber roof sometimes domed.
ASSYRIAN & BABYLONIAN ARCH Arcuated type of construction ; Arch , vault and
flat strips, buttresses w/ glazed tile adornment.
EXAMPLE OF STRUCTURES
A. BABYLON
1. ZIGGURATS or Holy Mountains chief bldg. structure , square or rectangle in plan
w/ steeply battered sides & an open flatform on top containing the Fire Altar .
THREE TYPES OF ZIGGURATS:
a.) Archaic ziggurat usally have one flat top rectangular mound carrying the upper
temple. e.g White Temple at Warka
b.) Two or more stages Ziggurat rectangular in plan, design w/ several tiers or stages.
e.g The ziggurat, Nimrod, Tower of Babel Ziggurat at Bursippa, seven stage pyramid
dedicated to seven heavenly planets.
c.) Seven stages square base ziggurat
e.g Palace of Nebuchadnezzar, it has the Hanging Garden of Babylon.
2. CITY OF BABYLON with towers & 100 Bronze Gates.

ISHTAR GATE 575 B.C.

General view of the 'Hall of a Hundred Columns'.

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15

B. ASSYRIA
PALACE OF SARGON, KHORBAD entrance portals flanked with status of headed
winged bulls & lions. It contains 700 rooms.
IMPORTANT PARTS OF PALACE
a). SERAGLIO palace proper w/c includes the kings residence , mens apartment
& reception courts.
b). HAREM - usually designed w/ a private family apartments or womens quarter.
c). KHAN - or service chambers , Khan is a Moslem inn, for travelers prototype

C. PERSIA
PALACE FLATFORM PERSOPOLIS- occupies 1500 and 1000 ft. & is elevated 40 ft.
It contains the following:
a.) Palace of Darius
c.) Hypostyle Hall of Xerxes
b.) Palace of Xerxes
d.) Halls of Hundreds columns
e ). Propylaea entrance to hall design by Xerxes

Steps leading to the eastern portico of the Apadana of Persepolis W inged bulls with human faces.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS :
PLAN:
Babylonian palaces and temples were built on artificial flatforms 30 above the
plain. Ziggurat which grows in several tiers had their angles to the cardinal
points, same with the Assyrians & Persians.
WALLS:
Babylonian walls are normally made-up of sun-dried bricks faced w/kiln-burnt
Assyrian walls are also made-up of sun-dried bricks finished w/ polychrome.
Persian walls are also made of bricks & followed the Assyrian style.
OPENINGS:
Babylonian and Assyrian doors are usually spanned by semi-circular while.
Persian doors are spanned by lintels, and used of monster prior to doorways.
WINDOWS:
Babylonian and Assyrian windows are not in use. Persian windows are also
spanned by lintels.
ROOFS :
Generally , roofs are flat externally & also in some cases, tunnel vaults and
domes are used .
COLUMNS :
Babylonians & Assyrians have no columns . Persian column features, high
moulded base , fluted shafts , bracket form of topmost capitals were of
twin bulls , dragons , or sometimes human heads .
MOULDINGS:
Babylonian & Assyrian mouldings were of little use. Persian adopted mldngs. from
the Egyptians.
ORNAMENTS:
In Assyrian & Persian ornaments they have the monster planking entrance
portals mural decoration by polychrome bricks of blue , yellow & green with
low relief stabs.

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ZIGGURAT AT UR ( IRAQ ) 2100 B.C.

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PARTHENON

IONIC

PEDIMENT

C APITAL

PARTHENON

C O R I N T H I A N CAP.

TRIGLYPHS

O P E N T H E A T E R T E M P L E OF A T H E N A C A R Y A T I D S G A T E O F L I O N

AGORA

DORIC COL.

CORINTHIAN CO LUMN

IONIC

C O L.

PROPYLAEA

C O R I N T H I A N CO L

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LION GAT E

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8th CENTURY B.C. 2nd CENTURY

A. GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE
The rugged nature of the Greek Peninsula & its widespreadislands , made communication
difficult. It was bounded on two sides by Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, Athens as
its center kingdom ontains the upper city known as Citadel .
A. GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCE

Marble chief bldg. materials , they also had ample supplies of bldg. stones.
B. CLIMACTIC INFLUENCE
Climate was intermediate between Cold & hot,which favored an outdoor life dramatic
presentations,most of public ceremonies took place in an open air, even in religious rites ,
due to limited public buildings other than temples.
D. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
AEGEANS : worship nature , Priestesses rather than priest conducted the religious rites.
GREEKS: Represents their deities by large statues. They worship natural phenomena.
GREEK DEITIES

ROMAN DIETIES

Aphrodite
Apollo
Ares
Artemis
Athena
Demeter
Dionyssus
Hephaestus
Hera
Heracles
Hermes
Hestia
Nike
Pan
Poseidon
Zeus

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:
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Venus
- goddess of commerce , love and beauty
Apollo - god of law and reason , art music& poetry
Mars
- god of war
Diana
- goddess of chastity
Minerva - goddess of learning & wisdom
Ceres
- goddess of earth & agriculture
Bacchus - god of wine & feasting
Vulcan - god of fire, flame & forgery
Juno
- wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage
Hercules - son of Zeus, mythical half god & man
Mercury - messenger of the gods
Vesta
- goddess of hearth & home
Victoria - goddess of victory
Pan
- god of flock
Neptune - god of the sea
Jupiter - supreme god, ruler of the sky, chief god

E. SOCIAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCE

Chief diversion were music, dancing, wrestling, boxing, gymnastic , and bullfighting often w/ religious connection. Women took part in hunting and more strenuous
games , as well as in craftwork .Tyrannic, aristocratic, & democratic
were the forms of govt. Pericles one of leaders in Athens.
F. HISTORICAL INFLUENCE
PERIODS OF DEVELOPMENT:
1. Early Period ( 3000 B.C 700 B.C .) Aegeans , Minoans & Myceneans were
the only people in Greece.
2. Hellenic Period essentially columnar & trabeated in Acropolis which was Crowned by
Parthenon. By the 16th Cent. parthenon was converted into a Christian church.
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
1. AEGEAN ARCHITECTURE OR EARLY PERIOD
Characteristic Features
a). Low pitch or flat roof on multi - storey structure .
b). Stairway was developed for vertical circulation .
c). Houses termed as Megaron & palaces were principal bldg. types

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Megaron Areas:
1). Enclosed porch
2). Living apartment or megaron proper
3). Thalamus or sleeping room
d). 4 Methods of walling surface finishes:
1). Cyclopean a masonry made-up of huge stone blocks laid mortar
2). Polygonal a masonry w/c is constructed w/ stones having polygonal faces.
3). Rectangular block of stone cut into rectangular shapes.
4). Inclined blocks stones with inclined blocks.
2. GREEK ARCHITECTURE or HELLENIC PERIOD
CHARACTERISTICS OF GREEK ARCHITECTURE
a). Simplicity & Harmony
b). Purity of Lines
c). Perfection of Proportions
d). Refinement of Details
This Hellenic Period chief bldg. type were temples w/c were built towards the rising
sun (east).
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

They use rectangular plan.

Temples gateways propylaea
Collonade surrounds the temple.
Ceiling were omitted & treated w/ timber panelled coffers lacunaria
Walls were made up of stones.
Marble sculptures completed the buildings.
Mural paintings on the walls of temples were highly developed.
Optical Illusions were corrected from horizontal lines not to appear dropping
or sagging from the center, a slight covex outlines were formed for
stylobates , cornices & architraves fr. the temple Parthenon , the same w/ the
vertical lines
for columns.

EXAMPLES OF ARCHITECHTURAL STRUCTURES

A. AEGEAN ARCHITECTURE or EARLY PERIOD
1). Gate of Lions, Mycenae most ancient stone sculpture in Europe.
2). Palaces used by kings or local chieftain.
e.g

Palace of King Minos, Knossos

The Palace, Tyrins
The Palace, Mycenea

The Lion Gate, Mycenae ( c. 1250 B.C. )

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3). Tombs

2 Types of Aegean Tomb:

a). Tholos a stone- vaulted construction, shaped like an old fashion beehive .
It consist of a long passage known asDromos leading to domed chamber.
b). Rock cut or chamber tomb rectangular chamber, cut w/ in the slope hill -side
approach by Dromos.

B. GREEK ARCHITECTURE OR HELLENIC PERIOD

1). Temenos or sacred enclosure, also known as citadel or acropolis or upper city.
IMPORTANT STRUCTURES FOUND IN ACROPOLIS
a). Principal Temple
b). Pinacotheca (picture gallery)
c). Glypthotheca (sculpture gallery)
d). Statue of Athena
e). The Erecthelon
f). Old Temple of Athena
g). The Parthenon
h). Theater of Dionysos
i). Stoa of Eumenes
j). Odeion of Herodes Atticus
k). Temple of Nike Apteros
2). Civic Square square city or market place, the greeks political business & economic life
Greek : Agora
Roman : Forum
e.g

Italian : Piazza
French: Place

English : Market

Civic Square @ Miletus

Civic Square @ Ephesus
Civic Square @ Priene

3). Temples were the chief building. Usually the plan is rectangular in shape.
PARTS OF A GREEK TEMPLE
a). Naos principal chamber containing the statue of the god or
goddess, w/ porticoes & collonades.
b). Pronaos the inner portico in front of naos, or cella of the naos
c). Epinaos or Opisthodomus posticum which serves as the treasury
chamber.

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PARTHENON , GREECE

CARYATIDS PORCH , ERECHTHEION , ATHENS

OPEN THEATER

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TWO WAYS OF DESCRIBING TEMPLES: ( rectangular)

a). According to the number of columns on the entrance front.
b). By the arrangement of the exterior columns of the temple in relation to naos as below:
a). Henostyle b). Distyle c). Tristyle d). TetraStyle e). Pentastyle f). Hexastyle g). Heptastyle h). Octastyle i). Enneastyle j). Decastyle k). Dodecastyle -

one column
two columns
three columns
four columns
five columns
six columns
seven columns
eight columns
nine columns
ten columns
twelve columns

PARTS OF A GREEK TEMPLE

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DORIC ORDER ( Ist Order of the Greek Architecture )

The simpliest & the earliest among the 5 orders. Parthenon Temple, where

FORMS OF GREEK TEMPLE

PARTS OF DORIC ORDER:
A). DORIC PARTS:
1. Pediment
2. Entablature
3. Crepidoma

D). CORNICE PART:

1. Mutule
2. Guttae

G). TRIGLYPH
1. 2 whole & 2 Channels
2. Shank

B). PEDIMENT PARTS:

1. Antefixae
2. Tymphanum
3. Acroterion

E). FRIEZE PARTS:

1. Triglyphs
2. Metope

H). COLUMN PARTS:

1. Capital
2. Shaft
3. Base

C). ENTABLATURE PARTS

1. Cornice
2. Frieze
3. Architrave

F). ARCHITRAVE PARTS:

1. Taenia
2. Regulae
3. Guttae

I). CAPITAL PARTS:

1. Abacus
2. Echinus

J). SHAFT PARTS:

K). CREPIDOMA PARTS:
1. Annulets
1. Stylobate
2. Tracheleum/ Trachelion
2. Stereobate
3. Hypotracheleum or Hypotrachelion

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L). SHAFTs PLAN

1. Flutes (20)
2. Arris (20)

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FORMS OF GREEK TEMPLES

1. IN ANTIS temples that have one to four columns between antae at the front.
Two is the usual no.
2. AMPHI- ANTIS temples that have one to four columns between antae at the
front and rear. Two is the usual no.
3. PROSTYLE temples that have a portico of columns at front.
4. AMPHI - PROSTYLE temples that have a portico of columns at the front & rear.
5. PERIPTERAL temples that have single line of columns surrounding the naos.
6. PSEUDO PERIPTERAL temples that have flanked of cols. Attached to the
naos wall.
6. DIPTERAL temples that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos.
8 . PSEUDO DIPTERAL temples are like the last, but the inner range of columns
is omitted on the flanks of the naos.

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2nd CAPITAL Introduced by GREEK ARCHITECTURE

IONIC ORDER More Sophisticated order. Less heavy than the Doric, less
elaborated than the Corinthian Order. It was used in Erechtheion, Athens,
also of Artemis, Ephesus.

3rd CAPITAL Introduced by the GREEK ARCHITETURE

CORINTHIAN ORDER Most elaborated & most elegant of all the 3 capitals
introduced by the Greeks. It looks like an Inverted Bell .

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ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES ( TEMPLES )

a). The Parthenon, Athens (Doric, Peripteral, Octastyle) dedicated to the goddess
Athena, largest Greek Temple.
Architect: Ictinus & Callicrates
Master Sculptor: Phedias
b). The Temple of Zeus Olympus, Agrigentum (Doric, Pseudo Peripteral, Heptastlye).
2nd largest Greek temple , uses Atlantes , carved male figure.
Atlas male figure support carrying the world in kneeling position.
Telamones male figure support in standing position.
Architect: Theron
c). Temple of Apollo Epicurius, Bassae (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Peripteral, Hexastyle).
Architect: Ictinus
d). Temple of Nike Apteros, Athens (Ionic, Amphi Prostyle, Tetrastyle) dedicated to
the wingless victory .
Architect: Callicrates
e). The Erectheion, Athens ( Ionic, Apteral, Irregular Plan, No side colonnades.)
Forms the imposing entrance to the Acropolis. Uses caryatid porch .
Cayatids female figure support w/out a basket on her head.
Canephorae female figure support carrying a basket on her head.
Uses Egg & tongue or Egg & Dart ornament.
f). The Temple of Arthemis, Ephesus (Hellenestic temple, Ionic, Dipteral, Octastyle).
One of the seven wonders of the world, Center of Pan Ionic festival of
the Asiatic Colonies.
Architect: Deinocrates, under the time of Alexander the Great.
Master Sculptor: Scopas
g). The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens (Corinthian) a type of monument
erected to support a Tripoid, as a prize for athletic exercises or musical competitions in Greek festival.
h). The Olympion, Athens (Corithian, Dipteral, Octastyle)
Architect: Cossutius
Builder: Antiochus Epiphanes
i). Tower of the Winds, Athens (Octagonal structure) known as the Horologium of
Andronikos Cyrhestes, Clepsydra or water-clock internally, sundial externally.
j). The theater of Dionysos, Athens where famous Choragic competitions took place
during the Panathenaic festivals , prototype of all Greek temples.
k). The Theater, Epidauros most beautiful & preserved Greek Temple.

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4. Propylaea entrance gateways w/c marked the approach to the sacred enclosure in
many cities in Greece .
e.g

Propylaea of Athens forms the imposing entrance to Acropolis.

Erected by: Pericles / Architect by: Mnesicles
Propylaea, Epidauros
Propylaea, Priene
Propylaea, Eleusis

5. Theater an open air structure, which consisted of orchestra, auditorium or cavea

out of the slope of hillside, in or near city.

e.g. Greek Theater:

1. Theater, Epidauros most beautiful example & well preserved bldg.
Architect: Polycleitus
2. Theater of Dionysos, Athens considered to be the prototype of all
Greek theaters & accommodating almost 18,000 spectators.
6. Public Bldg. restoration of Athens, Olympia , Delphi, & Epidauros gave an idea
of the distribution of bldgs. on this famous sites.
a). Agora or Town Square an open air , meeting place for the transaction of
business & also market place.
b). Stoa a long colonnaded bldg. w/c serves to connect public monuments &
for shelter.
e.g. Stoas of Eumenes , Athens
Echo Collonade or Stoa Poikile, Olympia
Stoa of Attalos 11, Athens
c). Prytaneion a senate house fo the chief dignitaries of the city.
e.g. Prytaneion, Olympia
Prytaneion, Athens
Prytaneion, Priene
d). Bouleuterion or council house , covered meeting place of the democratically elected councils.
e. g. Bouleuterion, Milletus largest accommodation of 1,200 people.
e). Assembly Halls used by citizens in general assembly.
e. g. Thersillion, Megapolis
Ecclesiasterion, Priene
f.). Odeion a theater bldg. used mainly by musicians in the presentation of
their works for competition & for public approval.
e. g. Odeion of Pericles, Athens
Odeion of Herodes Atticus, Athens
g). Stadium /Stadion foot race course & also used for other athletic performances.
e. g. The Stadium, Athens up to 50,000 spectators.
Architect: Herodes Atticus
Largest Stadium: Louisiana Superdome
h). Hippodrome plan similar to stadium but longer, for horse & chariot racing
i). Palaestra a wrestling school.
j). Gymnasium a place for physical exercise , both Palaestra & Gymnasium were
prototype of Roman Thermae .

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Parts of Gymnasium :
1. Courts for athletes
2. Tanks for bathers
3. Dressing rooms & toilets
4. Exedrae & other seats for expectators
5. Stores, places for rest & conversation
6. Ephebium or club for lectures
e. g. Gymnasia, Olympia
Gymnasia, Ephesus
Gymnasia, Pergamon
k). Naval bldgs . includes ship sheds and stores
e. g. Sanctuary of the Bulls, Delos
l). Tombs mausoleum or monumental tombs, one of the most famous of all
tombs & one of the 7 wonders of the world was erected to King Mausolos
by his widow, Artemesia & from it derived the term mausoleum applied to
monumental tombs.
e. g. The Mausoeum, Halicarnassos ( Architect : Pythius & Satyrus )
Master Sculptor: Scopas
The Lion Tomb
Sarchophagus, Cnidos
Tomb of the Weepers , Sidon
Nereid Monument , Xanthos
m.) Domestic Bldg. or Greek Houses usually one storey with rooms built around
an internal court w/ porticoes on three sides & Chambers grouped around.
e.g. House No., Priene planned similar to Aegean Megaron & the best
example of a Greekhouse. Maison De la Coline .

GREEK TERMS
1.

ABACUS the flat square on top of a capital ; uppermost member of a capital.

2.

ANCON or Console a scrolled bracket w/c supports a cornice or entablature over

a door or a window.

3.

ANDRON / ANDRONITIS the part of a bldg. used by men esplly at the banquet rm.

4.

APOTHECA store room , wine storage.

5.

CYCLOSTYLE a circular projecting collonade.

7.

CYRTOSTYLE a circular projecting portico.

8.

DENTILS a small square block used in series in lonic , Corinthian , Composite

and rarely in Doric Cornices.

9.

DROMOS the long deep passage way to an ancient Egyptian tomb.

10.
11.

ENTASIS a slight convex curve used on Greek columns ( vertical & Horizontal )
to correct the optical illusion of concavity w/c result to dropping & sagging.

12.

FLUTING a shallow , concave grooves running vertically on the shaft of a

column , pilaster or other surfaces.

12.

GLYPTOTHECA- a sculpture gallery.

13.

HECATOMPEDON- a bldg. 100ft. in length or width ; esp. the cella of Parthenon.

14.

KONISTRA in ancient Greek theater , it was the orchestra.

15.
16.

LOGGIA an arcaded or collonaded porch or gallery attached to a larger structure

MODILLION a console on the other side of a doorway supporting a cornice.

17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
and

PLINTH the lowest square member of the base treasury house.

QUADRIGA a chariot drawn by 4 horses.
THESAURUS in ancient Greece it is the treasury house.
TRIGA a chariot drawn by 3 horses.
VOLUTE a spiral scroll in an lonic capital; smaller versions appear on Corinthian
Composite capitals.

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GREEK MOULDINGS & ORNAMENTS

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TRUIMPHAL ARCHES

R O M A N

R O M A N

AQUEDUCTS

H A D R I A N

F O

M S

TRAJAN MARKET

B A T H

V I L L A S

T R A J A N

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2ND CENTURY 4TH CENTURY A. D.

A. GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE
Rome has a commanding position in the Mediterranean sea w/c enabled to act as an intermediary in
spreading art and civilization over Europe Western Asia & North Africa. There is marked
geographical differences bet. Greeks and the Romans w/ regards to national character , Romans
were very close.
B. GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCE
Chief bldg. material was concrete w/c rendered finest example of Roman Architecture . They
also have ample supply of marbles , terra-cotta, stone , bricks , sand , gravel & timber. Concrete
was made up of stone or brick rubble & a mortar of w/c the important ingredient was pozzolana.
C. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE
Rome was divided into 3 Regions ; North ; Central & South Italy Because of this variety of
climatic conditions , there was a diversity of archl . features & treatment in the peninsula itself .
D. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
Religion became a part of the constitution of the state. They venerated more their emperors
than their gods and because of this attitude , there were less temples for worship.
E. SOCIAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCE
Important Emperors who patronizes architecture in Rome ;
1. NERO
4. HADRIAN
7. DIOCLETIAN
2. VESPASIAN
5. SEPTIMUS SEVERUS
3. TROJAN
6. CARACALLA
F. HISTORICAL INFLUENCE
Periods of development:
1. ETRUSCAN - notable for the use of the true & radiating arch, they were the earliest
civilization & great builders , invented the tuscan capital, their temple were oriented at the
south.
2. ROMAN adopted the columnar & trabeated style of the Greeks
and developed the Arch. , vault , & dome of the Etruscans .
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
1. VASTNESS & MAGNIFICENCE.
2. OSTENTATION & ORNATENESS.
Romans use arch in structural innovation.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF VAULTS DEVELOPMENT BY THE ROMANS:
1. Semi-circular / wagon headed / Barrel vault
2. Cross vault
3. Hemispherical Dome
ROMAN CONCRETE WALLS :
1. Opus Quadratum made up of rectangular blocks of stone with or w/ out mortar joints
but frequently secured with dowels and cramps.

2. Opus Incertum made up of small

the polygonal work.

stones laid

in

a loose pattern roughly assembling

3. Opus Recticulatum fine joints were in diagonal lines like the meshes of a net.

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4. Opus Testaceum triangular bricks ( plan) specially made for
facing the walls.

5. Opus Mixtum consisted of bands of tufa introduced at intervals in the ordinary

brick facing or alteration of rectangular blocks with small squared stone blocks.

TWO COLUMN CAPITALS DEVELOPED

1. COMPOSITE combination

of Ionic & corinthian

2. TUSCAN - counterpart of Doric capital

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE EXAMPLE :

A. FORUM open space used as a meeting place , market or rendesvouz for
political demonstrations.
e. g. Forum Romanum, Rome oldest & most impt ., used as Hippodrome.
Forum of Trajan, Rome largest.
B. RECTANGULAR TEMPLES used Pseudo Peripteral ( half col. Attached to the naos wall, raised
in a podium, oriented towards the south.

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e. g. Temple of Fortuna Virilis, Rome
Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome
Temple of Diana, Nimes
Temple of Vespasian, Rome
Temple of Jupiter, Spalato
Temple of Saturn, Rome
Temple of Venus & Rome
Maison Carree, Nimes
C. CIRCULAR & POLYGONAL TEMPLES derived from the temples of
the Greeks & the Etruscans w/c became the prototype of the Christian
baptistery.
e. g.
Temple of Vesta, Rome the most sacred shrine & source of
Roman life & power.
Temple of Venus, Baalbek
The Pantheon, Rome most famous & perfect preservation of all
ancient bldgs. in Rome. It was now converted into a Christian church
named Sta. Maria Rotonda.
D. BASILICAS halls of justice or Assembly hall.
e. g.
Trajans Basilica, Rome built by Apollodorus of Damascus
Basilica of Constantine, Rome -also known as Basilica of Maxentius
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E. THERMAE a palatial public bath with three main parts :
1. Main bldg. Central Structure w/ chief apartments
a) Tepidarium warm room
b) Calidarium hot room, or with hot water bath
c) Frigidarium cooling room
d) Sudarium dry sweating room
e) Apodyteria dressing room
f) Palaestra - for physical exercise
g) Unctuaria or untoria place for oils & perfumes
h) Spaeresterium game room

2. XYSTUS OR PUBLIC PARK W/ AVENUES OF TREES a large open space with trees,
statues & fountains, part of it was used as a stadium for foot- racing & where athletic sports
took place.
3. OUTER RING OF APARTMENTS
Lecture rooms
Exedrae
Collonade
Large Reservoir
e.g. Thermae Caracalla, Rome with a capacity of 1,600 bathers
Thermae of DiocletianRome largest w/ capacity of 3,000 bathers
Thermae of Titus , Rome
Thermae of Grippa, Rome
F. BALNEUM private bath in Roman palaces & houses containing the ff :
1. Tepidarium
2. Calidarium
3. Frigidarium
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Hadrian Villa - summer bath

G. THEATERS OR ODEION Roman theaters were built up by means of

concrete vaulting, supporting tiers of seats, it was restricted to a
semi- circle.
e. g. Theater of Marcellus, Rome
Theater Orange
H. AMPHI THEATERS OR COLOSSEUM use for gladiatorial combats,
elliptical in plan.
e. g. The Colosseum, Rome known as Flavian Amphitheater,
commenced by Vespasian & completed by Domitian.

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ROMAN PANTHEON

K. TRIUMPHAL ARCHES erected to commemorate victorius campaign

of emperors and Generals.

e. g. Arch of Tiberius, Orange
Arch of Titus , Rome
Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome
Arch of Constantine, Rome

TRAJAN COLUMN - this are pillars of victory

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L. TOWN GATEWAYS AND ARCHWAYS

(3) Main Types
a.) As a protective wall & commemorative monument.
b.) As a ornamental portals to forum or market places.
c.) Arch built at main street intersection w/c were collonaded.
e. g. Porte S. Andre, & the Porte d Arroux, Autun
Porte De Mars, Rheims
Portico of Octavia, Rome by Augustus
M. PILLARS OF VICTORY OR MONUMENTAL COLUMNS
were erected to record triumphs of victorious Generals
( conquered by land).
e. g. Trajans Column, Rome
It is a Roman Doric Column, entirely of marble, w/ a total ht.
of 115 ft. 7 inches & a shaft 12 in. diameter w/ a spiral staircase.
Rostral Columns, Rome
Frequently erected in the time of the Emperors to celebrate
naval victories, and took their name from the rostra ,or rows
of captured ships.
N. PALACES use to house the Emperors.
e.g.
Palaces of the Emperors, Rome
Golden House of Nero, Rome
Palace of Diocletian, Spalato largest palace & often called a city
in a house covered a total of 8 acres, almost the size of
Escorial, Spain.
O. ROMAN HOUSES
(3) Types of Roman Dwellings :
a.) The Domus or private house center of family apartments.

Typical Parts of a Domus :

1.) Prothyrum or Entrance passage
2.) Atrium or Entrance court, open to the sky & at the center is a
Impluvium a water cistern collector
3.) Tablinum or open living room
4.) Peristyle an inner collonated court w/ garden
5.) Cubicula or bedroom
6.) Oecus or reception room
7.) Alae or recesses for conversation
8.) Kitchen & Pantry
e. g. House of Livia, Rome
House of Surgeon, Pompeii
b.) Villa or Country House a luxurious country house with
surrounding terraces and gardens, colonnades, palasestae,
theaters, & thermae.
e. g. Hadrians Villa, Tivoli
c.) Insula or Apartment Block many storeyed tenement
also called Werkmens Dwelling.
P. AQUEDUCTS use for water supply, w/ smooth channels or specus lined
w/ hard cement & carried on arches, in several tiers.
e. g. Aqua Marcia, Rome
Aqua Claudia, Rome built w/ Emperors Caligula &
Claudia.
Q. BRIDGES OR PONS simple, solid & practical construction designed
to resist the rush of water.
e. g.
Pons Sublicius, Rome
Pons Mulvius, Rome
Bridge of Augustus, Rimini
R. FOUNTAINS striking features of ancient & modern Rome
(2) Types :
1.) Lacus or Locus designed similar to a large basin of water.
2.) Salientes similar to a large basin of water w/ spouting jets.

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4th Century A .D.

A. GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE
Christianity had its birth in Judea, Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. Early Christian Architecture
was influenced by the existing Roman art.
B. GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCE
The ruins of the Roman buildings provided quarry where materials were obtained . This influence
of the style for construction, decoration for columns, & other architectural features as well as fine
sculpture and mosaic from older building w/c were turn into basilican churches of the new faith.
C. CLIMACTIC INFLUENCE
The climactic condition of Roman provinces where Christianity was established naturally modified
the style. The fiercer the sun & hotter climate necessitated small windows & other Eastern features.
D. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
Christianity spread out rapidly and was an important factor in the development of early Christian
architecture & inspired the building of some of the greatest architectural monuments. Constantine
& Licinus issued their celebrated edict of Milan giving Christianity equal rights with other religions &
Constantine made it the official religion.
E. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE
Constantine was the prime character but was not proclaimed Emperor; he removed his empire
from Rome to Byzantium and developed a new style of Architecture.
F. HISTORICAL INFLUENCE
The final phase of Roman Architecture fr. 4th to 6th Century, primarily in church bldg.
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Early Christian Architecture is basically Roman in character but executed it through:
1. SIMPLICITY IN DESIGN
2. COARSENESS IN EXECUTION
IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE
1. They contributed in the development of ribbed vaulting & arcades & timber trussed roof.
2. They used bell tower or campanile in their exterior.
3. They had either closely spaced columns carrying the entablature (trabeated) or more widely
spaced columns carrying semi-circular arches known as archivolt.
4. They were usually with 3-5 aisles covered by a simple trussed roof.
Uses long rows of off-repeated columns fr. entry to sanctuary for a long Church appearance.
5. An arch of triumph ( transaction thru death to life eternal) gave
entrance to Sanctuary with the high altar at the corner.
EXAMPLE OF EARLY CHRISTIAN STRUCTURES
A. CHIEF CHURCHES
BASILICAN CHURCHES
In the construction of a basilican church, there is a rule that it should be built right over the burial
place of the saint to whom the church was dedicated. And over this burial place, crypt or
confessio was the high altar covered by a ciborium also known as tabernacle or baldachino.
PARTS OF BASILICAN CHURCH
1. ATRIUM open rectangular forecourt ,surrounded by arcades which formed as the approach to
the church w/ a fountain at the center, containing water used for ablution (a form of cleansing).
2. NARTHEX covered area between the atrium & the church and which was assigned to the
penitents.
3. NAVE and THE AISLE the nave is the central aisle usually lighted by a clear storey of
small windows, w/ an aisle on either side usually half the width of the nave.
4. SANCTUARY preceded by the arch of triumph with a high altar in the center standing
free under its baldachino upheld by marble columns.
5. CHOIR placed in front of the & was enclosed by a low screen walls known as cancelli
( hence chancel ) & was provided w/ a pulpit or ambo on either side use for reading the epistle
and gospel.
6. APSE terminal of the church, where sanctuary is located and the
bishop took the central space. Apse orientation at the east , while the entrance, at the west.

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BASILICAN CHURCHES
modeled from Roman Halls of Justice
evolved from Roman dwelling houses
erected over the burial place of a Saint to whom the church was dedicated.
e. g.

The Basilican Church of St. Peter, dedicated to the martyrdom of St. Peter .
St. Paolo Fouri Le Mura, Rome largest & most impressive among all basilican churches.
Church of nativity, Bethlehem founded by Constantine , built over the traditional birth
of Christ.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem founded by Constantine, built over the
reputed tomb of Christ.
FOR BAPTISTERIES
e.g The Baptistery of Constantine, Rome by Sixtus III, dedicated to Constantine, oldest
among the Italian Baptisteries.
FOR TOMBS
e.g. Tomb of Galla Placida, Ravenna earliest bldg. of cruciform plan.

TERMINOLOGIES:

AMBULATORY a passageway around the apse of church.

ANTEPODIUM a seat behind the choir reserved for the clergy.
BEMA
a stage reserved for the clergy.
CHEVET
the apse, ambulatory, & radiating terminal of a church.
CLERESTOREY an upper stage in the church w/ wdos. above the adjacent roof
CLERGY
priest with the religious elders.
DAIS
a raised flatform reserved for the seating of speakers or
dignitaries.
ORATORY
a small private chapel furnished w/ an altar and a crucifix.
REREDOS
an ornamental screen or wall at the back of an altar.
TRANSEPT
the portion of a church crossing the main axis at the right
angle & forming a cruciform plan.
TRIBUNE
a slightly elevated flatform or Dais for the speaker.
TRIFORIUM roof over the aisles below the clerestorey
SEPULCHER a tomb or a receptacles for relics especially in a Christian altar.

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4th Century 6th Century

A. GEOGRAPHICAL IN FLUENCE
From Byzantine, Constantine renamed it to Constantinople ,now as Istanbul and also called New
Rome . It was the Architecture of the Eastern Roman Empire w/c was dev. from Early Christian &
Late Roman antecedent in the 4th century.
B. GEOOGICAL INFLUENCE
No good building stones , & local materials such as clay for bricks & rubble
for concrete were used . Marble was also used but mostly imported materials.
C. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE
Semi tropical, thus flat roofs was used & combined w/ domes, to counter- act
the New Empire.
D. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
Political Division between East and West, followed by the division of Churches, due to
ICONOCLASTIC MOVEMENT (decree to ban the use of statues as means of representations either
of human or animal forms), & this made painting figures in decoration a substitute. Early Christian
Basilica was merged w/ the domical system of the Byzantine.
E. SOCIAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCE
Ways of life and corrupt conditions contributed greatly to the fall of Roman Empire.
Prominent Figures considered movers of this Architecture:
1. THEODOSIUS II -built several military gates and towers ( defense against the Goths & Huns) but
cannot avoid the Moslem or the Islamic people.
2. JUSTINIAN responsible for rebuilding of St. Sophia Divine Wisdom w/c now turned to a
Moslem Mosque.
F. HISTORICAL INFLUENCE
From 5t h to 11th Century was on of the fluctuating & gradually declining fortunes.The spirit of the
Byzantine Empire persisted even after the Empire had fallen, Constantine had continued up to the
present day to the seat of Patriarch of the Orthoox Church.
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
1. Simplicity in external design w/c resulted in the use of clay & rubble.
2. Richness in internal treatment importing marble .
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Characterized by large pendentives supported domes to cover polygonal & square

Plans for churches & baptisteries; rounded arches, elaborated cols. & colors.
Features the grouping of small domes or semi-domes around a large central dome.
Extensive use of mosaic decoration.
They dont use campanile and atrium in their churches.

EXAMPLES OF BLDGS.
e. g. S. Sophia ,Constantinople ( Istanbul ) also known as Hagia Sophia
( Divine Wisdom) this is the most impt. mosque in Constantinople with 107 Multi - colored
columns Archt. : Anthemius of Tralles & Isodorus of Milletus.
S. Vitale, Ravenna founded by Justinian and for the commemoration of the recovery of
Ravenna.
S. Mark, Venice Greek cross in plan, with Ogee Arch , by Archt. Cancelli
The Little Metropole , Athens smallest bldg. in the world called
cathedral.
PLAN OF A BYZANTINE MOSQUE

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Three types of Dome developed in this Architecture :

1. SIMPLE DOME dome & pendentives were part of the same sphere.
2.COMPOUND DOME dome is not a part but rises independently above them.
3. MELON- SHAPED DOME consist of curved flutings w/c avoid the necessity of pendentives.

Their ornaments were religious in character.

The most popular forms of ornaments used are the ff ;
1. Symbolic Figures
2. Groups of Saints
3. Peacock symbol of eternal life
4. Endless Knot symbol of eternity
5. SacredMonograms of Christ
Most popular mosaic patterns for pavements
a. Opus Sectile
b. Opus Alexandria
DOMES ON PENDENTIVES

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7TH CENTURY
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Sober and Grotesque
Distinguishing Features :
A. The use of Horseshoe Arch
B. Tunnel of stones & bricks
C. Rich surface of decoration in carved stone, mosaic & painting

Fawwara
TAJ MAHAL PLAN

Dikka

Sahn

Mihrab

Liwanit
Maqsura

Mimbar
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1. CHATRI kiosk
2. DAR mens apartment
3. DIWAN palaces
4. HAREM womens apartment
5. MIHRAB a prayer niche facing Mecca in a Mosque.
6. MIMBER a raised flatform for ceremonial announcement
7. MINARET a tall, slender tower connected to the Mosque. (prayer tower)
8. MIMBAR the high pulpit or ambo
9. MUHAJAR baluster
10. SELAMUK mens quest quarter

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8th CENTURY TO 12th CENTURY
A. GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE
Romanesque Architecture is the combination of Roman & Byzantine
Architecture basically roman in style. They grew in the countries under the roman rule.
B. GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCE
The most common materials used for constructions were stone, brick marble or
terra cotta, as well as ready-made columns & features from the old Roman bldgs.
C. CLIMACTIC INFLUENCE
Northern Portion: Dull climate contributed to the use of:
a. Large windows to admit light
b. b. High pitch roof to throw off rain & snow Southern Portion:
c. Small windows to minimize sun shading. d. Flat roof
D. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
Christianity resulted into erection of a church. Papacy had great power & influence.
E. SOCIAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCE
Establishment of Feudal System, Landlord build castle to separate them &
protect them from the peasants. These castle was made with man made canals.
F. HISTORICAL INFLUENCE
The style emerging in Western Europe based on Roman & Byzantine elements
last until the Advent of Gothic Architecture in the Mid 12th Century.

ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
SOBER & DIGNIFIED - Opposite of Roman character
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES
- Developed in Italy, France, Germany & England.
- Uses Rib & Panel Vaulting
Two Types of Vaulting:
a. Quadripartite (four part vaulting)
b. Sexpartite (six part vaulting) both were supported by tiers .
- Use of Massive , Architectured wall structures , Round Arches & Powerful Vaults.
- In churches they use Latin Cross Plan
- Use of Corbelled Arches found underneath the eaves of a church.
- Use of Rose window or Wheel window.
EXAMPLES OF BUILDINGS
1. Churches for every church there is a Monastery at the side.
a. Monastic church situated in a court open to public.
b. Cloister Court
c. Inner Court
d. Common Court

Latin Cross or
Crux Emissa

Calvary Cross

DIFFERENT SHAPES OF CROSS

Cross of Loraine
Papal Cross

Ankh Cross (Egyptian)

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Celtic Cross

ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES
CENTRAL ITALY
1. PISA CATHEDRAL
i. With Baptistery, Campanile & Campo Santo.
ii. One of the Finest Romanesque Cathedral
iii. Design by Architect Dioti Salvi
2. CAMPANILLE, PISA
iv. Circular tower
v. Worlds famous Leaning Tower
vi. 8 storeys of encircling arcades
3. BAPTISTERY, PISA
vii. Circular in plan
4. CAMPO SANTO , PISA
viii. Cemetery

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ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES
ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE
1. NOTRE DAME du PORT
- Light stone vaults
- Inlaid dcor of different colors
2. ANGOULEME CATHEDRAL
3. S. MADELEINE, Vezelay
4. THE ABBEY CHURCH
5. NOTRE DAME LA GRANDE, France

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GERMAN ROMANESQUE
10TH Century 12th century
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES
1. AIX LA CHAPELLE CATHEDRAL
- Built by emperor Charlemagne as his royal tomb house .
- Prototype of similar churches in Germany.
- Place of coronation of the Holy Roman Emperors.
2. THE CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES, COLOGNE
3. WORMS CATHEDRAL
- Typical German Romanesque church
- Remained the seat of Bishops, Archibishops & electors for 1,500 yrs.

ROMANESQUE TERMS & ILLUSTRATIONS:

1. DORMER WINDOW a window placed vertically in a sloping roof w/ a
roof on its own.
2. GROIN the curved arris formed by intersecting vaulting surfaces.
3. VAULTS - ceiling designs

4. HELM ROOF a roof in w/c 4 faces rests diagonally bet. the gables and
converge at the roof.

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ENGLISH MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE

Started in between Century of Romanesque Arch to Gothic Architecture
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER :
DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE PERIODS:

1.
2.
3.
4.

PRE ROMAN
ROMAN
ANGLO SAXON Pd. characterized by use of the timber for domestic bldg.
NORMAN or TRANSITION Pd. characterized by bold and massive arch.
a. Distinct piers & flat buttresess.

5. EARLY ENGLISH OR LANCET Pd. less massive, simple ornament.

a. Distinct Features:
b. Tall & Narrow lancet openings .
c. Projecting buttresses, pinnacles & steep pitched roofs.
d. Group of Slender shafts at the interior.
6. DECORATED or GEOMETRICAL & CURVELINEAR PD. more ornate &
elaborated in decoration.
Distinct Features:
a. Geometrical & Flowing tracery sometimes crowned by ogee arch.
b. An enlarged clerestory at the expense of triforium .
7. PERPENDICULAR PD. Rectilinear ,Late Pointed or Lancastrian Pd.
Use of fan vaults and fan & pendant vaults.
8. TUDOR PD. used in domestic bldgs., rather than ecclesiastical bldgs.
Similar to perpendicular style characteristic are square headed mullion
windows ornamental fire places, gables w/ pinnacles, chimneys & finials.
EXAMPLE OF BUILDINGS
CASTLE- King & Queens residence, fortress in times of war.

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CASTLE Keep , Turret , Battlement , Draw bridge loopholes

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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
13th to 15th CENTURY

ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER :
A. LOFTY AND ASPIRING QUALITY (refers to Vertical)
B. STRUCTURAL HONESTY
C. ECONOMY IN THE USE OF MATERIALS

CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES :
Pointed Arch
Rib & panel vaulting
Tracery windows

Flying buttress
Stained glass
Spires & Pinnacles

EXAMPLE OF GOTHIC STRUCTURES (ECCLESIASTICAL)

A. CATHEDRAL IN ENGLAND
1. WESTMINSTER ABBEY one of the largest Benedictine monasteries. Comprises an Abbey
church & a square cloister court. It was built by several master masons & master carpenters.
Master Henry Yevelve , Hugh Herland & John James. It is geometric in style w/ pinnacles and
tracery windows.

Those of the thirteenth century are sometimes of great richness.

2. WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL has greatest total length (560 ft.) than any Medieval Cathl.

LAON CATHEDRAL

YORK flying buttresses

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3.
4.
5.
6.

YORK CATHEDRAL largest in area & width in any English Medieval Cathedral.
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL it boast off central tower w/ the loftiest spire.
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
LAON CATHEDRAL
7. THE TOWER OF LONDON built by Bishop Gundulf for William 1, concentric castle.
8. HAMPTON COURT PALACE one of the most remarkable domestic bldg. in England
9. GUILD HALL, LONDON most impt. hall erected by the Guilds in the middle ages.
10. DURNHAM CATHEDRAL the earliest great cath. designed initially & entirely with
a rib vaulting system.

B. EXAMPLES OF CATHEDRAL BUILDINGS IN FRANCE

1. NOTRE DAME, PARIS one of the oldest French Gothic church. It was begun by
Bishop Maurice de Sully.

2. CHARTRES CATHEDRAL famous for its 160 stained glass windows.

3. RHEIMS CATHEDRAL coronation church of France, the west faade is famous for its
500 statues
4. AMIENS CATHEDRAL counterpart of Salisbury of England, famous for its carved
woodwork in the choir stalls. Designed by Robert de Luzarches.

5. BEAUVAIS CATHEDRAL considered w/ the loftiest vault in Europe at 157 ft. & 6 inches

6. GLOUCHESTER CATHEDRAL

MILAN CATHEDRAL by HENRICH VON GMUNDEN

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FORTIFIED TOWNS:
1. CARACASSONE surrounded by moat water.
2. AVIGNON has a palace w/c was the headquarters of the Popes.

CASTLES:
1. CHATEU GAILLARD, LES ANDELS
2. CHATEU de PIERREFONDS
3. CHATEU de AMBROISE

HOTELS DE VILLE Town halls or Municipal Halls

1. ARRAS
2. BOURGES
3. DREUX

PALAIS DE JUSTICE function same as the Roman Basilica

1. PALAIS DE JUSTICE , ROVEN

HOSPITAL also known as MAISONS DIEU , usually to monasteries.

1. HOTEL DIEU, BEAUNE
HOUSES first known as castle , earlier called chateux , later called private
house , townhouse & now called hotels.
C. EXAMPLES OF GERMAN CATHEDRALS
1. COLOGNE CATHEDRAL largest Gothic church of Northern Europe covering
Approximately an area of 91,000 sq. m
2. S. ELIZABETH MARBURGE characteristic example of a Hall Church .
3. LIMBURG CATHEDRAL

D. EXAMPLE OF CATHEDRAL IN ITALY

E. EXAMPLE OF GOTHIC CATHEDRAL IN SPAIN

1. SEVILLE CATHEDRAL, SPAIN largest medieval cathl. in Europe, 2nd Largest cathl. in the world.
2. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA CATHEDRAL, SPAIN one of the most Remarkable medieval bldg.
in Spain, Great Pilgrimage center.
3. BARCELONA CATHEDRAL

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Gothic Terminologies :
1. CIMBORIO the Spanish term for lantern admitting light over a crossing,
central lantern.
2. CROCKETS in Gothic Arch, an upward oriented ornament, often vegetal in
form, regularly spaced along sloping edges of spires, pinnacles & gables.
3. DONJON / KEEP a stronghold of a medieval castle; usually in the form of a
massive tower.
4. GARGOYLE a water spout projecting from the roof gutter of a bldg., often
carved grotesquely.
5. MACHICOLATION an overhanging defensive structure at the top of a
medieval fortification, w/ floor openings thru boiling oil, missile, etc. w/c could be
dropped on attackers.
6. PORTCULLIS a gate of iron or iron enforced wooden bars made to slide
up & down in vertical grooves in the jambs of a doorway, use for defense in
castle gateways.
7. RETABLO / REREDOS a wall or screen usually behind an altar, an
ornamental screen or wall at the back of the altar.
8. TRACERY the ornamental intersecting work in the upper part of a window,
screen or panel, use decoratively in blank arches and vaults.
9. FINIAL a formal ornament at the top of a canopy, gable & pinnacle.
10. EMBRASSURES the crenels or intervals bet. merlons of a battlement.
11. MERLON in an embattled parapet, one of the solid alternates between the
embrasures.
12. BARTIZAN a small turret projecting from the angle on top of a tower or
parapet.
13. BATTLEMENT a parapet w/ alternating indentations ( embrasures and raised
portions (merlons) also called crenel.
14. BAILEY an open space or a court of a stone built castle.
15. MOTTE a steep mound, feature of 11 th & 12 th Century castles.
16. NAILHEAD an early English
pyramids repeated as a band.

Archl.

enrichment

consisting

of

small

17. ORIEL in medieval English Arch. , a bay window, corbelled out from the
wall of an upper story.
18. BARTIZAN outer defense work of a castle or town, frequently a watch
tower at the gate, an outwork defending the entrance to a castle.
19. BALUSTRARIA in medieval military Arch., the crossed- shaped opening in
the battlements & elsewhere for the use of the crossbow.
20. SPIRE the tapering termination of a tower.
21. STEEPLE a tower crowned by a spire.
22. EPI the spire shaped termination of a projecting point or angle of a roof.
23. FLAMBOUYANT STYLE the last phase of French Gothic Arch,
characterized by Flame like & free flowing tracery.
24. PEEL in Northern England & Scotland in the middle ages, a small
emergency defense structure, generally a low fortified tower.
25. CLOISTERS a secluded place of covered passages around an open space,
connecting the monastic church w/ the domestic part of the monastery.
26. OGYVALE - a term used for French Gothic Architecture.
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ARCHITECTURE

15 TO 18 CENTURY
RENAISSANCE known as Rebirth or Revival of the Roman Classical Arts.
SALIENT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE STYLE
1. Reintroduction of the (5) Classical Roman Orders of Architecture.
Standardized by Ren. Archt,s; Palliado, Vignola, Scamozzi & Chambers.
a. Doric
d. Composite
b. Ionic
e. Tuscan
c. Corinthian
2. Use of the rusticated masonry.
3. Parapets are usually with balusters.
4. Dome on a drum.
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
DIGNITY & FORMALITY shown through symmetry .
PERIODS OF DEVELOPMENT OF RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE
A. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
1. Early period Transition Period
2. High Ren. or Proto Baroque Period
3. Baroque Period
4. Neo Classical or Antiquarian Phase
B. FRENCH RENAISSANCE
1. Early Period
2. Classical period
3. Late period
C. GERMAN RENAISSANCE
1. Early Renaissance
2. Proto Baroque Pd.
3. Baroque Pd.
4. Rococo Pd.
5. Antiquarian Pd.

ITALIAN

D. ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
1. Early Period
a.) Elizabethan Architecture
b.) Jacobean Architecture
2. Late Period
a.) Stuart Architecture
1. Inigo Jones Phase
2. Sir Christopher Wrens
b.) Georgian Architecture
1. Anglo Palladian Phase

RENAISSANCE

15 TH CENTURY
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE birth place in Florence , Italy in the 15th Century.
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES

1 ) CHURCHES
a. ST. PETER BASILICA most important bldg. in Italian Renaissance.
Largest church in the World.
FAMOUS ARCHITECTS & BUILDERS OF ST. PETER BASILICA
1. DONATO BRAMANTE designed the original plan (Greek Cross).
- first Roman Renaissance Archt.
2. RAPHAEL (Rafaello Sanzio) proposed a Latin Cross Plan
3. MICHAELANGELO BUONARROTTI presented a Greek Cross Plan &
strengthened the piers of the dome.
- redesigned the surroundings.
- commenced the construction of the Greek Dome.
4. CARLO MADERNA- lengthened the nave to form a Lattin Cross & added a gigantic faade.
5. GIOVANNI LORENZO BERNINI design the entrance Piazza w/284 Ionic columns.
6. GIACOMO BARROZI da VIGNOLA added only side domes / cupolas.
7. ANTONIO da SANGALLO younger brother of GUILIANO, altered the plan of
PERUZZI. - extended the vestibule in the West Faade.
8. GUILIANO da SANGALLO
9. BALDASSARE PERUZZI
10. FRA GIOCONDO
11. GIACOMO della PORTA
12. DOMENICO FONTANA

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b. MEDICI. CHAPEL, Florence by: MichaelAngelo Buonarrotti.

c. S. LORENZO, Florence by: Fillipo Bruneleschi famous archt. in Florence
d. S. MARIA della CANCELLERIA, Rome by: Donato Bramante famous archt. in Rome
e. BASILICA VICENZA, Venice by: Andrea Palladio famous archt. of Venice.
2 ) PALACES also termed PALAIS .
a. VATICAN PALACE , Rome by : Donato Bramante largest palace in Italy.
b. PALAZZO RICARDI , Florence by : Michelozzo Michelozzi.
c. PALAZZO FARNESE , Rome by : Sangallo grandest palace of the period
- top storey added by : Michaelangelo Buonarrotti
nd
d. PALAZZO PITTI, Florence by: Fillipo Bruneleschi 2 largest palace in Italy.

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TERMINOLOGIES:
1. RUSTICATION a method of forming a stone work w/ roughened surface & recessed joints.
2. CORTILE Italian name for internal court surrounded by an arcade.
3. ASTYLAR a treatment of faade without column.
4. PIANO NOBILE several steps going up & 3 steps going down before the
principal flooring of an Italian palace.
5. PIETRA SERENA a blue grey stone of fine quality.
6. PIETA FORTE a brown stone more suitable for exterior work.
7. CANTORIA a singers gallery or choir.

FRENCH RENAISSANCE
FRENCH RENAISSANCE was delayed for 75 yrs.
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES :
A. CHATEAU OR CHATEAUX castle, residence for noble families.
e. g.
Chateau de Blois for Lous XII by Francis I & Francois Mansart.
Chateau de Bury
Chateau de Chambord by Domenico de Cortona

B. PALAIS - palace
e. g.
Palais de Fontainebleau by Le Breton
Palais de Versailles
Palais de Louvre
C. CHURCH
e. g.
Church of the Val de Grace, Paris
Church of the Sorbonne, Paris by Pierre Lescot, Da Oers
D. OTHER BLDG. STRUCTURES
e. g.
Dome of the Invalides, Paris
Pantheon, Paris
Opera House, Paris by Charles Garnier

TERMINOLOGIES
1. QUIONS hard stone or brick used w/ similar ones to reinforce an external corner
or edge of a wall.
2. SCROLL contains spiral wind band or volutes.
3. WREATH or Swag or Festoon, twisted band, garland or chaplet representing flowers,
fruits, leaves for decoration.
4. CHAINES vertical stripe of a rusticated masonry.
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GERMAN RENAISSANCE
GERMAN RENAISSANCE was delayed for 125 yrs. in Renaissance
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES:
1. HEIDELBERG CASTLE well exemplifies diff. Periods of the Renaissance.
2. THE RATHHAUS, Heilbronn
3. LOGGIA WALDSTEIN PALACE, Prague by Antonio & Petro Spezza.
4. TROJA PALACE, Prague
5. WALHALLA TEMPLE, Kansas Walhalla resemblance to Greek Parthenon.
6. OTTOBEUREN CHURCH
7. PILGRIMAGE CHURCH, Steinhausen
8. LINDERHOF GUILD HOUSE, built for Ludwig III of Bavaria.
9. THEATINE CHURCH, Munich
10. KARLSKIRCHE, Vienna
Interior of Pilgrimage church , Steinhousen

BELGIUM AND DUTCH RENAISSANCE

16th Century
NETHERLAND is a name which formerly embraced the whole of the Nederland
(Holland) & Belguim. Influenced by the Italian, French & German renaissance.
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES :
1. TOWN HALL, Antwerp important prototype of Belgian Early Renaissance Architecture.
2. GUILDHOUSE, Brussels company house for farmers & trade.
3. S. MICHAEL, Louvain good example of Baroque style.
4. TOWHALL, Desden most successful renaissance of Holland treatment.
5. TOWNHALL, Leyden.

SPANISH RENAISSANCE
16TH TO 18TH CENTURY
SPANISH RENAISSANCE was influence by two civilizations, Moslem & the Christians.
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES :
1. THE CASA de las CONCHAS, Salamanca. 4. THE UNIVERSITY of Salamanca
2. GRANADA CATHL one of the grandest
5. THE ESCOLIAR, Madrid
church in Southern Spain by: Die de Sili
6. BARCELONA, CATHEDRAL
3. THE ALCAZAR, Toledo
7. BURGOS, CATHEDRAL

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ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
16TH TO 19TH CENTURY
ENGLAND was the last country to fall under the influence of the Movement.
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES :
1. Under the Early Period (Elizabethan Architecture)
CHIEF STRUCTURE
a. ELIZABETHAN MANSION FEATURES:
1.) Grand Staircase adjacent to the hall, approach to the rooms above.
2.) Great Hall or State central position, connecting all the parts of the mansion
3.) Long Gallery most striking feature of the mansion.
4.) Withdrawing Room or solar room, similar to living room.
2. Under the Late Period (Stuart Architecture)
WORKS OF INIGO JONES
a. BANQUETING HOUSE, WHITEHALL, LONDON
b. QUEENS HOUSE, GREENWICH - influenced by Palladian Architecture.
WORKS OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN
a. ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL, LONDON Wrens Masterpiece, Greatest
English Renaissance bldg.
b. HAMPTON COURT PALACE
c. GREENWICH HOSPITAL

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AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE

17th Century

Smallest continent, known as the country down under. With its Capital Canberra
CITIES :
1. Northern Australia w/ Capital Darwin
2. Southern Australia w/ Capital Adelaide
3. New South wales w/ Capital Sydney

4. Victoria w/ Capital - Melbourne

5. Queensland w/ Capital - Brisbane
6. Western

Natural Barriers:
1. South Pacific Ocean
2. Tasmanian Sea

3. Indian Sea
4. Arafura Sea

5. Arctic Ocean

Discovered by Portuguese navigator Luis de Torres in 1606. Autralia had no permanent

European settlement until after Captain James Cook took possibility possession of New
South Wales in the name of the British Crown in 1770. The colony was initially a petal
settlement. The city of Sydney was founded in 1788, & Melbourne in 1835. Australias first
Architect was Francis Greenway (1777-1837).
EXAMPLE OF AUSTRALIAN STRUCTURES
1. Opera House in Sydney by Archt. Jorn Utzon

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RUSSIAN RENAISSANCE
16TH TO 17TH CENTURY
RUSSIAN RENAISSANCE emerged in Moscow where in Ivan III the first ruler
to take the title Tsar and sent Italian Archts to reconstruct the kremlin.

ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES :
1. ST. PETERSBURG, Leningrad by: Bartolomeo Rastrelli Baroque ex.
2. THE EKATERININSKY PALACE, Palaca
3. CHURCH OF THE INTERCESSION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN, Moscow
4. FORMER GENERAL STAFF HEADQUARTERS, Leningrad
5. ST. BASIL CATHEDRAL , Moscow

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AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
1790 TO 1914
U.S. ARCHITECTURE IS DIVIDED INTO ( 5 ) PHASES :
1. INDIGENOUS PHASE ( Circa 500 B.C. to A.D. 16 th Century )
- characterized the use of materials like bricks , stone , rubble & sand.
Most characteristic feature is truncated pyramids ( step pyramid ).
2. COLONIAL PHASE OR GEORGIAN PHASE it followed the trend in Britain & in Europe.
a.) Classical Revival developed fr. The Georgian or Palladian Style of Arch.
e. g.
White House, Washington by: James Hoban later additions by Mckim, Mead & White
Independence Hall, Philadelphia by: Andrew Hamilton
Capitol Washington D.C. by: William Thornton
Capitol Richmond, Virginia by: Thomas Jefferson
Washington Monument by: Robert Mills
3. GOTHIC REVIVAL
e. g. Christ Church, Washington D.C. by: Benjamin Latrobe
Trinity Church, N.Y. by: Richard Upjohn
St. Patricks Cathedral by: James Renwick
4. ECCLESTICISM
e. g. Marshall Wholesale Store, Chicago by: Henry Hobson Richardson
Richard Morris Hunt first known U.S. Architect.
5. NATIONAL PHASE marked by the breaking off Americas colonial ties
with European powers, & came up w/ National Architecture.
a. Post Colonial Period influenced by French ideas, Neo Classical
elements were introduced.
b. First Ecclectic Period predominant style was that of Greek, Introduced
balloon frame construction & the use of cast iron materials.
c. Second Ecclectic Period influence from French Ideas, & Romanesque revival
- introduced Skycrappers high rise bldgs. Led to the inventions of;
1.) elevator
2.) metal frame construction
3.) non load bearing curtain wall
st
e. g. Massachussets Institute of Technology 1 U.S. Arch. school
d. Modern Architecture ( Circa 1930 to Present ) developed new technology
Great Leaders of European AR ., who sought refuge to U.S. w/ the rise of German Nazism (1930s )
1. ) Walter Gropius
2. ) Eric Mendelsohn
3.) Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

AGE OF REVIVALS

18th - 19TH CENTURY

Known as the battle of styles, a conflict between Classic & Gothic Arch.

PERIODS OF 19 TH CENTURY IN ENGLAND

1. EARLY VICTORIAN greek revival & Greko Roman
e. g. Crystal Palace, London by: Sir Joseph Paxton
The Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol by: Isambard Brunel
S. Georges Hall, Liverpool by: Harvey Lonsdale Elmes
Westminster New Palace, London by: Sir Charles Barry

2. HIGH VICTORIAN- spread of Gothic & Renaissance revival.

- symbolic figure in the period is Sir George Gilbert Scott
e. g. The University Museum, Oxford by: Benjamin Woodward
Liverpool Cathedral by: Sir George Gilbert Scott

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3. LATE VICTORIAN principal mode of design called Queen Anne Style

also termed the eclectic style, combination of old style & domestic
Architecture of 1870s in England & in U.S.A.
- revival of Byzantine, Romanesque, Baroque & Early Renaissance.
e. g. Heathcote, Ikley, Yorkshire by: Sir Edwin Lutyens
Tudor Cathedral, Cornwall by: J. L. Pearson.

CONTINENTAL EUROPE
18 TH - 20 TH CENTURY
DIVIDED INTO ( 2 ) PHASES:
1. 1830 1900 PERIOD
a. JULY MONARCHY ( 1830 - 1848 )- characterized by Neo Ren.
b. SECOND EMPIRE ( 1848 - 1870 )- characterized by High Neo renaissance
phase whose main features are the mansard roof & pavilion roof
c. THIRD REPUBLIC (1870 1914 ) characterized by Neo Baroque
e. g.
Theater Francais, Paris by: J.V. Louis
Library of S. Geneveve, Paris by: Henry Labrouste
Eiffel Tower by Gustave Eiffel

TERMINOLOGIES:
* ART NOVEAU an Art free from any historical style.
Characteristic of Art Noveau
1. Organic & Dynamic form
2. Curving Design
3. Simplification of Structural elements
* ECCLECTICISM the selection of elements from diverse styles for archl.
decorative designs, different historical styles combined.
ARCHITECTONIC related or conforming to techl. archl. principles.
* REALISM founded in a theory that the foremost quality of a bldg. should be
truth. The discovery of steel was to aloow these principles to be
translated into reality.
* DE STIJL ARCHITECTURE a movement founded by a group of Dutch
Painters, Architects, & abolish all styles & liberate art from
representation and individual expression.
* CLASSICISM a revival or return to the principles of Greek or Roman Art & Arch.
* NEO CLASSICISM the last phase of European Class, in the late 18 th & 19 th
Cent., characterized by monumentality, strict use of the orders &
Application of ornaments.

CONTINENTAL EUROPE EXAMPLES

1. Einstein Tower, Potsdam by: Eric Mendelsohn.
2. Chapel of Notre Dame, Ronchamp by: Le Corbusier.
3. Falling Water, or Kaufman House Pennsylvania by: Frank Lloyd Wright.
4. The Solomon R. Guggeinheim Museum, N.Y., U.S.A. by: F.L. Wright.
5. Opera House in Sydney, Australia by: Jorn Utzon of Denmark.
6. The Chrysler Bldg. N.Y., U.S.A. by: William Van Alen.
7. Lever House in N.Y., U.S.A. by: Skidmore, Owings & Merill.
8. The United States Pavillion at Expo 67, Montreal
9. The Post Office Tower London: The Archts. Of Ministry of Public Bldg. & Work
10. Tokyo Sports Halls 1964 Olympics- Archt. Kenzo Tange & Engr. Yoshikatsu Tsuboi
11. The Palazzetto dello Sport for 1960 Olympic Games by: Nervi & Vitellozi
12. Bauhaus by: Walter Gropius
13. Senatorium Finland by: Alvar Aalto
14. Stockholm City Library, Sweden by: Asplund
15. The Barbican Housing Project, London by: Chamberlin, Powel & Bon (1965)
16. Dules International Airport Bldg., Washington D.C. by: Eero Saarinen.
17. Parliament Bldgs., Brazil ( 1960 ) by: Lucio Costa & O. Niemeyer.
18. Victor Emmanuel II Monument , Rome ( 1885 1911 ) by: Giuseppe Sacconi
19. Empire State Bldg. , New York by : Shreve , Lamb and Harmon
20. TWA John F. Kennedy Intl. Airport , New York by : Eero Saarinen

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FOREIGN ARCHITECTS PHILOSOPHIES & FAMOUS WORKS :

1. Alvar Aalto ( Hugo Alvar Henrik ) 1898 1976, Finland

Architecture
must create bldgs. w/c are conceived as a total artistic expression. His bldgs. has always a
touch of emotion beyond sentimentality & human beyond whimsy.
Famous works :
1. Paimio Sanatorium, Finland
2. Town Hall of Saynatsalo
3. Pension Bank
4. Convalescent Home @ Paimio
5. Hall of Residence, Massachussets Institute of Technology
6. Finlandia Concert Hall, Helsinki
7. Library at Vipuri
8. Riola Parish Church

Riola Parish Church

Riola Parish church interior

2. Behrens , Peter (1868 1940 ), Germany When a

time comes for a change, the

outsider is needed because it has preserved the freshness of vision required to see what changes are
necessary, whereas the specialist may prove to be too inflexible. He influenced the works of Groplus
& Mies van der Rohe. Famous works : AEG Turbine Factory ( Industrial Bldg.)

3. Breuer , Marcel

(1902), Hungary

A Bldg. has straight geometrical lines. Even when these lines are free, it must always be evident that
they have been studied & that they did not spring up simultaneously. Nature & Architecture are two
different things. Architecture is a social art. Also the Father of furniture Architecture
Famous works :
1. Tubular steel cantilever chair, Bauhaus Bldg.
2. New Parish Headquarters Bldg. for UNESCO
3. Harneshmasher House
4. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1966 (most notable bldg. designed in 1966)

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4. Candela , Felix (1910) , Mexico

Famous for thin shell structures. He is one of the most concrete Engineer of the age .
Famous works :
1. Church of our Lady of Miracles
2. Radiation Institute, Mexico
3. Chapel of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit, Coyoacan Mexico
4. Los Manatiales Restaurant, Mexico

5. Coates , Wells (1895 1958), England

Simplicity & functionality is the essence of design.
Famous works :
1. Lawn Road Flats, Hampstead, London
2. Master Plan for Iroquios , Canada

6. Fuller , Buckminster ( 1895) ,USA

Invented the Geodesic Dome based in principle ; space frame in many different materials like
timber plywood, aluminum, paper board , prestressed concrete and even bamboo .
Famous works :
1. Geodesic Dome ,US Pavillion , Montreal Exposition 1967
2. Union Tank Car Repair Shop , Louisiana

Deodesic Dome U.S. Pavillion

Sagrada Familia

Woolsworth Bldg.

Chrysler Bldg.

7. Gaudi , Antonio ( 1852 1926 ) , Spain

Function has today an increasing variety of forms to choose from. When you limit architecture
to aesthetic experiment, youre making technology an end instead of means.He is the Father of
Fantastic Architecture. He loves to use hyperboloids & paraboloids because he asserted that
the straight line belongs to man & the curved line belongs to God.
Famous works :
1. Sagrada Famillia
2. Casa Batallo
3. Casa Mila
4. Casa Vicens

8. Gilbert , Cass

( 1859 1954 ) , U.S.

He followed Beaux Arts mode w/c refers to historical & ecletic design on a monumental decade.
Famous works :
1. Woolsworth Bldg.,N.Y.( Highest Bldg. Until 1930) It has a Gothic detail w/c belongs to Historicism.

9. Gropius , Walter (1883 1969 ) , Germany

Art & Architecture, the New Unity,He founded the Bauhaus.He assembled The Archt. Collaborate
(TAC) w/c was made-up of young archts, to put into effect his cherished concept of group practiced.
Famous works :
1. Fagus Werk ( w/ Adolph Meyer ) Shoe factory
2. Deutscher Werkbund, Exhibition factory
3. Bauhaus Bldg. At Dessau, Germany (1925 1926)
4. New Civic Center, Boston (w/ Pietro Belluschi
5. U S Embassy, Athens
6. Pan American Bldg. New York (59 storey bldg.)
7. Harvard Graduate Center
8. Baghdad University
9. Harvard Graduate Center

10. Horta , Victor ( 1861 1947 )

His career reflects the movement of art nouveau
Famous works:
1. Maison Du Peuple ( House of the people ) Brussels , Belgium ( 1897 )
2. Tassel House , Rue de Turin , Brussels ( 1893)

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Art Noveau Examples

Tassel House at Rue De turin ,Belgium

Sezession House,Austria

11. Johnson , Philip Cortelyou (1906), U.S.

You can not know history He invented the term international Style.He was responsible
for the 1932 exhibition of modern arch . His works were influenced by Mies Van Der Rohe
Famous works :
1. Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut
2. Seagram Bldg. , New York ( w/ Mies van der Rohe)
3. William Proctors Museum , N.Y.
4. Theater of the Dance Lincoln Center
5. Art of Gallery of the University of Nebraska
6. Amon Carter Museum, Forth Worth , Texas
7. AT& T Bldg. N.Y. (First Major Monument )w/ these he became the father figure of Post modernism.

12. Khan , Louis ( 1901 1974), U.S.

What the bldg. wanted to be. Man lives to express. The artist is only a vehicle for
what always been. Mans first sense must have been beauty, a sense of total harmony.
Famous works :
1. Yale Art Gallery
2. Alfred Newton Richards Medical Center
3. University of Pennysylvania ( original version of Brutalism Architecture)
4. Unitarian Church, Ronchester , N.Y.
5. Salk Institute Laboratories, California
6. Indian Institute of Management, Ahme, Dabad
7. Kimbell Art Museum, Texas
8. Paul Mellon Center for British studies at Yale

13. Korukawa , Kusho ( 1960 ) Japan

Architecture should have the element of growth and change Architecture should not be a
world to be thought of as an end to itself .It should be considered as a theater stage setting
where the leading actors were the people opened to the technique of designing .
Famous works:
1. Capsule House at the Celestial Theme Pavillion , Expo 70 Osaka , Japan
2. Nagakin Capsule Tower , Bldg. , Tokyo , Japan
3. Takara Group , Pavillion , Expo 70
4. Sony Tower , Osaka , Japan
5. Ishikawa , Cultural Center
6. Peace Memorial Gamagori , Japan
7. Toshiba , Pavillion , Expo 70

NAGAKIN CAPSULE , TOKYO

NOTRE DAM DU HAUT RONCHAMP CHAPEL

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14. Latrobe , Benjamin H. ( 1764 1820) , U.S.

A bldg. is the combination of different geometric figures.
Architecture form proceed from the character of the institution it was intended to house
rather from books of design. Forms & space were conceived as being situated in a landscape & most instances in a specific landscape.
Famous works :
1. Capitol Richmond, Virginia ( He design the exterior of this bldg,as commissioned by Jefferson )
2. Bank of Pennysylvania ( one of the first ex. Of the Greek Revival in the U.S.)
3. Sedgeley House ( earliest of the Gothic Revival in the U.S )
4. Baltimore Cathedral ( His most notable bldg. )
5. Baltimore Exchange
6. Louisiana State Bank, New Orleans

15. Le Corbusier ( Charles Edouard Jeanneret ) ( 1887 1916 ), Switzerland

The house is a Machine to live in. Architecture is masterly, correct & magnificent play
of masses brought together into light.Modular System also known as Divine Proportion,
it is a grid base on the stature of man, 89 in length & 112 cu.in. of space are standard of a 6 foot
man. Also Cubism.
Famous works :
1. Le Pavillion de LEsprit Nouveau (1925) his first famous structure w/c was an exhibition
bldg. He called this a Cube w/ in a Cube, a charming arrangement of solids & voids ).
2. Villa Savoye, Poissy
3. Swiss Pavillion, Cite Universities, Paris ( First major bldg. )
4. U.N. Secretariat
5. Unite de Habitation, Marseilles ( most impt. reinforced concrete bldg. of the last 2 decades.
6. Notre dam Du Haut , Ronchamp Chapel ( example of Brutalism )
7. Dominican Monastery of La Tourette
8. Visual Arts Center, Harvard University ( his first U.S. Bldg. )

16. Loos , Adolf

( 1870 1933 ), Austria ( Influenced by Le Corbusier )

Ornament Equals Crime he was against the idea of fanciful designs. He was an
anti- ornamentalist, a believer of Engineering & Plumbing. He was an adherent of Monumentalism, thus, when he joined a competition for the design of the Chicago Tribune Tower,
he designed it in the form of a Huge Doric Column.
Famous works :
1.Steiner House, Vienna characterized by unrelieved cubic shapes, total absence of ornament
& a love of fine materials, it express separateness bet. man & nature.
2. Moller House
3. Ruffer House

17. Mackintosh , Charles Rennie ( 1868 1929 ), Scotland

He was the principal exponent of British Art Nouveau. He believed in absence of
external decoration & subtiety of proportion in structures.
Famous works :
1. Glasgow School of Art ( he won the competition for the design of this structure in
Scotland (1898 1907 )

18. Maillart , Robert ( 1872 1940 )

A bridge is like a house. Each bridge & each house is a special case; each must be
constructed & shaped accdg. to the environment w/ w/c it must cope & the function
it is to have. He developed the Concrete Mushroom Construction ( the technique
involves a post & a mushroom top spreading from it that are one inseparable concrete unit.
Famous works :
1. Tavenasa Bridge
2. Salzinatobell Bridge
3. Warehouse at Zurich

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19. Mendelsohn , Erich ( 1887 1953 ), Germany

Architecture is the only tangible expression of space, of w/c the human mind is capable.
Architecture seizes upon space, encompasses space & is space itself. Architecture depends
on the sensous seizure by means of touch & sight. Fluid Mass Theory means plasticity of concrete

Famous works :
1. Einstein Tower, Potsdom German
2. Metal Workers Union
3. Columbushaus
4. De la Warr Pavillion, Rexhill
5. No. 64 Old Church St. Chelsea

20. Mies van der Rohe , Ludwig ( 1886 1969 )

Reason is the first principles of all human work. Less is more & God is in the details.
He rejects Form follows function. Pure form, he believed that truth is beauty,
expressed by the clarity of straight lines reflecting surfaces. More on skyscraper designs.
Famous works :
1. German Pavillion for 1925 Barcelona Exposition (considered to be the masterpiece of modern arch.)
2. Tugendhat House Brno, Czechoslovakia
3. Illinois Institute of Technology he has designed 18 bldgs.in this school
4. Cullinan Hall addition to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts
5. Chicago Convention Hall
6. Farnsworth House, Illinois
th
7. Seagram Bldg (w/Philip Johnson) Most famous skyscraper & the finest steel bldg.of the mid20 cent.

21. Nervi , Pierre Luigi ( 1891 1979 ) , Italy

Structural correctness, w/c is identical w/ functional, technical & economic is a necessary
& sufficient condition of satisfactory aesthetic result.
Famous works :
1. Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome designed for the 1960 Olympics
2. UNESCO Secretariat, Paris ( w/ Breuer & Zherfuss )
3. Municipal Stadium , Florence
4. Italian Embassy , Brasilia
5. Australian Embassy , Paris
6. International Labor Organization Office ,Geneva

22. Niemeyer , Oscar ( 1939-1979), Rio de Janeiro

Architecture is not merely a matter of engineering but an expression of the spirit of the imagination
of the poetry To avoid repetition of already known forms and solutions an archl. work must
contain basically a minimum of creative ability and must convey a personal contribution of the archt.
Famous works :
1. Brazilian Pavillion , 1939 ,N.Y. World Fair with Lucio Costa
2. Modern Art Museum , Caracas
3. The Miniatry of Education , Rio de Janeiro w/ Le Corbusier
4. St. francis Church , Pampulha
5. National Congress Bldg. Of Brazilia
6. Presidents Palace

23. Pei , Ieoh Ming I.M.Pei ( Chinese Archt. )

Notable for Urban Renewal
Famous Works :
1. John Hancock , Tower
2. Park Hotel , Shanghai
3. Gulf Oil Bldg. , Atlanta
4. Mile High Center , Denver , Colorado
5. National Gallery , Washington D.C.
6. Collins Place Devt. , Melbourne Australia
7. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank , Hongkong

24. Perret , Auguste ( 1874 1954 ), France

Any project is bad if it is more diff complicated to construct than necessary.
truth is indespensible to Architecture & architectural lie concepts.
Famous works :
1. Church of the Notre Dame, Le Rainey
2. Hotel de Ville, Le Havre
3. French Atomic Research Center, Sarclay
4. House in the Rule, Franklin, Paris

25. Richardson , Henry H. ( 1838 1886 ), U.S.

He believes in monumentability because this gave 3 things; Continuity, permanence & power of a bldg.
nd
to embody a heroic attitude. He was the first exponent of the 2 Eclectic period in the U.S.A.
Famous works :
1. Marshall Wholesale Store, Chicago

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OPERA HOUSE , SYDNEY

EIFFEL TOWER , PARIS

TWA J. F. KENNEDY INTL. AIRPORT , N.Y.

LIBERTY TOWER , N.Y.

KAUFMAN HOUSE Falling Water

SEARS TOWER ,Chicago PETRONAS, Malaysia LIPPO TOWER CHINA BANK ,Hongkong

BIG BEN & HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT,England

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26. Rudolph , Paul ,U.S.

Former Dean of Architecture in Yale University

Famous works :
1.
Cocoon House , Siesta Key , Florida
2.
Wellesly College Art Center
3.
The Greely Forest Laboratory , Yale University
4.
College of Arcjitecture Bldg. Yale University
5.
Endo Laboratories , garden City , New York
6.
Lippo Bldg. Hongkong

27. Saarinen , Eero ( 1910 1961 ), Finland

Function influence but does not dictate form. Spiritual function is inseparable from
practical function. He is the son of Eliel Saarinen; he invented the Reflective Glass.
Famous works :

1. TWA The World Airlines, Terminal @ the Kennedy Terminal, N.Y. most expressive
structure since Mendelsons Einstein Tower.
2. St. Louis Jefferson National Expansion Memorial he won in the competition for the
design of this bldg., w/c was stainless steel arch in the form of a reverse catonary curve.
3. U.S. Embassies, London & Oslo
4. Chapel & Kresge Auditoruim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5. Dulles International Airport
6. General Motors Technical Center a 100 million dollar complex.
7. TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown, N.Y.
8. Chapel of Concordia Senior College

28. Saarinen , Eliel ( 1873 1950 ), Finland

Beauty grows from necessity not from repetition of formulas.He built many railway stations in Europe.
Famous works :

1. Chicago Tribune Tower he placed 2nd from the competition of this design w/c
resulted in his immigration to the U.S.
2. National Museum, Finland
3. Cranbrook School, Michigan
4. Christ Church, Minneapolis
5. Helsinki Railroad Station, Finland

29. Skidmore, Owings, Merill ( 1950 ), U.S.

Famous works :

1.Lever House, N.Y. ( w/ Gordon Bunshaft as designer)this is a pace-setter for office bldg.of the
1950s. First bldg. to provide a pedestrian plaza since Rockefeller Center & it has no grnd. flr.
2.Connecticut General Life Insurance Bldg. ( w/ Bunshaft & William Brown as Designers )
chosen as one of the 10 bldgs. in Americans Future at the AIAs 100th Anniversary.
3. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs
4. SEARs Tower
5. John Hancock Western Home Office Bldg., San Francisco
6. Banque Pambert, Brussels
7. Yale Rare Book Library ( w/ G. Bunshaft as designer )
8.Jin Mao Bldg.

30. Sullivan , Louis ( 1856 1924 ), U.S.

Form Follows Function. Known as the Father of Modern Architecture, in U.S. He
st
was the 1 to give logic & form to the steel skyscraper, the structure, the
structure that announced the beginning of modern architecture.
Famous works :

1. Carson Pirie and Scott Store ( his major bldg. )

2. Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis
3. Guaranty Bldg., Buffalo, N.Y.
4. Auditoruim Bldg., Chicago

31. Tange , Kenzo ( 1913 ), Japan

Modern Architecture need not be Western. City must be subject to growth, decay &
renewal. He won International Competition for replanning Skopje in Yugoslavia,
also master planner of the International exhibition of 1970 at Osaka.

Famous works :
1. Hiroshima Peace Center
2. Tokyo City Hall
3. Kagawa Prefecture Office
4. National Gymnasium for 1964 Olympic Games, Tokyo Japan
5. St. Marys Cathedral, Tokyo Japan
6. Tokyo Plan 1960 he extended the City over the bay.

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32. Vitruvius ( Marcus Vitruvius Polio ) ( 46 30 B.C. ), Rome

Architecture must meet 3 requirements : Strenght, Beauty, Utility.
Famous works :
1. Roman orders & capitals

33 Wagner , Otto ( 1841 1918 ) , Vienna

Nothing that is not practical can be beautiful. The essential basis of all natural
forms is geometries. Our starting point for artistic creation is to be found only
in Modern Life. Futuristic Architectural Projects.
Famous works :
1. Post Office Savings Bank Vienna
2. Church of the Steinhof Asylum

34. Wallace Harrison ( 1930 )

He introduced Thermal Glass at UN Secretariat Bldg. . Famous for his Tylon & Perisphere
for The 1939 New Yorks Trade fair
Famous works:
1. Alcoa Bldg. Pittsburg
2.Corming Glass , New York

35. Wren , Sir Christopher

( 1632 1723 ), England

He favored competition by addition rather than by subdivision.After the Great Fire

in London, he designed its 51 City Churches.

Famous works :
1. St. Paul Cathedral, London
2. Greenwich Hospital
3. Whitehall Palace
4. Winchester Palace
5. Hampton Court

36. Wright , Frank Lloyd

( 1869 1959 ), U.S.

Organic Architecture. Nature is the determinant in the conceptualization of

human environment. The bldg. must not only be on the ground but off the ground.
Space in Motion.
Famous works :
1. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
2. Johnson Wax Company Bldg. , Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.
3. Kaufman House or Falling Water, Bear Run, Pennsylvania
4. Larkin Admistration Bldg. Buffalo, N.Y.
5. Robie House or Prairie House , Chicago, Illinois
6. Solomon Guggenheim Museum, N.Y.
7. Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois
8.Ward Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois
9.Price Tower , Oklahoma ( First known skycrapper

37. Yamasaki , Minoru

( 1912 ), U.S.

Humanism. His concept of architecture is one of serenity & delight.

Famous works :
1. American Concrete Institute Bldg., U.S.
2. Bank of Oklahoma Office Bldg., Williams Center, Oklahoma
3. Century Plaza Towers & Garage, Century City, L.A., California
4.World Trade Center

World Tallest Buildings

1. Shanghai World Financial Center ,Shanghai 1509 feet - 460 meters - 94 stories - 2002
Architects : Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Next Tallest World Bldg., Multiple Use Tower
2. Jin Mao Bldg , Shanghai
1380 feet - 421 meters - 88 stories -1998
Architects : Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Steel & Concrete Structure) Mixed-Use Building
3. Central Plaza , Hong Kong
1227 feet - 374 meters - 78 stories - 1992
Architects : Ng Chun Man & Associates (Concrete Structure) Office Tower
4. Bank of China ,Hong Kong
1209 feet - 369 meters - 70 stories - 1989
Architects : I.M. Pei & Partners (Steel & Concrete Structure , Office Tower
5. Post & Communications Bldg. ,Xiamen
1193 feet - 363 meters - 63 stories - 2000
Architects : Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
6. The Centre , Hong Kong
1148 feet - 350 meters - 79 stories - 1998
Architects : Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man
Office Tower
7. Shun Hing Square , Shenzhen
1066 feet - 325 meters - 81 stories - 1996
Architects : K.Y. Cheung Design Associates (Steel Structure) Office Tower
8. CITIC Plaza , Guangzhou
1056 feet - 322 meters - 80 stories - 1996
Architects : Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man (Concrete Structure)
9. Shangri - La Hotel, Pacific Place , Hong Kong 748 feet - 228 meters - 56 stories - 1991
Architects : Wong & Ouyang (Concrete Structure) Mixed-Use Bldg.
10. Cosco Tower , Hong Kong
748 feet - 228 meters - 54 stories - 1997
Architects : Hsin - Yieh Architects (Concrete Structure)Office Tower & Shops

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THE CENTER , Shanghai

H S B C BUILDING , HONGKONG

SHANGHAI WORLD FIN .CTR .

BURJ AL ARAB , DUBAI

LONDON CITY HALL , LONDON

30 ST. MARY AXE 20 , N.Y.

TAIPEI 101 , TAIPEI , TAIWAN

AL FAISALIYAH , SAUDI

OVERSEAS CHINA BANK CORP.

EMIRATES TOWER , DUBAI

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PETRONAS SEARS WORLD TRADE - EMPIRE STATE SHANGHAI WORLD FINANCE CTR.
CHRYSLER WOOLSWORTH JOHN HANCOCK TAIPEI 101 ORIENTAL PEARL TOWER

Official World's 200 Tallest High-rise Buildings

This overview is the most accurate compilation of its kind and uses in-depth research results
and reliable building information. It is based on data standards and this listing is verified and
updated continuously and includes high-rise buildings which have been topped out, including
those still under construction or on hold. The ranking is based entirely on the buildings'
structural height. TV towers, masts, and other building types are not included.
#

Building

City

1.

Taipei 101

Taipei

2.

Petronas Tower 1

Kuala Lumpur

3.
4.

Petronas Tower 2
Sears Tower

Kuala Lumpur
Chicago

5.

Jin Mao Tower

Shanghai

6.

World Trade Center Tower 1

New York

7.

World Trade Center Tower 2

New York

8.

Two International Finance..

Hong Kong

9.

CITIC Plaza

Guangzhou

10.

Shun Hing Square

Shenzhen

11.

Empire State Building

New York City

Architects

C.Y. Lee & Partners

Cesar Pelli & Associates
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Skidmore Owings & Merill
Skidmore Owings & Merill
Minoru Yamasaki
Minoru Yamasaki
Rocco Design Ltd, DLN
Archts..& Engrs.
DLN Archts. & engrs.
K.Y. Cheung & Associates
Shreve , Lamb , & Harmon

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Height

Height Floors

Year

509 m 1,671 ft

101

2004

452 m 1,483 ft

88

1998

452 m 1,483 ft

88

1998

442 m 1,450 ft

108

1974

421 m 1,380 ft

88

1998

No Longer

Existing

No Longer

Existing

415 m 1,362 ft

88

2003

391 m 1,283 ft

80

1997

384 m 1,260 ft

69

1996

381 m 1,250 ft

102

1931

12.

Central Plaza

Hong Kong

13.

Bank of China Tower

Hong Kong

14.

Emirates Office Tower

Dubai

15.

Tuntex Sky Tower

Kaohsiung

16.

Aon Center

Chicago

17.

The Center

Hong Kong

18.

John Hancock Center

Chicago

19.

Ryugyong Hotel

Pyongyang

20.

Burj Al Arab

Dubai

21.

Chrysler Building

New York City

22.

Bank of America Plaza

Atlanta

23.

US Bank Tower

Los Angeles

24.

Menara Telekom

Kuala Lumpur

25.

Emirates Hotel Tower

Dubai

26.

AT&T Corporate Center

Chicago

27.

JPMorganChase Tower

Houston

28.

Baiyoke Tower II

Bangkok

29.

Two Prudential Plaza

Chicago

30.

Kingdom Centre

Riyadh

31.

First Canadian Place

Toronto

32.

Yokohama Landmark Tower

Yokohama

33.

Wells Fargo Plaza

Houston

34.

311 South Wacker Drive

Chicago

35.

SEG Plaza

Shenzhen

36.

American International Bldg.

New York City

37.

Key Tower

Cleveland

38.

Plaza 66

Shanghai

39.

One Liberty Place

Philadelphia

40.

Bank of America Tower

Seattle

41.

Tomorrow Square

Shanghai

42.

Cheung Kong Centre

Hong Kong

43.

The Trump Building

New York City

44.

Bank of America Plaza

Dallas

45.

OUB Centre

Singapore

46.

Republic Plaza

Singapore

47.

UOB Plaza One

Singapore

48.

Citigroup Center

New York City

49.

Hong Kong New World Tower

Shanghai

50.

Scotia Plaza

Toronto

51.

Williams Tower

Houston

52.

Wuhan World Trade Tower

Wuhan , China

DLN Archts. & Engrs.

Ieoh Ming Pei , Cobb , Freed
& Partners
Hazel W.S. , Wong , Norr
Group Consultants Ltd
C.Y.L. & P. , Hellmuth , Obata
& Kasssabaum
Edward Durell Stone &
Associates
DLN Archts. , & Engrs.
Skidmore , Owings & Merll
Stopped
W. S. Atkins & Partners
William Van Allen
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo
& Associates
Ieoh Ming Pei , Cobb , Freed
& Partners
Hijjas Kastun Associates
Hazel W.S. Wong , Norr
Group Consultants Ltd
Skidmore , Owings & Merill
Ieoh Ming Pei Partners
Plan Archts. Co.
Loebl , Schlossman & Hackl
Ellerbe Becket, Omrania & Ass
E.Durell Stone & Ass.,
Bregman+Hamann Archts.
Taise Const. Co. Ltd., Stubbins
Ass.
Skidmore , Owings & Merill
Kohn Pedersen Fox Asso.
Hua YI Designing Consultants
Hollon & George , Clinton &
Russel
C. Pelli & Ass., Kendall ,
Heaton & Associates
Frank C.Y. Feng
Archts.,Zeidler Partners
Murphy ,Jan Inc.Archts.Zeidler
and Partners
Chester Lindsey Archts.
John Portman & Associates
I.M.Pei and Partners
H. Craig Severance , Shreve
Lamb and Harmon
JPJ Archts. Inc HIM Design
Kenzo Tange & Associates
SAA Partnership
Kisho Kurokawa Archts. &
Associates
Kenzo Tange & Associates
Edward Larrabee Barnes
Associates
Bregman + Harmann Archts.
WZMH Archts.
Johnson , Burgee Archts.
,Morris Aubry
No Entry

81

374 m 1,227 ft

78

1992

367 m 1,205 ft

72

1990

355 m 1,163 ft

54

2000

348 m 1,140 ft

85

1997

346 m 1,136 ft

83

1973

346 m 1,135 ft

73

1998

344 m 1,127 ft

100

1969

330 m 1,083 ft

105

1992

321 m 1,053 ft

60

1999

319 m 1,046 ft

77

1930

312 m 1,023 ft

55

1992

310 m 1,018 ft

73

1990

310 m 1,017 ft

55

2001

309 m 1,014 ft

56

2000

307 m 1,007 ft

60

1989

305 m 1,002 ft

75

1982

304 m

997 ft

85

1997

303 m

995 ft

64

1990

302 m

992 ft

41

2002

298 m

978 ft

72

1976

296 m

972 ft

70

1993

296 m

972 ft

71

1983

293 m

961 ft

65

1990

292 m

957 ft

70

2000

290 m

952 ft

66

1932

289 m

947 ft

57

1991

288 m

945 ft

66

2001

288 m

945 ft

61

1987

285 m

937 ft

76

1985

285 m

934 ft

55

2003

283 m

928 ft

62

1999

283 m

927 ft

70

1930

281 m

921 ft

72

1985

280 m

919 ft

63

1986

280 m

919 ft

66

1995

280 m

919 ft

66

1992

279 m

915 ft

59

1977

278 m

913 ft

61

2002

275 m

902 ft

68

1988

275 m

901 ft

64

1983

273 m

896 ft

58

1998

53.
54.

Renaissance Tower
Dapeng International Plaza..

Dallas
Guangzhou

55.

21st Century Tower

Dubai

56.

Al Faisaliyah Center

Riyadh

57.

900 North Michigan

Chicago

58.

Bank of America Corporate..

Charlotte

59.

SunTrust Plaza

Atlanta

60.

Bocom Financial Towers

Shanghai

61.

Triumph-Palace

Moscow

62.

120 Collins Street

Melbourne

63.

Tower Palace Three, Tower..

Seoul

64.

Trump World Tower

New York City

65.

Shenzhen Special Zone Pre..

Shenzhen

66.

Water Tower Place

Chicago

67.
68.

Aon Center
Canada Trust Tower

Los Angeles
Toronto

69.

Bloomberg Tower

New York City

70.

Post & Telecommunication ..

Guangzhou
China

71.

Transamerica Pyramid

San Francico

72.

Bank One Plaza

Chicago

73.

GE Building

New York City

74.

Commerzbank Tower

Frankfurt ,
Germany

75.

PBCOM Tower

Makati

76.

Two Liberty Place

Philadelphia

77.

Bank of China Tower

Shanghai

78.

Park Tower

Chicago

79.

MesseTurm

Frankfurt

80.

U.S. Steel Tower

Pittsburgh

Hellmuth Obata & KAssabaum

No Entry
W.S. Atkins & Partners
Norman Foster & Partners
Kohn Pedersen Fox Asso.
Cesar Pelli Archts. & Asso.
John Portman & Associates
ABB Architekten
Don Stroy
Daryl Jackson Pty. Ltd.
Skidmore , Owings & Merill
Costas Kondylis & Partners
LLP Archts.
Sense , Engg. Services Ltd.
Loebl . Schlossman & Hackl
The Luckman Partnership Inc.
Skidmore , Owings & Merill
No Entry
No Entry
William Pereira
C.F. Murphy Associates
The Associates Archts.
N. Fosters & Partners
Skidmore , Owings & Merill
Murphy , Jahn Inc., Archts.
Archts. Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Lucien , Lagrang Archts.
Murphy , Jahn Inc. Archts.
Hamson & Abramovitz & Abbe
Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.

81.

Sorrento 1

Hong Kong

82.

Mok-dong Hyperion I, Tower..

Seoul

83.

Rinku Gate Tower Building

Izumisano
Japan

84.

Langham Place Office Tower..

Hong Kong

85.

The Harbourside

Hong Kong

86.

Capital Tower

Singapore

87.

Highcliff

Hong Kong

88.

Osaka World Trade Center

Osaka

89.

Rialto Towers

Melbourne

90

Jiali Plaza

Wuhan

91.

Wisma 46

Jakarta

92.

One Atlantic Center

Atlanta

93.

KLI 63 Building

Seoul

Zeidler Partnership Archts.,

DP Archts.
Heery Intl. Inc. Johnson /
Burgee Archts.
Skidmore , Owings , Merill

Perth

Forbes & Fitzhardinge

94.

Central Park

Hyundai Engg. Construction

Nikken Sekkei Ltd. Yasui
Archts.& Engrs.
Wong & Ouyang ( HK) Ltd.
P & T Archts. & Engrs. Ltd .
RSP Archts. Planners & Engrs.
Private Ltd .
DLN Archts. & Engrs.
Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Gerald de Preu & Partners
WMKY Ltd.

82

270 m

886 ft

56

1974

269 m

884 ft

56

2004

269 m

883 ft

55

2003

267 m

876 ft

30

2000

265 m

871 ft

66

1989

265 m

871 ft

60

1992

265 m

871 ft

60

1992

265 m

869 ft

52

2002

264 m

866 ft

61

2004

264 m

866 ft

52

1991

264 m

865 ft

73

2004

262 m

861 ft

72

2001

262 m

860 ft

48

1998

262 m

859 ft

74

1976

262 m

858 ft

62

1973

261 m

856 ft

53

1990

261 m

855 ft

54

2004

260 m

853 ft

66

2003

260 m

853 ft

48

1972

259 m

850 ft

60

1969

259 m

850 ft

69

1933

259 m

850 ft

56

1997

259 m

848 ft

55

2000

258 m

848 ft

58

1990

258 m

846 ft

53

2000

257 m

844 ft

67

2000

257 m

842 ft

55

1990

256 m

841 ft

64

1970

256 m

841 ft

75

2003

256 m

840 ft

69

2003

256 m

840 ft

56

1996

255 m

837 ft

59

2004

255 m

837 ft

75

2003

254 m

833 ft

52

2000

252 m

828 ft

72

2003

252 m

827 ft

55

1995

251 m

824 ft

63

1986

251 m

823 ft

61

1997

250 m

820 ft

48

1996

250 m

820 ft

50

1987

249 m

817 ft

60

1985

249 m

817 ft

52

1992

95.

Cityspire

New York City

Murphy / Jahn , Inc. Archts.

248 m

814 ft

75

1989

96.

One Chase Manhattan Plaza

New York Cit

Skidmore , O , & M LLP

248 m

813 ft

60

1961

97.

State Tower

Bangkok

Rangsan Architecture Co.

247 m

811 ft

68

2001

247 m

811 ft

49

1990

247 m

809 ft

48

1999

246 m

808 ft

60

1963

245 m

804 ft

51

2000

245 m

803 ft

51

1993

244 m

801 ft

68

2001

244 m

801 ft

50

1992

244 m

799 ft

50

1988

243 m

799 ft

48

1991

243 m

797 ft

50

2000

243 m

796 ft

54

2002

242 m

794 ft

50

2000

241 m

792 ft

54

1990

241 m

792 ft

57

1913

241 m

792 ft

55

2002

241 m

791 ft

54

1999

241 m

790 ft

60

1976

240 m

789 ft

64

2003

240 m

789 ft

52

1998

240 m

787 ft

57

1999

240 m

787 ft

28

2000

240 m

787 ft

36

1953

240 m

787 ft

60

1978

240 m

787 ft

60

1987

239 m

785 ft

63

2003

239 m

784 ft

57

1972

238 m

781 ft

54

2003

238 m

781 ft

42

2004

238 m

781 ft

62

1994

237 m

779 ft

52

1969

237 m

778 ft

50

1989

237 m

776 ft

56

1992

236 m

775 ft

57

1973

236 m

773 ft

66

2003

235 m

773 ft

57

1988

235 m

772 ft

56

1983

235 m

772 ft

55

1988

235 m

771 ft

50

1991

235 m

770 ft

50

1990

98.

Bank One Tower

Indianapolis

99.

Conde Nast Building

New York Cit

100. MetLife Building

New York Cit

101. JR Central Office Tower

Nagoya

102. Shin-Kong Life Tower

Taipei

103. City Gate Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan ,
srael

104. Chifley Tower

Sydney

105. Menara Maybank

Kuala Lumpur

106. Tokyo City Hall, Tower I

Tokyo

107. Citigroup Centre

Sydney

108. The Tower

Dubai

109. Dalian World Trade Center

Dalian

110. Mellon Bank Center

Philadelphia

111. Woolworth Building

New York City

112. Maxdo Centre

Shanghai

113. Bank of China Mansion

Qingdao

114. John Hancock Tower

Boston

115. Four Seasons Hotel & Tower..

Miami

116. Manulife Plaza

Hong Kong

117. Panglin Plaza

Shenzhen

118. DoCoMo Yoyogi Building

Tokyo

119. Moscow State University

Moscow

120. Sunshine 60 Building

Tokyo

121. Bank One Center

Dallas

122. Mok-dong Hyperion I, Tower..

Seoul

123. Commerce Court West

Toronto

124. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower

Tokyo

125. 30 Hudson Street

Jersey City

126. Empire Tower

Kuala Lumpur

127. Bank of America Center

San Francisco

128. One Worldwide Plaza

New York City

129. 225 South Sixth

Minneapolis

130. IDS Tower

Minneapolis

131. Sorrento 2

Hong Kong

132. Wells Fargo Center

Minneapolis

133. Bank of America Center

Houston

134. Washington Mutual Tower

Seattle

135. One Canada Square

London

136. 191 Peachtree Tower

Atlanta

The Stubbins Asso ., Inc.

Fox & Fowle Archts.
Pietro Belluschi ,Emery Roth
& Sons
Sakakura Associates Archts.
& Engrs.
Kaku Morin
AMAV Archts.,
Kohn Pedersen Fox & Asso.
Taisei Construction Co., Ltd.
Hijjas Kashn
Kenzo Tange Associates
Crone & Associates
Khatib & Alami
Nodel Archts.
Kohn Pedersen Fox Asso.
Cass Gilbert
WSP Shanghai
Beijing Archl. Design and
Research Institute
I.M. Pei & Partners Pei Cobb
Freed & Partners
Bermelo , Ajamil & Partners
Inc, Gary Edward Handel +
Associates
DLN Archts. & Engrs.,
Architecture Design Institute ,
Ministry of Construction
Kajima Design NTT Power &
Bldg. Facilities
Lev Vladimirovitch Rudnev
Mitsubishi Estate Co.
Johnson Burgee Archts. HKS
Hyundai Eng. Construction
I.M.Pei & Partners
Jerde Partnership Inc., Irie
Miryake Archts. & Engrs.
Cesar Pelli & Asso. & Archts.
Low Yat Construction
Pietro Belluschi Wurster,
Bernardis Emmons, S O M
Skidmore O M , LLP
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Edward F. Baker & Associates,
Johnson / Burgee Archts.
Wong & Ouyang ( HK) Ltd.
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Archts. Kendall /Heaton Asso.
Kendall / Heaton Asso.,
Johnson Burgee Archts.
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
/ Mc Kinley Archts.
Cesar Pelli & Asso. Archts.
Kendall / Heaton Asso. Inc. /
Johnson / Burgee Archts.

83

137. Temasek Tower

Singapore

138. Tokyo Opera City Tower

Tokyo

139. Tower Palace One, Tower B

Seoul

140. Three First National Plaza..

Chicago

141. Wachovia Financial Center

Miami

142. The Harbourfront Landmark

Hong Kong

143. Shinjuku Park Tower

Tokyo

144. International Ocean Shipping..

Shanghai

145. Texaco Heritage Plaza

Houston

146. Menara KOMTAR

147. Carnegie Hall Tower
148. Palace of Culture & Science..
149. Chicago Title & Trust Building..
150.

Bear Stearns World

Headquarter..

Warsaw
Chicago
New York City
New York City

152. 1251 Avenue of the America..

New York City

153. One Penn Plaza

New York City

154. Two California Plaza

Los Angeles

155. Prudential Tower

Boston

156. Time Warner Center North ..

New York City

157. Time Warner Center South ..

New York City

158. Gas Company Tower

Los Angeles

159. Shanglong Building

Shenzhen

160. MLC Centre

Sydney

161. Cosco Tower

Hong Kong
Houston

163. Trade Tower

Seoul

164. 60 Wall Street

New York City

165. One Astor Plaza

New York City

166. Governor Phillip Tower

Sydney

167. Empire Tower

Bangkok

168. The Belcher's Tower 5

Hong Kong

169. The Belcher's Tower 6

Hong Kong

170. One Liberty Plaza

New York City

171. JR Central Hotel Tower

TAK Associated Archts./ NTT

Power &Bldg. Facilities
Samoo Archts. & Engrs.
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
DLN Archts.
Kenzo Tange Associates
East China Architecture &
Design Institute
Mohammed Nasr & Partners

Penang Island , Jurubena Bertiga Intl. SDN

Malaysia
Cesar Pelli & Asso. Archts.
New York City

151. AXA Center

162. 1100 Louisiana Building

The Stubbins Asso. Inc.

Nagoya

172. Swisstel The Stamford

Singapore

173. 20 Exchange Place

New York City

174. Reliant Energy Plaza

Houston

175. Two Union Square

Seattle

176. Bell Atlantic Tower

Philadelphia

177. Three World Financial Center..

New York City

178. Shenzhen World Trade Center.

Shenzhen

Lev Vladimirovitch Rudnev

Kohn Pedersen
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
Edward Larrabee Barnes
Harrison , Abramovitz & Harris
Kahn & Jacobs
Arthur Erickson Archl. Corp.
The Luckman Partnership Inc.
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
No Entry
Harry Seidler & Associates
Hsin Yieh Archts. & Asso. Ltd.
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
Junglim Archts.,Nikken Sekkei
Ltd. Hsin Yieh Archts. & Asso.
Kevin Roche , John Dinke 100
& Asso.
Kahn & Jacobs
Denton Corker Marshall Pty.
ACT Consultants , Co. Ltd.
Simon Kwan & Asso.Ltd. /
Steve Leung Archts. Ltd .
Simon Kwan & Asso.Ltd. /
Steve Leung Archts. Ltd .
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
Sakakura Ass. Archts.& Engrs.
I.M. Pei & Partners
Cross & Cross
Kendall /Heaton Asso., Inc.
NBBJ
Kling Lindquist Partnership
Haines Lundberg Waehler /
Cesar Pelli & Asso. Archts.
Sense Engineering Services

84

235 m

770 ft

52

1986

234 m

768 ft

54

1997

234 m

767 ft

66

2002

234 m

767 ft

57

1981

233 m

764 ft

55

1984

233 m

763 ft

70

2001

233 m

763 ft

52

1994

232 m

762 ft

50

2000

232 m

762 ft

53

1987

232 m

760 ft

65

1985

231 m

757 ft

60

1991

231 m

757 ft

33

1955

230 m

756 ft

50

1992

230 m

755 ft

47

2001

229 m

752 ft

54

1986

229 m

750 ft

54

1971

229 m

750 ft

57

1972

229 m

750 ft

52

1992

229 m

750 ft

52

1964

229 m

750 ft

55

2004

229 m

750 ft

55

2004

228 m

749 ft

52

1991

228 m

748 ft

50

2004

228 m

748 ft

60

1977

228 m

748 ft

53

1998

228 m

748 ft

55

1980

228 m

748 ft

54

1988

227 m

745 ft

55

1989

227 m

745 ft

54

1972

227 m

745 ft

54

1993

227 m

744 ft

62

1999

227 m

744 ft

61

2001

227 m

744 ft

61

2001

226 m

743 ft

54

1973

226 m

741 ft

53

2000

226 m

741 ft

73

1986

226 m

741 ft

57

1931

226 m

741 ft

47

1974

226 m

740 ft

56

1989

225 m

739 ft

55

1991

225 m

739 ft

51

1986

225 m

738 ft

50

2001

179. Shinjuku Mitsui Building

180. Torre Mayor

Tokyo
Mexico City

181. JP Morgan Chase Tower

Dallas

182. ARCO Center

Los Angeles

183. Bourke Place

Melbourne

184. Continental Center I

Houston

185. Shinjuku Center Building

Tokyo

186. Toronto Dominion Bank Twr..

Toronto

187. Carlton Centre Office Twr..

Johannesburg

188. World Finance Centre, Twr..

Shenzhen

189. Grand 50 Tower

Kaohsiung

190. Marriott Renaissance Center..

Detroit

191. Times Square Tower

New York City

192. Parque Central Torre Este

Caracas

193. Parque Central Torre Oest..

Caracas

194. 777 Tower

Los Angeles

195. Chevron Tower

Houston

196. Olympia Centre

Chicago

197. One Mellon Center

Pittsburgh

198. Jewelry Trade Center

Bangkok

199. St. Luke's Tower

Tokyo

200. The Belcher's Tower 1

Hong Kong

201 The Belcher's Tower 2

Hong Kong

202 Westin Peachtree Plaza

Atlanta

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

Zeidler partnership &archts.
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
AC Martin Partners
Godfrey & Spowers Australia
Pty . Ltd.
Morris Aubry
Taisei Construction Co. Ltd.
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe ,
Fujikowa Conterato LohanAss.
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
Shenzhen Maoye (Group)
Company Ltd.
C.Y. Lee & Partners
John Portman & Associates
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
No Entry
No Entry
Cesar Pelli & Asso. Archts.
Caudill Rowlett Associates
Skidmore , O, & M LLP
Welton Becket Associates
Urban Archts. & Associates
Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Steve Leung Archts. / Simon
Kwan& Asso. Ltd
Steve Leung Archts. / Simon
Kwan& Asso. Ltd
John Portman & Associates

225 m

738 ft

55

1974

225 m

738 ft

55

2003

225 m

738 ft

55

1987

224 m

735 ft

55

1974

224 m

735 ft

51

1991

223 m

732 ft

53

1984

223 m

731 ft

54

1979

223 m

731 ft

56

1967

223 m

730 ft

50

1973

222 m

730 ft

54

2003

222 m

728 ft

50

1992

221 m

726 ft

73

1977

221 m

726 ft

47

2004

221 m

725 ft

56

1979

221 m

725 ft

56

1984

221 m

725 ft

52

1991

221 m

725 ft

52

1982

221 m

725 ft

63

1986

221 m

725 ft

54

1983

221 m

724 ft

59

1996

221 m

724 ft

51

1994

221 m

724 ft

63

2000

221 m

724 ft

63

2000

220 m

723 ft

73

1976

All data researches was updated up to this Oct. , 2004 . 200 world tallest
Buildings , excluding former World Trade Center .

85

South East Asian Countries 86

CHINESE TEMPLE

A M B

B URM AN

JAPANESE PADODA

TEMPLE

THAILAND

86

ROYAL

PA LACE

Chinese Architeecture 87

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE
3rd CENTURY B.C. TO PRESENT

ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES

1. Structures were built in timber
2. Chief Structure are pai lou or Chinese gateways & pagodas or temples
3. Color plays a vital part in their structure.
4. They use Pantiles or s- tiles for their roofings.
5. They use tou- kong instead of a capital from their column.
6. Chinese Feng Sui belief in bldg. construction & layout w/ regards to their
spirited god the Yin & Yang, source of good luck & misfortune.
7. Pagodas height vary from 3 to 13 flr. Usually odd numbers.
FAMOUS BLDG. STRUCTURES :
a.
b.
c.

GREAT WALLS OF CHINA by: SHI HUANG TI

GREAT ROYAL PALACE by: SHI HUANG TI
IMPERIAL PALACE forbidden city
d. TEMPLE OF THE SLEEPING BUDDHA

GATEWAYS IN CHINA

87

ILLUSTRATIONS:

Japanese Architecture 88

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
6 TH CENTURY A.D. TO PRESENT
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
PERIODS OF DEVELOPMENT :
1. ARCHAIC PERIOD Introduced the gussho type of construction based on
the principle of the rigidity of a triangle which formed the fundamental
structural system considered resistant to earthquakes.
2. ASOKA NARRA PERIOD
a.) ASOKA PERIOD predominant religion Buddhism.
e. g. Buddhist Temple
b.) NARRA PERIOD introduction of diff. Roof construction:
1. Kirizuma gable roof
2. Hogio pyramidal roof
3. Irimoya hip roof
4. Yosemune hip ridge roof
3. KONIN PERIOD time of transition when Japan was engrossed in assilating
imported culture thus little attempt to adopt new architectural forms.
4. FUJIWARA PERIOD Japanese pd. w/c reached their full maturity. One
Luxurious feature found in a Japanese mansion is the Buddhist Altar.

5. KOMAKURA MURAMACHI PERIOD decline of Buddhist religion and rise

of military order. Tea house was added to a Japanese mansion.
6. MAYAMA YENKO PERIOD center of architectural interest was transferred from
religious to secular structures.
EXAMPLES:
a.) TEMPLES : Buddhist Temple of Horiuji by: Nara & Nikko.
Shinto Shrine or Kamiji yama in Ise
Kuridini Temple, Kioto
b.) TOMBS : Tombs of Leyasu, Nikko
c.) PALACES : Imperial Palace, Nara
Mikados Palace, Kioto
Palaces of the Shoguns

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INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Indian Architecture is generally obscured and overwhelmed by a rhythmical
multiplication of pilasters, comics, mouldings, roofs, finials & an exhuberant
overgrowth of sculptural decorations. Torana gateway entrance.
STYLES OF DIFFERENT PERIODS:
1. BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE
a. Stambha or lath columns w/c were carved w/ inscriptions crowned by emblems
such as elepant or lion, reminiscent of Persipolitan Architecture.
b. Stupa or Tope mounds containing sacred relic called Dagoba.
c. Chaitya used as assembly halls w/c were excavated out of a solid rock
resulting in the presentation of one external faade.
d. Vihara a monastery designed w/ courts or shrines w/ a central square space
surrounded by priests chambers.
2. JAIN ARCHITECTURE temples were patterned from Buddhist temples.
Temple bldgs. as a virtue ensures happy future state.
3. HINDU / BRAHMAN ARCHITECTURE combination of the verdic Cult , Buddhism
& Brahmanism.

MONASTERIES

VIHARAS

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TORANAS - Gateways in Buddhist Countries

KOREAN ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES :
KOREA was divided into 3 kingdoms ;
1. Koguryo
2. Paekche
3. Shilla
Only a few stone bldgs. including two pagodas of Paekche & one of Shilla Construction ;
also fr. the latter kingdom is the Chomsongdae , an astronomical observatory .
e.g. Bulguksa Temple

BULGUKSA TEMPLE , KOREA

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CAMBODIAN ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLES:
e. g. ANGKOR WAT a temples complex erected by SURYAVARMAN II. The biggest religious
structure in the World. Initially, it was conceived as a temple mountain, symbolizing meru.

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TEMPLE OF ANGKOR WAT Great Temple Complex in CAMBODIA FEATURES :

a.) A wide moat surrounding the enclosure.
b.) Monumental causeway enclosed by balustrades formed by giants nagas, mythical serpents.
c.) It is made up of stepped terraces.
d.) The central sanctuary of the temple is on top of a stepped pyramid above the erraces.

THAILAND ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Architecture assimilated from Buddhist Indian Architecture.
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMPLE:
e.g. THRONE ROOM , ROYAL PALACE

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e.g. WAT PRA SRI SARAPET , AYUDHA , THAILAND

INDONESIAN ARCHITECTURE
CHIEF STRUCTURE
B0R0BUDUR TEMPLE largest Budhhist temple in the World.

FEATURES
a. A central Stupa at the top of nine terraces surrounded by many little stupas.
b. Narrative carvings are found on the walls of the terraces.

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BARASOAIN

CHURCH

SAN SEBASTIAN CATH.

QUIAPO

STO. DOMINGO CHURCH

CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHIL.

FORT SANTIAGO WALL GATE

CHURCH

CHRIST THE KING CHURCH

MALACANANG PALACE

PAOAY

CHURCH

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PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE
PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE is an admixture of the Muslim, Malayan, Chinese and
Japanese, Eurpean, Spanish and American influences.
Periods of Development
1. EARLY PERIOD or PRESPANISH ERA during this pd. Filipinos established their villages near
bodies of water where mostly food were taken from the sea, also from agricultural environment. In both
environment houses werenot built permanently& therefore light & flexible materials were used.
Earliest type of shelter : LEAN TO, consisted of a simple, single pitched roof resting on an
inclined series of rafters made- up of tree branches w/ the end resting of the ground & the other
end resting horizontal wooden lintel supported by tree trunks and roofed with grass.

TYPES OF FILIPINO HOUSES :

A.NIPA HUTAlso known as bahay kubosupported by stilts or posts,w/walls made- up of nipa & flooring
made- up of sawali & stairs made-up of polished bamboo ladder. Window sliding sashes were made of sawali
. Floorings made of bamboo slats w/ spacesin between. It is built from 2.0 to 4.5 mts. Above the ground.
Located in lowlands all parts of the country.
B. IFUGAO HOUSE an enclosed structures resting on four tree trunks as columns. Square in plan,
covered by four steeply pitched roof made of thatch.A stair w/c can be drawn & kept from the ground for
protection .The floor ht. is about 1.50 to 2.00 mts can be found in the mountains of Cordillera.
C. MARANAO HOUSE or Datu House, a royal house used for political & social ceremonies by the
Datu, also an ancestral house for the Datu & his family. It is built from .30 to 2.20 mts. Above the
ground. Most impt. feature is the wood carvings & the use of colors red, yellow and blue. Located in
the lakeshore of Mindanao.
D. ANCIENT MALAY TAGALA HOUSE rectangular in plan, raised on wooden post about 2.0 mts.
Above the ground w/ an open roofless veranda extended from the whole front of the house. With low
partitions, projected window & bamboo slots for floorings .
E. INDONESIAN HOUSE tree dwelling type of shelter, square in plan supported by four wooden posts &
capped w/ a rounded, pyramidal thatch roof. It sunk 1.0 meter into the ground.
F. BADJAO HOUSE built on stilts right above the water . Its flooring is made of bamboo. One impt item
found in the sala is the mirror not to check the appearance but to indicate the no. of children the family
has & to drive away evil spirits.

TYPICAL PARTS OF A BAHAY KUBO :

1. BULWAGAN living rm. / receiving area, w/ a low table called dulang.
2. SILID sleeping area w/ tampipi instead of closets.
3. GILIR or PAGLUTUAN kitchen area containing the ff ;
a.) DAPOGAN or kalan cooking apparatus w/ a shoe shape stove.
b.) BANGAHAN or banggera place where pots are kept.

2.

c. BATALANan exposed porch where child- size jars are kept & washing,drinking & bathing took place.
4. SIIONG where farm & fishing tools, pestles, pigs & cattles are kept.
5. KAMALIG a storage house detached from the house where unhawled rice is kept.
SPANISH PERIOD two considered impt. Architectural structure as colonial marks
of this Era: the bahay na bato & churches.

EXAMPLES :
1. BAHAY NA BATO a permanent house made of stone for ground flr.& wood for 2nd flr.
It was patterned after the stone- constructed, huge antillan house. It is an improved version of bahay kubo
in terms of materials & space allocations.

PARTS from GROUND FLOOR ;

a.) ZAGUAN where wine carriages & saints floats are usually kept.
b.) CUADRA horse table.
c.) BODEGA a storage room for keeping old furniture & palay bins.
d.) ENTRESUELO a mezzanine elevated 1.0 mt. Above the ground usually
located on the floor of the masters bedroom right underneath his bed.
e.) PATIO an enclosed courtyard open to the sky & adjacent to Zaguan
SECOND FLOOR ;

a.) CEREMONIAL STAIRS 1st 3 steps made of stone concrete then succeeding
steps made of wood.
b.) CAIDA an antesala, an all purpose rm. For dining, sewing, & dancing.
c.) SALA a living room.
d.) COMEDOR dining room.
e.) COCINA kitchen w/c sometimes built separately but connected to the house
f.) DISPENSA use as a food storage, adjacent to kitchen.
g.) BANO or paliguan bathroom separately from the toilet.
h.) CUARTO sleeping area.
i.) AZOTEA open terrace open to the toilet, use for laundry drying space.
j.) BALCON overhang balcony, over looking the streets.
k.) ALJIBE cistern storage of collected rainwater, underneath azotea.

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IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF CHURCHES :

1. BARASOAIN, BULACAN early builders : Augustinians (1859), then restored
by: Fr. Miguel de Vera (1894). Combination of Romanesque & Renaissance Arch.
2. BINONDO CHURCH, MLA. early builders : Dominicans (1596), supervision of the dome
by : Domingo Cruz y Gonzalez ( 1781).
3. LAS PINAS CHURCH, RIZAL original design by : Fr. Diego Cerra (1792)
and restored by Archt. Francisco Manosa ( 1975).
4. MALATE CHURCH early builders : Augustinians (1591), rebuilding the church
by : Columbian fathers (1950s).
5. MANILA CATHEDRAL early builders : Dominicans, then converted into cathedral
by : Fr. Domingo Salazar. Today, it is known as Basilica of Immaculate Concepcion.
6. QUIAPO CHURCH early builders : Franciscans, then original plan designed
by : Juan Nakpil ( 1933).
7. SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH, INTRAMUROS early builders : Augustinians, then
by 1607 it was reconstructed by : Juan Macias.
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8. SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH the 1 all iron church in the World(1991), early builders
by : Augustinian Recollects then Engr. Don Genaro Palacios y Guerra designed the present
9. SANTA CRUZ CHURCH, MLA. - early builders : Jesuits, Fr. Agustin de Mendoza reconstruct
the church (1868).
10. STO. DOMINGO CHURCH 1 church by : Bishop Domingo Salazar, then redesigned
by : Archt. Jose Ma. Zaragosa.

MILITARY BLDGS :
1. Fort Santiago Shrine of Freedom by : Fr. Antonio Sedeno & Engr. Diego Jordan. Also
known as Walled City of Manila.
2. FORT PILLAR, ZAMBOANGA by : Fr. Melchor de Vera.
3. FORT OF ILIGAN by : Fr. Francisco Ducos.

SCHOOL BLDGS :
1.) COLLEGIO de STO. TOMAS by : Fr. Roque Roano.
2. SAN AGUSTIN COLLEGE, ILOILO by : Joaquin Diaz.
3. SAN JUAN DE LETRAN COLLEGE by : Fr. Miguel Narro.

CHURCHES
1. MANILA CATHEDRAL Plaza Roma, Intramuros, Manila
The seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Manila is presently the 6th cathedral to rise on the site since 1581.
Previous structures were destroyed by typhoons, earthquakes, fire, and the last war. It was rebuilt on the second
half of the 1950s through the efforts of Architect Fernando Ocampo and Archbishop Rufino J. Santos.
2. SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH , Gen. Luna cor. Real Street, Intramuros, Manila
The oldest stone church in Metro Manila dates back to 1571. An intricately carved door opens to the church. Of
great interest are the Baroque pulpit, molave choir stalls, and an 18th century pipe organ.
3. SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH Plaza del Carmen, Quiapo, Manila
This small jewel-box church is the first all-steel church in the Philippines and in Asia; and the second in the world.
Design for the church was finished in 1883 and was prefabricated in Belgium. The completely knocked-down
church was shipped backed to the Philippines in 6 ships.
4. OUR LADY OF PEACE AND GOOD VOYAGE Antilopo, Rizal
Antipolo is known to be the home of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage.
5. BACLAYON CHURCH Baclayon town, Bohol
Located 6 km fr the city proper.The church is the oldest stone church in the country, built by the Jesuits in 1595.
6. DAUIS CHURCH Dauis town, Bohol
Located 3 kilometers from the city proper. This is one of Bohols beautiful churches, which has retained its
Spanish architecture although it has a semi-modern faade.
7. LOBOC CHURCH Loboc town
Located 24 kilometers from Tagbilaran City. The second oldest church in Bohol, built in 1608, with a three-storey
convent.
8. LOON CHURCH Loon town
Located 25 kilometers from the city proper. The crowning glory of the Recollect churches in bohol.
9 . PAOAY CHURCH Laoag, Ilocos Norte This fortress-like church is probably the most popular in this area.
10. BAGUIO CATHEDRAL Baguio City
Rising above the city skyline are the pinkish hues of the Baguio Cathedral. The cathedral is but one of religious
landmarks which dot the city. There is the Bell Temple, north of the city the Maryhurst Seminary with its brilliant
gardens, and Lourdes Grotto with its 252 steps to heaven.
11. SHRINE OF THE NUESTRA SEORA DE MANAOAG Pangasinan
The shrine of Nuestra Senora of "Apo Baket" is situated atop the hill. The shrine is known all over the Philippines.
Devotees frequent the church especially on Saturdays and Sundays..
12. BARASOAIN CHURCH Malolos, Bulacan
The seat of the Revolutionary Congress where the First Filipino Constitution was drafted and ratified.
13. DARAGA CATHOLIC CHURCH Albay
Built in 1773 by Franciscan missionaries. This is highly prized by art enthusiasts because of its rich baroque
architecture. Its very huge structure is considered above-standard.

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MANAOAG CHURCH , PANGASINAN

REDEMPTORIST CHURCH , BACLARAN

MACTAN

CHURCH ,

Q.C. MEMORIAL

MANILA

POST

MANILA CATHEDRAL

IGLESIA NI CRISTO , CENTRAL COMMONWEALTH

CEBU

M A LA C A N A N G

P A LA C E

BAGUIO CATHEDRAL

ME TROPOLITAN

THEATER

OFFICE

CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHIL.

DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM

3. AMERICAN PERIOD In 1900, the Americans came & had established a School for Master Builders,
LICEO de Manila with 2 Classifications :
a. MO - P (practical experience of 5 yrs.)
b. MO A ( completion of academic training of the Master builders course ) Then graduates
fr. Liceo de Mla. established school Escuela de Inginiera y Arqui-tectura. Then other schools
that offered the course were ;
1. Mapua Institute of Technology (1925).
2. University of Sto. Tomas (1930).

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3. Adamson University (1931).

First Filipino Archt. Under the American Pd. w/ Academic title MO- A: Carlos Barreto.
First Registered Archt. Tomas Mapua.
First Archl. Society in the Phil. Academia de Arquitectura y Agrimensura de Filipinas 1902.
In 1903, it was amended to Academia de Ingineria Arquitectura y Agrimensura de ilipinas.
In 1933, Juan Nakpil founded the Phil. Architects Society & become the President.
In 1945, it was amended to Phil. Institute of Archts
Other societies estsblished, Like ;
League of Phil. Archts (LPA) & Ass. Of Phil. Govt Archts. (APGA) &
These two merged to become United Architects of the Philippines. (UAP)
First Training school to train to be Maestro De Obras is ESCUELA PRACTICA y PROFECCIONAL
DE ARTES OFICIO DE MANILA.
2 Filipino Archts. brought to Europe to study Mester Builder Course;
1. Felix Roxas y Arroyo
2. Diego Hervas

FILIPINO ARCHITECTS 60s TO 80s

1. ANTONIO , PABLO SEBERO
FAMOUS WORKS :

a. FEU Admi, Science Bldg.7 Main Bldg.

b. Philippine National Bank
c. Manila Railroad Co.,
d. IDEAL Theater , Rizal Ave.
e. Bel Air Apartments , Roxas Blvd.
f. Manila Polo Club
g. Capt. Luis Gonzaga Bldg.,Rizal Ave., & Carriedo
h. Galaxy Theater , Rizal Ave.,

2. ARANETA , LUIS MARIA ZARAGOSA

6. BURNHAM , DANIEL HUDSON

FAMOUS WORKS:

a. Baguio City Planning

b. Burnham Park , Baguio City
c. Manila Hotel Landscapie
d. Army-Navy Club Landscapings
e Phil. General Hospital Landscape
f. Post Office Landscape

7. CALMA , LORENZO LICAD

FAMOUS WORKS:
a. Interior of Devt. Bank of the Phils., Buendia

FAMOUS WORKS:

b. Interior of Phil. Natl. Bank , Escolta, Mla

h. Times Theater , Quezon Blvd.,Mla.

b. Manila Doctors Hospital , U.N. Ave.
C. Makati Medical Center
d. Santa Catalina College , Legarda , Mla.

c. Interior of Silahis Hotel , Roxas Blvd.

d. Intr. of Puerto Azul & Beach Resort,Ternate, Cavite
e. Interior of Benguet Center , Mandaluyong City
f. Intr. of Mla.Midtown Ramada Hote , Pedro Gil Mla.
g. Int.of Devt. Academy of the Phils., Tagaytay City

3. ARELLANO , JUAN DE GUZMAN

FAMOUS WORKS:

8. CONCIO , CESAR HOMERO

a. Legislative Bldg.(Now Housing Senate & Natl.Museum FAMOUS WORKS:

b. Post Office Bldg.
a. U.P. Diliman s Palma & Melchor Halls
c. Villamor Hall at the U.P. Taft Ave.
b. Protestant Chapel & Fellowship Center , U.P.
b. Metropolitan Theater ( Restored by Otilio Arellano) c. U.P College of Forestry Bldg. , Los Banos
c. Landscape of Padre Burgos Ave.
d. Insular Life ldg. , Makati
d. Landscape of Harrison Park
e. Childrens memorial Hospital , Q.c.
e. North and South Port Areas
f. Mother of Perpetual Help , Baclaran
f .Dewey Blbd. (Now roxas Blvd.)
g. Union Church of Manila
g. Malacanang Grounds
9. COSCOLLUELLA , WILLIAM VARGAS

4. ARELLANO , OTILLO A.
FAMOUS WORKS:

Famous Works
a. Robinsons commercial Complex , Pasig

a. NBI Natl. Bureau of Investigation , Taft Ave.

b. Sining Kayumanggi at the Mehan Gardens
c. Palacio del Governador , Intramuros
d. Restoration of Metropolitan Theater
e. PSBA , Aurora Blvd., Q.C.
f. RCBC Bldg., Buendia Ave., Makati
g. San Juan Municipal Ctr,N.Domingo St., San Juan

b. 26 Storey Ayala Twin Towers , Makati

c. 32 Storey One Beverly Place in Greenhills
d. 30 Storey Wackwack Twin Towers , Mandaluyong
e. The Atrium , Makati
f. Quezon City Sports Club , E. Rodriguez
g. Centro Escolar Univ. Complex , Malolos , Bulacan
h. SM City , North Edsa & Sm in Cebu

5. ARGUELLES , CARLOS D.
FAMOUS WORKS:

10. DE CASTRO , CRESENCIANO CRUZ

Famous works

a. Ateneo de Manila Campus, Loyola Heights , Q.C. a. Shoemart Bldgs. In Manila

b. Philam Life Building , U.N. Ave.
b. Mindanao State University Bldg., Marawi City
c. Manila Pavilion (former Mla.Hilton )U.N.Ave., Mla. c. Central Luzon State University Bldgs, Nueva Ecija
d. Holiday Inn , Roxas Blvd.
d. Natl. Science Devt. Bldg. Complex , Taguig Mla.
e. Philippine Natl. Bank , Escolta Mla.
e. Atomic Research Center Complex ,Q.C
f. Development Bank of the Phil. ,Makati
f. Asian Devt.Bank ( Now Dept.of Foreign Affairs,P.C.)
g. Chronicle Broadcasting Network Studio , Q.C.
g. Colgate Palmolive Phils. ,Inc.
h. 600 Units Philam Life Homes , Q.C.
h. Proj.in,Guam, Taipei,Taiwan Vietnam & Saudi
11. LOCSIN LEANDRO VALENCIA
20. PEREZ , DOLLY QUIMBO
FAMOUS WORKS :

a.Holy Sacrifice Chapel , U.P. Diliman Campus

b.Cultural Cener of the Philippines 1969
c.Folk Arts Center 1974
d.PHILCITE 1976
e.PICC 1976
f. Phil. Plaza Hotel 1976
g.Hyatt Regency Hotel , Roxas Blvd.

FAMOUS WORKS:

a. Childrens Park in UP , Diliman

b. Taal Vista Lodge in Tagaytay
c. Meralco Compound , Pasig
d. Libingan ng mga bayani , Fort Bonifacio , Mkti
e. Manila Polo Club , Mkti
f. Mirador Shrine , Baguio City
g. Gateway Business park , Cavite

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h.Makati Stock Exchange Bldg. 1971

21. ROXAS , FELIX ARROYO
i. Ayala Museum , Makati 1974
FAMOUS WORKS :
j.Mandarin Oriental Hotel , Makati 1976
a. Renovation of Sto. Domingo Church
k.Ninoy Aquino International Airport 1979
b. Jesuit Church of San Ignacio , Intramuros
l. National Arts Center , Makiling , Los Banos 1976 c. Reconstructed Parish Church of Bacoor Cavite
m.Istana Nurul Iman ( Palalce of Sultan of Brunei )
d. Dominican Church , England 1750
12. LUNA de SAN PEDRO , ANDRES
22. RUANO , ROQUE
FAMOUS WORKS :
FAMOUS WORKS
a. Legarda Elementary School
a. UST Main bldg
b. Malacanang Palalce , San Miguel , Mla.
b. Dominican College , Lingayen
c. San Vicente de Paul Chapel , Sn Marcelino ,Mla.
c. Church of our lady of Manaoag
13. MANOSA , FRANCISCO TRONQUED
d. Sta. Teresita Church , Yokohama , Japan
FAMOUS WORKS:
23. SANTOS , ILDEFONSO PAEZ
a.San Miguel Corporation Head Office,Mandaluyong
FAMOUS WORKS:
b.Tahanang Filipino at the CCP Complex Roxas blvd. a. Batulao Village Club , Batangas
c.Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace , EDSA
b .Caliraya Lake Resort , Laguna
d.Mary Imaculate Parish Church, Las Pinas , Rizal
c. Eternal Gardens , Caloocan City
e .Quezon Memorial Circle , Q.C.
d. Loyola Memorial Park , Mla., & Paranaque
f. Landscaping of Corregidor Island
e. Rizal Park , Manila
14. MAPUA , TOMAS BAUTISTA
24. SANTOS VIOLA , CARLOS ANTONIO
FAMOUS WORKS:
FAMOUS WORKS
a. MIT
a. Iglesia ni Cristo Structures
b. De la Salle university Bldgs., Taft
b. Our Lady of Lourdes , Q.C.
c. Nurses home at the PGH.,Taft
c. Franciscan Church of Singalong , Mandaluyong
d. J.Mapua Memorial hall , Intramuros
d. Nuestra Senora de Guia , Ermita , Mla.
15. MENDOZA , FELIPE MARCELINO
25. SINDIONG , ANTONIO
FAMOUS WORKS:
FAMOUS WORKS
a. Batasang Pambansa Bldgs., Q.C.
a. SM Megamall , Mandaluyong
b. Devt. Academy of the Phils. , pages
b. Harrison Plaza Shopping Ctr. Manila
c. RCBC Bldg., 23 Branches
c. Farmers Plaza Shopping Center , Cubao
d.PCI Bank T.M. Kalaw , Mla.
d. ALI MALL II , Cubao
e.Far Eastern University Hospital , Morayta , Mla.
e. 43- Storey Pacific Plaza Condominium , Mkti
g.San Jose Seminary Bldg., Ateneo de Mla.Univ.Q.C. f. 28 Storey La Metropole Condominium , Makati
h.Asumption School bldgs., Antipolo , Rizal
g. 22- Storey Metro Bank Plaza , Makati
i. Mormon Temple , Green Meadows , Q.C.
h. 20- Storey Cebu Plaza , Hotel , Cebu
j. Bldgs., at the Rice Research institute , Los Banos 26.TOLEDO , ANTONIO MANALAC
k.Glorietta , San Fernando , Pampanga
FAMOUS WORKS:
l. 250 Room Suehiro Hotel , GUAM
a. Phil. Normal School Womens Dormitory
m.Safeway Supermarket , U.S.A.
( together with William Parsons)
16. NAKPIL , ANGEL E. SANCHO
b. Manila City Hall
FAMOUS WORKS:
c. Department of Tourism
a. Natl. press Club Bldg., Magallanes Drive , Mla.
d. Department of Finance
b. Former Head Office of PLDT , Makati
e. UP Padre Faura Campus
st
c. Picache Bldg.Plaza Miranda Qpo.(1 HighRise Bldg)f. UP University Library , Padre Faura
d. Lopez Museum Bldg., Pasay
17. NAKPIL , JUAN FELIPE de JESUS
19. PARSONS , WILLIAM E.
FAMOUS WORKS:

FAMOUS WORKS:

a. Quezon Institute Administration , E. Rodriguez

b. Quiapo Church
c. Rufino Bdg. Ayala Ave.
d. Commercial bank & Trust Bldg. Quezon Blvd.
18. OCAMPO , FERNANDO HIZON

a. Baguio Plan together w/ Daniel Burnham

b. Phil. General Hospital
c. Philippine Normal Schoo & Womens Dormitory
d. Manila Hotel , Roxas Blvd
e. Army-Navy Club , Roxas Blvd.
FAMOUS WORKS:
f. YMCA Bldg.
a. Manila Metropolitan Cathedral
g. First UP Bldg., 1 Taft and Padre Faura
b. Cathl. of Immaculate Concepcion , San Fernando , Pampanga
c. Church of Our lady of Most Holy Rosary, Angeles City
d. Central Seminary Bldg. U.S.T. Campus

TALLEST BLDGS. IN THE PHILIPPINES

Tallest Building

City

Ht Flrs

Year

ARCHITECTS

1.

PBCOM Tower

Makati

259 m

55

2000 SKIDMORE , OWINGS & MERILL / G.F. & PARTNERS

2.

G.T. International Tower

Makati

217 m

43

3.

Petron Megaplaza

Makati

210 m

45

2001 KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASS. /RECIO + CASAS Archts.

1998 SKIDMORE , OWINGS & MERILL

4.

1322 Roxas Boulevard

Manila

203 m

57

2002 ARCHITECTURE INTL. /

5.

BSA Tower 1

Mandal.

197 m

51

2000 NO ENTRY

6.

BSA Tower 2

Mandal.

197 m

51

2000 NO ENTRY

7.

One San Miguel Avenue

Pasig

183 m

54

2001 PHILIP RECTO

8.

LKG Tower

Makati

180 m

43

1998 KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASS../RECIO + CASAS Archts

99

G.F. & PARTNERS

Pacific Plaza Tower 1

Makati

179 m

52

1999 RECIO + CASAS Archts

10. Pacific Plaza Tower 2

Makati

179 m

52

1999 RECIO + CASAS Archts

11. Atlanta Centre

San Juan

179 m

37

Pasig

175 m

45

1997

13. Roxas Triangle Tower I

Makati

174 m

51

2000 SOM / PIMENTEL RODRIGUEZ SIMBULAN & PARTNS.

14. J.G. Summit

Makati

174 m

38

2001 HELLMUTH , OBATA & KASSABAUM

15. Enterprise Centre Tower I

Makati

172 m

40

1998 WONG TUNG & PARTNERS

16. Ayala Tower 1

Makati

160 m

35

1996 SKIDMORE , OWINGS & MERILL

17. Urbanbank Plaza

Makati

155 m

38

1998 R . VILLAROSA

18. One Legazpi Park

Makati

150 m

45

2006 ARCHITECTURE INTERNATIONAL

19. BSA Tower Makati

Makati

154 m

37

1998 NO ENTRY

20. The World Centre

Makati

152 m

30

1995 SKIDMORE , OWINGS & MERILL

21. The Peak

Makati

138 m

38

1991 NO ENTRY

22. Robinson Place Tower I

Manila

137 m

38

23. The Oxford Suites

Makati

130 m

30

1995 NO ENTRY

24. Essensa East

Makati

125 m

30

2001 I.M. PEI , COBB , FREED & PARTNERS

25. CITIBANK

Makati

119m

33

1993 PIMENTEL RODRIGUEZ SIMBULAN & PARTNERS

9.

12.

Robinson's Equitable
Tower

-- ATLANTA LAND CORPORATION

HELLMUTH , OBATA & KASSABAUM

-- Robinsons Land Corp. / Engr. R.S. Caparros & Ass.

PHILOSOPHIES & FAMOUS WORKS OF FILIPINO ARCHTS :

A. Leandro Locsin : Creating Architecture that is both modern & undeniably Filipino.
Famous Works :
1. Cultural Center of the Philippines
11. PLDT Bldg.
2. Makati Stock Exchange
12. NPC Center
3. Manila Mandarin Hotel
13. Greenbelt Square
4. Manila Hotel
14. Manila Intercon Hotel
5. Benguet Center
15. Ayala Museum
6. Davao Insular Hotel
16. Locsin Bldg.
7. Philippine Plaza Hotel
17.Church of St. Andrew
8. Ninoy International Airport
18. Chapel of Holy Sacrifice
9. Phil. Intl. Convention Center
19. Folk Arts Theater
10. Palace of Brunei ISTANA NURUL IMAN

B. Francisco Bobby Manosa:Architecture must respond to local conditions.The Philosophy

started out w/ the Nipa Hut. Local conditions include,the climate, the materials on hand, the
techniques & the budget available.
Famous Works :
1. San Miguel Head Office near Megamall
2. Coconut Palace known as Tahanang Pilipino at CCP Complex
3. Las Pinas Bamboo Church
4. 14 Station LRT Metrorail Transit
5. Our Lady of peace shrine at Edsa
6. Moonwalk Church in Las Pinas
7. National Eucharistic Congress Altar

C. Gilbert Yu : A Pragmatic Approach to Architecture

His famous equations : 0 + 0 + 0 = 100
First 0 = The land owner who owns property but idle & undeveloped.
Second 0 = The man who has money in the bank but inflation is eroding
Its real worth faster than the interest it accrues.
Third 0 = The Architect w/o land and money and still considered = 0.
Add up all the 0s and it =to Perfect 100 (Land Owner, The Financier & the Archt.).
Famous works :
1. Manila Stock Exchange Center
2. Golden Bay Condominuim, Manila
3. Chateu De Balle I and II, Ortigas & Roxas Blvd.
4. Landmark Shopping Center, Makati
5. Ever Gotesco Grand Central, Caloocan
6. 28 Storey Asian Trade Center Tower, Greenhills, Ortigas
7. Orient Pearl Plaza, Manila
8. New City Plaza, Manila
9. Y.E.T. Bldg., Manila
10. Gaisano Country Mall, Cebu City
11.SM Manila
12. Manila Diamond Hotel

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D. Ramon S. Licup : Good Architecture is not based on Design but on the bldgs.
function.Good Architecture is not based on design but on the bldgs. function, the
environment, the peoples needs, the budget, & the climate.
Famous works :
1. Garden Island, N. Domingo, San Juan
2. Rainbow Garden, Ortigas
3. Bayview Park Plaza Hotel, Roxas Blvd.
4. Golden Bay Condominium, Manila
5. Princeville Condominium, Ortigas
6. Verde De Pasadena Condominium, Ortigas
7. Knots Realty Town House, San Juan
8. Makati Palace
9. San Juan Regency
10. Pasig Tri Condominium

E. Felipe Mendoza : He Makes the fullest possible use of natural light & ventallation.
Famous works :
1. Batasang Pambansa Bldg. in Q.C.
2. Development Academy of the Phil. Bldg., Pasig, Rizal
3. RCBC Bldg., Buendia Makati, & 23 other branches
4. PCI Bldg., T.M. Kalaw, Mla.
5. National Library, T.M. Kalaw, Mla.
6. Feu Hospital, Nicanor Reyes, Morayta, Mla.
7. The Assumption School Bldg. , Antipolo Rizal
8. Mormon Temple, Green Meadows, Q.C.
9. San Jose Seminary Bldg. , Ateneo De Mla. University Campus, Q.C.
10. Library & Science Center of Xavier University, Cagayan De Oro
11. 7 New Bldgs. For the Intl. Rice Research Institute, Los Banos (1976-1991)
12. National Government Center Constitution Hills, Q.C.
13. Central Mindanao University, Museum Bukidnon
14. Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science & Technology, Batac, Ilocos Norte
15. 250 Rooms Suehiro Hotel & Safeway Market, Guam
F. William Vargas Coscolluela : More on Vertical Approach.
Famous works :
1. Robinsons Commercial Complex, Ortigas Q.C.
2. 32 Storey One Palace , San Juan, Mla.
3. 30 Storey Wackwack Twin Towers, Mandaluyong City
4. Quezon City Sports Club, E. Rodriguez, Q.C.
5. Atrium in Makati
6. 22 Hectare Tutuban Station, Divisoria

G. Ceasar Homero Concio : The structure must be well oriented.

Famous works :
1. Dilimans Palma & Melchor Hills, U.P. DILIMAN
2. U.P. College of Forestry Bldg.
3. Childrens Memorial Hospital, Q.C.
H. Claude Edwin Andrews : Office bldgs. are no longer simply spaces but are now termed
Intelligent Bldgs.
Famous work :
1. 46 Storey Palladuim Summit, Mandaluyong City

I. Ceasar Yatco, & Joey Rufino chairman of URDEC Properties Corporation :

Creativity & Innovation in Real Estate.
Famous works :
1. Makati Cinema Square Tower
2. Rufino Tower, Makati
3. Golden Lion Townhouse, Mla.
4. Bel Air Place, Makati
5. Cuevas Tower Condominium, Mla.
6. Taft Office Center, Mla.
7. Crowne Place, Mla.
8. Azalean Row Center, Mla.
9. EGI- Rufino Plaza, Buendia corner. Taft Ave. , Mla

J. Ley Construction & Development Corporation:Laying the past, shaping the present, &
framing the future.Mr. Manuel & Janet Ley & Mr. Richard Hsu ( Pres. & V. Pres. )
Famous works :
1. Twin Tektite Towers, Ortigas
2. 5- Star Shangri la Hotel, Edsa Plaza

3. KP Tower Luxury Condominium, Divisoria

4. Isetann Commercial Complex, Recto
5. Gotesco Regency Twin Towers, Malate

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PBCOM , Mkti

PETRON MEGA PLAZA , Mkti

MLA. DIAMOND HOTEL

PACIFIC PLAZA

ROCKWELL MAKATI

G.T. Intl. Tower , Mkti

GARDEN ISLAND , San Juan

ROBINSONS TWR.

1322 ROXAS BLVD.BLDG.

AYALA TOWER

ONE SAN MIGUEL TWR.

LKG

TOWER , Mkti.

BSA TOWER

ESSENSA EAST MKTI

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TAIPAN PLACE, Ortigas

DISCOVERY Ctr. , Ortigas

RCBC YUCHENCO BLDG.

BAYVIEW

RUFINO TOWER , MAKATI

TEKTITE TOWERS

PARK HOTEL

SHANGRI - LA , MANDALUYONG

METROPOLITAN

SM MEGAMALL , ORTIGAS CENTER

MUSEUM

SHANGRI-LA , MANDALUYONG

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