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M. Ryan
Academic Decathlon
2005-06
Architecture
• The art and science of designing
and constructing buildings
Architecture
Architects: specialists in designing
structures
Architecture
One of the early architectural developments
was the use of the “post-and-lintel” method
http://www.bozzle.com/perClassicOrders.html
Architecture
Entablature: the top of an order; includes the
architrave, frieze, and cornice.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/architecture/entablature.html
Architecture
Other key developments include the arch,
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/drew/a&a/theromans.htm
Architecture
the vault,
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/drew/a&a/theromans.htm
Architecture
and the dome (my personal favorite).
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/drew/a&a/theromans.htm
Architecture
The arch was a purely Roman invention. An
arch is often made up of small stones called
voussoir and a large central stone called a
keystone.
Architecture
A series of columns is called a colonnade.
http://www.m-w.com/mw/art/flyingbu.htm
Architecture
During the Industrial Revolution, many new
materials were developed: glass-- Crystal Palace
(1851)
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1158.htm
Architecture
and wrought iron:
The Eiffel Tower
Modern Architecture
Antonio Gaudi: Spanish architect– no flat
surface or straight lines (organic)
http://www.lexised.com/architecture/gaudi/casam.html
Modern Architecture
“Falling Water”
More Wright
Modern Architecture
Steel and concrete
are the favored
materials for
commercial type
construction.