Architectural Timeline

What is Architecture?
A good definition was provided by the Roman architect VITRUVIUS in the 1st century AD in the first of his famous collection Ten Books on Architecture.

What is Architecture?

The Difference Between Architecture and Building

Any Building Architecture Architecture = Design BEFORE Building

Architecture is DESIGNED Buildings, Spaces and Environments. According to Human Needs Using Technology and Science, With Aesthetic Qualities.

What is Design?
DESIGN is a both
a verb (to design) & a noun (a design).

DESIGN is both
a process & a product

The process of designing and product that is designed. DESIGN is an activity aiming at the production of a plan of action which if executed is expected to lead to a situation with certain desired characteristics and without unforeseen and undesired side and after effects.

Design Process

The Context of Architecture

Earth Climate Ecology Resources

Natural Environment

Human Environment
Individual Groups Psychological Social Cultural

Individual

Built Environment
Cities Neighborhoods Buildings Interior Spaces

The Architect !

The Education of the Architect

Sociology Psychology Anthropology

Humanities

Arts
Painting Sculpture Aesthetics

Architecture Education

Science & Engineering

Materials Structure Electrical Mechanical Civil

Who is the Architect?

The word architect is derived from the Greek word architekton meaning master builder. One who designs buildings and supervises their construction. Architects are licensed professionals trained in the art and science of building design. They transform needs into concepts and then develop the concepts into images and plans of buildings that can be constructed by others.

The Architecture Profession

Architecture, as a profession is the practice of providing a service, which includes many different disciplines while the overall aim of an architect is to design buildings. Architecture can refer to the actual product, the architecture of a building or it can refer to the method or style used to design the building.

The Star-Architects !

Le Corbusier

F. L.. Wright

Walter Gropius

Mies Van Der Rohe

Robert Venturi

Philip Jonson

Michael Graves

Cesar Pelli

Modern Architecture

Post-Modern Architecture

Jorn Utzon

Alvar Aalto

Mario Botta

K. Frampton

Tadao Ando

Luis Barragn

lvaro Siza

John Pawson

Critical Regionalism

Minimalism Architecture

Sir. Norman Foster

Renzo Piano

Richard Rogers

Jean Nouvel

D. Libeskind

Frank Gehry

Peter Eisenman

Zaha Hadid

High-Tech Architecture

Deconstruction

Architectural Styles Evolutionary Tree

May you be condemned to live in interesting times. A Chinese Proverb This is a brief coverage of the development of architectural styles throughout history using a timeline to provide a better visual overview.

Architectural Styles Evolutionary Tree

Ancient Architecture

Giza Pyramids

Petra

Stone Henge

Abu Simbel Temple

Islamic Architecture

Mecca

Dome of the Rock

Wikalat Al Ghuri

Muhamad Ali Mosque

Al Hambra

Sultan Hassan

Architecture of the Late 20th Century

Frank Gehry

Shtutgart Museum

Mario Botta

Peter Eisenman

Renzo Piano

Zaha Hadi

Tado Ando

Jean Nouvel

Architecture of the early 21st Century

Cybertecture
Nano Materials

Sustainable Architecture

Parametric Design

Influential Architects and Their Famous Work

Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Falling Water

Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Falling Water

Antonio Gaudi

Zahad Hadid

Zahad Hadid

Frank Gehry

Towers from Around the World