ASSIGNMENT II

Western Architecture Illustration

AAR452
Ancient Civilization &
Western Architecture
BSc Architecture (Hons.)
Department of Architecture
Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying

Semester
Mar. Jul. 2015

8 weeks Individual (Within group compilation)

% of Overall Assessment: 20%

INTRODUCTION
This assignment provides a means for the student to
familiarize themselves with a particular architectural
period/style as well as the architects, and illustrate the
unique architectural characteristics of the particular
period/style.

TASK
Each student is required to produce a relevant drawing
in order to contribute to a compilation of illustrations of
one (1) building within the specified period of
architectural history as follows:
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Lecturer
Dr. AZHAN ABDUL AZIZ

Romanesque
Gothic (France)
Renaissance
Palladian
Baroque & Rococo
Classical Revival
Gothic Revival
Arts & Crafts
Art Nouveau
The Chicago School & Early Skyscrapers

CONTENTS
The compilation should at least include the followings:
Page
1

2
3
4
5

Contents
Building information:
1. Buildings & architects names
2. Year of construction
3. Location/contexts
4. Construction/structure/detail
5. Purpose/Function of the building
6. Significant characteristics
Building/spatial components (floor plan)
Elevation
Section
Perspective

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All contents shall be illustrated to fill and A3 size
drawing paper using black ink only.

ASSESSMENT
1
2
3
4

Submission/Format
Content
Composition
Illustration/Rendering
TOTAL

20%
20%
20%
40%
100%

LIST OF BUILDINGS
EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
1.
2.
3.
4.

Old St. Peters Basilica

Sant Apollinare in Classe
San Vitale
Hagia Sophia

ROMANESQUE CHURCHES
5.
6.
7.

Abbey Church in Cluny

St. Sernin
Speyer Cathedral

GOTHIC CHURCHES
8. Basilica of Saint Denis
9. Chartres Cathedral
10. Notre Dame
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE
11.
12.
13.
14.

Pazzi Chapel
Tempietto
Palazzo Farnese
Villa Rotunda

BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
15. S. Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane
16. Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
CLASSICAL/GREEK REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE
17. Schauspielhaus
18. British Museum
19. Monticello
GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE
20. House of Parliament
21. Strawberry Hill House
22. St Pancras Midland Hotel
ARTS & CRAFTSARCHITECTURE
23. Red House
24. Crane Library
25. Deanery GardenHouse
ART NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURE
26.
27.
28.
29.

Hotel Tassel
Casa Battlo
Sagrada Familia
Casa Mila

THE CHICAGO SCHOOL & EARLY SKYSCRAPERS

30. Rookery Building
31. Wainwright Building
32. Fuller Building