ANCIENT PERIOD

amphitheater
originally staged on the streets, in large spaces and open arenas
 - EGYPTIAN
-

WEST ASSIATIC
- ASSYRIAN
- SUMMERIAN

- BABYLONIAN THEATER

COMMONLY USED FOR THEIR ENTERTAINMENT, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPEN DESIGN WITH LOWERED STAGE AND BLEACHERS

 - PERSIAN

WITH LOWERED MIDDLE AND HAS STAGE ON THE REAR PART, USUALLY USED FOR PERFORMANCES AND
GAMES.
 - GREEK

TYPICALLY HALF MOON SHAPED WITH A CIRCULAR STAGE ON THE MIDDLE.

 - ROMANS

There are records attesting to temporary wooden amphitheaters built in the Forum Romanum for gladiatorial
games from the second century BC onwards, and these may be the origin of the architectural form later
expressed in stone.
- EARLY CHRISTIANS
- BYZANTINE

Hagia Sophia
The Byzantine Empire was married to water. Jutting out at the tip of a peninsula,
ancient Constantinople was embraced by the Bosporus on one side and the Marmara
Sea on the other. And at its heart, the magnificent Hagia Sophia. At once a bulwark
against the sea and an apotheosis of its marvels, the basilica sparkles like the glints on
the restless waters outside its walls as natural light roams the surfaces of marble and
gold mosaic. "All of these elements are optical: the glitter, the marble . . ." says
Stanford art historian Bissera Pentcheva. "They have an auditory dimension as well.
When you speak or chant in that space, your breath is extended and attenuated by
surfaces of marble and gold."
 - ROMANESQUE
- GOTHIC

NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

SOUND RESONATES WITH THE INTERIOR AND CEILING.

- RENAISSANCE
- BAROQUE

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain

- ROCOCO

helbling house

- NEO CLASSICAL

manila city hall

- AMERICAN
- EAST ASIA
- SOUTH EAST ASIA
- 19TH – 20TH CENTURY

heydar aliyev center

by zaha hadid

- 21ST CENTURY
DKO ALAM KUNG SAAN TO HAHAHA

Hagia Sophia by

The fourth-century so called Temple of Minerva Medica (also known as the Pavilion in the Licinian Gardens) best
exemplifies the later progression of large-domed Roman buildings to more skeletal construction.
NOTRE DAME CHURCH

This Catholic treasure is over 800 years old. It is located on a small island called the Ile de la Cite in the middle of the
River Seine.