HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2

CONTENTS
1. Medieval Architecture
2. Romanesque Architecture
3. Gothic Architecture
4. Renaissance Architecture
5. Mesoamerican Architecture
6. Revivalism Architecture
7. 20th Century Architecture
8. Modern Architecture
9. Contemporary Architecture
 MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE
MEDIEVAL/ MEDIAEVAL
THE MIDDL E AGE
•Medi – middle; Ev – age; also called as ENGLISH MEDIEVAL
between Roman Empire and the Renaissance
the “Fall” of Romans and “Re-birth” of culture
•The Dark Age/ Migration Age – no emperor
•No large kingdom or political structure arose in Europe to provide
stability, only Roman Catholics
•It was a time of poverty, famine, plague, and superstition rather than the
age of magic, dazzling swordplay, towering castles, and knights in
splendid armor displayed in today's graphic novels and video games.

MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE
-Medieval architecture simply refers to architectural
styles in medieval Europe during the middle ages.
-started from Romanesque to Gothic Architecture

8,000 BCE
CRUCK FRAMED MOTTE & BAILEY
HOUSE Earliest form of Castle
•Roof – made of Thatched
with tile or slates
•Walls – made of wattle and
daub

WATTLE DAUB

PARTS OF CATLES
1.Donjon/ Keep/ Tower
2.Peel
3.Battlement
4.Merlon
5.Crenel
6.Allure
7.Balistraria
8.Bartisan
9.Machicolation
10.Bastea
11.Bajnitsa
DONJON/
KEEP/
TOWER
A stronghold of
Medieval Castle;
usually in the form
of a massive tower
PEEL
It is a small
emergency defense
structure, generally
8,000 BCE
a low fortified tower
BATTLEMENT
Low wall between chest-
height and head-height),
in which rectangular gaps
or indentations occur at
intervals to allow for the
discharge of arrows or
other missiles from within
the defenses.
BALISTRARIA
A cross shaped
opening
BARTIZAN
An overhanging corner
turret at the top of a
castle or church tower
MACHICOLATION
An opening between the
supporting corbels of a
projecting parapet or the
vault of a gate, through
which stones or burning
objects could be dropped
on attackers
BASTEA
Artificial soil elevation or
stone wall which is semi-
round or horse shoe -
shaped in
plan. Allows for good
shooting access of troops
attacking the walls. This is
a transition element from BAJNITSA
Tower to Bastion. Popular in Loophole/ Small Window/
XVII-XIX centuries. Shooting Window
EXAMPLE OF CASTLES

Carcassone

Krak des Chavaliers

Windsor Castles

Coca, Segovia
8,000 BCE

Warwick Castle

Bodiam Castle

Tower of London –
White Towe

Edinburgh Castle
 ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
ROMAN LIKE/ROMAN DESCENDANTS
- 800 YEARS AFTER ROMAN

PROMINENT BUILDINGS
1. CATHEDRAL - Basilica in plan. It sYmbolized God's ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
kingdom. BASED FROM ROMAR ARCHITECTURAL
2. CAMPANILES- Are straight tower shaft generally ELEMENTS
standing 1. Round/ semi circular arches/ Arcades
alone. 2. Blind Arches
3. BAPTISTERIES- Large, separate buildings usually 3. Massive thick walls
octagonal in plan and connected to the cathedral by the
4. Small windows
atrium.
5. Dark Solemn Interiors
4. MONASTERIES- Sometimes also functiond as cathe-
drals, and the cathedrals that had bodies of secular crelgy 6. Vaults- High ceiling from flat of Romans
living in community, were a major source of po Europe. 7. Buttress
8. Wheel/ Rose window
9. Piers
10. Towers- Double towers
11. Multiple units
12. Capitals
Round/ semi circular
arches/ Arcades Blind Arches Massive thick walls Small windows

Dark Solemn Interiors Vaults- High ceiling Wheel/ Rose

from flat of Romans Buttress window

Piers Towers- Double towers Multiple units Capitals

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
AMIENS CATHEDRALS

SEVILLE CATHEDRALS

NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

COLOGNE CATHEDRAL

MILAN CATHEDRAL

SIENA CATHEDRAL

CHARTRES CATHEDRAL

REIMS CATHEDRAL

YORK CATHEDRAL

ULM CATHEDRAL
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
8,000 BCE
DOMES
VAULTS
CEILING
ARCH
COLUMNS
PILASTERS
WALLS
DOORS
BALUSTERS
WINDOWS
PARAPETS
DOME VAULTS CEILING DOOR

COLUMN PILASTERS WALL

ARCHES WINDOW BALUSTERS PARAPETS

NOTABLE PERSON AND WORKS
NOTABLE PERSON AND WORKS
MESOAMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
REVIVALISM AND INDUSTRIAL
ARCHITECTURE
NEUSWANSTEIN CASTLE

ARCH DE TRIOMPHE

PALAIS GARNIER

GRANDE ARCHE LA
DEFENSE

8,000 BCE
PANTHEON IN PARIS

NEWTON MONUMENT

LE MADELEINE

MONTICELLO
ROTUNDA AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF VIRGINIA

THE WHITE HOUSE

THE CAPITOL

WESTMINSTER PALACE

8,000 BCE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL

BUCKINGHAM
PALACE

THE PENTAGON

BRIGHTON PAVILION
20TH CENTURY AND MODERN
ARCHITECTURE
 MODERNISM STYLES

ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT

ART DECO

ART NOUVEAU

METABOLISM

DE STIJL
8,000 BCE
BRUTALISM

BAUHAUS

POST MODERNISM

INTERNATIONAL STYLE

DECONSTRUCTIVISM
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE-

Is the architecture being made at the present time. It also includes

that of the lastfew decades, from the 1980's to the present.
 SAMPLE OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

THE QUADRACCI PAVILION IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM ZENTRUM PAUL KLEE

CENTRE POMPIDOU-METZ DENVER ART MUSEUM ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART DE YOUNG MUSEUM SAN FRANCISO MUSEUM