History of architecture

The Giza Pyramids

The Giza Pyramids

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Most likely responding initially to practical needs—such as restoring landmarks destroyed by the Nile’s annual flooding, estimating the volume of a stone block, or...
Temple, Göbekli Tepe, Anatolia, Turkey

Mesopotamia: The Oval Temple

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Without humans settling down more or less permanently at specific locations, the erection of large and complex edifices would have been an unimaginable feat;...
Grotte du Lazaret, France

The Terra Amata Huts

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Unlike clothes, buildings cannot be squeezed into the back of our closet or taken to the local charity shop when no longer in fashion;...
Architecture in Southern Gaul

Architecture in Southern Gaul

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Written sources of that period of time tell us that in Southern Gaul (as in Gaul in general) there were icons painted on wooden...
Architecture of churches in Southern France

Architecture of churches in Southern France

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To study the features of the ideological and artistic programs of the parish churches of Southern France, in particular the churches of the Languedoc-Roussillon...
Architecture is an extraordinarily multifaceted phenomenon

Architecture is an extraordinarily multifaceted phenomenon

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To understand the true essence of architecture, it is necessary to consider it from different sides, to determine what role it plays in society,...
Architectural objects

Architectural objects

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The primary space can be described as a part of a certain surface and the space above it in which the movement of the...
Synthesis of architectural form

Synthesis of architectural form

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Attempts to catalog all possible variants of planning solutions for individual residential buildings of mass construction have been made repeatedly. In particular, in England...
Architectural shaping in virtual reality

Architectural shaping in virtual reality

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Discussing the issues of how an architect-designer can comprehend the geometric shapes of architectural objects and manipulate them, relying on structural and system methods...
Architecture of Byzantium

Architecture and Applied Art of Byzantium

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Architecture and applied art of Byzantium — "the golden bridge between East and West". The artistic culture and architecture of Byzantium is the result...
Deconstructivism

Deconstructivism

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The fashion for a new style - deconstructivism - should reach us. The buildings whose creators follow this direction look as if the architect...
Early Renaissance Architecture

Early Renaissance Architecture

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When, after the "Gothic reaction" of the second half of the XIV - beginning of the XV century, architects and artists again turned to...
Architecture in Ancient Rome

Architecture in Ancient Rome

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The exact year is known, the 30th BC, when the era of Hellenism ended. If you follow the line of the well-known plot, then...
Architecture in Islam

Hindu architecture and Architecture in Islam

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If we ignore the similarity of the structure of the Hindu temple with the structure of the body of the Purusha and look at...
Architecture in Ancient Egypt

Architecture in Ancient Egypt

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Not so far from Mesopotamia, in North Africa, at about the same time, another great civilization appeared - the ancient Egyptian. It is also...
Architectural design tasks

Architectural design tasks

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The formation of the architectural scale required by the ensemble is primarily a matter of choosing a system of detailing its structures and spatial...
Minimalism and unusual architecture

Minimalism and unusual architecture

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The differences between the styles of "superdatch" and "Swiss box" are not absolute, which is proved by the works of Herzog and de Meiron...
Principles of composition of ensembles with Renaissance planning basis

Principles of composition of ensembles with Renaissance planning basis

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The technique of combining the composition of ensembles with the Renaissance planning basis was that the secondary dominant was almost equated in height to...
Features of the style of architecture of Russian architecture

Features of the style of architecture of Russian architecture

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What are the features of this style? The traditions of the cross-dome system are preserved. Local limestone is used, from the blocks of which...