Architecture History and Theory9

Durham castle
loc:durham, england
tmx:1093-1133
romanesque
patron William the conquer

Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace
loc: london
tmx: 1097

A palace type four square block with central cortile main floor on 2nd level

Consists of a central light with semicircular arch over, carried on an impost consisting of a small entablature, under which, and enclosing two other lights, one on each side, are pilasters

Rough stonework with exposed brick

An arch in which the curve is a less than semicircular segment of a circle

Decorative horizontal band on the exterior wall of a building. Such a band, either plain or molded, is usually formed of brick or stone

Taken from roman bath

Element of a façade resembling the front of a Classical temple, with columns or pilasters carrying an entablature and pediment, applied to an elevation, as in a Palladian composition with portico

A pediment open or broken at the apex, base or both, and the gap often filled with an urn, cartouche, or other ornament

internal court surrounded by an arcade, characteristic of the Italian palace, or palazzo, during the Renaissance

Palladio: Utility, duration and beauty Vitruvius: Utilitas, firmitas, venustas

Florence

Brunelleshi

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