PRITZKER PRIZE 2021 ANNE LACATON AND JEAN PHILLIPE VASSAL
Frank Lloyd Wright The man labeled “the greatest American architect of all time” by the American Institute of Architects in 1991, funnily enough, did not possess an architecture degree, although he was awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts by his former school when he was in his late eighties
A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small
At the time of sunrise , if a man stands facing the east, his shadow will be towards the west. At the time of sunset, the shadow of an object is always in the east. If a man stands facing the North, at the time of sunrise his shadow will be towards his left and at the time of sunset, it will be towards his right.
1] PORCH: a covered structure in front of the entrance to a building
2] PORTICO: colonnaded porch or entrance to a structure, or a covered walkway supported by regularly spaced columns. Porticoes formed the entrances to ancient Greek temples This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
3] PEDIMENT: triangular gable forming the end of the roof slope over a portico This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
4] NAVE : central part of the church
5] PARAPET: a low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony.
6] TRANSEPT: the area of a cruciform church lying at right angles to the principal axis. ... The transept itself is sometimes simply called the cross
7] STAIRWELL
8] TRACERY:
9] CURTAIN WALL
10] CANOPY:
11] DADO: lower part of the wall.
12] SKIRTING:
13] Prakaram : Area outside the garbagriha [compound area]
A façade or facade is generally the front part of exterior of a building. It is a loan word from the French façade (pronounced [ fasad ]), which means "frontage" or "face". St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City
a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight
Triforium, in architecture, space in a church above the nave arcade, below the clerestory, and extending over the vaults, or ceilings, of the side aisles. The term is sometimes applied to any second-floor gallery opening onto a higher nave by means of arcades or colonnades, like the galleries in many ancient Roman basilicas or Byzantine churches. The triforium became an integral part of church design during the Romanesque period, serving to light and ventilate the roof space
The Tropic of Capricorn passes through a number of countries including Argentina, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, and Paraguay. If you consider its starting place to be the Prime Meridian, it first makes landfall on the coast of Namibia.
ISOCADERON FACES: 20 VERTICES: 12 EDGES: 30
OCTAHEDRON This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA FACES: 8 VERTICES: 6 EDGES: 12
DODECAHEDRON This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA FACES: 12 VERTICES: 20 EDGES: 30
ROMAN NO.S 40- XL 50-L 60- LX 70- LXX 80- LXXX 90- XC 100- C 1000- M
Louvered windows
Casement windows
Sash windows
THE LAST SUPPER: LEONARDO DA VINCI 1503/1504
THE CREATION OF ADAM- MICHELANGELO[1508-1512]
STARRY NIGHT- VINCENT VAN GOGH (1889) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
THE SCREAM- EDVARD MUNCH (1893) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY- SALVADOR DAIL (1931) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
GIRL WITH A PEARL HEARING- JOHANNES VERMEER (1665) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC
The Night Watch- Rembrandt van Rijin (1642) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Guernica- Pablo Picasso(1937) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
PERGOLA: pergola is an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained PERGOLA ARCH
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WORLD ARCHITECTURE DAY 2021 World Architecture Day Date in the current year: October 4, 2021 World Architecture Day is a global observance held annually on the first Monday of October. It was inaugurated by the International Union of Architects in 1985 and was originally celebrated on the first Monday of July.
THE FLATIRON BUILDING NYC: Architects: Daniel Burnham · Frederick P. Dinkelberg
CATHEDRAL OF BRASILIA This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC