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Parthenon

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Iktinos and Kallikrates
Classical
Marble
- Doric columns
-Built in Athens
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Pantheon

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Unknown
Roman
Stone and poured concrete
- devoted to Roman gods
-corinthian columns
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Arch of Constantine

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Unknown
Roman
Stone and Marble
- Last and largest triumphant arches built in Rome’s decline

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Hagia Sophia

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Anthemius and Isidorus
Byzantine
Stone
-minarets were added when it was converted to a mosque

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Reims Cathedral

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Unknown
Gothic
Stone
- Pointed arches, flying buttresses and rib vault

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Sant’ Andrea

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Alberti
Early Renaissance
Stone
-Admired post and lintel construction of classical temples and Roman arch

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Tempietto

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Bramante
High Renaissance
Stone
-Considered “gem of high renaissance”

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Villa Rotunda

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Palladio
High renaissance
Painted stucco over brick
-based on palladio’s knowledge of roman architecture

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St. Ivo

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Borromini
Baroque
Stone
- designed for uni of rome
- plan based on star of David shape, symbol of wisdom
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Monticello

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Thomas Jefferson
Neo-classical
Brick and wood
- inspired by palladio
-Helped influence "federal style"
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Royal pavillion

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Nash
Romanticism
stone and cast iron
- built as retreat for King George IV
- Same guy designed trafalgar square and Buck palace
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Houses of Parliament

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Barry and Pugin
Gothic revival
Stone
-mix of classical and gothic styles

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Crystal Palace

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Paxton
Victorian
Cast and wrought iron and glass
-Burned down
-prefab
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Workshop wing of Bauhaus

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Gropius
International style
Steel, glass, concrete veneer
-concrete and steel core means walls are mere curains
-universal appeal
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Falling Water

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Frank Lloyd Wright
International style
Reinforced conrete, glass, local stone
-FLW popularised style in US
-reinturpretated idea of country house
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Notre Dam du Haut

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Le Corbusier
No style
Reinforced concrete
- inspired by planes, trains and automobiles(rip john candy)

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Seagram building

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Mies van der Rohe
International Style
steel, reicforced concrete, class
- no details or decorations 
-"Less is more"
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Habitat

A

Moshe Safdie
No style
prefab conrete models
-Alternative to highrise apts

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AT&T Building

A 
Johnson
Post-Modern
Structured steel, concrete, granite
- deviation from plain rectangular prisms
- Inspired by palladio's designs
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East Wing of National Gallery

A

I.M. Pei
No style
Structural steel, conrete marble
-modern functional structure that would relate to existing ones

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