Open House day - London

18:21 Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greek Architecture, Architecture, Classical Architecture, London, London 2012, Modernism, Open House day, Roman Architecture No Comments

The Open House weekend is on every year for a weekend. This weekend is when nearly all the buildings  are open to the public. The Open House weekend is held in cities such as New York, Dublin, Galway, Barcelona, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Click here to get more information on this beautiful sculpture designed and made by Thomas Heatherwick and his studio.

The well known RIBA the Royal Institute of British Architects building was also on show on the weekend and had a free pass to see both exhibitions that were on: DESIGN STORIES and 5 BY FIVE. Learn More...

The highlight of the 2012 Open House was the Gherkin which was closed for a couple of years and was reopened this year. Click here to find out more...

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Basilica

21:59 Architecture, Basilica, Christianity, Classical Architecture, Roman Architecture, Roman empire, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City No Comments

Basilica was usually a public building in the Roman cities. They started to appear regularly in cities around 2nd century BC. They sometimes were represented as important religious buildings and later was really important to the church. It was built using stone and marble. Furthermore it used glass in later stages. Basilicas are now a symbolic place to the Christians as St. Peter's Basilica is located in Vatican City.

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Stadium

21:13 Ancient Greek, Ancient Greek Architecture, Architecture, Athens, Classical Architecture, engraved illustrations, Stadium No Comments

The Greek civilization has made a lot of very important inventions and designs that changed the course of Architecture. One of them is the stadium a oval shaped construction that held sport events in it. The oldest known stadium is a stadium in Olympia, Greece where the Olympic games of antiquity were held from 776BC. The Olympic games was a celebration in favour of the gods, where the best athletes from all over the country gathered and showed their skills to win the competition for their cities.   

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Greek Temples

21:43 Ancient Greek Architecture, Athens, Classical Architecture, engraved illustrations, Greek Temples, Ionic, The Parthenon No Comments

Most ancient Greek temples were 2 times as long as they were wide. The Greek architects first developed the idea of columns holding up the ceiling and was specially planed. There were different kinds of temples there were small temples like this:

Naos is where the people used to come in and pray to their gods. There were lots of different temples that were made in favour of their main god that they worshipped.

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Architecture of Ancient Greece

14:35 Ancient Greek Architecture, Architecture, Athens, Classical Architecture, Columns, Corinthian, Doric, engraved illustrations, Greek, Olympic Stadium, Stadium, Tuscan No Comments

Ancient Greek Architecture is best known for it's temples most of which are found throughout their region. They also were first to build a open air theatre and was first constructed as early as 350BC. There are some theatres that survived. Usually the ancient Greek period is associated with temples and other famous constructions that were made in that architectural period. However the main invention that was made during that period are the Capitals/Columns that held up the ceilings in temples and other buildings. This was a revolutionary discovery and was yet to show its real influence and excellence on the architectural history. 

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Classical Architecture column types

22:13 Classical Architecture, Columns, CompositeArchitecture, Corinthian, Doric, engraved illustrations, Greek, Ionic, Roman, Tuscan No Comments

Doric Order: It is most used and the traditional order to associate with classical architecture. The column was first designed in Greece but developed in the Roman period.

Tuscan Order: It was developed in the Roman architectural period and didn't appear in any ancient Greek constructions.

Ionic Order: The Ionic was also widely spread and was later adopted by the Romans, it was very popular and beautiful.

Corinthian Order: The capitals ornately decorated with acanthus leaves and were similar style to the Ionic order column.

Composite Order: Is a combination of the Ionic and the Corinthian order capitals.

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Classical Architecture

16:10 Ancient Greek, Architecture, Classical Architecture, Greek, Roman No Comments

Classic architecture is a period of architecture that developed from Greek and Roman Architecture and is classical antiquity. Only Greek architecture during the control of Alexander the Great and after his supremacy. The Classical period was revived in the 18th century and the early 19th century. It was mainly constructed using stone, marble and columns. It was revolutionary and was a major change in the history of architecture and construction. This idea was used to build arches, churches and palaces.

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