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Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Emma Letizia Jones
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Karl Friedrich SchinkelIntroductionKarl Friedrich Schinkel (b. Neuruppin, 1781–d. Berlin, 1841) was a celebrated Prussian architect, theatre set desig...
Kenzo Tange
Zhongjie Lin
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
Kenzo TangeIntroductionKenzo Tange (Tange Kenzō, b. 1913–d. 2005) was arguably the most prominent Japanese architect in the 20th century. His long car...
Libraries
Paul Ranogajec
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
LibrariesIntroductionLibraries are an ancient building type. Beginning with the first literate societies—the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, I...
Marion Mahony Griffin
Shiben Banerji
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
Marion Mahony GriffinIntroductionMarion Mahony Griffin (b. 1871–d. 1961) excelled in a range of creative endeavors as extensive as the geographic expa...
McKim, Mead & White
Richard Guy Wilson
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
McKim, Mead & WhiteIntroductionThe New York partnership of Charles Follen McKim (b. 1847–d. 1909), William R. Mead (b. 1846–d. 1928), and Stanford Whi...
Medieval Castles of Britain and Ireland from the 11th to the 15th Century
John R. Kenyon
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Medieval Castles of Britain and Ireland from the 11th to the 15th CenturyIntroductionThe study of this subject has a long pedigree, from the late 18th...
Mimar Sinan (“Architect Sinan”)
Selen B. Morkoc
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2022-05-26
Mimar Sinan (“Architect Sinan”)IntroductionSinan (b. 1490–d. 1588) served as the Chief Imperial Architect of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century fo...
Modern Architecture in Latin America
Kathryn O'Rourke
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Modern Architecture in Latin AmericaIntroductionThe definitions of “Latin America” and “modern architecture” have long been debated, are routinely con...
New York City
Chelsea Bruner
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2022-01-12
New York CityIntroductionThe island of Manhattan is one of five boroughs that comprises modern-day New York City. Joining the neighboring boroughs of ...
Notre-Dame Cathedral of Reims
Nancy Wu
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Notre-Dame Cathedral of ReimsIntroductionThe Notre-Dame Cathedral of Reims is one of the most important masterpieces in the history of architecture. C...
Ornament in Europe: From Antiquity to the Twentieth Century
Caroline van Eck
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Ornament in Europe: From Antiquity to the Twentieth CenturyIntroductionIn this article ornament is defined as a decorative feature of objects and buil...
Ostia, Origins through Empire
Mark A. Locicero
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2022-05-26
Ostia, Origins through EmpireIntroductionOstia was a city in the Roman Empire located on the west coast of Italy, approximately 25 kilometers west of ...
Paris
Sean Weiss
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
ParisIntroductionThe architecture of the city of Paris encompasses a history of more than two millennia. Paris’s earliest known architecture dates to ...
Pompeii, Origins through Destruction
Ivo Van der Graaff
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Pompeii, Origins through DestructionIntroductionOn 24 August 79 CE the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed the southern Bay of Naples, burying the to...
Roman Republican Architecture
John Hopkins
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Roman Republican ArchitectureIntroductionThe designation “Republican” refers to the Roman political period, traditionally dated between 509 and 31 bce
Rome, Origins Through Empire
Pier Luigi Tucci
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2021-10-27
Rome, Origins Through EmpireIntroductionRome was not built in one day. The eternal city was founded in 753 BCE and only few remains dating from the Ar...
Rudolph M. Schindler
Judith Sheine
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Rudolph M. SchindlerIntroductionR. M. Schindler (b. 1887–d. 1953) was born in Vienna, Austria, and received architecture degrees from the Vienna Polyt...
Schools
Dale Allen Gyure
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
SchoolsIntroductionThe literature of school architecture tends to break in two different directions. On one hand, practical advice guides written by a...
Shakers
Julie Nicoletta
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
ShakersIntroductionArriving in the colony of New York in 1774 from England, Ann Lee and her eight followers set about creating a model communal societ...
Skyscrapers
Gail Fenske
Subject: Architecture Planning and Preservation »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
SkyscrapersIntroductionOur knowledge of the skyscraper as a building type is based on research exploring the type’s many facets, among them architectu...
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