Month: July 2023

Greek Architecture is concerned with simplicity, proportion, perspective, and harmony in buildings. Greek architecture includes some of the finest and most distinctive buildings ever built. Examples of Greek architecture include temples, theatres, and stadia, all of which become common features of towns and cities from antiquity onwards. Greek architects would go on to greatly influence...<a href="https://impressivearchitecture.com/2023/07/31/greek-architecture/" class="epl-more-link">Read More→</a>

Roman Architecture continued the legacy left by Greek architects and the established architectural orders, especially the Corinthian. The Romans were also innovators and they combined new construction techniques and materials with creative design to produce a whole range of brand new architectural structures. Typical innovative Roman buildings included the basilica, triumphal arch, monumental aqueduct, amphitheatre,...<a href="https://impressivearchitecture.com/2023/07/31/what-is-roman-architecture/" class="epl-more-link">Read More→</a>

Sustainability, the long-term viability of a community, set of social institutions, or societal practice. In general, sustainability is understood as a form of intergenerational ethics in which the environmental and economic actions taken by present persons do not diminish the opportunities of future persons to enjoy similar levels of wealth, utility, or welfare. The idea...<a href="https://impressivearchitecture.com/2023/07/31/what-is-sustainability-how-to-create-a-sustainable-future-theorizing-of-sustainability/" class="epl-more-link">Read More→</a>

Islamic Architecture, building traditions of Muslim populations of the Middle East and elsewhere from the 7th century on. Islamic architecture finds its highest expression in religious buildings such as the mosque and madrasah. Early Islamic religious architecture, exemplified by Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock (AD 691) and the Great Mosque (705) in Damascus, drew on...<a href="https://impressivearchitecture.com/2023/07/31/islamic-architecture/" class="epl-more-link">Read More→</a>

Byzantine Architecture, building style of Constantinople (now Istanbul, formerly ancient Byzantium) after AD 330. Byzantine architects were eclectic, at first drawing heavily on Roman temple features. Their combination of the basilica and symmetrical central-plan (circular or polygonal) religious structures resulted in the characteristic Byzantine Greek-cross-plan church, with a square central mass and four arms of...<a href="https://impressivearchitecture.com/2023/07/31/byzantine-architecture/" class="epl-more-link">Read More→</a>

Neoclassical Architecture, revival of Classical architecture during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The movement concerned itself with the logic of entire Classical volumes, unlike Classical revivalism (see Greek Revival), which tended to reuse Classical parts. Neoclassical architecture is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, Greek—especially Doric (see order)—or Roman detail, dramatic...<a href="https://impressivearchitecture.com/2023/07/31/neo-classic-architecture/" class="epl-more-link">Read More→</a>

Green Architecture, philosophy of architecture that advocates sustainable energy sources, the conservation of energy, the reuse and safety of building materials, and the siting of a building with consideration of its impact on the environment. In the early 21st century the building of shelter (in all its forms) consumed more than half of the world’s...<a href="https://impressivearchitecture.com/2023/07/31/what-is-green-architecture-sustainable-energy-principlesfeatures-of-grren-architecture/" class="epl-more-link">Read More→</a>