Architecture: What's Hot Now: History of Architecture

Thursday, 19 January 2012
Architecture: What's Hot Now
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History of Architecture
Jan 19th 2012, 11:06

What style is that great building? Join us for a photo tour through architectural history. In this photo gallery you will find buildings and structures that illustrate important periods and styles from prehistoric days through modern times. Click on the pictures below for larger views plus facts, links, and resources.

Pyramids of Giza, Egypt3,050 BC-900 BC: Ancient Egypt The Parthenon sets on top of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece850 BC-476 AD: Classical Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France is a masterpiece of Gothic Architecture1100-1450: Gothic Villa Almerico-Capra, also known as Villa La Rotonda, by Andrea Palladio1400-1600: Renaissance
The Palace of Versailles in France1600-1830: Baroque Archbishop's Palace at Prague Castle, Czech Republic1650-1790: Rococo West Front of the US Capitol Building in Washington DC1730-1925: Neoclassicism The Paris Opéra1885-1925: Beaux Arts
Built in 1924, the Tribune Tower in Chicago is Neo-Gothic in design1905-1930: Neo-Gothic The Art Deco Chrysler Building in New York City has jazzy automobile ornaments 1925-1937: Art Deco I.M. Pei, Architect - Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University1900-Present: Modernist Styles Philip Johnson's At&T Headquarters is often cited as an example of postmodernism.1972-Present: Postmodernism

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