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Roman
4th Century Rome (Model)
c. 300-350, Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome

     

French
Abbey Church at Cluny
1088-1130

         

French
Abbey Church of Notre-Dame, Fontenay
1139-47, Fontenay

     

French
Abbey Church of Notre-Dame, Jumieges
c. 1040-1067, Jumieges

     

German
Abbey Church of Saint Michael, Hildesheim
c. 1010-1033, Hildesheim

       

French
Abbey Church of Saint Philibert, Tournus
after 1020, Tournus

             

Frankish
Abbey Church of Saint Riquier, Monastery of Centula
dedicated 799, Centula

 

French
Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
1135-1144, Paris

                   

French
Abbey Church of Sainte Foy, Conques
c. 1050-1120, Conques

           

French
Abbey Church, Silvacane
c. 1175-1230, Silvacane

   

Greek
Acropolis
c. 447-406 BCE, Athens

         

Roman
Agora Gate from Miletus
c. 165, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin

 

Islamic
Al-Aqmar Mosque
1125, Cairo

   

French
Albi Cathedral
1282-1390, Albi, Languedoc

       

Islamic
The Alhambra
14th Century, Granada

         

Bohemian
Altneuschul
c. 1250-1300, Prague

 

German
American Grain Silos, in Deutscher Werkbund Jahrbuch
1913, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

 

Roman
Amphitheater at Pompeii
c. 80-70 BCE, Pompeii

   

Roman
Aqueduct
c. 50, Segovia

   

Roman
Ara Pacis Augustae
13-9 BCE, Rome

                   

Roman
Arch of Augustus
27 BCE, Rimini

 

Roman
Arch of Augustus
9 BCE, Susa

     

Roman
Arch of Constantine
312-315, Rome

               

Roman
Arch of Septimius Severus
203, Forum Romanum, Rome

       

Roman
Arch of Septimius Severus
203, Lepcis Magna, Tripoli

 

Roman
Arch of the Argentarii
204, Forum Boarium, Rome

     

Roman
Arch of the Sergii
c. 10-20, Pola

 

Roman
Arch of Tiberius
c. 25, Orange

   

Roman
Arch of Titus
c. 81, Rome

             

Roman
Arch of Trajan
c. 114-118, Benevento

       

Roman
Arch of Trajan, Timgad
c. 150-200, Timgad

 

Mesopotamian
Architectural Decoration from the Temple of Inanna
c. 1500-1400 BCE, Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

     

Egyptian
Architectural Relief with an Angel in a Medallion and Nilotic Motifs
c. 500-800, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 

Byzantine
Arian Baptistery
before 526, Ravenna

                     

Greek
Athenian Agora
c. 500-150 BCE, Athens

           

Roman
Aula Palatina (Audience Hall of Constantine Chlorus)
c. 310, Trier

       

Roman
Aurelianic Walls of Rome
271-275, Rome

 

Mesopotamian
Babylon
7th-6th Century BCE

   

American
Bacon's Castle
c. 1655, Surry County, Virginia

       

Italian
Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence
1059-1128, Florence

         

Italian
Bargello
c. 1254-1346, Florence

   

Roman
Basilica at Pompeii
c. 130-120 BCE, Pompeii

   

Italian
Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
1008 (rebuilt in present-day form), Torcello, Venice

 

Roman
Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (Basilica Nova)
306-13, Rome

         

Roman
Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
c. 550-1250, Rome

 

Italian
Basilica of San Marco
c. 1060, Piazza San Marco, Venice

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Roman
Baths at Herculaneum
before 79, Herculaneum

 

Roman
Baths of Caracalla
c. 211-17, Rome

           

Roman
Baths of Diocletian
c. 298-306, Rome

     

Roman
Baths of Neptune
c. 139, Ostia

 

German
Bernward's Column
c. 1015, Hildesheim Cathedral

 

Italian
Bishop's Throne, Santa Maria Assunta
c. 639, Torcello

 

Islamic
Blue Mosque, Tabriz (Muzaffariyah)
1465, Tabriz

 

Roman
Blue Wall, House with the Large Portal
c. 62-79, Herculaneum

 

Neolithic European
Bodowyr Dolmen
c. 3000-2000 BCE, Llangaffo, Wales

 

Neolithic European
Borger Long Dolmen
c. 25000 BCE, Borger

 

American
Boston and Lowell Railroad Car House
1835, Lowell, Massachusetts

 

American
Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham
1826-1830, Waltham, Massachusetts

 

German
Braunschweig Guild Hall
Braunschweig

 

Roman
Brawl in the Pompeii Amphitheater from House I,3,23
c. 60-79, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

 

American
Bremo
1816-1820, Fluvanna County, Virginia

 

Neolithic European
Browne's Hill Dolmen (Kernanstown Dolmen)
c. 3300-2900 BCE, Carlow

 

Italian
Ca' Bembo
c. 1350-1400, Venice

   

Italian
Ca' Contarini-Fasan
begun 1475, Venice

   

Italian
Ca’ da Mosto
c. 1200-1300, Grand Canal, Venice

 

Italian
Ca' Farsetti
c. 1200-1250, Venice

 

Italian
Ca' Foscari
begun 1452, Venice

 

Native American
Cahokia
c. 1050-1650, Illinois

 

Neolithic European
Cairn at Balnuaran of Clava
c. 5000-2500 BCE, Balnuaran of Clava, Inverness

 

Neolithic European
Cairnholy I Chambered Cairn
c. 3,000-2,000 BCE, Wigtown

 

Neolithic European
Callanish Stones
3000-2200 BCE, Lewis

   

Italian
Campanile (Leaning Tower of Pisa)
begun 1173, Pisa

 

Byzantine
Capella Palatina, Palermo (Palatine Chapel)
c.1140, Palermo

                                               

French
Capital with the Flight to Egypt, Saint Andoche, Saulieu
c. 1150, Saulieu

 

Roman
Capitolium
c. 120-130, Ostia

 

Neolithic European
Carnac Megaliths
c. 3300 BCE, Carnac

       

Spanish
Carthusian Monastery of Santa Maria de la Defensión
1667, Jerez de la Frontera

 

Neolithic European
Castlerigg Stone Circle
c. 3200 BCE, Keswick

 

Roman
Catacomb of Saint Sebastian
c. 125-150, Via Appia, Rome

 

Neolithic Anatolian
Çatalhöyük (Catal Huyuk)
7,400-6,200 BCE

   

Italian
Cathedral Complex, Pisa
begun 1063, Pisa

 

French
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Amiens
begun 1220, Amiens

                 

French
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres
begun 1134, Chartres

           

French
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Le Puy-en-Velay
c. 1100-1150, Le Puy-en-Velay

   

French
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris
begun 1163, Paris

       

French
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims
c. 1211 - 1428, Reims

               

French
Cathedral of Saint Etienne, Bourges
c. 1195-1260, Bourges

     

Spanish
Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela
1078-1122, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia

             

French
Cathedral of Saint Pierre-d'Angoulême
c. 1125-1150, Angoulême

 

Byzantine
Cathedral of Santa Sophia
1037-46, Kiev

 

Byzantine
Cefalù Cathedral
c. 1145-1160, Cefalù

             

Islamic
Ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira
c. 1490, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

   

Islamic
Ceiling Panel from the Palace of Haft Dast
c. 1597-1629, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

 

Byzantine
Chamber of King Roger, Norman Palace
Mid 12th century, Palermo

     

French
Chapel of Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe, Le Puy-en-Velay
begun 962, Le Puy-en-Velay

 

French
Château de Chambord
1519-1547, Loir-et-Cher

   

French
Chateau of Balois
1515, Balois

 

French
Château of Chenonceau
1513-1521, Touraine

 

American
Chicago Columbian Exposition, 1893
1893

 

American
Chicago Tribune Building, Competition Entry
1922

 

American
Chicago Tribune Building, Competition Entry
1922

 

Italian
Chiostro dello Scalzo
14th c, Florence

 

American
Christ Church, Lancaster County
1732, Lancaster County, Virginia

   

Syrian
Christian Community House, Dura-Europos
c. 240-256

 

French
Church at Rioux
c. 1100-1200, Rioux

 


Church of Kathisma of the Virgin, schematic plan drawing
6th Century, Outside of Jerusalem City, Jerusalem

 

French
Church of La Trinite, Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen
c. 1062, Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen

 

German
Church of Saint Cyriakus
961-973, Gernrode

           

German
Church of Saint Elizabeth, Marburg
1235-1283, Marburg

   

French
Church of Saint Martin, Nohant-Vicq
c. 1100-1150, Nohant-Vicq

 

Byzantine
Church of Saint Panteleimon, Nerezi
c. 1164, Nerezi

 

French
Church of Saint-Etienne, Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen
c. 1060-1130, Abbaye-aux-Dames, Caen

       

French
Church of Saint-Georges, Ydes
c. 1150-1200, Ydes

   

French
Church of Saint-Julien, Brioude
c. 1150, Brioude

 

French
Church of Saint-Maclou
1432-1521, Rouen

   

Spanish
Church of San Jose, Laguna Pueblo
1699-1700, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

   

Spanish
Church of Sant Vincenc
c. 1020-1040, Cardona

   

Roman
Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli (Baths of Diocletian)
c. 298-306, Rome

 

Visigothic
Church of Santa Maria, Quintanilla de las Vinas
c. 650-700, Quintanilla de las Vinas

   

Italian
Church of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan
Begun 1080, Milan

   

Roman
Church of Santi Quattro Coronati
4th c, Rome

   

Byzantine
Church of the Dormition
c. 1080, Daphni

   

Roman
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
630 and after, Jerusalem

   

Byzantine
Church of the Monastery of Christ in Chora
c. 1310-1321, Chora

             

Byzantine
Church of the Virgin, Monastery of Saint Catherine
c. 565, Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai

 

Celtic
Chysauster Village
1st-3rd c, Chysausterr, Cornwall

 

Aegean
Cistern at Zakros
c. 1450 BCE, Zakros, Crete

 

Mesopotamian
Citadel and palace complex of Sargon II
c. 721-706 BCE, Khorsabad

     

Aegean
Citadel at Tiryns
c. 1300-1200 BCE, Tiryns

               

Islamic
Citadel of Aleppo
1209-1210 c

 

Aegean
Citadel of Mycenae
c. 1300-1201 BCE, Mycenae

                         

Greek
City of Troy
1800-1300 BCE, Troy

         

American
City Tavern, New Amsterdam
1641-1642

 

Byzantine
City Walls of Constantinople
Begun 412-13, Istanbul

 

Celtic
Clickimin Broch
1st c BCE, Lerwick

 

Neolithic European
Cnoc Fillibhir Stones
c. 3000-2000 BCE

 

French
Collegiate Church of Saint-Urbain, Troyes
begun 1262, Troyes

   

Roman
Collegium of the Augustales
before 79, Herculaneum

 

German
Cologne Cathedral
begun 1284, Cologne

       

Roman
Colonnade of the Forum Transitorium (Le Colonnacce)
97, Rome

 

Roman
Column of Antoninus Pius
c. 161, Musei Vaticani, Rome

     

Roman
Column of Marcus Aurelius
c. 180-185, Rome

         

Mesopotamian
Copper Frieze from Tell Ubaid
c. 2500 BCE, British Museum, London

 

American
Court of Honor, Chicago Columbian Exposition
1893

   

Neolithic European
Creevykeel Cairn
c. 5000-2500 BCE, Cliffony

 

American
Davis Railroad Depot
1913-1914, Davis, California

   

Neolithic European
Decorated Vase from Dimini
c. 4800 BCE, National Archaeological Museum, Athens

 

French
The Désert de Retz
1775, Désert de Retz, Chambourcy

 

Neolithic European
Dimini
c. 4800 BCE, Dimini

 

Neolithic European
Dolmen-des-follets
c. 3500-3000 BCE, Saint-Grave, Brittany

 

Islamic
Dome of the Rock
begun c. 691, Jerusalem

                                             

Italian
Doors of the Church of San Salvatore de Birecto
1087, Church of San Salvatore de Birecto, Atrani

   

Greek
Doric and Ionic Orders

 

English
Dover Castle
c. 1150 and later, Dover

 

American
Drayton Hall
1742, Charleston, South Carolina

 

American
Drayton Hall
1738-1742, Charleston, South Carolina

     

Greek
Dreros Temple
c. 750-700 BCE, Dreros, Crete

 

Celtic
Dun Carloway Broch
1st c BCE, Dun Carloway, Lewis

 

English
Durham Cathedral
1087-1133; 1242-c. 1280, Durham

         

Neolithic European
Durrington Walls
c. 2,600 BCE, Wiltshire

 


Early 19th Century Mule Shop
1835, British Library, London

 

Levantine
Ebla

 


Elements of a Skyscraper
20th Century

   


Elements of Architecture: Arch, Vault, and Dome

           

Islamic
Elements of Architecture: Arches and Muqarnas

 


Elements of Architecture: Basilica-Plan and Central-Plan Churches

 

American
Elijah Clarke Cabin
c. 1750-1800, Lincoln County, Georgia

 

English
Ely Cathedral
begun c. 1100, Ely

   

Neolithic European
Entremont
c. 190-120 BCE, Entremont

 

Mesopotamian
Etemenanki Ziggurat at Babylon
c. 626-562 BCE, Babylon

 

Etruscan
Etruscan Tumuli
c. 500-600 BCE and later, Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri

 

Greek
Europa and the Bull (Metope from Temple Y, Selinus)
c. 560-550 BCE, National Museum, Palermo

 

English
Exeter Cathedral
14th c, Exeter, Devon

 

American
Fairbanks House
1636, Dedham, Massachusetts

 

Neolithic European
Female Figure from Hagar Qim
c. 3500-2500 BCE, National Museum, Valetta

 

American
Fielding Lewis House
1752-1756, Fredricksburg, Virginia

 

Roman
Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum)
70-80, Rome

           

Italian
Fondaco dei Tedeschi
1505-1508, Grand Canal, Venice

           

Italian
Fondaco dei Turchi
c. 1225, Venice

       

American
Fort Worth Santa Fe Station
1899, Fort Worth, Texas

   

Roman
Forum and Capitolium, Pompeii
before 70, Pompeii

 

Roman
Forum at Pompeii
2nd c BCE, Pompeii

 

Roman
Forum Baths at Pompeii
c. 80-70 BCE, Pompeii

     

German
Forum Fredericianum
1740, Berlin

 

Roman
Forum of Augustus
c. 27 BCE, Rome

 

Roman
Forum of Trajan
c. 110-113, Rome

   

Roman
Forum Romanum
c. 100-1 BCE, Rome

     

Islamic
Fountain of the Kucuk Efendi Complex
1825

 

Neolithic European
Fourknocks Passage Grave
c. 3000 BCE, Naul

 

Roman
Fourth Style mural paintings from the Domus Aurea
64-68, Rome

 

Roman
Fragment from the Ara Pacis Augustae
13-9 BCE, Musée du Louvre, Paris

 

Etruscan
Francois Tomb
c. 350 BCE

   

Mesopotamian
Frieze with Inlays of Cows
c. 2400-2250 BCE, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

 

Egyptian
Funerary Chapel of Ramose at Thebes
c. 1450-1372 BCE, Tomb of Ramose (No. 55), Thebes

     

Egyptian
Funerary temple of Hatshepsut
c. 1473-1458 BCE, Deir el-Bahri

     

Egyptian
Funerary Temple of Rameses II at Thebes (Ramesseum)
c. 1279-1213 BCE, Luxor

 

Etruscan
Gabled Tomb at Populonia
c. 500-450 BCE, Populonia

 

Hiberno-Saxon
Gallarus Oratory
c. 500-900, County Kerry

 

Neolithic European
Gavrinis Passage Grave
c. 3500 BCE, Ile de Gavrinis, Brittany

               

American
George Wythe House
c. 1750-1760, Williamsburg, Virginia

 

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