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      • The Introduction presents the development of architecture in the period from 1680 to 1820 as the result of changing interactions between architects, patrons, and the public, a new third party whose importance increased as the century proceeded.
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  2. Mar 28, 2017 · Abstract. The Introduction presents the development of architecture in the period from 1680 to 1820 as the result of changing interactions between architects, patrons, and the public, a new third party whose importance increased as the century proceeded.

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    For building design and construction, the eighteenth century represents a period of transition. Engineers and architects, formerly lumped together, assumed separate identities and functions. The increasing complexity of buildings and bridges helped to spur training for architects, engineers, and builders, who until then had little formal instructio...

    In 1768 John Smeaton (1724-1792) described himself as a civil engineer and began a new vocation. From the earliest times up through the Middle Ages, public works such as the construction of aqueducts and harbors were carried out by armies and their captives. The technology was based on experience of trial and error, passed on by word of mouth. With...

    The closing years of the eighteenth century saw a move from an approximation of the world to what one scholar has called the "universe of precision." Up to that time, in the world of everyday reality, nature always got the better of man. Builders had exhausted the limits of geometrical reasoning and gauging dimensions by what they could see. There ...

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    Forest de Bélidor, B. Architecture hydraulique, ou l'art de conduire, d'élever et de ménager des eaux. Paris: 1737-1753. Perez Gomez, Alberto. Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Picon, Antoine. French Architects and Engineers in the Age of Enlightenment. Translated by Martin Thom. Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress, 1988. Smeaton, John. Narrative of the building...of the EddystoneLighthouse. London: 1791.

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    • 11,600 BCE to 3,500 BCE — Prehistoric Times. Archaeologists "dig" prehistory. Göbekli Tepe in present day Turkey is a good example of archaeological architecture.
    • 3,050 BCE to 900 BCE — Ancient Egypt. In ancient Egypt, powerful rulers constructed monumental pyramids, temples, and shrines. Far from primitive, enormous structures such as the Pyramids of Giza were feats of engineering capable of reaching great heights.
    • 850 BCE to CE 476 — Classical. Classical architecture refers to the style and design of buildings in ancient Greece and ancient Rome. Classical architecture shaped our approach to building in Western colonies around the world.
    • 527 to 565 — Byzantine. After Constantine moved the capital of the Roman empire to Byzantium (now called Istanbul in Turkey) in 330 CE, Roman architecture evolved into a graceful, classically-inspired style that used brick instead of stone, domed roofs, elaborate mosaics, and classical forms.
  3. The transition of architecture to the modern world gave rise to a series of fundamental questions, which might be framed as follows: How did historical conditions place pressure on the time-honored foundations of architecture, on its origins, theories, and pedagogies?

  4. Discover the history of British architecture through the diverse collection of buildings in our care. From medieval barns built of timber and stone to the Modernist structures of the 20th century, our buildings record past traditions, ways of life and the influence of social and technological change.

  5. How to tell Greek Revival from Colonial Revival and more. This guide is intended as an introduction to American domestic architectural styles beginning with seventeenth-century colonial architecture through the Colonial Revival architecture of the early twentieth century. The guide focuses on common stylistic trends of New England and is ...

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