west point builds a commanding new library and learning
... style into the 21stcentury. 1,586 tons of granite clad the entire building. Hand-tooled stone block mined from the same quarry as adjacent structures clad the two end towers, and design details such as sandstone window surround, a three-dimensional West Point arch at the main entry, and double-heigh ...
... style into the 21stcentury. 1,586 tons of granite clad the entire building. Hand-tooled stone block mined from the same quarry as adjacent structures clad the two end towers, and design details such as sandstone window surround, a three-dimensional West Point arch at the main entry, and double-heigh ...
Glossary of Architectural Terms
... the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in the Palace's 990,000 square feet (92,000 m2) of exhibition space to display examples of the latest technology developed in the Industrial Revolution. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building w ...
... the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in the Palace's 990,000 square feet (92,000 m2) of exhibition space to display examples of the latest technology developed in the Industrial Revolution. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building w ...
Religious Buildings in - Kansas Historical Society
... Episcopalians, Lutherans, Presbyterians and Disciples of Christ to prefer steep roofs or at least high interior spaces when possible. Cost may have played an even greater role. A number of small congregations started out in modest buildings with shallow roofs, but later added a larger sanctuary with ...
... Episcopalians, Lutherans, Presbyterians and Disciples of Christ to prefer steep roofs or at least high interior spaces when possible. Cost may have played an even greater role. A number of small congregations started out in modest buildings with shallow roofs, but later added a larger sanctuary with ...
Romanesque Architecture Introduction Name: Introduction to
... elements. It is the rounded Roman arch that is the basis for structures built in this style. It is important to note that since the life and death of Christ, almost every major artistic and architectural movement was named after a location or leader (think Byzantine and Hiberno-Saxon). The building ...
... elements. It is the rounded Roman arch that is the basis for structures built in this style. It is important to note that since the life and death of Christ, almost every major artistic and architectural movement was named after a location or leader (think Byzantine and Hiberno-Saxon). The building ...
St. Nicholas of Tolentino monastery and church in
... conductivity or a great possibility of an empty space (air). During the nineteenth century there were a few wars, also social movements, and strong political changes occurred in the country. So it was very common to make tunnels to communicate different places inside a town. For example: between an ...
... conductivity or a great possibility of an empty space (air). During the nineteenth century there were a few wars, also social movements, and strong political changes occurred in the country. So it was very common to make tunnels to communicate different places inside a town. For example: between an ...
Sacred architecture
Sacred architecture (also known as religious architecture) is a religious architectural practice concerned with the design and construction of places of worship and/or sacred or intentional space, such as churches, mosques, stupas, synagogues, and temples. Many cultures devoted considerable resources to their sacred architecture and places of worship. Religious and sacred spaces are amongst the most impressive and permanent monolithic buildings created by humanity. Conversely, sacred architecture as a locale for meta-intimacy may also be non-monolithic, ephemeral and intensely private, personal and non-public.Sacred, religious and holy structures often evolved over centuries and were the largest buildings in the world, prior to the modern skyscraper. While the various styles employed in sacred architecture sometimes reflected trends in other structures, these styles also remained unique from the contemporary architecture used in other structures. With the rise of Abrahamic monotheisms (particularly Christianity and Islam), religious buildings increasingly became centres of worship, prayer and meditation.The Western scholarly discipline of the history of architecture itself closely follows the history of religious architecture from ancient times until the Baroque period, at least. Sacred geometry, iconography and the use of sophisticated semiotics such as signs, symbols and religious motifs are endemic to sacred architecture.