Essay On The History Of Architecture

The history of architecture is quite long and there is so much to learn! There is so much to learn and I have so many questions! I wish I could ask famous architects, as the reason they built it, there's a particular pattern of colors or patterns they chose for that building, there's a reason they built that building, or if they were going through something that has influenced their reasoning on why they built it as they did.

The branches of architecture are civil, religious, naval, military and landscape architecture. The history of architecture highlights changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, general stylistic tendencies and dates. Architecture is a form of art and a science. It is an art because it is a way to express

The term "Early Modern" has gained popularity in describing this cultural movement. This period of cultural rebirth is often credited with the renewal of the scholarship in Classical Antiquities. In 1496, when Charles VIII returned with several Italian artists from his conquest of Naples, the Renaissance spread to France at the end of the fifteenth century. Because of the different social climate, this required new buildings like; the colosseum, the residential district, hospitals and larger academies. Civil construction as roads and bridges began to be built. The Romans further used the arch, the vault and the dome, which were all used just before, mainly in Europe. Their innovative use of Roman concrete has simplified the construction of many public buildings of extravagant dimensions throughout the empire. These include Roman temples, Roman baths, Roman bridges, Roman aqueducts, Roman ports, Roman amphitheatres, Roman circus palaces, and even churches in the late empire. Architects such as Philibert Delorme, Androuet du Cerceau, Giacomo Vignola and Pierre Lescot, were inspired by new ideas and architecture continued to thrive in the control of Henry II and Henry

Every famous architect has a story along with their creations. Every architect has a reason to build and design a building like they did. People like Frank Lloyd Wright, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Louis Sullivan and many other amazing architects have a story behind them and where they come from. Similar to me, I loved the idea of building something, I used to play with legos and create huge skyscrapers. I did not know, I was so passionate at such a young age. I always looked at the Bank of America downtown, I always loved all the windows and I said "I'll build it one day." Frank Lloyd Wright, was fascinated by the Wisconsin landscape. "The modeling of the hills, the weaving and the fabric that sticks to them, the appearance of everything in soft green or covered with snow or in full summer light that bursts into the glorious glow of autumn," he later recalled. "I still feel part of it like the trees, the birds and the bees and the red stalls." I feel as if Mr. Lloyd Wright and I share the same passion not only for architecture, but for design and thought process that is put into