The Story of Architecture

abbey aisles ancient apse arcades arches architects architecture Art Nouveau Baroque basic basilica became Bernini blocks brick building built buttresses capital carved castle Cathedral central centre century BC Chapel Chinese Christian church classical colonnade colour columns complex concrete Corbusier corners court courtyard created curved decoration designed developed dome Doric early East Emperor empire England English entrance Europe example exterior façade feet floor gallery garden Gothic Greek Hagia Sophia hall Il Gesù Inigo Jones inside interior Islamic Islamic architecture later Le Corbusier lintel London look Mannerist masonry mihrab mosque nave original pagoda painted Palace Palazzo Palladian Paris pattern period Philibert de L'Orme pillars pyramid qibla rectangular Renaissance Renaissance architecture ribs Roman Romanesque Rome roof rooms round shape shrine side sikhara space square staircase stone story structure stupa style temple theatre tomb towers town tradition Uxmal vaults Villa walls wooden