History and Theory of Architecture

  1. The Age of Enlightenment to the 19th Century
    1. Neoclassicism
      1. Influence of the Grand Tour and Archaeology
        1. Discoveries of Herculaneum
          1. Discoveries of Pompeii
            1. Winckelmann's Writings
              1. Piranesi's Etchings
              2. Rationalism and a Return to "True" Classical Forms
                1. Proportion and Symmetry
                  1. Use of Orders
                    1. Rejection of Baroque Excess
                    2. French Neoclassicism
                      1. Étienne-Louis Boullée
                        1. Visionary Architecture
                          1. Cenotaph for Newton
                          2. Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
                            1. Ideal Towns and Buildings
                              1. Salines Royales
                              2. Jacques-Germain Soufflot
                                1. Panthéon
                              3. British and American Neoclassicism
                                1. Robert Adam
                                  1. Kedleston Hall
                                  2. John Soane
                                    1. Bank of England
                                    2. Thomas Jefferson
                                      1. Monticello
                                        1. University of Virginia
                                        2. Benjamin Latrobe
                                          1. U.S. Capitol
                                        3. German Neoclassicism
                                          1. Karl Friedrich Schinkel
                                            1. Altes Museum
                                              1. Schauspielhaus
                                          2. The Industrial Revolution's Impact
                                            1. New Materials
                                              1. Cast Iron
                                                1. Structural Properties
                                                  1. Mass Production
                                                  2. Wrought Iron
                                                    1. Decorative Applications
                                                    2. Plate Glass
                                                      1. Large Openings
                                                      2. Steel (Late 19th Century)
                                                        1. Skyscraper Construction
                                                      3. New Building Types
                                                        1. Factories
                                                          1. Functional Requirements
                                                            1. Worker Housing
                                                            2. Railway Stations
                                                              1. St. Pancras Station
                                                                1. Gare du Nord
                                                                2. Exhibition Halls
                                                                  1. The Crystal Palace (Joseph Paxton)
                                                                    1. Modular Construction
                                                                      1. Prefabrication
                                                                        1. Great Exhibition of 1851
                                                                      2. Department Stores
                                                                        1. Au Bon Marché
                                                                        2. Markets
                                                                          1. Les Halles
                                                                        3. Engineering Achievements
                                                                          1. Bridges
                                                                            1. Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale
                                                                              1. Brooklyn Bridge
                                                                              2. Tunnels
                                                                                1. Thames Tunnel
                                                                            2. 19th-Century Eclecticism and Historicism
                                                                              1. The Battle of the Styles
                                                                                1. Debates on Appropriate Styles
                                                                                  1. Gothic vs. Classical
                                                                                  2. Gothic Revival
                                                                                    1. A.W.N. Pugin
                                                                                      1. "Contrasts"
                                                                                        1. True Principles of Architecture
                                                                                        2. Houses of Parliament
                                                                                          1. Charles Barry and Pugin
                                                                                          2. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
                                                                                            1. Restoration Theory
                                                                                              1. Notre-Dame de Paris
                                                                                            2. Other Revival Styles
                                                                                              1. Egyptian Revival
                                                                                                1. Moorish Revival
                                                                                                  1. Romanesque Revival
                                                                                                    1. Henry Hobson Richardson
                                                                                                  2. Beaux-Arts Architecture
                                                                                                    1. Academic Principles
                                                                                                      1. Symmetry
                                                                                                        1. Hierarchy of Spaces
                                                                                                          1. Classical Orders
                                                                                                          2. The École des Beaux-Arts in Paris
                                                                                                            1. Teaching Methods
                                                                                                              1. Prix de Rome
                                                                                                              2. The Paris Opéra (Charles Garnier)
                                                                                                                1. American Beaux-Arts
                                                                                                                  1. McKim, Mead & White
                                                                                                                    1. World's Columbian Exposition
                                                                                                                2. Early Modern Precursors
                                                                                                                  1. The Arts and Crafts Movement
                                                                                                                    1. William Morris
                                                                                                                      1. Red House
                                                                                                                      2. Handcraft and Social Reform
                                                                                                                        1. Philip Webb
                                                                                                                          1. Charles Rennie Mackintosh
                                                                                                                            1. Glasgow School of Art
                                                                                                                          2. Art Nouveau
                                                                                                                            1. Victor Horta
                                                                                                                              1. Hôtel Tassel
                                                                                                                                1. Innovation in Iron and Glass
                                                                                                                                2. Hector Guimard
                                                                                                                                  1. Paris Métro Stations
                                                                                                                                  2. Antoni Gaudí
                                                                                                                                    1. Sagrada Família
                                                                                                                                      1. Casa Batlló
                                                                                                                                      2. Organic Forms and Ornament
                                                                                                                                        1. Natural Inspiration
                                                                                                                                      3. The Chicago School
                                                                                                                                        1. The Skyscraper as a Building Type
                                                                                                                                          1. Urban Density
                                                                                                                                            1. Elevator Technology
                                                                                                                                            2. Steel Frame Construction
                                                                                                                                              1. Curtain Wall
                                                                                                                                              2. Louis Sullivan
                                                                                                                                                1. "Form Follows Function"
                                                                                                                                                  1. Wainwright Building
                                                                                                                                                    1. Carson Pirie Scott Building
                                                                                                                                                    2. Daniel Burnham
                                                                                                                                                      1. Flatiron Building
                                                                                                                                                        1. City Beautiful Movement

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