ABOUT
ARCHITOLOGY
ArchitologyTM is a world-wide educational repository for all things pertaining to lesser known Buildings and Sites. The format is a blog on a single subject that will be curated and added to the collection monthly. Suggestions or executive summaries are welcome to be submitted and will be reviewed for inclusion on the following basis:
- Can a whimsical spin be put on the story line perhaps with some interesting anecdotal sidebars ?
- Is this a project that may be regionally known but is not on the front line of public awareness or understanding?
- Are good color and black and white visuals/videos available as to what the project may have looked like ?
- Has the project been written about in detail, such that the interested viewer may explore further, i.e. books, articles, monographs, etc.?
WHO WE ARE
Allan Ross, Curator
BLA (Guelph), MLA (Harvard), M.Arch. (Harvard)
Allan has taught on the faculties at Harvard, University of Guelph and Ryerson University. He was part of the team in Canada including scientists and engineers that pioneered Low Energy Building Technology which evolved into the LEED platform we know today. He is presently Partner in charge of Design for the Dallas based firm, WaaL architecture.
BUILDING
STYLE EPOCHS
Prehistoric Times
11,600 BCE to 3,500 BCE
Ancient Egypt
3,050 BCE to 900 BCE
Classical
Greek, Hellenistic and Roman
850 BCE to CE476
Byzantine
527 to 565
Romanesque
800 to 1200
Gothic
1100-1450
Renaissance
1400 to 1600
Baroque/Rococo
1600 to 1830
Neo-classicism
1730 to 1985
Art Nouveau
1890 to 1914
Beaux Arts
1895 to 1925
Neo-Gothic
1905 to 1930
Art Deco
1925 to 1937
Post-modernist
Modernist/Post-modernism/Neo-modernism
1900 to present
OUR
LATEST BLOGS
Versailles in the Jungle – a Despot’s Mad Extravagance
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- 09-24-2021
Mobutu Sese Sako takes control of Zaire, Africa by military coup in 1965. As leader of Africa’s 2nd largest state, Mabotu’s regime lasted 3 decades
Aqua et Oleum Hotel
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- 04-15-2021
meet Markus Sittikus, the mastermind behind the marvel; this is a site where the Gardens are the most important elements and the buildings become background, in a support role;
Yaodong Pit Houses
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- 09-24-2021
Yaodong means “cave building”, Yaodong are a series of buildings (caves) dug horizontally or vertically into the earth. Dwellings are able to withstand temperature variations
Schloss Hellbrun and Trick Water Gardens
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- 12-05-2020
meet Markus Sittikus, the mastermind behind the marvel; this is a site where the Gardens are the most important elements and the buildings become background, in a support role;
Ellora Caves
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- 12-05-2020
– built between 600 – 1000 CE the caves remained hidden in jungle growth until 1819; – know only to the locals, Ellora was discovered by a British officer on a tiger hunt;
White Temple
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- 12-05-2020
In the 20th century Wat Rong Khun was in a state of decay. Although restoration had commenced, it was soon halted due to lack of funds. Enter Chalermchai Kositpiptat, renowned Thai artist,
Quinta da Regaleira, aka Palace of Monteiro the Millionaire
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- 04-15-2021
In the 20th century Wat Rong Khun was in a state of decay. Although restoration had commenced, it was soon halted due to lack of funds. Enter Chalermchai Kositpiptat, renowned Thai artist,
Peles and Pelisor Castles
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- 11-02-2020
If you’re going Castle hunting in Europe you may have the fine structures in France at the top of your list, or perhaps Neushwanstein Castle in Austria, which is considered the most beautiful castle in the world due to its magnificent setting;
Cuban School of the Arts
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- 11-02-2020
In 1961, post-revolution, Fidel Castro and Che Guevera were playing golf on the deserted Country Club Park course whose members had fled the country; Che proposed the creation of a multi-cultural school for the Arts to be open for students from third world countries;
Coral Castle
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- 11-02-2020
Built by ONE man between 1923 and his death in 1951. The original Castle know as “Ed’s Place” and later as “Rock Gate” was started in 1923 on a different site 10 miles away and over a period of three years circa 1936 it was moved and expanded in its current location
Cluny Abbey
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- 11-02-2020
The Abbey was built in 3 phases between the early 4th and 11th centuries; It was the religious center for Europe for over 200 years; It was the largest church in Christendom for over 500 years until the rebuilding of St. Peter’s in Rome in the 1600’s;
Aspendos, Turkey
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- 11-02-2020
In south-central Turkey exist probably the most technologically advanced Aqueduct and best preserved Amphitheater of the Roman era; Aspendos appeared to flourish at its high point in the 2nd and 3rd century AD, when the Eurymedon River was navigable from the city to the Mediterranean;
43D – Marlatt House 1888
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- 11-02-2020
The Marlatt House is representative of one of the finest examples of Victorian brick architecture in Canada and is the largest home built in Old Oakville; Situated at the mouth of Sixteen Mile Creek, lots were offered for sale in 1833, with the construction of the Marlatt House appearing toward the end of the build-out cycle;
Villa Jovis
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- 12-05-2020
Situated on Monte Tiberio on the northeast corner of Capri. The site lies 334m. above the Mediterranean. Residence of Rome’s 2nd Emperor, Tiberius from 27 AD to 37 AD
Paris Expo 1900
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- 12-05-2020
Exposition ran from mid-April to mid-October 1900. Centered in the middle of Paris bordering the Seine, the site covered 543 acres