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Three types of structures are associated with the religious architecture of early Buddhism: monasteries , places to venerate relics , and shrines or prayer halls (chaityas, also called chaitya grihas), which later came to be called temples in some places.
Durankulak is located in Bulgaria, on the west coast of the Black Sea, Dbruja district. The earliest stone architecture in continental Europe was discovered here. Pyramid of Djoser: Saqqara, Egypt: 2667–2648 BCE Tomb Oldest large-scale cut stone construction [70] Luxor Temple: Luxor, Egypt: 1400 BCE Religious The oldest standing building ...
The megalithic structures of Ġgantija, Tarxien, Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Ta' Ħaġrat, Skorba and smaller satellite buildings on Malta and Gozo, first appearing in their current form around 3600 BC, represent one of the earliest examples of a fully developed architectural statement in which aesthetics, location, design and engineering fused into ...
Early civilizations developed, often independently, in scattered locations around the globe. The architecture was often a mixture of styles in timber cut from local forests and stone hewn from local rocks. Most of the timber has gone, although the earthworks remain. Impressively, massive stone structures have survived for years.
The earliest forms of columns in Greece seem to have developed independently. As with Minoan architecture, ancient Greek domestic architecture centred on open spaces or courtyards surrounded by colonnades. This form was adapted to the construction of hypostyle halls within the larger temples.
In the early 19th century, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin wrote Contrasts (1836) that, as the title suggested, contrasted the modern, industrial world, which he disparaged, with an idealized image of neo-medieval world. Gothic architecture, Pugin believed, was the only "true Christian form of architecture."
Architectural style • Architecture timeline: 1900–present. 6000BC–1000AD • 1000–1750 • 1750–1900 • 1900–Present
8th millennium BC – Lahuradewa architecture in Ganges plains of India. Early Mehrgarh settlement sites in Indian subcontinent. Earliest town sites with simple residential neighbourhoods in Jarmo, Jericho, and Ain Ghazal on the Levant. 10th millennium BC – Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, an ancient structure believed to be the first place of worship.