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Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA), in New York City, New York. University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, in Notre Dame, Indiana. Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah. [50] Beaux-Arts Academy, in Salt Lake City, Utah. [51] Academy of Classical Design, in Southern Pines, North Carolina. The Classic Planning Institute ...
Vrana Palace - the building of the New Palace in "Vrana" is a two-storey massive building, executed in typical Bulgarian style with Secession elements, combined in an elegant Neo-Byzantine spirit. Church of St Paraskeva, Sofia (1926-1930) St. Nedelya Cathedral Church (10th century, 1933), Sofia
A façade or facade (/ f ə ˈ s ɑː d / ⓘ; [1]) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loanword from the French façade (pronounced), which means "frontage" or "face". In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important aspect from a design standpoint, as it sets the tone for the rest of the building.
The Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti on the Grand Canal; the 15th-century window style of the facade was extended to the sides in the 19th century. The Gothic Period arrived in Venice during a time of great affluence, when the upper class was funding the building of new churches as well as new, opulent homes for themselves.
Plateresque has been considered down to current times a Renaissance style by many scholars. To others, it is its own style, and sometimes receives the designation of Protorenaissance. [3] [4] Some even call it First Renaissance in a refusal to consider it as a style in itself, but to distinguish it from non-Spanish Renaissance works. [5]
A bucranium (plural bucrania) is an ox skull mascaron, usually used in Antiquity, for decorating funerary and commemorative monuments.The motif originated in a ceremony wherein an ox's head was hung from the wooden beams supporting the temple roof; this scene was later represented, in stone, on the frieze, or stone lintels, above the columns in Doric temples.
The Rizal Shrine in Calamba is an example of bahay na bato.. Báhay na bató (Filipino for "stone house"), also known in Visayan languages as baláy na bató or balay nga bato, and in Spanish language as Casa de Filipina is a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
The new square was a showcases of the new monumental Louis XIV style. The old brick and stone of the Henry IV squares was replaced by the Grand Style of monumental columns, which usually were part of the façade itself, rather than standing separately. All the buildings around the square were connected and built to the same height, in the same ...