Posts Tagged Modern Architecture
Journey from Ancient to Modern Architecture!
Posted by Architect in Architecture on April 20, 2012
Architecture | Ancient and Modern World!
Architecture is a science itself. Although, it does not fall under the category of sciences, it can still be called as “Architectural Science”.
Architecture is something that cannot be learnt or memorized… You have to feel it to understand the essence of design.
Designing in a specific architectural style gives a special meaning and feel to the space/structure/place (town, city etc).
Something that is so intriguing about Architecture is the fact that the lines, shapes and forms you draw on paper are actually transformed into a live structure on the ground.
What could be more fascinating than this particular fact!
When a kid makes a craft model by following the instructions from a craft book, he feels tremendously happy about his creation.
From the above example, if we are to replace the kid with an Architect and the craft model of paper replaced with the real structure on earth; how much more amazing does that sound!
Have a look at the video below. It covers the wide range of Ancient and Modern Architectural styles…
Also, check out the other video on Amazing Structures.
Architectural Styles | Evolution of Architecture
Posted by Architect in Architecture on July 26, 2011
Journey from Ancient Architecture to Modern Architecture
Egyptian Architecture (3000BC – 100AD)
Ancient Egyptian Architecture is mainly based on religious monuments, massive structures with extensive carvings of gods, goddesses, pictorial representation of daily life, structures having thick sloping mud walls with very few openings for ventilation since the climate in Egypt is very hot and dry.

Temple of Horus | Ancient Egyptian Architecture
The “Temple of Horus” at Edfu is an example of the Ancient Egyptian Architecture. It is very well preserved even today and is considered as an “Architectural Sculpture”. The carvings done on the walls of the structure were considered as ornamentation in Egyptian period.

Pyramids of Giza | Ancient Egyptian Architecture
The Great Pyramid of Giza and Great Spinx of Giza are architectural monuments of ancient Egyptian Period. They are very popular for their uniqueness in massing and proportions.
The materials used in the Ancient Egyptian period were sun baked mud brick, stone, limestone. Granite and sandstone were also used at certain places. Wood wasn’t used as a material for construction since it was scarcely available.
Important Projects of Le Corbusier | Modern Architecture Exemplified
Posted by Architect in Biographies on May 7, 2010
Le Corbuier was an architect, painter and a philosopher. He became a powerful thinker of new urban theories and propounded a bold, modern architecture.
In 1951, he was appointed Architectural Adviser to the Punjab government for designing the new capital city, Chandigarh. This city represents the expression of his revolutionary ideas and is where his greatest monuments have been erected.
Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright became the pioneers of Modern Architecture….
He lived his austere life and admired the simple and the useful. He was not only an architect and a planner but a painter, a sculptor, in secret a poet, a visionary whose view encompassed all that concerns man. Above all, Corbusier was a great humanist whose primary preoccupation was the welfare of man. He worked in India for a pittance and did not die a rich man.