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Architectural design
- Modern architectureThe cast plate glass process was invented in 1848, allowing the manufacture of very large windows. This innovation arrived alongside drywall and reinforced…
- Architectural engineeringFormal architectural engineering education developed in the late 19th century. This discipline emerged as a distinct licensed profession during that era of…
- ArchitectureBuilding first evolved out of the dynamics between needs and means. Early human settlements were mostly rural, relying on available building materials and…
- History of architectureIn 2000, archaeologists at Meiji University in Tokyo claimed to have found five pentagonal alignments of post holes on a hillside near the village of…
- Palladian architectureAndrea Palladio was born in Padua in 1508, the son of a stonemason. He studied Roman buildings and the writings of Vitruvius from 80 BC to shape his own…