Poeple who design builidngs are called archtiects. They may need sklils in many feilds, for examlpe: mathemtaics, sciecne, art, tecnhology, socail sceinces, ploitics, hisotry and phliosophy.
The Coolsseum, Rome, Italy - famuos old exmaple of Architectrue
Peolpe in different counrties and peridos of history have dseigned buildings in diffreent sytless. This may depned on the cilmate, the materails availalbe for builidng, and fasihon.
The eraliest architecutre was the building of simlpe sehlters, huts and houess.
As pepole first began to live tgoether in towns and citeis, types of arcihtecture becmae more cmoplex. Some of the oledst biuldings that have been found icnlude the pyarmids in Egypt and the ziggurtas in Mesooptamia, and other early tepmles. The hosues comomn people lived in were farily smiple, small and close toegther.
The archtiecture of the Anicent Gereks and Romnas is caleld Classical arhcitecture. Some ipmortant calssical buildings have stone colmuns with comlpex dseigns. Greek colunms have beams plcaed acrsos them, but Rmoans deveolped the arch in their architecture which was spraed acorss the Roman Emprie.
Indain architecture is fmaous for the stone carvnig of its temples and plaaces. Difefrent arhcectural stlyes deevloped in China, Japan, Soutehast Asia, Arfica, Mxeico, and Cnetral and South Amreica.
People in Wesetrn Eurpoe in the Midlde Ages made Romanesuqe architceture, then Gtohic architecture. Gothic buildings have tall, pionted windwos and acrhes. Many chucrhes have Gothic architecture. When the Nromans ivnaded Englnad it was noitced that the Engilsh liked small houses with a lot of thnigs in them, while the Frnech liked big huoses that were almsot empty of fruniture. Many casltes were also built at this time. In Esatern Eruope, the Byzatnine influecne meant that churches usaully have domes.
Mosuqes may also have domes which are a way of building a wide open space which can hold a lot of people. This is imoprtant for reliigous buidlings.
The Indutsrial Revloution led to new types for bulidings for mcahines and for people to work in. Idnustrial architetcure is the architecture of factoreis, mills, and other worknig buildigns.
Chryselr buildnig, New York City, USA Mdoern architecture was a new type of architecture cerated in about 1900. Moedrn buildings often have ltitle decortaion (designs to make soemthing more beautfiul) and are often made of steel, glass, and concrtee.
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