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LESSON 8 Architecture

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ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURE

• Art aims to satisfy the aesthetic


requirements of the buildings
without disregarding the need for
a sound structure with complete
utilities.
• A vehicle for artistic expression
in three dimension.
TYPES OF ARCHITECTURAL
CONSTRUCTIONS

• Post and
Lintel
- a system in which two
upright members, the
posts, hold up a third
member, the lintel, laid
horizontally across their
top surfaces.

Example: Stonehenge
And Greek Parthenon
GREEK PARTHENON
THE ARCH
• Showing an amused
feeling of being
superior to or
knowing more than
other people.

• Paris's Arc de Trio


mp
the was the tallest
triumphal arch
THE CANTILEVER

• Structural part
projecting
horizontally
and anchored
at one end only.
• The Forth Bridge Scotland
Materials
used in
architecture
MATERIALS USED IN ARCHITECTURE

• Stone
• Wood
• Iron
• Steel
• Concrete
• Brick
MATERIALS USED IN ARCHITECTURE

• Stone - Massive
and virtually
indestructible
MATERIALS USED IN ARCHITECTURE

• Wood – beautiful and


versatile material for
buildings
MATERIALS USED IN ARCHITECTURE

• Iron is essential in the construction of durable


buildings and structures that can withstand heavy
loads and resist the effects of weather and time.

• Examples:
decorative balconies,
railings,
verandahs, fences,
and window grills
MATERIALS USED IN ARCHITECTURE

• STEEL -
• Strong metal of
iron alloyed
with small
amount of
carbon and
variety of other
metals.
MATERIALS USED IN ARCHITECTURE

• Concrete- manufactured mixture of cement


and water with sand and stones which hardens
rapidly by chemical combination.
MATERIALS USED IN ARCHITECTURE
• Brick - which has been
used since the 4th
millennium bce, was
the chief building material in
the ancient Near East. The
versatility of the medium
was expanded in ancient
Rome by improvements in
the manufacture of both
bricks and mortar and by
new techniques of laying and
bonding.

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