ISLAM, SHAHJADA (PRINCE) DATE: FEB 27 2015

TD1-09 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY NO. 1

ADVENT OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE: LATE 18TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY

PANTHEON, ROME

UNKNOWN, 128 AD

LIKES

1. THE DOME ENCOMPASSES THE MAJORITY OF THE STRUCTURE,

WHICH LOOKS NICE.

2. THE SYMMETRY BETWEEN THE COLUMNS IS NOTABLE.

3. THE CENTER OF THE TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT ACTS AS A FOCAL

POINT FOR THE FRONT VIEW.

4. THERE IS AN OPENING AT THE TOP OF THE DOME, WHICH LOOKS NICER THAN IF THE DOME

WAS CLOSED.

DISLIKES

1. WATER CAN GET IN FROM THE TOP OF THE DOME.

2. THE COLOR OF THE STRUCTURE IS NOT VERY EXCITING.

3. THE COLUMNS IN THE FRONT ARE RATHER PLAIN.

4. THE BUILDING IS VERY OLD, AND LOOKS BATTERED DOWN.

US CAPITOL BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C

WILLIAM THORNTON, 1800

LIKES

1. THE HIERARCHICAL DOME IS INNOVATIVE.

2. THE BUILDING IS COMPLETELY SYMMETRICAL TO THE Y-AXIS.

3. THE DOME IS VERY ELABORATE; IT HAS IT'S OWN COLUMNS AND

WINDOWS.

4. THE STAIRCASES ADD TO THE GRANDEUR OF THE BUILDING.

DISLIKES

1. GOING UP THE LONG FLIGHT OF STAIRS CAN BE DIFFICULT.

2. THE STYLE IN GENERAL IS RELATIVELY PLAIN.

3. THE STATUE ON TOP LOOKS LIKE AN APPENDAGE, IT STANDS OUT FROM THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE IN A

NEGATIVE WAY.

4. THE WINDOWS ARE BLAND.

MONTICELLO ESTATE, VIRGINIA

THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1772

LIKES

1. THE MATERIAL ISN'T LIMITED TO CONCRETE AND PLASTER;

THE MAJORITY OF THE STRUCTURE IS BRICK.

2. THE CIRCULAR WINDOWS ON THE DOME ARE BEAUTIFUL

DETAILS.

3. THE STEP-LIKE DOME IS A WONDERFUL INNOVATION.

4. THERE ARE MANY WINDOWS, WHICH ALLOW ABUNDANT LIGHT TO ENTER.

DISLIKES

1. THE COLUMNS IN THE FRONT ARE VERY PLAIN.

2. THE HOUSE AS A WHOLE IS VERY SIMPLISTIC.

3. THE BARRICADES ON THE TOP LEVELS HAVE NO PURPOSE.

4. THE BUILDING IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND OVERLY LUXURIOUS FOR A SIMPLE HOME.

VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL, VIRGINIA

THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1785

LIKES

1. THE BUILDING IS STRIKINGLY WHITE.

2. THE FRONT PROJECTS OUT OF THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE.

3. THE FLIGHT OF STAIRS ADDS GRANDEUR.

4. THE BUILDING IS LESS COSTLY THAN OTHERS LIKE IT.

DISLIKES

1. THERE ARE FEW STYLISTIC DETAILS.

2. THE WINDOWS IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING HAVE NO FUNCTION.

3. THE BUILDING IS BORINGLY SYMMETRICAL.

4. THERE IS NO SENSE OF HIERARCHY.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA

THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1825

LIKES

1. THE IDEA OF A “COLLEGE QUAD” IS PRACTICAL AND INTERESTING.

2. THE OCULUS IS MADE OF GLASS, WHICH PREVENTS WATER FROM

ENTERING.

3. THE BUILDING IS A COMBINATION OF CONCRETE AND BRICK,

RATHER THAN JUST ONE OF THE TWO.

4. THE ROTUNDA IS LINED BY WINDOWS TO LET IN ABUNDANT LIGHT.

DISLIKES

1. THE DESIGN IS TOO SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE PANTHEON.

2. THE BARRICADE HAS NO PRACTICAL OR AESTHETIC FUNCTION.

3. THE BUILDING IS SMALL BUT COSTLY.

4. THERE IS NO HIERARCHY PRESENT.

US CAPITOL BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C

WILLIAM THORNTON, 1800

LIKES

1. THE MAIN COLOR IS LIGHT YELLOW, RATHER THAN WHITE.

2. THE SINGLE PILLAR WITH THE STATUE SERVES AS A FOCAL POINT

FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.

3. THE LARGE ARCHED WINDOWS IN THE SECOND LEVEL GIVE A

SENSE OF GRANDEUR.

4. AN ARRAY OF STATUES LINES THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

DISLIKES

1. THE MAIN ENTRANCE SHOULDN'T BE RED, IT STANDS OUT GLARINGLY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.

2. THE STRUCTURE IS BASICALLY A BUNCH OF WINDOWS! NOTHING REALLY STANDS OUT.

3. THE BUILDING IS RATHER PLAIN.

4. THE BUILDING IS EVEN ON ALL SIDES, THE TOP OF THE BUILDING IS JUST AS WIDE AS THE BASE.