Louis Sullivan – “Form follows function”
the early americas
Marcus Vitruvius Polio – “Architecture must
meet 3 requirements: strength, beauty, and
unity” “Firmitas, Venustas, Utilitas” “Treatise de
Architectura”
Walter Gropius – “art and architecture, the new
unity”
Le Corbusier – “Cube within a cube”
Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe – “Less is more”
Adolf Loos – “Ornament is a crime”
Antonio Gaudi – “form does not necessarily
follow function”
Louis Khan – “A house is a house”
Kenzo Tange – “modern architecture need not
to be western”
Robert Venturi – “less is bore”
Alvar Aalto – “father of fantastic architecture”
Walter Gropius – Bauhaus
Rumah Adat – Indonesian traditional housing
Ta’is – Chinese pagoda
Batak Architecture – architecture that includes
boat-shaped jabu homes
Ottomans – mastered the technique of building
vast inner spaces confined seemingly weightless
and yet massive domes
Mamluks – breathtaking flowering of Islamic art
which is most visible in old Cairo
Taj Mahal – represents the pinnacle of Mughal
Islamic Architecture in India
The Great Mosque of Xi’an – first Chinese
mosque established in the 7th century during
tang dynasty
Bakheng – first temple mountain constructed in
the area of Angkor proper north of Seam Reap
Bricks – Main building material used by builders
in the construction of the earliest angkorian
temples
Borobudur – biggest stupa which is found in
Indonesia
the pyramid el Castillo or the castle of the
mayans is also famously known as Temple of
Kukulkan surrounded by the vastness of the
Yukatan forest
Incas – were especially skilled stone masons of
Coricanchas – means enclosure of gold
Fortress of Sacsayhuaman – part of machu
pichu complex that is made famous for its big
zigzag form of fortress
A,A,A,C,C,C,C,B,A,A,C,B,B,A,C,C,A,A,A,C
Dayak Long House - Indonesian house, 10 to
70m long
Borobudur – Stupa of the replica of the
universe
Wayang Golek – form of puppet theatre found
in bandung and other parts of Indonesia
Chakri – place residence of Thai royal family
Islam – chief religious influence in Malaysia
after the long Indian Dravidian periods
Brunei Darussalam – small Islamic country
found in eastern Malaysia called Sarawak
French Colonial – architectural style in Vietnam
named after their western colonizers
Temasek - old name of Singapore from the
word ‘Tumacik’ meaning sea town
Vientiane – known as the city capital of Laos
Naga – thai snake or dragon ornamentation
Summer – only climate of Singapore that
resulted to its adaptation of the British
architecture
Shop House – old house and business
residences found in the urban side of Singapore
Burma – two types of this temple is the stupa
style and the Gu-style
Tema Melayu – malaysia’s old name meaing
malay land
Cyberjaya – location of Malaysia’s seat of
parliament where the perdana putra mosque is
accb
Marble – greatest mineral in Greek architecture
Amphiprostyle – greek temple type with a
portico of columns in the front and the rear
Megaron – The Aegean mainland domestic unit
Palaestra – Greek word for wrestling school
Pillars of Victory – memorial columns to record
triumphs of victorious generals
Etruscan – they were great builders, sailors and
craftsmen
Carceres – starting stall in a roman circus

Impluvium – a cistern set in the atrium of a

roman house

Neptune – roman god of the sea

Agripa – chief architect of the pantheon at

Rome

Three parts of a temple column of the greeks:

Shaft, Capital, Base

3 classes of tombs used by romans: Pyramid,

Temple shaped tomb, Sculptured memorial

2 architects of the Flavian amphitheater:

Vespian, Domithian

2 orders introduced by the romans to the

classical order: Composite, Tuscan

Egyptian Temple of Rameses II

Ziggurat

Roman Colosseum

Stonehenge