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Architecture
Structures or parts of structures that are the result of conscious construction, are of practical use, are relatively stable and permanent, and are of a size and scale appropriate for--but not limited to--habitable buildings. Works of architecture are manifestations of the built environment.
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Architecture and liturgy

Early Christian art and architecture after Constantine

Medieval churches: sources and forms

Gothic architecture, an introduction

Common types of mosque architecture

The stupa

Buddhist monasteries

Visiting Babylon

Chinese Buddhist cave shrines

Hindu temples

Royal palaces of Seoul

Roman domestic architecture: the insula

Roman domestic architecture: the villa

Contemporary Native American Architecture

Classical orders of architecture explained

Modern Architecture as Heritage

A Landmark Decision: Penn Station, Grand Central, and the architectural heritage of NYC

Medieval synagogues in Toledo, Spain

The rediscovery of Pompeii and the other cities of Vesuvius

Mission churches as theaters of conversion in New Spain

Classical Architecture in Viceregal Mexico

Early Viceregal Architecture and Art in Colombia

International Style architecture in Mexico and Brazil

Italo-Roman building techniques

The origins of Byzantine architecture

Early Byzantine architecture after Constantine

Innovative architecture in the age of Justinian

Byzantine architecture during Iconoclasm

Middle Byzantine church architecture

Regional variations in Middle Byzantine architecture

Middle Byzantine secular architecture and urban planning

Byzantine architecture and the Fourth Crusade

Late Byzantine church architecture

Late Byzantine secular architecture and urban planning

Greek sanctuaries as artistic hubs

Architecture in 18th-century Germany

Spanish Gothic cathedrals, an introduction

Pueblo architecture and its relationship to place

The English castle: dominating the landscape

Royal tombs of the Joseon Dynasty

The World’s Columbian Exposition: The Midway

Sultanate art and architecture, an introduction

Thai Buddhist monasteries

Private tombs, portals to the afterlife

Gothic architecture explained

Romanesque architecture, an introduction

What is: brutalism?

Sikh sacred places

“Creative iconoclasm”: a tale of two monasteries
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