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A trip back in time...zeroing in on advances in architectural design, form and function through the ages with a look at European, Asian and Indian architecture, Baroque and British Victorian, plus a look up at the modern skyscraper ...

Architecture : History - Check out this closely related topic to the history of architectural styles here at chiff.com.

Ancient Greek Art & Architecture - Brief introduction to Greek architectural orders including links to major sites covering the topic in more comprehensive detail.

Ancient Roman Architecture - Great Buildings Online - One-stop browsing for an extensive catalog of illustrated examples covering Roman temple and civic architecture with related links and resources.

Netserf: Architecture - Check out the top sites for medieval and Gothic architecture, plus related sites in categories including abbeys and monasteries, architectural sculpture, castles, cathedrals and churches, cities and towns.

Architecture in Renaissance Italy - Part of The Metropolitan Museum's Timeline of Art History, with thumbnail bios of noted architects of the period, links to other sources, and a drop down search to related areas on site.

Architecture - The Art of Asia - Cyber exhibit from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts with virtual tours of historic Japanese and Chinese rooms in their collection, along with more on Indian religious architecture, online educational videos.

Ancient Indian Architecture - Grand overview of highlights from the history of royal and religious architecture with related resources focusing on Hindu temples, Mughal, Indo-Saracenic and Indo-Islamic architecture.

Triumph of the Baroque - A complete tour of religious, commercial, military and civic architecture of the period from the archived exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Highly recommended.

Victorian Architecture - In-depth look at the style from the Victorian Web, with historic examples, architects' bios, bibliography, and links to further resources.

Skyscrapers - A mile-high mountain of data together with lists of the world's tallest together with images, news, facts, and profiles of individual designers.

also see in History -> Ancient Egypt | Ancient Greece | Ancient Rome

Middle Ages | Renaissance | 17th Century | 18th Century

19th Century | 20th Century