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Architecture practice

Classical orders
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A Greek column’s capital is carved with two large spiral scrolls. Which order is it?
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Styles, structure, and the landmarks that define them
How buildings are designed and how they stand up — the historical styles (Classical, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Modernist, Brutalist, and contemporary) and how to recognize each on sight, the structural ideas that make them possible (the arch, vault, dome, truss, load path, and cantilever), the great architects and the landmark buildings, and the core design principles (proportion, form vs function, materials, and site). Every explanation names the classic mix-up (Doric vs Ionic vs Corinthian columns, Gothic vs Romanesque, Art Deco vs Art Nouveau) and leaves a rule for reading the next building. For travelers, students, and anyone who wants to see a city more clearly.
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Curriculum

180 concepts across 28 chapters, from foundations through advanced practice — each one a concept the adaptive question bank can teach and test.

A. Reading a building: elements and vocabulary

7

B. Structure: loads and the load path

7

C. Spanning: post-and-lintel, arch, vault, and dome

7

D. Frames, trusses, cantilevers, and tension structures

7

E. Masonry, timber, and traditional materials

7

F. Iron, steel, concrete, and glass

6

G. Ancient Egypt and the Near East

6

H. Greek architecture and the orders

7

I. Roman architecture and engineering

7

J. Early Christian and Byzantine

6

K. Islamic architecture

6

L. South and East Asian traditions

6

M. African, Mesoamerican, and Indigenous American building

6

N. Romanesque

6

O. Gothic

7

P. Renaissance

7

Q. Baroque and Rococo

6

R. Neoclassicism, revivals, and the Beaux-Arts

6

S. The industrial century and the skyscraper

7

T. Modernism: Bauhaus and the International Style

7

U. Organic, regional, and mid-century modern

5

V. Brutalism and late modernism

5

W. Postmodernism, deconstructivism, and the contemporary

6

X. Housing, vernacular building, and the city

5

Y. Environmental performance and sustainability

8

Z. Building systems, codes, and life safety

7

AA. Practice: drawings, delivery, and the profession

6

AB. Preservation and adaptive reuse

7
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