Comparing Hadrian's Villas And The Marsh View Home

The housing stock is varied. There are split level homes and ranches that were built in the 60’s and give parts of the town an old world, small town feel. The stately older homes have made way for newer Mediterranean styled and ranch style houses with lots of garden space and tree-lined backyards.

Admire and embrace the similarities and differences between the Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic, Georgian, Swiss Chalet and Queen Anne. Notice which stately residence lean towards the simple moldings and columns to the tall massive arched columns and elongated windows; see pitched roofs and square towers.

"Presented itself as a hoary building, of the early stage of Classic Renaissance," – describes Bathsheba’s house. It is described as ornate and moss-covered.

The lavish estate and elaborate gardens were built in the early 20th century between 1914 and 1923; a time in U.S. history known as the American Renaissance; when the wealthy would build extremely opulent residential estates inspired by the European Renaissance. Vizcaya presently consists of 50 acres of land; with the villa, gardens and remaining native forests, of which has been conserved from its original 180 acres. The grand estate was built by and served as the winter home for businessman/ international Harvester and conservationist, James Deering. The poetic seaside grounds original 180 acres consisted of dense inland native tropical forests and shoreline mangrove swamps before being purchased by Deering and transformed in to the magnificent

The history of Architecture started long time ago. The nomadic were groups of people whom move from one place to another in order find shelter and food to survive. As they progress, their techniques to survive evolve. The need for a permanent shelter became vital for a better stability of the group. This is the time when the first structures that provided protection appeared. Post and lintel were the first forms of Architecture, that satisficed the basic needs. Architecture evolved to be more sophisticated and fulfill the people’s needs. Consequently, Architecture evolved throughout different periods such as: Ancient architecture, Romanesque, The medieval, Renaissance, Early modern, and the industrial age, Modernism and Contemporary

It is very clear that ancient buildings can be a part of the evidence to show what happed in the history. As a part of ancient culture, architectural languages have the significant vale in both culture and construction. The temple of Hera, which becomes the sign of Greek classic architecture even the whole Europe, plays an important role in the Greece history and culture . This essay will start an analysis from the structure and component of the temple of hera to present that how can cultural factors affect the form and functions of a building.

A Roman Villa was a upper-class country house built for Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. A Roman Villa is a brilliant architecture complexes and were decorated with paintings and sculpture. A Villa of a wealthy Roman family was much larger and more delightful than a regular standard Roman house. A Roman Villa had multiple rooms. The multiple rooms included a triclinium (dining room), peristyle (garden), impluvium (pool), culina (kitchen), and cubiculum (the bedrooms). Some Roman Villas had sloping roofs, covered in broaded tiles. The Roman Villas windows were covered with blinds of linen, but most likely covered with shutters of wood. The very wealthy had glass windows. Roman villas had water straight piped to them. Lead pipes brought water to the villa.

As the saying goes, great art is mad with its own loveliness. Over the decades, Greek-inspired architecture has been seen all over the world. Ideas are often borrowed while constructing buildings, monuments, and even houses. Greeks mostly used wood, limestone, unbaked bricks, terracotta and metal for construction. Most architecture were inspired by religion, politics, and form of recreation. Of all designs from Greek architecture three of them have withstood the test of time and their application can be seen today. They include Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian order. However, each order is distinct from the other and one cannot differentiate unless trained. This paper will look at Doric and Corinthian orders while comparing and contrasting them. It will also trace their prevalence and popularity throughout history.

The first building that I want to look at and discuss is called the Domus Aurea. The Domus Aurea is a villa, located in Rome, built by Nero, in 64 A.D. This structure was very elaborate in design, especially in regards to the ornaments adorning the house. Examples include gold

Many architectural and urban forms and elements that we witness today are largely influenced by how buildings were design and laid in Rome. Not only in terms of its external design that brought upon important messages but the design of interiors and the significance of spatial arrangement of spaces exist within them has created the sense of physical experience in the buildings as well. Rome’s urban development and the rise of architectural movement began during the time of Augustus

Historical buildings play an important role in describing the social and cultural beliefs and values of a place of its establishment. People visiting the historic buildings are able to develop a proper insight into the community beliefs and practices that exist at the time of construction of a building (DuTemple, 2003). In this context, the present essay examines and evaluates the way in which the architectural building of ‘The Colosseum’ describes the societal and cultural values of Rome. In addition to this, the essay also demonstrates the technical and spatial features of the buildings and illustrates the way through the building is able to develop a language of classical architecture in Rome. The thesis statement of the present essay can be stated as ‘The extent to which the architectural building of ‘The Colosseum’ in Rome depicts the cultural and societal values and principles practiced in Ancient Roman Society’.

Features that appear to be typical for terrace houses came as a result of different chapters in building acts and also appear for the two case studies we will be examining in the next chapters. In order to describe just a few main defining characteristics and details

History and Exploration of Villas Villa is the Latin word for farm, and can also mean 'a large country

and aesthetic modifications such as decorative wood trims. While these expansions paled in comparisons to the stately manor homes of European’s nobility, they still represented a dramatic improvement, and opened the way for larger estates that would increase throughout the 18th century.Butler argues that the “Whether in the choices available or unavailable, the sources of materials, imported or domestic, orthe simple care, quality, and sophistication of work, residents of the mainland

Doing so, he managed to design the most captivating section of his estate, the Great Canopus and Serapeum, which have roots in ancient architecture, while also displaying Hadrian’s own capability to produce innovative designs through many different elements of their construction.