Architecture
Use these architecture resources to learn more about famous buildings and structures around the world, classic and modern house plans, building a house, famous architects, and more.
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![detail of the corner of an ornate stone urban building](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/Ihpn1L4m-KaEsRhAryu2fVluuMs=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/architecture-Florence-143194815-crop-5bb6d17b46e0fb0026a2f852.jpg)
What's a Quoin? Corner Stones
![wooden sculpting with flat top, swirl volutes on each side, and leafy ornamentation on the surface](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/wsZYPl-w6l9qoFvblq1dCJ_SgVc=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/composite-460267677-56da59915f9b5854a9ddb01d.jpg)
The Ancient Roman Composite Column
![Silhouette of back of a person's head with large headphones in computer glow](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/gMxy2cQSbYwRXeOel8K1Q50CSak=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/computer-1971168-crop-58896e0f3df78caebc124ef4.jpg)
CAD and BIM Architecture and Design Software
![repurposed building](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/F4TSyZQnNQnZ2Z-S2DurtVOnZQg=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/adaptive-reuse-refineryhotel-roofbararea-JCraven-crop-59c40b9c68e1a20014715c57.jpg)
Giving Old Buildings New Life Through Adaptive Reuse
![A worker installs a building model during the Beijing Winter Real Estate Fair](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/_FM93C8PvcELFRabGOm-Wowf3tU=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/architecture-models-school-72820074-5bc759ebc9e77c00515ff90e.jpg)
Start to Be an Architect in High School
![Detail of tops of corinthean columns](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/cjE4f1vmLoMMqjnsxRr9mxCeOiY=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/column-corinthean-157192255-crop-592f4e7b5f9b585950332bc6.jpg)
The History of Corinthian Columns
![Half-timbered Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/IGkQr7cg73LPHVZMGLRFcVy4qfQ=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/timbered-169898538-56aad6655f9b58b7d0090106.jpg)
The Look of Medieval Half-Timbered Construction
![Futuristic towers and skyscrapers make up the skyline of Shanghai City in China](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/kMQUV5DEBxbt9XXiXjjyGIHZCbs=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/china-500354734-577981493df78cb62c711238.jpg)
10 Free High-Interest Lessons - Architecture for All Ages
![Hands pointing to a floor plan on a digital tablet, with architectural drawings being modified behind it.](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/0Nbwv0yTjf_AxqgJyWZs6q5foGQ=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/Floorplan-461555447-57a6925c3df78cf459669686.jpg)
Tools for Drawing Simple Floor Plans
![illustration of the tops of three column types, the second more ornate than the first and the third is the most ornate](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/Q8jhQOA-d_ull36Nxm0vs37JRJs=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/column-capitals-88021880-crop-58f4026a5f9b582c4df91fe6.jpg)
Styles and Types of Columns, Posts, and Pillars
![The angle of the sun pronouncing the intricacy of the roof shape and diagonal shingling](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/1gH1BVbClsUH84J82SzQ9_AbSBY=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/roof-168262250-crop-59a6e9a622fa3a0010aa3a27.jpg)
Roof Styles and Shapes
![Front view of majestic Doric temple of Segesta against gramatic sky in Sicily, Italy](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/qkkVE86RXBE8x6ukly72OfKdAWE=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/front-view-of-majestic-doric-temple-of-segesta-against-gramatic-sky-in-sicily--italy-1049533578-b3c243df40734a3380ae67665bfa5c04.jpg)
A Pediment Can Make Your Home a Greek Temple
![Ionic Columns of the US Treasury Building in Washington, DC](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/Fdml_hBWQUo_JezwKJNcJ5pDQQo=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/ustreas-ionic-520643773-56aad60b3df78cf772b49110.jpg)
All About the Ionic Column
![Building a Tower c.1200, masons check angles with plumb line, construction workers with bricks](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/M4VQBpg6DMUSEknCqXI0z653wuc=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/building-c1200-51241499-56aad3ae3df78cf772b48f28.jpg)
How Did Architecture Become a Licensed Profession?
![Griffin On the Roof of The Museum Of Science And Industry](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/ngyIxBWvRJls-_BuTHmgPVQ-esA=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/grifiin-177067823-crop-56aadf443df78cf772b49a9d.jpg)
The Griffin in Architecture and Design
![Combination Illustration of egg-and-dart patterns on an Ionic column (top) and a piece of ancient cornice (bottom)](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/MWEzoDcyOvrS37py_v_VrWG9QnY=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/trim-eggdart-gettycombo-5829f8755f9b58d5b18dd7da.jpg)
Egg-and-Dart Classical Ornamentation
![Frank Lloyd Wright mitered glass, Wyoming Valley School (1957), Spring Green, Wisconsin.](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/y2qJLO4MDTAshRN5YzPpLfzh76c=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/FLW-miteredglass-AThompson-crop-57aba4765f9b58974a782e0e.jpg)
Miter and a Mitered Window
![Stucco Sided Dwellings in Ybbsitz, Lower Autria](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/_R4VsQm5TiAIGcNhffqfGAsDKR8=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/stucco-56462258-crop-58ad05135f9b58a3c9eda3a4.jpg)
The Art and Architecture of Stucco
![Twelve Marble Doric Columns Create a Small Doric Temple, 1931, to Memorialize the World War I Soldiers from the City of Washington, DC](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/DOqX-UJx8uJt7fabk6WzkzBNMtU=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/WWI-DC-memorial-doric-4640-crop-5920ce715f9b58f4c048d559.jpg)
Introduction to the Doric Column
![Close up of the flying buttresses on a cathedral.](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/IydxWKBe1fcvhgS65byLkzGdYN8=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/1626px-Flying_buttresses_of_Notre-Dame_de_Strasbourg-31d8dcc2ca5144b3943657d43a3e6a53.jpg)
10 Examples of Buttress Styles
![lower half view of person in black pants and black shoes holding a white cane pointed outward on a masonry plaza](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/4RPQWotF24Z4VEXri8ce2R_Ed4s=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/ada-stk204699rke-56a02f2c3df78cafdaa06f2f.jpg)
Designing for the Blind
![Mid-century modern living room, blue chairs, built-in bookcases along wall under horizontal windows along the top of the natural wood wall](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/SQNEkLtzdKtLb24zzuz_-Mkyr9s=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/FLW-Rosenbaum-clerestory-535277624-crop2-591fb5f63df78cf5fad2e42b.jpg)
The Clerestory Window in Architecture
![light-colored ornate ceiling, one color, deep indentations, designs within the indentations](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/bolp3-Ajrhxv28rWfWIz177YO84=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/ceiling-coffer-Versailles-535045152-crop-59d2cf3b845b3400111d2ae7.jpg)
All About the Coffered Ceiling
![Female student architect in sleevless top, leaning over drafting table to draw plans](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/3TOzsvm9gNNjA_2UOJLS9vvLkLo=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/generic-587503340-5820da335f9b581c0b82f1e5.jpg)
13 Things Aspiring Architects Need to Know
![In daylight, ETFE cladding can look like panels of silver aluminum](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/o6YyU-xicDC--TQ4TEFdIpPjv0k=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/architecture-ETFE-SSEHydro-Glasgow-602540951-crop-5bcbc8a346e0fb00518945f6.jpg)
ETFE and the New Look of Plastic
![Woman in wheelchair at the John Hancock Tower and Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/0GauDeul92aZUOJqZ2SometcS_w=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/Boston-161857608-crop2-58dc48503df78c5162ca1e12.jpg)
Architecture Basics - Learn What's What and Who's Who
![Cell-like capsule pods are individual living units in the Nakagin Capsule Tower Apartments](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/TSwSV6yLyaNa7CtrSRpWQ52WPdg=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/metabolism-117069574-crop-57eec9ab3df78c690f2b9255.jpg)
What Is Metabolism in Architecture?
![architecture school studio area, drafting tables, students working together on projects](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/CloP8is-d5VsKx6JGa5L3ih5TEM=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/architecture-school-587503050-5ac1522bfa6bcc0037e3f9bb.jpg)
Top Architecture Schools in the U.S.
![woman drawing plans on computer](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/CE4GiFlh_yMd3eiUXosZl3PvSF8=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-1040266796-9f35b2bbf775452686874b7323cd9f5a.jpg)
How to Study Architecture Online
![Queensboro Plaza, New York](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/37UM7flIVb1loTDKcRoUC8In8mk=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/queensboro-plaza--new-york-543498372-5c453ba0c9e77c0001af1bec.jpg)
The Importance of Infrastructure
![detail of renaissance villa with shallow pilasters separating vertical windows - View of the second and third floor of the facade, with angular smooth rustication and Ionic pilasters](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/QdxP60gUqMnBHOp0EiqgCy6sAZ0=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/pilaster-VillaFarnese-450086041-crop-59cea7c8b501e80010d9ed1b.jpg)
All About Pilasters in Architecture
![Close up of young architect sitting in a 3D printer office and watching 3D printings](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/A3rV0n7AblGejEyEuF-BvfAeNfo=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/careers-493958227-572f9aa55f9b58c34cabf434.jpg)
Career Opportunities After Architecture School
![The Principal of an architecture practice, like Daniel Libeskind show here, is at the center of decision making.](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/ucMgXpC6pOx87pAR4lhB_fjDQ7k=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/libeskind-82746731-5723cca75f9b589e349328a7.jpg)
4 Steps to a Life in Architecture
![A White Stone Home with White Stone Retaining Wall](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/bajSeQB-Pra0yy3a6ORWnFQVDAE=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/austin-stone-481205257-crop-575468703df78c9b4663db65.jpg)
About Austin Stone and Architectural Limestone
![Facades Of City Buildings, with balconies and dish antennae](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/YWPNl3bA6XYfKXCfFpZgziCW7lM=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/facade-533797085-crop-56aad88b3df78cf772b49350.jpg)
What Is a Facade?
![illustration of five architectural column types -- some fluted shafts and some ornate capitals -- with their associated entablatures](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/xL3EYulSCIjlxiFrHXW-R-4QXNs=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/classicalorders-174126028-crop-57ac6fee5f9b58974ab79183.jpg)
About the Classical Order of Architecture
![Prairie style house on a bright, sunny day.](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/MMUI9_85Xs1pe0PUExie1GcfI8k=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/2645495407_991b6143a0_k-91ba07122db9481e9041fb34cf8b18b1.jpg)
Universal Design is Architecture for All
![Overhead View of London rooftops with chimneys and chimney pot extnsions](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/atZbfvuVRWFs3RNtQtYGge_Wesw=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/chimneypots-593275734-593837783df78c537be0eab4.jpg)
Chimney Pots - Designed for Beauty and Function
![a row of yellow houses that look like yellow boxes turned on their angled side down -- next to a multi-sided round tower building with a pointed roof, like a pencil](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/lxPUwxFiicj0fVjXp_MgqJf1-PI=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/cubehouse-106957912-56aad3a25f9b58b7d008fedc.jpg)
Do Architects Have To Be Mathematicians?
![Cast iron steam radiators -- Steam radiators can be rescued and cost less than a new radiator.](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/FQ-AiG4dD5MZHvnd5YbazXtH3lc=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/radiatorsalvage-497604847-56aad2245f9b58b7d008fda4.jpg)
About Architectural Antiquities and Salvage
![Empty room with wood paneled walls and coffered ceiling. View of family room with old fireplace with stone trim.](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/MV7bT_iBGFEgRutNkG_RLhTjgoA=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/architecture-coffer-579778906-5ab01880a9d4f90037e80407.jpg)
A Gallery of Coffered Ceilings
![path and garden beneath a framework of plastic sheathing](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/kjG4z9ZT-138UbrMgcc6KgC08iY=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/architecture-Eden-ETFE-85461423-5bca311646e0fb0026deaa55.jpg)
ETFE Architecture: A Photo Journey
![The White House Colonnade, Pathway to the Oval Office of the US President](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/MbWbtQ0Xzc-XObqysutzUBlm0H8=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/colonnade-whitehouse-525637478-crop-57e1d8e95f9b5865165912d2.jpg)
What Is a column? What Is a colonnade?
![interior view of church, triangles of stained glass form a triangular entry wall, cardboard tubes take the shape of the triangular sides to form interior sanctuary walls](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/bqtFe5d1rWmfgs_fahwsXfktr1c=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/architecture-cardboard-shigeru-ban-641216700-crop-5a85db0b8e1b6e0036987042.jpg)
The Three Rules of Architecture
![The Three-Part Palladian Window, wooden, 8-paned vertical rectangular windows on either side of a 26-paned arched window](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/1DhWFKH4cdTD6mHTYar--UybBTs=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/Palladian-533470670-crop-57e8aab15f9b586c35db18c9.jpg)
Palladian Window - The Look of Elegance
![Architecture Student Working at a Drafting Table](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/Rp8vIEAc5ai4nrPJgVBH9TZOHKY=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/architecture-school-studio-576831440-crop-5c2185eb46e0fb0001478ac0.jpg)
Learning Architecture at College
![modern building, asymmetrical, angled roof with windows, columned facade](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/vILMkfLxhI14l_DnP8hGIv8SNno=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/arcsch-gund-harvard-148606514-56aad6bf3df78cf772b491a8.jpg)
Find the Best School for Architecture
![Flat roof, overhang, many corbels as ornamentation](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/KZ8IuljUluNBStM_wuko6j3Z11E=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/corbel-588279418-57eb31963df78c690f50031b.jpg)
Corbels in Architecture—A Photo Gallery
![software rendering of floor plan in three dimensions, looking down into furnished rooms when a roof is gone](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/mlvi-GxICig_Cn32LxLXntDf2dY=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/2015Suitedollhouse-57a9b6045f9b58974a2210c5.png)
A Look at Home Designer Software by Chief Architect
![A blue serpent seems to swim through the gray wall of an urban building.](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/1HEBm9wgg2QmI0NvneMr8nEK2uA=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/John-Pugh-Quetzalcoatl-5c0ab20d46e0fb0001a2cfa5.jpg)
Trompe l'Oeil Art Fools the Eye
![Production homes under construction in California, 2015](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/q3IHw50Q_d77-Ob9YLmmVHrqYQM=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/productionhome-461908246-56aad8863df78cf772b49338.jpg)
Save Money With Stock Plans and a Production Home Builder
![free-flowing multi-story building covered with silver discs, openings on the narrow end](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/gL4IrOrXa-bfU-7u0xyP8mEQsI0=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/selfridge-73009764-crop-56aadfd73df78cf772b49b79.jpg)
The Binary Large Object of Blob Architecture
![Contractor on ladder working on second story of home](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/Ud0XfmxfDNyzb2ex0vtf7DIkHio=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/hardicontractor-184104512-56aad76e3df78cf772b49223.jpg)
Hardie Board and Fiber Cement Siding
![Street-level cast-iron facade painted green, engaged columns with capitals define large glass display windows](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/CTnkPcLY9HCj0JICDku3V3QyNgA=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/castiron-50950924-58c22b845f9b58af5cd5d86f.jpg)
Revolutionary Cast-Iron Architecture
![Living Room, Entryway, and Banisters in contemporary home](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/ILZF7ur0_Y_jB59yMAEAkg6GxbM=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/baluster-88801258-585c18863df78ce2c35252f0.jpg)
Banisters, Baiusters, and Balustrades in History
![Detail of Ornate Cast-Iron Facade, with arches above each window, engaged columns projecting from the window sides, and a balustrade below each window](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/HcbyJE7MOHCHwkbLdb_ZgvUv_6Q=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/castiron-Haughwout-564089741-crop-58b119535f9b5860465eab9a.jpg)
Introduction to Cast-Iron Architecture
![The portico of an classic antebellum plantation home, with lines of tooth-like dentils in the pediment and the cornice](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/Y_yeSQypKU2y-LE7B4PULtUafx4=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-77176037-be572982ac7240a5894a65d706a8bfa1.jpg)
Dentils and Dentil Molding
![Peaked Roof of the Denver Airport Terminal](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/XAEV7m9dnxTejWiUizkhg3vRyEE=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/tensile-denver-500423393-crop-58b1d4bf3df78cdcd82b78a3.jpg)
Exploring the Architecture of Tension
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The Pendentive and the Art of the Dome
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Chairs By Famous Architects - Architecture You Can Sit On
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The Entablature Helps You Get That Greek Revival Look