| Unlike many other practical professions, architecture | | | | identified each period of time: Doric, Ionic, and |
| is an ancient discipline responsible for the design of | | | | Corinthian. |
| structures and buildings whose roots can be traced | | | | The Romans inherited from the Greeks most of their |
| back to thousands of years B.C. | | | | traditions, beliefs, and customs, including architecture, |
| Architectural history can take you through the | | | | but they also developed their own: as an example |
| evolution of those structures that served as a | | | | the Via Appia in Rome, and other surviving structures |
| landmark to remote civilizations, such as the | | | | running from Italy to Great Britain. |
| Phoenicians and the legendary Tower of Babel, or the | | | | Architectural history was influenced by artistic, |
| Egyptians and their incredible mortuary architecture, | | | | economic, politic, and socio-cultural events throughout |
| reflected in pyramids, tombs, and many other ancient | | | | the centuries, and Europe became the cradle of |
| buildings along the Nile River. | | | | many renowned architects in the years following the |
| In fact, the first big architectural design recorded in | | | | fall of the Roman Empire. |
| history was the work of Imhotep, Egyptian vizier, | | | | From Baroque to Art Nouveau, passing through |
| doctor, high priest, and scribe to King Djoser. | | | | Gothic, Romanesque, Renaissance, Churrigueresque, |
| Imhotep designed and built the complex that took | | | | and many other architectural styles, we can enjoy |
| the name of his king, between the years 2630 to | | | | today an eclectic blending of buildings, homes, and |
| 2611 BC. | | | | other structures that present to us their past. |
| Vestiges of the most varied architecture speak for | | | | Curiously, other human disciplines have been also |
| themselves about the most varied civilizations, | | | | associated with architecture, such as metaphysics, by |
| traditions, and beliefs around the world. Without | | | | the hand of fraternal organizations such as the |
| architecture, the history of mankind would be | | | | Freemasonry, established in London as a secret |
| incomplete. | | | | society in 1717. |
| Many surviving buildings of the ancient world are | | | | Naming themselves the Order of the Free and |
| examples of the great things that architecture can | | | | Accepted Masons, this fraternity encompasses |
| do for the world. Among them, we can name the | | | | nowadays a large number of international lodges |
| Great Pyramid of Giza, listed as one of the seven | | | | under the symbol of a square and compasses with a |
| wonders of the ancient world, and the Great Wall of | | | | letter "G" associated with the building of the Temple |
| China, built between the years 221 to 206 BC. | | | | of King Solomon. |
| Time evolved and all buildings and design began to | | | | As time passes, the actual architecture differs in |
| take special characteristics, becoming symbols of | | | | shape, materials, construction methods, and designing |
| different eras identified as architectural styles. In | | | | goals, but the work of the architects will endure for |
| ancient Greece, where buildings seemed to always be | | | | generations to come. |
| the same, there were three types of columns to | | | | |