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