Architecture
Corinthian
exterior
http://infoeagle.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/greek_arch.html
basics
of Greek architecture (Boston College)
http://www.cmhpf.org/kids/dictionary/ClassicalOrders.html
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Historic Properties Commission (Charlotte, NC)
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/florence_sub2.html
Annenberg/CPB--emergence
of the Renaissance in Florence with the construction of the first
dome of the cathedral of Florence
Dome
Construction
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
five-part
miniseries on megastructures, history behind world's greatest
feats of engineering, ingenuity of the engineers, architects,
builders
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dome/index.html
basics,
building, design secrets, notable domes, designers, links (excellent!),
interactive activity for testing building materials used in domes
(forces, loads, materials, shapes)
Misc.
Architecture Sites
http://www.pbs.org/flw/
Frank
Lloyd Wright Web site
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/
The
Greeks: Crucible of Civilization, Greek architecture includes
buildings and history of the Acropolis, Colonus Agoraeus, houses
of Athens, the Parthenon (Doric columns), oracle of Delphi, the
Sphinx
http://www.pbs.org/weta/whitehouse/whhome.htm
National
Geographic: Inside the White House
http://www.monticello.org/
Monticello,
the home of Thomas Jefferson (Roman neoclassicism)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pisa/
NOVA's
Fall of the Leaning Tower; (medieval architecture) collapse seems
imminent, search for a solution to save it, international committee
of engineers and architects, medieval architects and ingenious
modern successors, Web site includes "Hot Science" and
rescuing world monuments
