1. UNIT 1- PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
1.1. PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
1.1.1. Temporary dwellings
1.2. NEOLITHIC PERIOD
1.2.1. Settling down
1.2.2. Emergence of belief systems
1.2.3. Civilizations started to develop
2. UNIT 2 - EARLY WESTERN ARCHITECTURE
2.1. NEAR EASTERN ARCHITECTURE
2.1.1. Sumerian Architecture
2.1.1.1. Ziggurat temples
2.1.2. Assyrian Architecture
2.1.2.1. Palaces
2.1.3. Babylonian Architecture
2.1.3.1. Rebuilding the previously Sumerian City
2.1.4. Persian Architecture
2.1.4.1. Columns
2.2. EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE
2.2.1. Earthly Dwellings - temporary dwellings
2.2.2. Tombs - permanent dwellings
2.2.3. Mastaba
2.2.4. Pyramids
2.2.5. Mortuary Temples
2.3. CLASSICAL GREECE
2.3.1. Golden Section
2.3.2. Optical Corrections
2.3.3. Classical Orders of Greek Architecture
2.3.3.1. Doric Order
2.3.3.2. Ionic Order
2.3.3.3. Corinthian Order
2.4. ANCIENT ROME
2.4.1. Classical Orders of Roman Architecture
2.4.1.1. Tuscan Order
2.4.1.2. Composite Order
2.4.2. Arches
2.4.2.1. Keystone
2.4.2.2. Voussoir
2.4.2.3. Impost
2.4.2.4. Pier
2.5. PRE-COLUMBIAN PERIOD IN THE AMERICAS
2.5.1. Decentralization of Spaces
2.5.2. Symbols of Worship
2.5.3. Reflections of Culture in Art
2.5.4. Scientific and Technological Advancements
2.6. EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE
2.6.1. Domes and Trusses
2.6.1.1. Simple
2.6.1.2. Compound
2.6.1.3. Special
2.6.2. Columns
2.6.3. Ornamentation
3. UNIT 3 - THE WESTERN INFLUENCE
3.1. ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
3.1.1. Religious Structures
3.1.1.1. Monastery
3.1.1.2. Abbey
3.1.1.3. Cathedrals
3.1.1.4. Baptistery
3.1.2. Protective Measures in Architecture
3.1.2.1. Moats
3.1.2.2. Ramparts
3.1.2.3. Machicolations
3.1.2.4. Portcullis
3.1.3. Vaulting
3.1.3.1. Barrel
3.1.3.2. Groin
3.1.3.3. Ribbed
3.1.4. Portals
3.2. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
3.2.1. Verticality
3.2.2. Ornamentation
3.2.3. Pointed Arches
3.2.4. Concomitant abutment system
3.3. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE
3.3.1. Classical architecture reborn
3.3.2. Central plan structure
3.3.3. City Planning
3.3.4. Mannerism
3.3.5. Plateresque
3.4. BAROQUE AND ROCOCO ARCHITECTURE
3.4.1. The Flying Forms
3.4.2. French Gardens
3.4.3. Churrigueresque
3.5. NEO-CLASSICAL AND REVIVALIST ARCHITECTURE
3.5.1. Neo-classic style (a.k.a. Post-Renaissance)
3.5.2. Symmetry in spatial organization
3.5.3. “Controlled nature” in landscaping
3.5.4. Picturesque Movement
3.5.5. Greek Revival
3.5.6. Gothic Revival
3.5.7. “Structural polychromy”
4. UNIT 4 - PROTO-MODERN, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
4.1. PROTO-MODERNISM AND THE BAUHAUS MOVEMENT
4.1.1. Chicago School
4.1.2. Open Systems
4.1.3. The Skyscraper: A New Building Type
4.1.4. "Form follows functions"
4.1.5. Art Nouveau
4.1.6. Arts and Crafts movement
4.1.7. Art Deco
4.1.8. Streamline Moderne
4.1.9. Bauhaus
4.1.10. Domestic architecture
4.2. MODERNISM AND INTERNATIONAL STYLE
4.2.1. Modern Movement
4.2.2. The International Style
4.2.3. Regularity as the chief means of ordering design
4.2.4. Pure utilitarian functionalism
4.2.5. Expressionism
4.2.6. Organic architecture, prairie houses, split-level houses
4.2.7. New design concepts
4.2.7.1. "Less is more"
4.2.7.2. "The house is a machine for living in"
4.2.7.3. "Strength through form"
4.2.7.4. Architecture as volume, rather than mass
4.2.7.5. high technology and openly-expressed structure