Roman Architecture

Action Plan

• recording next Wed.
• 24/10 started Haiku Deck
• 1/11 finish/start speech
• 1/11 practice

Brainstorm

• styles
• important architects
• famous buildings
• important events

what is architecture and a architect?

• Architecture: the art of designing something.
• Architect: someone who designs structures and also supervises their construction

styles

• Amphitheatre
• Arches
• Basilica
• colosseum
• pantheon
• temples
• Trajan's column

Colosseum

• Designed by Titus and Vespasian
• construction: 72-80 AD
• could seat 50,ooo people
• Built for gladiators
• made from 1.1 million tonnes of stone, brick and concrete

vitruvius

• born in 81 BC, Italy
• died in 15 AD , Italy
• was a author, architect and civil engineer

famous buildings

• Temple of Baalbek
• Maison caree
• Amphitheatre Nimes
• Colosseum

impact