Pantheon, 118-128 C.E.

-Place: Rome

-Dedicated to: 7 Planetary Dieties

-Build by: Hadrian

-Materials used: Concrete

-Plan: Circular

-Function: Temple

-Porch: Portico (Greek Roofed entrance) with 20 Corinthian columns

-Special Attribute: Oculus (opening at the dome in the cella), 27 feet in diameter, dome made with coffers

-Miscellaneous: Converted for Christian use as opposed to pagan use

Hadrian's Villa (Island Enclosure) 117-138 C.E.

-Place: Tivoli

-Dedicated to: Antinuos (lover), drowned in Nile

-Build by: Hadrian

-Materials used: N/A

-Plan: Monumental, Meritime Theater, Water Oriented

-Function: Villa

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Scenic Canal (Canopus) - long columnaded pool, Pumpkin Dome Entrance - Vestibule to Piazza D’Oro, Nymphaeum - Water Pavillion

-Miscellaneous: Figures all facing water

Thermae, Baths of Diocletian 298-306 C.E.

-Place: Rome

-Dedicated to: General Public

-Build by: Diocletian

-Plan: Central Axis

-Function: Baths

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: 

Groin Vaulted Hot Baths - Caldarium
Domed Warm Baths - Tepidarium

Cruciform cool Bathrs - Frigidarium

Open roofed gym - Palaestra/Rectangular Peristyle

Outdoor theatre - Exedra

Open-Air swimming pool - Natatio

-Miscellaneous: 3,000 person capacity (largest in Rome)

Colosseum (Completed 80 C.E.)

-Place: Rome

-Dedicated to: The People

-Build by: Vespacian (founder of Flavion dynasty)

-Materials used: Concerete

-Plan: Oval + Underground (Labirynth)

-Function: Amphitheatre

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian Columns stacked on top of each other. Velarium was a canvas that was to provide shade for spectators

-Miscellaneous: Largest amphitheatre build on concept of Theater of Marcellus, (50,000 capacity)

Santa Constanza 350 C.E.

-Place: Constantinopole

-Dedicated to: Santa Constanza

-Build by: Constantine

-Materials used: Bricks

-Plan: Central, with Ambulatory 

-Function: Mausoleum

-Porch: N/A (Narthex)

-Special Attribute: Sarcophagus (coffin) placed in center, surrounded by 12 columns

-Miscellaneous: N/A 

Old St. Peter's, 318-322 C.E.

-Place: Rome, (Byzantine/early christian)

-Dedicated to: St. Peter?

-Build by: Constantine I

-Materials used: Mainly wood

-Plan: Basilica

-Function: Martyrium, Mortuary basilica

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Double Aisles on each side, altar, transcept (arms of a cross), atrium

-Miscellaneous: N/A

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia 392 - 450

-Place: Ravenna, Italy (Rome)

-Dedicated to: Galla Placidia

-Build by: Galla Placidia (?)

-Materials used:

-Plan: Greek Cross plan with central Dome on pendentives

-Function: Mausoleum

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Has 4 transcepts with barrel vault over each, 

-Miscellaneous: Contains 3 sarcophagi in transcepts

Hagia Sophia (532 - 537 C.E.)

-Place: Constantinopole

-Dedicated to: Logos, (second person in holy trinity)

-Build by: Isodore of Miletus & Anthemius of Tralles by order of Justinian

-Materials used: Mosaics, brick

-Plan: Basilica with central dome on pendentives, supported by semi-domes

-Function: Church/basilica

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Aisle with galleries, nave under dome, 4 Piers internally insivible, externally large and supportful

-Miscellaneous: Burned 2 times, Byzantine architecture, light is desribed as God himself, has more than 40 windows on central dome, first great dome collapsed in 548

Palentine Chapel (792-805 C.E.)

-Place: Aachen (Romanesque/Carolingian)

-Dedicated to: Revival in Classical ideals in architecture

-Build by: Designer: Odo of Metz, built by Lombard masons, Ruler: Charlemagne

-Materials used: Stone salvaged from Roman structures, Polychrome masonry

-Plan: Central octagonal dome

-Function: Chapel

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Gothic choir, sixteen sided aisle with galleries, Westwerk - west entrance.

-Miscellaneous:

Plan of St. Gall (817 C.E.)

-Place: Benedictine Monastery (Carolingian), never built

-Dedicated to:

-Build by:

-Materials used: Masonry & timber

-Plan: Double-ended Basilica

-Function: Monastery, abbey

-Porch:

-Special Attribute: Coister - a covered walk, Chapter house, Chapter, transcepts

-Miscellaneous: 

Durham Cathedral (1093 - 1133)

-Place: Durham, England, Early Gothic

-Dedicated to: St.Cuthbert

-Build by: Norman Architects

-Materials used:

-Plan: Aisled basilica with transcepts, 

-Function: Cathedral

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: First Gothic ribbed vault archies Cathedral, high altar

-Miscellaneous: Choir aisle vaults, Galilee Chapel

Sainte Foy (1050 -1130 C.E.)

-Place: Conques, on a mountain valley, Romanesque

-Dedicated to: St. Foy

-Build by: Abbot Odolric

-Materials used: N/A

-Plan: Basilica

-Function: Abbey-church

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Octagonal Lanthern built on squinch, corbeled arches, preserves on tympanum (semicircular panel created under the arch of a doorway) of the Last Judgement. 

-Miscellaneous: Smallest of Pilgrimage road churches, crossing

St. Denis (1137 -1140)

-Place: Ile-de-France, France

-Dedicated to: St. Denis, religious reasons

-Build by: Suger with help of Norman Architects

-Materials used: Expensive marbles, jewes

-Plan: Carolingian Basilica, 

-Function: Abbey/Basilica

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Double Ambulatory, Rose window, twin towered west facade

-Miscellaneous: 1st Gothic Cathedral, lost its north tower, Abott Suger expanded church by adding a choir and narthex. Windows depicting biblical themes

Notre Dame Chartres Cathedral (1194-1230 C.E.)

-Place: Chartres, France

-Dedicated to: N/A

-Build by: Various Artisans

-Materials used: Expensive gems, etc.

-Plan: High Gothic, Basilica with Transcepts,

-Function: Cathedral

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Alternating Column Support, Crossing, Choir Screen, Tunic of Mary Artifact, Flying Buttresses, NO galleries, double ambulatory, Transcept to original Romanesque Basilica

-Miscellaneous: On Pilgrimage circuit, Central Focus of Life, Links to royalty (from donors), "Cult of Cart", jambs

Opesdale Degli Innocenti, Foundling Hospital (1421-1444)

-Place: Florence, Italy

-Dedicated to: Romanesque, simplicity

-Build by: Brunelleschi

-Materials used:

-Plan: Romanesque/Roman

-Function: N/A

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Continuous arcade carried on Corinthian columns, domed vaults, 9 bay loggia (ground floor gallery).

-Miscellaneous: N/A

Old Scarcity (San Lorenzo) (1428 -1428)

-Place: Corner of South Transcept of S. Lorenzo

-Dedicated to: San Lorenzo

-Build by: Fillipo Brunelleschi

-Materials used: Pietra Serena

-Plan: Proporational Square Domed Chapel

-Function: Chapel

-Porch: N/A

-Special Attribute: Scaled floors, walls, pendentives into a cube, capped with a dome with an oculus (opening in dome), pilasters & entablature present. 

-Miscellaneous: Afflictional Architecture