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Roman Architecture is considered to be one of the best architectures in the world. The main reason behind this thought is that, they are skilled by birth and also try to invent new ideas from the existing technologies. Their architectural techniques mainly used brick and concrete. This helped them to construct stronger structures. They gained their reputation by constructing buildings like Coliseum, St. Peter’s Basilica, arch bridges, etc. One of the reasons for the invention of many Architectural techniques is the high density of Roman population. According to the propaganda passed in that period, the constructed building should have public use and also impress people. This was helpful to make the architects to think wise and build economical structures. The most effective character that prevailed in the minds of people in Rome was team spirit and pride towards the nation, which made them special among others. Even the civilian’s contributed their part in construction of the coliseum. Another important fact about the Roman Architecture is that, though they did not have long recognition for their Architectures in the history, they competitively emerged to prove their skills in Architecture.

Most of the buildings belonging to Chinese Architectural style are concentrated to be built with more width, neglecting the attention towards the height of the structure. This type of technique expresses the wealth of the people living in it. Moreover the emphasis or the roof of these structures is huge and heavy. So, they used large pillars made of timber to support the roof’s weight. With the knowledge about the growing population, this architecture evolved by having many layers on them. Moreover, these Chinese buildings are highly dependent on the cosmology of the state and it is one of the reasons for not losing its style to the modern architecture. Another important characteristic of these Chinese architectures were that, it had bilateral symmetry in its design. The roof and many other components have symmetrical arrangement. It implies, also to the gardening around the building. This architecture is famous around the globe for its beauty, compatibility and full use of aesthetic value. It makes use of major and minor carpentry works to provide decorations in roofing, entrances and also in gardening.

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One of the important architectures of Asia is the one developed and followed by the Chinese Civilization. It was mainly practiced in the Eastern Asia, and has impressed many with its style. The most specific characteristic of this art is that its shape and appearance remained unaltered for centuries. Only its style has seen some changes. The influence of Chinese Architecture has been reflected in the architectures of Japan, Korea and Vietnam. According to all known sources of mankind, it is remarkably evident that this art was practiced from the prehistoric times to this modern environment. It has to be greatly appreciated that this craft survived various threats involving defeat in cultural status. This piece of architecture is proved to be in existence more than four thousand years of its history and remains a living art even today. The astonishing feature is that, the principle design is not affected. In its dawn, the Chinese Architecture made use of wood and bamboos for construction. But having experienced the adverse effects in using wood as construction material, the architects replaced it with bricks long before 1500 BC. The Songyue Pagoda stands as an evidence to prove the strength and utility of using brick as a construction material.

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People began to show more interest towards the construction of buildings, because they were in need of shelter. As days passed away they tried numerous ways to construct buildings and have grown wiser. Today this skill is seen as a craft and has become a huge industry. The important facts to be taken care in constructing the buildings are to know the need and mean of it. The needs are nothing but the basic requirements like shelter and security. And the mean is nothing but the availability of raw materials used in the construction process. In context, “Architecture” is the term given to the craft which is highly distinct. Whereas, the term “vernacular architecture”, is given to buildings, which are constructed using available resources in the locality. Though it is seen as a low cost construction technique, it is not encouraged to practice this. In these buildings the style is missing, but it has great bond with nature. The important criterion is that, the aesthetic value of the building is lost. Today this technique is practiced only in few places like resorts, villages, hilly regions, etc.

Since the evolution of the mankind, there has been various practices being followed in creating and developing the environment where they survived. Starting from the ages, when even the human beings were surviving one among the other animals in the jungles till this modern civilized world, at each and every stage, the place where the humans survived were build and developed as per their surroundings.

Each civilization has its uniqueness in the way they lived and the architectures of their living places. Many ancient civilizations became so popular and was well know for their best architectural works. These practices were being followed for centuries and later it became a mandatory process to create some uniqueness in their particular time period and more specifically in their own kingdom.

In the following posts we are going to see some interesting information regarding some of the best architectures world around.

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