A Temple complex erected by Suryavrman II.

Also the
biggest religious structure in the world and initially
was conceived as a temple mountain symbolizing “Meru” What are the features of Angkor Wat “Great
Temple Complex”?

CAMBODIAN ARCHITECTURE CAMBODIAN ARCHITECTURE

-A WIDE MOAT SURROUNDING THE

ENCLOSURE
-MONUMENTAL CAUSEWAY ENCLOSED BY
BALUSTRADES FORMED BY GIANTS”
ANGKOR NAGAS”,MYTHICAL SERPENTS.
-IT IS MADE UP OF STEPPED TERRACES.
WAT -THE CENTRAL SANCTUARY OF THE TEMPLE IS
ON TOP OF A STEPPED PYRAMID ABOVE THE
TERRACES.
Most important archaeological sites in South-east It contains the magnificent remains of the different
asia. capitals of the Khmer Empire.

CAMBODIAN ARCHITECTURE CAMBODIAN ARCHITECTURE

ANGKOR WAT ANGKOR

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK
 It is an example of bell-shaped Chedi and the tallest Chedi in
Thailand.

It is a domed edifice under which relics of buddha or

revered religious teachers are buried.

THAILAND ARCHITECTURE

THAILAND ARCHITECTURE

CHEDI PHRA PATHOM

(STUPA) CHEDI
It is a decorative carved element as a top roof ending. Mostly
carved from teak wood.

What are the 5 types of Chedi?

THAILAND ARCHITECTURE THAILAND ARCHITECTURE

1. BELL-SHAPED STYLE
CHEDI 2. SQUARE CHEDI
KALAE(GALA 3. INDENTED CHEDI
E) 4. SUWANNA CHEDI, PRANG
5. SUWANNA STEPPED
CHEDI
It is a part of Phuttha-wat that serves as a temple library of
Famous Buddhist Temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries
scriptures depository houses the sacred Tipitaka scriptures.
and located in central Java.

THAILAND ARCHITECTURE INDONESIAN ARCHITECTURE

HO BOROBUDUR
TRAI TEMPLE
 It is the Oldest Mosque in Java that survives
What are the 6 Religions of Indonesian Architecture? through time. One characteristic of the Hindu
Buddhist.

INDONESIAN ARCHITECTURE INDONESIAN ARCHITECTURE

1. ISLAMS
2.
PROTESTANTISM
GALA
3. CATHOLICISM
MOSQUE
4. HINDUISM
5. BUDDHISM
6. CONFUCIANISM
 It is the Korean bracketing system.

These are houses in Korea that is

built without bracketing system.

KOREAN ARCHITECTURE KOREAN ARCHITECTURE

MINDORI CHUSIMP'O
STYLE STYLE
It is the traditional korean house.

Most important and formal buildings in royal palaces

and buddhist temples used in multu-bracket designs.

KOREAN ARCHITECTURE KOREAN ARCHITECTURE

HANO CHOSON (JOSEON)

K PERIOD
 It is the simplified version of the bracket found in
It is the largest and most important in Choson column head and multi- bracket design.
Period.

KOREAN ARCHITECTURE KOREAN ARCHITECTURE

KYONGBOK IKGONG
PALACE STYLE
 ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHIES IN THE
HISTORY OF CHINA, AND IT HAS

CONFUCIANISM
EXISTED FOR OVER 2,500 YEARS. IT
IS CONCERNED WITH INNER
VIRTUE, MORALITY, AND RESPECT
FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ITS
VALUES.

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

ANCIENT CHINESE PHILOSOPHY

TAOISM AND RELIGION THAT INSTRUCTS

BELIEVERS ON HOW TO EXIST IN
HARMONY WITH THE UNIVERSE.

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

SUFFERING
ORIGIN OF SUFFERIG THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS IN
CESSATION OF SUFFERING BUDDHISM
PATH TO CESSATION

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

PRINCIPAL FEATURE OF CHINESE

ROOF BUILDINGS

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE
CHINESE ARCHITECTURE
 DOUGONG A BRACKET SYSTEM USED IN
TRADITIONAL CHINESE
(TOU-KONG) CONSTRUCTION..

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

A BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN FORM OF

TOWER, USUALLY POLYGONAL WITH
PAGODA ELABORATELY ORNAMENTED ROOFS
PROJECTING FROM EACH OF ITS
MANY STOREYS.

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

HALL OF SUPREME IN FORBIDDEN CITY, BEIJING THIS
IS THE LARGEST OF ALL INTERIOR
HARMONY HALLS.

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

IN FORBIDDEN CITY, BEIJING USE

HALL OF BY THE EMPEROR TO PREPARE AND
MIDDLE/CENTRAL REST BEFORE AND DURING
CEREMONIES.
HARMONY

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

 IN FORBIDDEN CITY, BEIJING USE
HALL OF FOR REHEARSING CEREMONIES AND
WAS ALSO THE SITE OF THE FINAL
PROTECTIVE/PRESERVE STAGE OF THE IMPERIAL
D HARMONY EXAMINATION.

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

A CIRCULAR TRIPLE MARBLE

PLATFORM TEMPLE WITH TRIPLE
ROOF OF BLUE TILES IN SOUTH OF
THE TEMPLE OF
THE FORBIDDEN CITY FOR PRAYERS
HEAVEN OF GOOD HARVEST.

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

 CHINES CEREMONIAL ENTRANCES
OF TEMPLES OR TOMBS, OR
OCCASIONALLY SPANNING A
PAILOU STREET WITH 1-5 ARCHED
OPENINGS DERIVED FROM INDIAN
TORANA.

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

A FORTIFIED WALL COMMENCED

UNDER THE ZHOU DYNASTY,
PROTECTED CHINA AGAINST
THE GREAT WALL NOMADS FROM THE NORTH AND
SERVED AS A MEANS OF
OF CHINA COMMUNICATIONS.

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

WENHUADIAN (HALL OF
SERVED AS A STUDY FOR THE
LITERARY GLORY) CROWN PRINCE.

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

WUYINGDIAN (HALL PLACE FOR THE EMPEROR TO

RECEIVE HIS MINISTERS.
OF MARTIAL VALOR)

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE
CHINESE ARCHITECTURE
 IS KNOWN AS STANDARD
MEASUREMENT OF INTER-
KEN COLUMNIATION.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

AT THE UPPER PART OF ROOF

IRAMOYA GABLE WHILE THE LOWER PART OF ROOF
IS IN A HIPPED FORM.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

 ARE A TYPE OF TRADITIONAL
SUNKEN HEARTH COMMON IN
JAPAN. USED FOR HEATING THE
HOME AND COOKING FOOD, IRORI
IRORI ARE ESSENTIALLY SQUARE PITS IN
THE FLOOR WITH A POT HOOK. T

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

THE ASUKA PERIOD WAS A TIME OF

TRANSFORMATION FOR JAPANESE
SOCIETY. IT IS NAMED FOR THE
ASUKA AREA AT THE SOUTHERN END
ASOKA PERIOD OF THE NARA (YAMATO) BASIN (A
FEW MILES TO THE SOUTH OF THE
PRESENT-DAY CITY OF NARA), WHICH
WAS THE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL
CENTRE OF THE COUNTRY.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

 THE STONE DOGS WHICH FACE
EACH OTHER AT THE ENTRANCE TO
SHRINES, GUARDING THE
PRECINCTS. ONE DOG ALWAYS HAS
KOMAINU ITS MOUTH OPEN AND IS CALLED A,
WHILE THE OTHER HAS ITS MOUTH
CLOSED AND IS CALLED UN

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

THIS WAS A GATE TO MOST

SHRINES. IT REPRESENTS THE
DIVISION OF THE NORMAL WORLD
TOWARDS THE DIVINE WORLD.
TORII / TORI USUALLY BEFORE PASSING
THROUGH THE GATES OF THE TORI,
THERE ARE A FLIGHT OF STAIRS
SYMBOLIZING GOD'S HIGH MARK
AND HEAVEN.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

 THIS IS A SMALL PAVILION NEAR THE
MAIN HALL WHERE IT IS ACCESSIBLE
TO LADIES AND MEN. BEFORE PRAYING,
PEOPLE COME IN TO WASH THEIR
HANDS AND MOUTH BEFORE PRAYING.
CHOZUYA THEY DO THIS TO WASH AWAY ALL EVIL
SPIRITS AND THOUGHTS AND WORDS,
AND TO START PRAYING WITH A PURE
AND FRESH MIND.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

- TIME OF TRANSITION WHEN

JAPAN WAS ENGROSSED IN
ASSILATING IMPORTED CULTURE
THUS LITTLE ATTEMPT TO ADOPT
KONIN PERIOD NEW ARCHITECTURAL FORMS.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
 JAPANESE PERIOD WHICH REACHED
THEIR FULL MATURITY.ONE LUXURIOUS
FUJIWARA PERIOD FEATURE FOUND IN JAPANESE
MANSION IS THE BUDDHIST ALTAR.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

DECLINE OF THE BUDDHIST

KOMAKURA- RELIGION AND RISE OF MILITARY
ORDER. "TEA HOUSE" WAS ADDED
MURAMACHI PERIOD TO A JAPANESE MANSION.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
MAYAMA-YENKO - CENTER OF ARCHITECTURAL
INTEREST WAS TRANSFERRED FROM
PERIOD RELIGIOUS TO SECULAR STRUCTURES..

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL

RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHIES IN THE
HISTORY OF CHINA, AND IT HAS
CONFUCIANISM EXISTED FOR OVER 2,500 YEARS. IT
IS CONCERNED WITH INNER
VIRTUE, MORALITY, AND RESPECT
FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ITS
VALUES.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

 THIS IS A SMALL PAVILION NEAR THE
MAIN HALL WHERE IT IS ACCESSIBLE
TO LADIES AND MEN. BEFORE PRAYING,
PEOPLE COME IN TO WASH THEIR
CHOZUYA HANDS AND MOUTH BEFORE PRAYING.
THEY DO THIS TO WASH AWAY ALL EVIL
SPIRITS AND THOUGHTS AND WORDS,
AND TO START PRAYING WITH A PURE
AND FRESH MIND.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

畳 , MAT USED AS FLOORING IN

TRADITIONAL JAPANESE-STYLE
ROOMS) ARE A COMMON STAPLE OF
TATAMI JAPANESE HOMES TO THIS DAY.
TRADITIONALLY MADE OF RICE
STRAW AND SOFT RUSH WITH
CLOTH EDGES, THE STANDARD SIZE
OF TATAMI IS A 2:1 RATIO.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
 AS THE WINNER OF THE 2013 PRITZKER
PRIZE, TOYO ITO IS HERALDED FOR HIS
TOYO ITO WORK IN CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE.
.

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

ANDO TADAO, THE 1995 RECIPIENT OF THE

PRITZKER PRIZE, IS PERHAPS THE MOST
INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED JAPANESE
ARCHITECT. AS A SELF-TAUGHT
ARCHITECT, HE IS FAMOUS FOR HIS USE
ANDO TADAO OF CONCRETE AND NATURAL LIGHT,
ELEMENTS THAT HE CAREFULLY SELECTED,
IN ORDER TO SHOWCASE THE RAWNESS OF
HIS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
HOA 3
islamic

indo-islamic
 This religion has
evolved due to the
Hinduism
combination of faiths
of Aryans and
Dravidians.

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

The religion teaches

against animal sacrifice,
to observe oneness, Buddhism
and humanity..

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
place of perfect peace
and happiness. The
highest state that Nirvana
someone can attain.

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

Temple Spire
These are the peaks of
the towers rising from
the core of Hindu Sikharas
temples

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
 temple mound
It is a shrine that
represents the sacred
Mount Meru, as well as Stupas
providing a sanctuary
for relics of the
Buddha.

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

Temple tower
A Hindu or Buddhist
temple or sacred
building, typically a
many-tiered tower, in
Pagoda
India and East Asia.

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
 temple gate
Typically consist of
two pillars carrying
two or three Torana
transverse beams that
extend beyond the
pillars on either side

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

Temple tower
A Hindu or Buddhist
temple or sacred
building, typically a
many-tiered tower, in
Pagoda
India and East Asia.

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
 temple mound
It is a shrine that
represents the sacred
Mount Meru, as well as Stupas
providing a sanctuary
for relics of the
Buddha.

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva

Chief Gods

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
"Friday mosque" or the
"congregational
mosque"
JAMI MASJID or
MASJID-I-JUMI A

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

A city in Saudi Arabia,

birthplace of
Muhammed and spiritual
center of Islam MEcca

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
A lofty, slender tower
attached to a mosque,
having stairs leading up
to one or more
projecting balconied
from which the muezzin
calls the Muslim
Minaret
people to pray.

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

A large vaulted portal

opening onto the
central courtyard of a
mosque..

Liwanat

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
A system of decoration
in Islamic architecture,
formed by the intricate
corbelling of brackets
squinches and inverted
pyramids wrought in
stone but more often in
Muqarnas
plaster..

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

A small architecture,
bracket or similar device
built across each angle
of a square or polygonal
structure o form an Squinch
octagon or other
appropriate base for a
dome or spire.

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
WOODEN LATTICES IN A
HOUSE IN JEDDAH

Mashrabiyya

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

OR STUCCO TRACERY
IMAM REZA SHRINE,
INDIA. Qumariyya

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
 Devised primary to
decorated pendentives
of domes also used in
doorheads, capitals and
other features.
Stalactite

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

A style of Spanish
architecture produced
from the 9C-15C by Mozarabic
Christian under
Moorish influence.
architecture

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
 The Islamic
architecture of North
Africa nad especially of
the religion of Spain
Moorish
under Moorish Architecture
domination.

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

A style of Spanish
architecture produced
from the 13C-16C by Mudejar
Mudejars ad Catholics
Architecture
working with the
Muslims traditions.

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
The Islamic architecture of
several Turkish dynasties
that ruled over central
and Western Asia from the
11C-13C, much influenced Seljuk
by Persian architecture.
Architecture

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

The Islamic
architecture of the
Ottoman Empire from
the 14C onwards, much Ottoman
influenced by the
Byzantine architecture. Architecture

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
 The Islamic
architecture of the
Mamluk Dynasty that
reigned in Egypt in
1250-1517 ADas Mamluk
generous patrons of
architecture and art. Architecture

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

The Indo-Islamic
architecture in Mogul
Dynasty, 1526-1857.

Mogul
Architecture

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
 The Islamic
architecture in China
that followed
traditional Chinese Sino-Islamic
architecture. Architecture

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

The Islamic
architecture in West
SUB-SARAHAN AFRICAN
Africa especially of the
(SUDANO-SAHELIAN)
Mali and Songhay
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
Empires (11C15C).

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
 caller who summons
the faithful to prayer.

Muezzin

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

man who leads

congregation in
prayer..

Imam
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
 Earliest surviving
large mosque, built in The Great
705-711AD.
Mosque of
Damascus
INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

Most important Islamic

structure. dome of the

rock, jerusalem
(kubbwt-es-
sakhra)
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
 -Fortified palace and
complex of buildings
set in gardens The Alhambra,
-One of most elaborate
and richly decorated
Garanda (1338 to
Islamic 1390AD)

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

Built by the emperor

Shah Jahan for his
The taj-mahal,
favorite wife Mumtaz agra (1630 to
Mahal

1653 ad)

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
the decorative raised
platform on which a
temple is built.

Adisthana

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

a large fluted stone

disc placed on top of a
Nagara tower taking its
form from the amla or
myrobalan fruit native
to India.

Amalaka

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
an antechamber to the
inner sanctum or
garbhagriha of a
temple.
Antarala
INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

a temple portico
serving as an entrance
porch..

Ardhamandapa
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
 a medallion motif of
Orissan architecture
which projects from
towers and shows a
monster regurgitating
garlands flanked by
two dwarfs. Bho
INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

a hall in Orissan
temples which is used
for consecrated food
preparation and Bhoga
distribution.. mandapa

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
the general name of a
Devalaya
temple meaning a god's
dwelling place.

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

the style of southern

temple architecture.

Dravida

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
meaning 'womb-chamber,'
the small windowless
room that is the main
shrine of the temple,
usually containing a
representation or
symbol of the principal Garbhagriha

INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

blind doorways of the

garbhagriha, which
symbolically allow the
energy of the deity to
radiate through and
ghana
beyond the temple. dvara
They may also act as
secondary niche
shrines..

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE