Dome

although,is a structure that influence the synthesis of Pagan, Orthodox, Catholic and Islam.First and foremost , it has an importance about the size and architecture.While it was building , in the world there were not another sample being covered with a dome -shaped in the size of the Hagia Sophia and did not have such a big interior space.The main entrance The building…

In Ancient Rome, the G-ds were still a large part of the culture, but with more wealth came more time allowing for more leisure activities. The new heavily populated cities of Ancient Rome called for more public places. Like every major change in culture, the growing population required new solutions for the construction of an infrastructure which supported the exponential increase of social interaction. Architects were tasked with designing aqueducts, baths, amphitheaters, and to support the…

If carefully studied, Half Dome would reveal a fair amount of information, leading to one very solid hypothesis. However, I didn’t come this far for a well thought out idea, even if it had a ton of evidence to support it. I knew that in order to…

143 feet, and the diameter of the dome also being 143 feet, this building is massive. As one is drawn to the middle of this building, one would look up and see a 27-foot hole or oculus opening to the sky . The oculus allows for an array of natural lighting to enter the building and to light up the dome area. When looking around at the ornate decorations, one would notice the engaged pilasters and bronze grilles that decorate the attic area. Long ago the dome ceiling was once covered with…

seized. On the contrary, there was one willful man in Florence, Italy, Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 – 1446) who was up to the challenge and to prove it the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore was born. The most well-known piece of the Cathedral was the dome or Duomo, which consisted of complex layering of brick. So, how did Brunelleschi come up with this idea and how was it sturdy enough to stay in place for all these years? Italy has a well-known reputation of being the masters of craftsmanship.…

The swarm of people look through the transparent glass dome, in wonder as they admire the divers. They wear their black, squeaky, rubber suits as they swim over their new city deep underneath the surface of the crystal clear ocean. What is this city, you may ask? This is the city of the future and it is called Submarino City. This city is located in the ocean underneath a huge dome that has diminished all the water and has transformed it into oxygen so that humans can create a civilization.…

The Unknown It all started the day a dusty handprint appeared on the outer side of the glass dome; the day we knew we weren't the last ones still alive. About 20 years ago a new plague hit North America called Vistalis, it spread around through mosquitos. Pretty soon there were 100s of people dying from the plague. What the scientists didn’t know, was that the moment that one person got the plague, the plague would spread through the air. Vistalis soon spread all over the world, in less than 7…

The pantheon was first built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa under the commission of emperor Augustus in 27 B.C. The word pantheon derives from the Greek words pan which means for al or very and theos for god. It was later burned down in the great fire in the year of 80 A.D and rebuilt again by emperor Domitian. Later, it was struck by lightning and burned again in the year in 110 A.D. in which was later rebuilt in 120 A.D. by Emperor Hadrian. The word pantheon come from a Greek word meaning “honor…

being built. The renaissance movement started in Florence, Italy, with Filippo Brunelleschi. He was the first architect to design a dome and come up with a way to build said dome that would go on the Florence Cathedral. This was the first dome to surpass the Pantheon in size. One Church he designed and built is San Lorenzo. Again he builds another fascinating dome but he focuses on linear perspective when designing this church. Alberti brought about the use of using…

been spreading rapidly and Florence is now part of it. I'm in the middle of working on the domes final details before it's finished for the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore. I wanted something to cover the top of the church and something to protect it as well from enemies and also wanted no supports (Flying Buttresses) so enemies could not take down the church so easy. What inspired me to build the dome for the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore was the buildings of classical Rome, SInce…