Home›Palaces and Aristocratic Residences›MaterialBrowse ByMaterialMaterial groups buildings by the principal substance they were built from. Wikipedia notes that a classical column's shaft is typically "made of stone, or appearing to be so," one of the oldest building materials still used today alongside brick, timber and steel. This dimension shows which buildings share a common physical fabric.FactsMaterialSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested2000 BCE 1Origin RegionWell-attestedCrete (Minoan civilization) 1MaterialFilter Results21 entriesBuilding TypeAllCastle (5)Cathedral (1)House (11)Mansion (6)Monument (2)Museum (4)Palace (12)Plantation House (3)Villa (6)Building FamilyAllPalaces of Central Italy (3)Palaces of Eastern Europe and Russia (4)Palaces of Italy (4)Palaces of North America (8)Palaces of Northern Italy (3)Palaces of South and East Asia (6)Palaces of the Middle East and Africa (5)Palaces of the United Kingdom and Ireland (9)Palaces of Western Europe (10)PlaceAllBelgium (1)China (3)Denmark (2)France (4)Germany (4)India (5)Indonesia (1)Iran (1)Ireland (1)Istanbul (1)Italy (4)Japan (1)Lebanon (1)Malta (1)Netherlands (1)Norway (1)Pakistan (2)Poland (2)Portugal (1)Romania (2)Serbia (1)Spain (4)Sweden (3)Thailand (2)Turkey (2)United Arab Emirates (2)United Kingdom (8)United States (8)StyleAllAncient Chinese Architecture (1)Art Deco (1)Baroque Architecture (5)Baroque Revival Architecture (2)Beaux-Arts Architecture (1)Byzantine Architecture (1)Catalan Modernisme (1)Chateauesque Architecture (2)Chinese Architecture (2)Colonial Revival Architecture (1)Dutch Baroque Architecture (1)Early English Gothic Architecture (1)Elizabethan Architecture (1)English Baroque Architecture (1)Federal Architecture (2)Functionalism (architecture) (1)Georgian Architecture (7)Gothic Architecture (2)Gothic Revival (3)Greek Revival Architecture (2)Hawaiian Architecture (1)Herrerian Architecture (1)Indo-Saracenic Architecture (3)Islamic Architecture (2)Italianate Architecture (1)Jacobean Architecture (1)Log house (1)Moorish Architecture (1)Moorish Revival Architecture (1)Neo-Mudéjar (1)Neoclassical Architecture (8)Ottoman Architecture (2)Palladian Architecture (4)Qajar Architecture (1)Queen Anne Style Architecture (1)Rajput Architecture (3)Renaissance Architecture (6)Renaissance Revival architecture (3)Rococo Architecture (1)Romanesque Architecture (1)Second Empire Architecture (1)Sicilian Baroque Architecture (1)Sikh architecture (2)Thai Architecture (2)Tibetan Architecture (1)Traditional Architecture (1)Tudor Architecture (1)Tudor Revival Architecture (2)Venetian Gothic Architecture (1)Completed YearAll637 (1)1137 (2)1209 (1)1239 (1)1292 (1)1420 (1)1437 (1)1442 (1)1465 (2)1515 (1)1550 (2)1551 (1)1563 (1)1567 (1)1576 (1)1584 (1)1590 (1)1592 (1)1619 (1)1664 (1)1665 (1)1670 (1)1675 (2)1703 (1)1705 (1)1721 (1)1722 (1)1730 (1)1734 (1)1735 (2)1740 (1)1755 (1)1757 (1)1760 (3)1764 (2)1780 (1)1782 (2)1786 (1)1799 (1)1826 (2)1836 (1)1837 (1)1838 (1)1854 (1)1860 (2)1867 (1)1870 (2)1872 (1)1879 (3)1881 (1)1886 (3)1889 (1)1892 (1)1893 (1)1899 (1)1900 (1)1908 (1)1912 (2)1914 (2)1916 (4)1923 (1)1925 (2)1928 (1)1929 (3)1930 (1)1932 (1)1934 (2)1943 (1)2010 (1)2017 (2)Standing StatusAllDemolished (2)Reconstructed (1)Ruined (2)Standing (14)GroupAllPalaces of Central Italy (3)Palaces of Eastern Europe and Russia (4)Palaces of North America (8)Palaces of Northern Italy (3)Palaces of South and East Asia (6)Palaces of the Middle East and Africa (5)Palaces of the United Kingdom and Ireland (9)Palaces of Western Europe (10)Material ClassAllBrick and Clay (1)Concrete (1)Glass (2)Metal (1)Stone (6)Timber (1)Natural or ManufacturedAllManufactured (1)Natural (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareArchMaterial1 entryAshlarMaterial3 entriesBrickMaterial22 entriesCast IronMaterial1 entryColumnMaterial2 entriesConcreteMaterial2 entriesDomeMaterial1 entryDougongMaterial1 entryGlassMaterial1 entryGraniteMaterial8 entriesLimestoneMaterial11 entriesMarbleMaterial10 entriesMasonryMaterial4 entriesPilasterMaterial1 entryPost-and-Lintel ConstructionMaterial1 entrySandstoneMaterial7 entriesSlateMaterial4 entriesStained GlassMaterial1 entryStoneMaterial20 entriesStuccoMaterial4 entriesTimberMaterial11 entriesSources1. WikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Palace, Ancient palacesQuote, Wikipedia: Palace, Ancient palacesThe earliest known example in the architectural sense-a large, organized complex serving political, economic, religious, and administrative functions-is the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete, built by the Minoan civilization around 2000 BC, nearly 4,000 years ago.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.