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Wikipedia is a free, collaboratively edited online encyclopedia hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. This atlas cites it for well documented dates, terminology and period boundaries that its own established sources do not cover at the needed level of detail.

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Claims Backed By This Source (16,781 claims)

This source backs 16,781 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15,953 well-attested, 8 partially Attested, 29 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 63 holds, 34 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 1 held Differently. Plus 692 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 15,083 claims: 15,083 well-attested.
  • Groups, 300 claims: 149 well-attested, 151 general references.
  • Buildings and Structures, 269 claims: 230 well-attested, 4 partially Attested, 12 holds, 23 general references.
  • Subcategories, 202 claims: 101 well-attested, 101 general references.
  • Milestones, 198 claims: 97 well-attested, 3 holds, 98 general references.
  • Concepts, 164 claims: 63 well-attested, 16 scholarly debate, 13 holds, 13 connected, 59 general references.
  • Styles and Movements, 147 claims: 62 well-attested, 4 partially Attested, 12 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 1 connected, 65 general references.
  • Architectural Materials, 126 claims: 6 well-attested, 120 general references.
  • Elements and Materials, 105 claims: 48 well-attested, 13 holds, 10 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 1 held Differently, 32 general references.
  • Institutions and Organizations, 66 claims: 39 well-attested, 1 holds, 5 connected, 21 general references.
  • Architects and Designers, 64 claims: 39 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 18 holds, 2 connected, 4 general references.
  • Open Questions, 25 claims: 20 well-attested, 3 connected, 2 general references.
  • Categories, 16 claims: 8 well-attested, 8 general references.
  • Sections, 16 claims: 8 well-attested, 8 general references.

Well-attested

15,953

Architects and Designers

Adolf LoosApollodorus of DamascusIctinusLilly ReichMichelangeloNorman FosterPeter BehrensSantiago CalatravaTadao Ando

Architectural Materials

Carbon Fiber CompositeCompressed Earth BlockCordwoodFiberglass InsulationTerrazzoTravertine

Buildings and Structures

20 Fenchurch Street270 Park Avenue30 St Mary Axe40 Wall Street432 Park Avenue8 HouseAbraj Al BaitAbu SimbelAdalaj StepwellAl-KhaznehAnanda TempleArc de TriompheCanterbury CathedralCapitolio NacionalChartres CathedralChrist the RedeemerChurch of Saint George, LalibelaDoge's PalaceDurham CathedralFujian TulouGrand Central TerminalGreat Mosque of DjennéGreat Sphinx of GizaGreat ZimbabweHassan II MosqueHearst TowerHimeji CastleHungarian Parliament BuildingKailasa TempleKasubi TombsMonks MoundMount RushmoreNational Assembly Building, DhakaNelson's ColumnPalazzo Pitti

Showing 1 to 50 of 3,372 entities carrying this claim.

Partially Attested

8

Buildings and Structures

Great ZimbabwePyramids of MeroeRegistanTaos Pueblo

Styles and Movements

Aztec ArchitectureQueen Anne Style ArchitectureRomanesque Revival Architecture

Scholarly debate

29

Architects and Designers

Apollodorus of Damascus

Concepts

Adaptive ReuseBiophilic DesignDaylightingModular CoordinationNet Zero Energy BuildingNew UrbanismOpen PlanPlacemakingSustainable ArchitectureThe Classical OrdersThe Golden Ratio in ArchitectureThe SkyscraperUrban PlanningVernacular ArchitectureWabi-Sabi in ArchitectureWalkability

Styles and Movements

Ancient Chinese ArchitectureBrutalismClassical Greek ArchitectureGothic ArchitectureGothic RevivalIslamic ArchitectureModernist ArchitecturePostmodern ArchitectureRenaissance ArchitectureRoman ArchitectureRomanesque Architecture

Holds

63

Architects and Designers

Adolf LoosAndrea PalladioFrank Lloyd WrightLe CorbusierLeon Battista AlbertiLilly ReichLouis SullivanLudwig Mies van der RoheNorman FosterOscar NiemeyerPhilip JohnsonSantiago CalatravaTadao AndoWalter Gropius

Buildings and Structures

ColosseumNotre-Dame de ParisParthenonRobie HouseSt. Peter's BasilicaThe PantheonVilla Rotonda

Concepts

Biomimicry in ArchitectureDaylightingModular CoordinationNet Zero Energy BuildingParametricismPassive HousePlacemakingThe Fifteen-Minute CityWabi-Sabi in ArchitectureWalkability

Elements and Materials

AdobeBarrel VaultButtressCorten SteelCross-Laminated TimberGroin VaultRammed EarthRib VaultSpace Frame

Institutions and Organizations

Van Alen Institute

Milestones

Founding of the BauhausInauguration of BrasiliaRebuilding of London After the Great Fire

Styles and Movements

Beaux-Arts ArchitectureByzantine Architecture

Connected

34

Architects and Designers

Lilly ReichPeter Behrens

Concepts

Biomimicry in ArchitectureDaylightingModular CoordinationNet Zero Energy BuildingParametricismPassive HousePlacemakingThe Fifteen-Minute CityWabi-Sabi in ArchitectureWalkability

Elements and Materials

AdobeBarrel VaultButtressCorten SteelCross-Laminated TimberGroin VaultLoad-Bearing WallRammed EarthRib VaultSpace Frame

Institutions and Organizations

American Institute of Steel ConstructionCongress for the New UrbanismCouncil on Tall Buildings and Urban HabitatPassive House InstituteU.S. Green Building Council

Open Questions

In what year did Ronald Mace coin the term universal design?In what year was the Deutsches Architekturmuseum founded as an institution, distinct from the 1979 to 1984 renovation and 1984 public opening of its building?In what year was the parti, as an architectural design concept, first formulated or named?

Styles and Movements

Ancient Egyptian Architecture

Critiqued Here

1

Elements and Materials

Load-Bearing Wall

Held Differently

1

Elements and Materials

Buttress

General References

692

Subcategories

Exhibitions and Public MilestonesFortifications and Military ArchitectureGlass MaterialsGovernment and Civic BuildingsHospitality BuildingsInstitutional, School and Program FoundingsInsulation and Roofing MaterialsInternational and Heritage OrganizationsLandmark Building Completions and FirstsMaterialMedieval ArchitectureMedieval ArchitectureMetalsNineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic ArchitectureNineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic ArchitecturePalaces and Aristocratic ResidencesPostmodern and Contemporary ArchitecturePostmodern and Contemporary ArchitecturePostwar and Late Modern ArchitecturePostwar and Late Modern ArchitectureProfessional Bodies and FederationsRegional and Traditional ArchitectureRegional and Traditional ArchitectureReligious and Sacred BuildingsRenaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical ArchitectureRenaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical ArchitectureResearch, Advocacy and Exhibition OrganizationsResidential BuildingsSchools of Architecture and DesignStandards and Building Code OrganizationsStone and Masonry MaterialsStructural ElementStructural PrincipleSustainable and Contemporary PracticeTall Buildings and SkyscrapersTimber and Engineered Wood MaterialsTransportation BuildingsTreatises, Charters and Foundational TextsUrban Planning and Design MovementsUrban Transformation, Loss and Preservation

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