| Unlike many other practical professions, | | | | to identified each period of time: Doric, Ionic, and |
| architecture is an ancient discipline responsible for | | | | Corinthian. The Romans inherited from the Greeks |
| the design of structures and buildings whose roots | | | | most of their traditions, beliefs, and customs, |
| can be traced back to thousands of years B.C. | | | | including architecture, but they also developed |
| Architectural history can take you through the | | | | their own: as an example the Via Appia in Rome, |
| evolution of those structures that served as a | | | | and other surviving structures running from Italy |
| landmark to remote civilizations, such as the | | | | to Great Britain. Architectural history was |
| Phoenicians and the legendary Tower of Babel, or | | | | influenced by artistic, economic, politic, and |
| the Egyptians and their incredible mortuary | | | | socio-cultural events throughout the centuries, and |
| architecture, reflected in pyramids, tombs, and | | | | Europe became the cradle of many renowned |
| many other ancient buildings along the Nile River. | | | | architects in the years following the fall of the |
| In fact, the first big architectural design recorded | | | | Roman Empire. From Baroque to Art Nouveau, |
| in history was the work of Imhotep, Egyptian | | | | passing through Gothic, Romanesque, Renaissance, |
| vizier, doctor, high priest, and scribe to King | | | | Churrigueresque, and many other architectural |
| Djoser. Imhotep designed and built the complex | | | | styles, we can enjoy today an eclectic blending of |
| that took the name of his king, between the | | | | buildings, homes, and other structures that |
| years 2630 to 2611 BC. Vestiges of the most | | | | present to us their past. Curiously, other human |
| varied architecture speak for themselves about | | | | disciplines have been also associated with |
| the most varied civilizations, traditions, and beliefs | | | | architecture, such as metaphysics, by the hand of |
| around the world. Without architecture, the history | | | | fraternal organizations such as the Freemasonry, |
| of mankind would be incomplete. Many surviving | | | | established in London as a secret society in 1717. |
| buildings of the ancient world are examples of the | | | | Naming themselves the Order of the Free and |
| great things that architecture can do for the | | | | Accepted Masons, this fraternity encompasses |
| world. Among them, we can name the Great | | | | nowadays a large number of international lodges |
| Pyramid of Giza, listed as one of the seven | | | | under the symbol of a square and compasses |
| wonders of the ancient world, and the Great Wall | | | | with a letter "G" associated with the building of |
| of China, built between the years 221 to 206 BC. | | | | the Temple of King Solomon. As time passes, the |
| Time evolved and all buildings and design began to | | | | actual architecture differs in shape, materials, |
| take special characteristics, becoming symbols of | | | | construction methods, and designing goals, but the |
| different eras identified as architectural styles. In | | | | work of the architects will endure for generations |
| ancient Greece, where buildings seemed to always | | | | to come. |
| be the same, there were three types of columns | | | | |