Architecture (50627 pictures, 1041 videos)

         

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The Architecture Archive contains all the photographs in our stock organized according to their architectural affiliation.
We categorized the photographs twice: once by the building's function and once by its structural components.

Scroll down for quick links to the main categories of Architecture, or use the left menu.

Functional Division:

Entertainment and Sports
Theaters
- Theaters
(Unspecified)
- Hellenistic Theaters
- Roman Theaters
- Theatrons
Amphitheaters
Circuses, Hippodromes
Gymnasiums
Odeons
Palaestras
Pools
Stadiums

Administration
Administration Buildings (Unspecified)
Basilicas
Council Meeting Halls
- Assembly Halls
- Bouleuterion
- Comitium
- Curia
- Ecclesiasterion
- Prytaneum
- Theatron
Governor's Residence
Police
Tabularium, Archivium
Thesauroi (Treasuries)

Fortifications
Byzantine Fortifications
Drawbridges
Firing Stations
Fortresses
Gates
Moats
Observations Points
Officers' Quarters
Posterns
Towers
Walls

Burial
Burial Caves
Cemeteries
Common Graves
Etruscan Tombs
Funeraries
Hypogea
Lycian Tombs
Mausoleums
Necropolises
Numidian Tombs
Sarcophagi
Tombs
Tumuli

Harbors

Water Systems
Aqueducts
Castellums
Cisterns
Cloaca (Drains)
Compluviums
Dams
Impluviums
Nymphaeums and Fountains
Pools
Reservoirs
Shafts
Water Gates
Water Lines
Water Pipes
Water Tunnels
Wells

Miscellaneous
Sun Dials

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Religion
Temples and Sanctuaries
- of Unspecified Deities 
- by Gods /
Emperors
- Greek Temples
- Roman Temples
- Ancient Temples of Malta
- Canaanite Temples
- Nabatean Temples
Altars
Churches
- Cathedrals
- Chapels
- Christian Basilicas
- Churches
Hierons
Mikveh, Jewish Ritual Bath
Monasteries and Convents
Mosques
Sacellums
Synagogues

Industry and Trade
Columbariums
Copper Production
Flour Mills
Grain Silos
Inns
Macellums
Markets
Olive Oil Presses
Quarries
Shops
- Pistrina (Bakeries)
- Shops (Unspecified) -Tabernas
- Workshops
Stables
Wine Presses

Monuments
Heroons
Monumental Arches
Monumental Columns
- Monumental Columns
- Obeliscs
Monumental Gates
- Tetrapylons
Monuments

Public Buildings
Public Buildings (Unspecified)
Asklepieions
Baths
Hospitals
Latrines
Libraries
Rostra
City Square (Agora, Forum, Piazza)

Residence
Apartments
Houses
Palaces
Settlement Pits
Underground Private Houses (Tunisia)
Villas

Education
Ephebeum
Gymnasium
Schools

Storage
Casemates
Granaries
Storerooms
Warehouses

Streets, Roads and Bridges
Bridges
Passageways
- Underground Passageways
Roads
- Holy Roads
- Roads (General)
Streets
- Cardo
- Decumanus
- Colonnaded Streets
- Streets (General)

Structural Division:

The Orders
The Doric Order
The Ionic Order
The Corinthian Order

Temple Types
In antis
Prostyle
Distyle
Tetrastyle
Hexastyle
Octastyle
Dipteral
Tripteral
Peripteral
Pseudo-dipteral
Pseudo-peripteral

Building Types
Buildings (Unspecified)
Octagons
Pavilions
Round Structures
- Rotunda
- Round Structures (Miscellaneous)
- Sigma
- Tholos
Vaulted Structures

Decorations
Acanthus
Antefixus
Anthemion, Honeysuckle Ornament
Astragalos, Bead and Reel
Dentils
Egg and Dart, Egg and Tongue
Engravings
Guttae
Heart and Dart, Leaf and Dart
Mosaic Floors
Reliefs
Stria, Canalis, Flutes
Triglyphs and Metopes
Wall Paintings

Construction Methods
Opus craticium
Opus caementicium
Opus incertum
Opus mixtum
Opus reticulatum
Opus testaceum / latericium
Pseudoisodomus
Opus vittatum

Structure
Aisle
Ambulatio
Andron
Anta
Apsis
Arch
- Blunt Arch
- Cuneus Stone
Atrium, Cavaedium
Baptistery
Basement
Basin
Bath Structure
- Apodyteria
- Caldarium
- Frigidarium
- Sudatorium
- Tepidarium
- Hypocaust
- Praefurnium
- Suspensura
Bema
Benches
Cella, Naos, Adyton
Circuitus
Colonnade
Columns and Capitals
- Capitals
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?? - Anulus
?? - Calathus
?? - Cauliculus
?? - Echinus
?? - Flos, Fleuron
?? - Folium
?? - Helix, Voluta
?? - Oculus
?? - Pulvinus
- Apophysis
- Base, Torus
- Caryatides
- Hipotrachelium
- Pillars
- Pilum, Parastatica
- Plinth
- Scapus, Truncus
- Scotia, Trochilus
- Supercilium
Corridor
Courtyard
Crepido
Crepidoma, Crepis
Cryptoporticus
Cubile
Cult Rooms
Doorway
Entablature
- Architrave, Epistyle
- Cornice
?? - Corona
?? - Cyma, Cymantium
- Frieze
- Mutullus
- Regula
- Taenia
Entrance
- Propylon
Ephebeion
Exedra
Frons
Hall
Hospitalia
Hypostyle
Kiln
Kitchen, Culina
Labrum
Megaron
Minaret
Niche
Opisthodomos
Pediment
- Sima, Epaietidis
- Fastigium, Tympanum
Peribolos
Pteroma
Peristyle
Priests' Quarters
Portico, Stoa
Praefurnium
Pronaos
Propylaea
Quadriporticus
Refectorium
Schola
Stairs
Stoa, Portico
Stylobate
Tablinum
Terrace
Tetrastoon
Tribunal
Triclinium
Tripod
Veranda
Vestibule
Window, Fenestra