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Brunelleschi, in the building of the dome of Florence Cathedral (Italy) in the early 15th century, not only transformed the building and the city, but also the role and status of the architect.

Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων arkhitekton "architect", from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "creator") is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements. Read more...

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Senedd (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈsɛnɛð]) is the Welsh term and cognate for "senate". In may refer to:

The National Assembly for Wales the devolved legislature of Wales, due to be renamed "Senedd Cymru" (transl. Welsh Parliament) from May 2020;
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Sexpartite ribbed vault at Notre Dame de Paris
Courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
The Romanesque Florence Baptistery was the object of Brunelleschi's studies of perspective
Palladio's engraving of Bramante's Tempietto
Cathedral of St. James, Šibenik
Il Gesù, designed by Giacomo della Porta.
The Church of St-Gervais-et-St-Protais, the first Paris church with a façade in the new Baroque style (1616–20)
Raphael's unused plan for St. Peter's Basilica
Greenwich Hospital by Sir Christopher Wren (1694)
Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków, Poland by Giovanni Maria Bernardoni (1605–1619)
Ospedale degli Innocenti in Florence.
English Renaissance: Hardwick Hall (1590–1597).
Body plan of a ship showing the hull form
Plan of the second floor (attic storey) of the Hôtel de Brionne in Paris – 1734.
Scuola Grande di San Marco, Venice
Villa Capra "La Rotonda"
Palazzo Medici Riccardi by Michelozzo. Florence, 1444
Stourhead in Wiltshire, England, designed by Henry Hoare (1705–1785)
The Church of the Certosa di Pavia, Lombardy
Royal Summer Palace in Prague is considered the purest Renaissance architecture outside of Italy.
Palazzo Te, Mantua
Nordic Renaissance: Frederiksborg Palace (1602–20)
Facade of the Church of the Gesù Rome (consecrated 1584)
Vernacular architecture in Norway: wood and elevated-level
The Rayonnant north rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris (about 1250)
Corpus Christi Church, Nesvizh in what is now Belarus (1586 and 1593)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh – Music Room 1901
Keystone with profile of man, Palazzo Giusti, Verona, Italy
The National Congress of Brazil, designed by Oscar Niemeyer
The church of San Lorenzo
Detail of the Apocalypse window, Bourges Cathedral, early 13th century
The vestibule of the Laurentian Library
The dome of Florence Cathedral (the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore)
Facade of Santa Susanna, Rome by Carlo Maderno (1603)
Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (1928), designed by Jan Wils
Plan of a Gothic Cathedral
South transept rose window of Chartres Cathedral (1221–1230)
Plan of Bramante's Tempietto in Montorio
Church of Our Saviour, Copenhagen (1682–1747)
Norman blind-arcading at Christchurch Priory, Dorset.
Cultural Center in Argentina
Troja Palace, Prague (1679–1691)
Port Authority building in Melbourne
Cathedral Basilica of Salvador built between 1657–1746, a UNESCO WHS.
Façade of Santa Maria Novella, 1456–70
Pipelined implementation of MIPS architecture.
Helsinki Central Station, 1919 (Eliel Saarinen)
Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua, the façade
Interior view of Dome of the Church of the Gesù by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, and Giacomo della Porta
Danish Fort Dansborg at Tranquebar, built by Ove Gedde in 1620.
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne.
Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502, by Bramante. This small temple marks the place where St Peter was put to death.
The Scheepvaarthuis, Amsterdam. Architects: Johan van der Mey, Michel de Klerk, Piet Kramer
Gabriel Peyreaux House in New Orleans, built circa 1780 It is an example of poteaux-sur-solle construction.
In Lesotho: rondavel stones.
Church of Santo António;
b. 1498, Mozambique
Cosimo de' Medici the Elder, head of the Medici Bank, sponsored civic building programs. Posthumous portrait by Pontormo.
Interior of the Basilica and Convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo in Recife, Brazil, buil between 1665–1767
Palazzo Pandolfini, Florence, by Raphael
Section of Reims Cathedral with flying buttress over aisles.
'Het Schip' apartment building in Amsterdam, 1917-20 (Michel de Klerk)
The Dôme of Les Invalides, Paris
Smolny Convent
The Escorial (1563–1584), Madrid
St Peter's Basilica
The École des Beaux-Arts in Paris begun by François Debret then finished by Félix Duban. This institution gave its name to the Beaux-Arts style
Havana Cathedral, Cuba, built between 1748–1777.
Equilateral Arch
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, 1935 (Ad van der Steur)
Cloister of the Convent of Christ, Tomar, Portugal, (1557–1591), Diogo de Torralva and Filippo Terzi.
'De Dageraad' housing estate, P.L.Takstraat in Amsterdam, 1920-23 (Piet Kramer)
Yola hut -Tagoat Co. Wexford Ireland
French Renaissance: Château de Chambord (1519–39)
Abbey of Saint-Denis, Abbot Suger represented at feet of Virgin Mary (12th century)
Antwerp City Hall (finished in 1564)
Upper Belvedere Palace in Vienna (1721–23)
Facade of Sant'Agostino, Rome, built in 1483 by Giacomo di Pietrasanta
St. George's Cathedral of Timișoara by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach
Brandevoort housing estate in Helmond, 2005 (Rob Krier)
Temple of Vesta, Rome, 205 AD. As one of the most important temples of Ancient Rome, it became the model for Bramante's Tempietto.
'Het Schip' apartment building, Zaanstraat
Bridge by Johan van der Mey
'De Bijenkorf' department store in The Hague, 1924-26 (Piet Kramer)
Westover Plantation, an example of Georgian architecture on the eastern James River, in Virginia
The crossing of Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan (1490)
Royal Palace (Amsterdam): Jacob van Campen, 1646.
The House of the Blackheads in Riga, Latvia
Beaux-Arts building decoration presenting images of the Roman goddesses Pomona and Diana. Note the naturalism of the postures and the channeled rustication of the stonework.
The Palace of Facets on the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin.
Classical Orders, engraving from the Encyclopédie vol. 18. 18th century.
Morgan House is a classic example of colonial Victorian era architecture in Kalimpong, India.
Juleum in Helmstedt, Germany (example of Weser Renaissance)
Church of Santa Engrácia, Lisbon (now National Pantheon of Portugal; begun 1681)
Beaux-arts buildings at the University of California at Berkeley designed by John Galen Howard
Santa Susanna, Rome
South Oculus of Canterbury Cathedral. It contains fourteen of the original glass sections from the 12th century
The General Post Office, Perth
Alternating male and female mascarons decorate keystones on the San Francisco City Hall
Lima Cathedral built between 1535–1697, designed by Francisco Becerra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Courtyard of Wawel Castle exemplifies first period of Polish Renaissance
Clockwise from top: Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola in Italy, Church of Santa Prisca de Taxco in Mexico, Smolny Cathedral in Russia, St-Gervais-et-St-Protais in France
The Zwinger in Dresden by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1697–1716)
The Mariyinsky Palace in Kiev (1744–1752)
Pope Sixtus IV, 1477, builder of the Sistine Chapel. Fresco by Melozzo da Forlì in the Vatican Palace.
The Palazzo Farnese, Rome (1534–1545). Designed by Sangallo and Michelangelo.
Four Humanist philosophers under the patronage of the Medici: Marsilio Ficino, Cristoforo Landino, Angelo Poliziano and Demetrius Chalcondyles. Fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio.
The Luxembourg Palace by Salomon de Brosse (1615–1624)
The Dome of St Peter's Basilica, Rome.
Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, 1903 (Hendrik Petrus Berlage)
Brunelleschi, in the building of the dome of Florence Cathedral (Italy) in the early 15th century, not only transformed the building and the city, but also the role and status of the architect.
Stockholm City Hall, 1923 (Ragnar Östberg)
Under construction for more than two centuries, the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral is a mixture of three styles that predominated during the colonial era: Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassic.
'Wendingen' 1918-1932, Dutch architecture and art magazine. Main theme: Expressionist architecture (Amsterdam School, de Klerk, Kramer, Mendelsohn, Finsterlin, Feininger et al.). Movement against 'De Stijl' in 1917.
The Piazza del Campidoglio
Toko Merah, an 18th-century Dutch colonial landmark in Jakarta, shows a typically Dutch high sash windows with split shutters.
Paoay Church Ilocos Sur Philippines is a fine example of Spanish Earthquake Baroque only found in the Philippines