Marc-Antoine Laugier, The Primitive Hut, Essay on Architecture, 1753
Temple of Kukulkán, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, 1100AD
Jo-an Tea House, Kyoto, Japan, 1618
Piet Blom, Cube Houses, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1975
Mastaba of Shepseskaf, near Saqqara, Egypt, 2500 BC
Pyramid of Zoser, Saqqara, Egypt, 2750 BC
Pyramid of Khufu/Cheops, Giza, Egypt, 2570 BC
Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy, 530 BC
Temple of Hera II, Paestum, Italy, 460 BC
Ictinus and Callicrates, with input from the sculptor Phidias, Parthenon, Athens, 440 BC
Theater, Delphi, Greece, 4th century BC, with later changes
Arch of Titus, Rome, 81 AD
Pont du Gard, Nimes, France, 1st century AD
Pantheon, Rome, 125 AD
Baths of Caracalla, Rome, interior of the Tepidarium (reconstruction), 200 AD
Colosseum, Rome, 80 AD
Old St Peter’s Basilica, 325
San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, Mid-6th century
Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 535
Palatine Chapel, Aachen Germany, 800
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, 1160
Beauvais Cathedral, France, 1225
St Denis, Paris, 1135
Ste-Chapelle, Paris, 1250
Edicts of Ashoka, 3rd century BC
The Great Stupa at Sanchi, India, original brick core 3rd century BC for Ashoka, enlarged 1st century BC
Topdara Stupa, near Bagram, Afghanistan, 330 AD
Main Buddha Hall, Nanchan Monastery, Wutai, Shanxi, 780
Foguang Monastery, Wutai, China, main Buddha hall, 857 AD
Imperial Ceremonial Hall, Taihe Dian, Imperial Palace Complex, Beijing, 1430
Timber Pagoda, Fogong monastery, Shanxi, China, 1056
Leonardo da Vinci, “Vitruvian Man”, Illustration from Vitruvius, 1490
Michelangelo, New Sacristy, San Lorenzo, Florence, 1520
Andrea Palladio, Measured Drawing of the Arch of Constantine, 1560
Andrea Palladio, Villa Barbaro, Four Books on Architecture, Venice, 1570
Andrea Palladio, Villa Barbaro at Maser, Venice, 1560
Andrea Palladio, Reconstruction of the Baths of Agrippa, Rome, 1555
Andrea Palladio, Pantheon, Four Books on Architecture, 1570
Machu Picchu, Peru, 1500
Machu Picchu, Temple of the Three Windows
Francisco Becerra and others, Cathedral and Bishop’s Palace, Lima, Peru, 1580
Inca Temple of Coricancha, Cuzco, Peru, with later additions (Church of Santo Domingo)
Casa del Almirante, Cuzco, Peru, 1600
Cathedral, Mexico City, Facade, later 17th century
Serlio, Design for a Portal
Sinan, Suleymaniye, Istanbul, 1550
Sinan, Suleymaniye, Prayer Hall, Istanbul, 1550
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 700, with later renovations, including some undertaken by Suleyman 1550
Sinan, Selimiye, Edirne, Turkey, 1575
Louis Le Vau, Charles Le Brun and Andre Le Notre, Vaux-Le-Vicomte, near Paris, 1650
Andre Le Notre, Gardens of Vaux-Le-Vicomte, near Paris, 1650
Pierre Patel, Versailles, Paris, 1670
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Gallery of Mirrors, Versailles, 1680
Francois d’Orbay, Ambassadors’ Staircase, Versailles, 1680
Reception of Siamese Ambassadors at Versailles, 1690, prints made in Paris
Andre Le Notre (garden design), bosquets and fountains, gardens of Versailles, last quarter of 17th century