Archaeology Odyssey

For much of the 20th century, architects have felt the need to “Make it new!” The idea of imitating models from the past, even written models like Vitruvius, was anathema. Recently, however, a group of architects who call themselves New Classicists have begun to look to ancient buildings as sources of inspiration.

“Deinocrates, an architect who was full of confidence in his own ideas and skill, set out from Macedonia, in the reign of Alexander, to go to the army, being eager to win the approbation of the king.

Basilica

In ancient Rome, a long rectangular or oblong building, often culminating in a semi-circular apse. The interior generally had two rows of columns, forming a wide central aisle and two narrower side aisles. Early Christians and contemporaneous Jews modeled their churches and synagogues on the Roman basilica.