Great Stupa at Sanchi, 2nd cent. BC

(Buddhist)

-founded by emporer Ashoka

-important pilgrimage site

Chaitya Hall at Karli, 2nd cent BC

 (Buddhist)

-rock cut

-very long

Viharas at Ajanti, 2nd-1st cent BC

(Buddhist)

-rock cut caves around river bend

Bodhi Tree Shrine

(Buddhist) 

Kandariya Temple at Khajurajo, 1017-1029

(Hindu Temple)

-repetive tower motif

-figure sculptures on exterior

Dharmaraja Ratha at Mahaballipuram, 630 AD

(Hindu)

Chang'an city plan, 6th cent AD

(China)

Hall of Supreme Harmony, Beijing, 1403

(China)

-bldg inside "Forbidden City" (palace complex)

Foguang-si (Temple) at Wutai Shan, 857 AD

(China)

Great Stone Bridge in Hopei Provence, 606-618 AD

(China)

Tomb of First Emporer (Qin Shi Huang di), 220 BC

(China)

Jiangsu Yi Yuan garden in Suzhou

(Japan)

Phoenix Hall at Byodoin, 

(Japanese shinden style)

Katsura Palace, Kyoto, 1620

(Japanese shoin style)

Osaka Castle, Osaka, Japan, 16th cent

Gardens and Palace of Kasayapa, Sigiriya 5th cent AD

(Sri Lanka)

La Venta, 1000 BC

Olmec

Teotihuacan, 1000 BC

Olmec

-St. of the Dead

-Pyramid & plaza of the Moon

-Pyramid of the Sun

- Temple of the Feathered Serpent

Temple of Inscriptions, Palenque, 800 AD

Mayan temple

Ceremonial Plaza, Tikal, 800 AD

Maya temple complex

Nunnery at Uxmal, 800 AD

Maya courtyard group

Palace at Tikal, 800 AD

Maya palace complex

North Acropolis, Tikal, 800 AD

Maya acropolis group

Old St. Peters, Rome, 325

longitudinal early christian 

Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 325

3 aisle basilican plan

Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, 325

martyrium and church

Santa Costanza, Rome, 340

mausoleum

Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, 493-525

San Vitale, Ravenna, 540

Haghia Sophia, Constantinople, 532-537

combo latin and greek cross

Church of Constantine Lips, Constantinople, 930

cross in square

dome of the rock, jerusalem, 687-691