Article

How Ancient Greek Architecture Influences the World: Asya Taylor
How Ancient Greek Architecture Influences the World In this article I will be comparing two very different buildings. One form ancient Greece and the other from modern-day England. Both of these buildings have doric styled columns. Doric columns are very strong and not decorative. The buildings are both monuments, one was built for a god and another for a inventor. The Temple of the Delians, also called the "Grand Temple" (Welcome to Myconos Delos), is the “sanctuary of Apollo”. The ancient Greek building was never completed even though construction stopped in the middle of the 5th century. The sanctuary was originally designed to have 38 columns; 6 on each of the shorter sides and 12 on both of the longer sides. Construction on this building started around 478 BCE, the dimensions of this sanctuary are 30m x 13m and the numerous columns were 6 ft x 13 ft. The columns of the temple weren't built on a base, they were build directly on the ground. The temple's columns were doric columns. This meant that they were sturdy and their appearance was plain. Doric columns are the most common of all the three types. I found no information on the make-up of the Temple of the Delians but under this article there are two pictures of the temple, what do you think it's made of? There isn't a lot of information on the Temple of the Delians but it is still a very interesting Greek building. My second ,and more modern, building is Lord Hill's Column. Lord Hill's Column is in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The column stands 133.5 feet high. On top of the single doric column there is a 17 foot statue of Sir Rowland Hill. Sir Rowland Hill(1795- 1879) was an English teacher, inventor, and social reformer. Rowland Hill has numerous statues, one sculpted by Edward Onslow Ford,1884, in London. Rowland's statue in England is the tallest doric column in the world. Inside of the column are stairs which climb up to an open air viewing platform just below the statue. The column was built between 1814 and 1816. The total expense for this monument was 5,972 pounds, 13 shillings, and 2 pence. Lord Hill's Columns' architect was Edward Haycock and the statue of Lord Hill was designed and executed by Messrs. There isn't much information on this monument, so I wasn't able to find what they used to build it. Both of these monuments were built to honor somebody, they both symbolize respect. Lord Hill's column looks as if it were based on ancient Greek buildings. They are both monuments and use doric columns. Doric columns are both popular and practical. Throughout time, Greek architecture will continue to influence the rest of the world.