SHRI RAM SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,MZN

THEORY OF DESIGN
Presentation
on

NEOCLASSICISM
ARCHITECTURE

PRESENTED BY

ARIF MALIK PARUL VERMA

MOHD SHADAB SAPNA MOURYA
 NEO-CLASSICISM
ARCHITECTURE
• Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style that began in the mid-
18th century,
• Neoclassical, or "new" classical, architecture describes buildings that are
inspired by the classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.
• Neoclassical architecture was a reaction to Rococo and Baroque
architectural styles.
• Columns were used to carry the weight of the building's structure. But
later they became used as a graphical element
 characteristics

• Free standing columns

• Massive buildings
• Building's facade is flat and long. Often having a screen of
free-standing columns
• Symmetrical shape
• Tall columns that rise the full height of the building
• Triangular pediment
• Domed roof
 Difference between
rococo and baroque
•The Rococo style is usually considered a late development in Baroque design.
•Baroque architecture was ornate and heavily ornamented, while Rococo
architecture tends to be much lighter in effect - though no less elaborate and
encrusted with ornamentation.
•While there are many similarities between the Baroque and the Rococo styles,
Rococo buildings tend to be ‘softer’ and less ‘heavy’ in visual effect, more graceful
overall than Baroque buildings. Colors are pale and curving, organic shapes
dominate.
BAROQUE ROCOCO
 HISTORY OF
NEOCLASSICISM
ARCHITECTURE

It was used in a range of architectural forms, including churches,

arches, temples, houses, terraces, garden monuments and interior
designs. Neoclassical architecture became an international style each
country having distinct characteristics which reflected the
architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.
 NEO-CLASSICISM ARCHITECTURE
PERIOD BUILDINGS

• MONTICELLO
(Albemarle County, nearCharlottesville, Virginia, USA)
• REDWOOD LIBRARY
(Bellevue avenue,newport, rhode island )
• DRAYTON HALL
(Ashley River about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Charleston)
 MONTICELLO
• Location:- Albemarle County, nearCharlottesville, Virginia, USA
• Architect:- Thomas Jefferson
• Construction:- 1768 until 1809
• Type:- Jefferson’s house
• It is considered one of the “finest examples of the early Classical Revival
architecture
• The windows of the first and second floor are encased in long frames to
imply the illusion of the building only having one story
 REDWOOD LIBRARY

• Location:- bellevue avenue,newport, rhode island

• Architect:- peter harrison
• Construction:- 1747 until 1750
• Type:- public building
• Designed in the manner of Italian Renaissance Architect Andrea
Palladio, in the Georgian- Palladian style
 DRAYTON HALL

• Location:- Ashley River about 15 miles (24 km) northwest

of Charleston
• Construction:- 1715 until 1779
• The house has a double projecting (and recessed) portico on the west
facade, which faces away from the river and toward the land side
approach from Ashley River Road