BUILDING MATERIALS

1. STONE AND CONCRETE

✣ Building with
stones or bricks
is called masonry

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 2. STEEL

✣ has tensile
strength
✣ structural steel
overcomes the
problem of space
and weight posed
by other
materials

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 3. WOOD

✣ Used to hold up
the roof or support
the upper floors

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 4. BAMBOO

Advantage:
-Low cost of
production
Disadvantage:
-Burns quickly
-humans, pandas,
termites and beetles
eat the bamboo
plants
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 6. MUD

✣ Cheap,
practical, and
attractive
✣ Effective in
dry climates

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 WATLLE AND DAUB

✣ Mud and woven

stick construction

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 PISE- DE- TERRE

✣ Resembles modern
poured-concrete
technology

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 6. GLASS

✣ Benefits
-ability to control light
-sound transmission

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FENG SHUI PRINCIPLES
IN ARCHITECTURE
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 1.
SHAPE AND DIMENSION
The upper floor should be equal or shorter in
height as the lower floor.
2. WALLS, GATES AND FENCES
- The gate should have the same height as
the wall
- Should not be opening outward
- No drainage outside the gate - repair
cracked or damaged walls
 3. DOORS
- Should not be in line with mirror
- Must not be facing toilet door
- Must not be aligned with a window or
bedroom door
- Not be opening to a pillar, stove or a very tall
tree
 4. floors
- Uniform level
- Wooden planks or par quit
- Bathroom floor lower than the bedroom floor
 5. STAIRES
- Staircase must not lead to the main door or
toilet
- Must be at the center of the house
- solid
 6. CEILING

- No slanted ceiling or
exposed beam
7. TOILET/ WATER CLOSET
- Must be not directly above the dinning
room, stove, bed or northern portion of the
house
 8. LIVING ROOM

- Preferably situated at or near the center

- Square or rectangular-shaped
- Must have adequate natural lightning and
air
- Its level should not be sunken or lower then
the rest of the house
 9. DINING ROOM
- Must not be seen directly from the main door
10. BEDROOM/BED
- Regular –shaped room
ARCHITECTURAL
STYLES/PERIODS
 1. EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE

a. Temples – incorporated precious

materials such as gold, silver,
carnelian, and turquoise were
beautifully made with paintings
to house the gods.
-represented the universe at the
moment of creation

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 ✣ Temple at
Luxor

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 b. PYRAMIDS

✣ Intended to protect the bodies of

pharaohs buried deep inside them
✣ Contains inscriptions of spells
✣ Egyptians carved hieroglyphics on the
walls of the burial chamber
✣ Constructed with doors of granite and
false passages

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 ✣ Pyramid of
Khafre at
Giza

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 c. PALACES

✣ Built of mud bricks

✣ Constructed with an entrance way that
led to an open court and followed by a
pillared hall

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 ✣ Ras El
Tin
Palace
Alexandr
ia

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