The United States Capitol is located in Washington, D.C. and serves as the meeting place for the U.S. Congress. The original building was completed in 1800 and has since undergone expansions, most notably the addition of a massive dome. Today, the Capitol covers over 1.5 million square feet and is crowned by a iconic white dome that has become a widely recognized symbol of the American government.

1. • United States Capitol, is the meeting place of the United States Congress and one
of the most familiar landmarks in Washington, D.C. It is situated on Capitol Hill at the
eastern end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
• The original building was completed in 1800 and was subsequently expanded,
particularly with the addition of the massive dome.
• A fine example of 19th-century neoclassical architecture, the U.S. Capitol combines
function with aesthetics.
• Pierre Charles L'Enfant was expected to design the Capitol and to supervise its
construction.
• United State Capitol covers well over 1.5 million square feet, has over 600 rooms,
and miles of corridors. It is crowned by a magnificent white dome that overlooks the
city of Washington and has become a widely recognized icon of the American people
and government.
• Today, the U.S. Capitol Building covers a ground area of 175,170 square feet, or
about 4 acres, and has a floor area of approximately 16-1/2 acres. Its length, from
north to south, is 751 feet 4 inches; its greatest width, including approaches, is 350
feet. Its height above the base line on the east front to the top of the Statue of
Freedom is 288 feet. The building contains approximately 600 rooms and has 658
windows (108 in the dome alone) and approximately 850 doorways and made up of
white marble.
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•The first, or ground, floor is
occupied chiefly by committee
rooms and the spaces
allocated to various
congressional officers.
•The areas accessible to
visitors on this level include
the Hall of Columns, the
Brumidi Corridors, the
restored Old Supreme Court
Chamber, and the Crypt
beneath the Rotunda, where
historical exhibits are
presented.
•The second floor holds the Chambers
of the House of Representatives (in
the south wing) and the Senate (in
the north wing) as well as the offices
of the congressional leadership.
•This floor also contains three major
public areas. In the center under the
dome is the Rotunda, a circular
ceremonial space that also serves as
a gallery of paintings and sculpture
depicting significant people and
events in the nation's history.
•The Rotunda is 96 feet in diameter and rises 180 feet 3 inches to the canopy.
• The semicircular chamber south of the Rotunda served as the Hall of the House until 1857; now
designated National Statuary Hall, it houses part of the Capitol's collection of statues donated by the
states in commemoration of notable citizens.
•The Old Senate Chamber northeast of the Rotunda, which was used by the Senate until 1859, has
been returned to its mid-19th-century appearance.
Second Floor Plan
•The third floor allows access to the
galleries from which visitors to the
Capitol Building may watch the
proceedings of the House and the
Senate when Congress is in session.
•The rest of this floor is occupied by
offices, committee rooms and press
galleries.
•The fourth floor and the basement/terrace level of the U.S. Capitol are occupied by offices,
machinery rooms, workshops and other support areas.
Third Floor Plan
Replacement of the old
Bulfinch dome with a
30 m dia dome
Small senate rotunda
on second floor of
United State Capitol.
Interior of the dome
of United State
Capitol building
Interior view of crypt on first
floor of United State Capitol.
First Floor Plan
A colossal statue that supports
Freedom
New dome which stand three
times the height of the original
dome
Use of pediment main feature
of the Roman Pantheon
Use of column main feature of
the Roman Pantheon
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2. • Holkham Hall, Norfolk, England, is an eighteenth century country house constructed in the
Palladian style for Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester by the architect William Kent.
• It’s one of the England’s finest building made using the Palladian revival style of architecture,
and its design is closer to the Palladian style than any other house built using the same style
of architecture in that period by any architect.
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• The plan and design followed the guidelines and ideas for the house as suggested and stated
by the aristocrat architect Lord Burlington and William Kent.
• The plans for Holkham Hall consisted of a grand central block of two floors.
•The plan for the piano nobile level contains a series of uniformly built state rooms that were
situated around the two courtyards.
• These courtyards are not visible from the outside; these courtyards were designed for
lightning rather than the recreation or architectural value, but eventually it became an
important part of the design.
• The central block is surrounded by four smaller, rectangular wings, or blocks.
•These wings are connected at each corner and were linked to the main house structure by
short two-storey wings of only one bay, this was a new norm as normally in Palladian
architecture they are linked using long colonnades.
Library wing
Marble HallPlan of Holkham Hall
Exterior
• From looking at the elevation and exterior of principal front (facade), the Holkham Hall
design by Kent can be described as that of a huge Roman palace.
• Holkham Hall by its plan is a Palladian house, and yet even by the Palladian standard the
exterior appearance of the building is plain and lacks entirely of ornamentation.
• The on-site, supervisor of Holkham “Matthew Brettingham the Elder”, stated that Coke
required and ordered ample space and comfort. As a result, only one window was placed in
each room which allowed only necessary light in the rooms.
• The other reason was that Coke thought the extra window will make the room cold or
draughty apart from making the exterior more pleasing.
Use of Pediment and Columns of Roman Style Lack of Ornamentation (Simple Façade)
Interior
• The impressive splendour of the interior is obtained without the excessive use of ornaments.
The interior of the house reflects the William Kent’s career-long fondness towards “the
simplicity of a plain surface”.
• All around the hall are the statues that are plaster copies of classical deities. The staircase
from the hall leads to the piano nobile and the state-rooms.
• The Green State Bedroom is the principal bedroom of the Holkham Hall and s decorated
using paintings and tapestries.
Green State Bedroom William Kent's Saloon
Use of Pediment
Bedchamber Wing
Use of Roman
Column
Holkham Hall
Plain Facade
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3. • The British Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the physician
and scientist Sir Hans Sloane.
• The British Museum is dedicated to human history, art and culture, and is located in the
Bloomsbury area of London.
• An historic building with Greek revival, neo-classical and modern architectural features.
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•The British Museum is
an exemplar cultural
space, comprising the
White Wing, King
Edward VII’s galleries,
the Parthenon
galleries, the New
Wing, and the Great
Court.
• The Museum has a
total of 94 gallery
spaces and public
services, including a
restaurant and an
education centre,
which is located below
the courtyard.
• It included galleries
for classical sculpture
and Assyrian
antiquities
• The construction of the Great Court involved extensive re-facing of the existing buildings and
the construction of 20 concrete-filled steel columns to support the roof.
Ground Floor Plan Upper Floor Plan
British Museum
Exterior
• The monumental South entrance, with its stairs, colonnade and pediment, was intended to
reflect the wondrous objects housed inside.
• The design of the columns has been borrowed from ancient Greek temples, and the
pediment at the top of the building is a common feature of classical Greek architecture.
• The east and west residences (to the left and right of the entrance) have a more modest
exterior.
Use of Greek Architecture Columns and
Pediment
Plain Exterior (No Ornamentation)
Interior
• The patterns and colours on the ceiling of the Weston Hall were borrowed from classical
Greek buildings, which would have been brightly decorated.
• The electric lamps in the entrance hall are replicas of the original lighting lamps in the
Museum. The Museum was the first public building to be electrically lit.
• The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court is a covered square at the centre of the British Museum
designed by the engineers Buro Happold and the architects Foster and Partners.
• The Great Court roof is of glass and steel construction, built by an Austrian steelwork
company with 1,656 uniquely shaped panes of glass.
• At the centre of the Great Court is the Reading Room vacated by the British Library. The
Reading Room is open to any member of the public who wishes to read there.
Great Court Interior View Weston Hall Interior View Ceiling of Weston
Hall
Use of Greek
Style Pediment
Use of Greek
Style Columns
Plain Exterior / No
Ornamentation
Date
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