Ancient Greece Architecture
... "Greece is a point that marks the start of a definable and continuous tradition, a tradition that was never forgotten and that has gone in determining the forms of architecture down to the present day". Greek architecture, which drew heavily on its principles, has been a major influence on western building. It’s easy to see the similarities and distinctions between ancient Greek structures and modern structures. The Classical architecture style of ancient Greece has a profound influence on later forms of architecture. Even today we design public buildings in the classical manner which look back to the aesthetic idea from the ancient Greeks. The earliest monumental buildings in Greek architecture were the temples, with which the architecture of ancient Greece is generally associated, and they appear as clearly organized individual bodies. It was realized by the ancient Greeks, that the earliest temples were made of wood, and that the stone structures that succeeded them were masonry versions of timber originals.