Architectural Monoliths! A 'giant' of a subject. Wikipedia's definition is:
Monolithic architecture describes buildings which are carved, cast or excavated from a single piece of material, historically from rock. The most basic form of monolithic architecture is a rock-cut building, such as the monolithic churches of Ethiopia built by the Zagwe dynasty, or the Pancha Rathas in India.
I think any building that has a single construction material can be described as monolithic when the end result gives the impression of being constructed out of a single piece of the material - concrete, steel, etc.
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Don't panic! It's a really interesting challenge. Thanks Allison.
Hilary
Great subject. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be interesting and fun.
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ReplyDeleteI knew my topic the minute I saw the idea!
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