The narrowing of the corner intercolumniation was done to follow the rule that in doric style architecture the.
Greek temple roof design.
Over some 50 years the periclean building program produced not only the large temple to athena parthenos athena the virgin in greek but the propylaea the gateway to the acropolis as.
The classic modern single spire design heralded an era where the temples square off the roof and return to a single spire design.
Also different architectural styles will use the same type of roof.
A number of surviving temple like structures are circular and are referred to as tholos ancient greek.
Their potential was fully realized in the roman period which saw over 30 m wide trussed roofs sp.
These early roof tiles showed an s shape with the pan and cover tile forming one piece.
Since the parthenon was of the doric order i have highlighted two decorations distinct to the doric trigplyphs and metopes.
With its 6 13 columns or 5 12 intercolumniations this temple was designed entirely rationally.
Greek builders used materials found locally.
Its column bays axis to axis measured 16 feet 4 9 m a triglyph metope 8 feet 2 4 m a mutulus plus the adjacent space via 4 feet 1 2 m the tile width of the marble roof was 2 feet 0 61 m.
The list of ancient roofs comprises roof constructions from greek and roman architecture ordered by clear span.
With the rise of stone architecture came the appearance of fired ceramic roof tiles.
In many areas the standard material for walls was mud brick made by mixing clay with water and straw pressing the mixture into rectangular wooden forms and letting it dry.
On the top and at the corners are statues on the roof known as acroteria.
These temples tend to be larger with the smallest temple at 45 800 sq ft 4 250 m 2 and the largest at 104 000 sq ft 9 700 m 2 compared to the earlier six spire designs with the smallest at 9 600 sq ft 890 m.
Modern cornice moldings used in houses are borrowed from the cornices used in greek temples.
Most buildings in classical greece were covered by traditional prop and lintel constructions which often needed to include interior colonnades.
Conservatism in religious architecture.
The smallest temples are less than 25 m.
From then until 700 b c greek construction was more modest consisting mostly of houses and a few temples and city walls.
Most ancient greek temples were rectangular and were approximately twice as long as they were wide with some notable exceptions such as the enormous temple of olympian zeus athens with a length of nearly 2 1 2 times its width.
In sicily truss roofs presumably appeared as early as 550 bc.
The optical adjustments made to the parthenon were not unique but represented the culmination of many generations of architects efforts to establish a standard code or canon traditionally required for the design of greek temples.