Palace at Knossos
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 | Palace at Knossos |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | Knossos, Crete |
| Date | -1700 to -1400 |
| Building Type | palace |
| Climate | mediterranean |
| Context | |
| Architectural Style | Minoan or Cretan |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | Orthogonal clustering of spaces. Columns taper toward base. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Palace_at_Knossos.html |
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"This palace, the largest known in Crete, with an area of 22,000 sq. metres (26,000 sq. yards), was excavated by A. Evans between 1899 and 1932, and spectacularly restored, sometimes excessively. It occupies the summit of a small hill, and to the east it dominates a ravine on to which the royal apartments look out, with their large megaron on the Minoan plan—open on two sides, reached by a large staircase. The three main entrances are to the north, the west and the south. The western wing was occupied by extensive storerooms and by official apartments—audience and reception halls, sanctuary; a large staircase leads to state rooms."
— John Julius Norwich. The World Atlas of Architecture. p134.
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Francis D. K. Ching. Architecture: Form, Space, and Order. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979. ISBN 0-442-21535-5. LC 79-18045. NA2760.C46. plan, p233.— A nice graphic introduction to architectural ideas. Updated 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
Howard Davis. Slide from photographer's collection. PCD .0405. PCD 2260.1012.0405. PCD 2260.1012.0405. PCD 2260.1012.0405. PCD 2260.1012.0405.
Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. plan drawing of the entrance system and west palace system, fig b, p97. after Pendlebury. [DP]— The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
Dennis Sharp, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Whitney Library of Design, an imprint of Watson-Guptil Publications, 1991. ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. photo, p175.
Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986. plan, exterior photo, p77.— available at Amazon.com
