Stoa of Attalus
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 | Stoa of Attalus |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | Athens, Greece |
| Date | -150 |
| Building Type | commercial, shopping mall |
| Climate | mediterranean |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Ancient Greek, Doric |
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| Notes | Fully restored Ancient Greek shopping arcade. Also spelled "Attalos" |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Stoa_of_Attalus.html |
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"...the Stoa of Attalus...is a two-storey building, 116 m x 19.4 m (381 ft x 63 ft 8 in), with a Doric colonnade on the ground floor, and an Ionic upper colonnade incorporating a balustrade. All the fa�ade is in marble. The inner ground floor colonnades are equal in height to the exterior to support the floor above, but at double spacing they are Ionic. The inner colonnade of the upper floor has columns of palm-leaf design developed in Pergamum. There is a row of rooms behind the colonnades on both floors. The details are unsatisfactory, in comparison with the forms of Classical Athenian architecture. More important is the way the stoas are used to close off the agora to a regular plan."
— Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. p147.
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Howard Davis. Slide from photographer's collection. PCD 2260.1012.0405.
Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. Boston: Butterworths, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. NA200.F63 1987. discussion, p147.— The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
Roland Martin. Living Architecture: Greek. London: Oldbourne Book Co., 1967. photo of interior, p162.
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. exterior photo, p179.
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