1. Daniel E. Lopez Velazquez
Greek Architecture
Daniel E. Lopez Velazquez

2. What is Greek Architecture?
Greek Architecture is a type of architecture that is known for the its use of very large, ornate columns, and its use of symmetry and horizontal balance to create buildings that represented strength, balance, and fortitude.

3. The three main building systems of Greek Architecture.
Post and Lintel
Entablature and Pediment
Crepidoma

4. Post and Lintel
Ancient Greek Buildings were done with a post and lintel system. It consisted of using columns known as posts that supported ridged roofs that were known as lintels. Due to the lack of reinforced concrete. Buildings were built with many large, bulky columns. The columns ended in capitals which was a concrete structure put in between the column and its load.

5. Entablature and pediment
The entablature and pediments is the ceiling area that the columns are supporting.
Entablature:
Architrave
Frieze
cornice
Pediment

6. Architrave
The Architrave is the lowest lintel in a Greek building. It rests on a columns capital, and it provides a foundation for the rest of the Entablature.

7. Frieze 
In Greek architecture, the frieze is the middle or central column in a entablature. It consists of Triglyphs and Metopes. The Triglyph is a block with vertical rows that act as a buffer for the Metopes. Metopes in the Doric Order consists of sculptural elements that usually tell a story, sometimes the're plain.

8. Cornice
It is molding that is placed on the upper part of a Entablature. 

9. Pediment
A pediment is a architectural element that is placed on top of the entablature. It normally has a triangular shape, it is one of the most iconic elements of Greek architecture

10. Crepidoma
The crepidoma is the base of the building, it consists of three stages.
Euthynteria: The foundation of the Crepidoma.
Stereobate: The lowest levels of the Crepidoma. 
Stylobate: Top levels of the Crepidoma.

11. Ionic Style Its frieze's and columns are undecorated.
You can see it's inspiration from the use of wooden columns, similar to Doric.
The columns have a voluted capital.
They have dentils.

12. Corinthian It's origin does not lies on wooden architecture.
It has heavily decorated columns, usually having design of leaves.
The capital of the columns is deeper than the Doric or Ionic capital.

13. History
The Dark Ages(1100 – 800 B.C.E) to the orientalizing period:The fall of Mycenaean Architecture and the collapse of the Bronze Age Civilization.
The Archaic Period: The portrayal of realistic human sculptures started to develop
The classical Period:
The Hellenistic Period:

14. Parthenon
The Parthenon is a temple dedicated to Athena. It is a classical example of Doric Architecture, and a fine representation of Greek values. The columns have simple capitals and bases. The building contains ninety two metopes in its Frieze, which depicted Gigantomachy, mythical battles between the Olympian gods and the giants .

15. Influences in modern architecture
Greek architecture has a massive influence on modern architecture, it is the essential style behind many buildings. You can notice this from their use of columns, entablature and pediment. Many government buildings use Greek architecture, for example, The White House, The supreme court, etc.

16. Resistance to the environment
Advantages
Disadvantages
Horizontal Balance
Visual Attraction
It can represent calmness and fortitude
Cost
Visual Clutter
Resistance to the environment

17. Citations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_architecture
art/beginners-guide-greece/a/introduction-to-greek-architecture

18. Questions