week 5: video review (Architecture)

Being an anthropology major, I chose the videos Classical Architecture and Imperial Rome, Ostia, and Portus: Ancient Architecture and Technology, because i am more interested in ancient/ historical things than modern.
Classical Architecture:
Modern architecture such as the ones used in the monuments in Washington and Nuremberg, the ideas come from greek and Roman architectural ideas from more than 2000 years ago. The renessaince work was an architectural rediscovery of roman. i found it interesting looking at all the old buildings like the Bank of England that was demolished in the 1920s- that included abstract elements. I also thought seeing the change from the Classical style of the Parliament building to the Victorian style was interesting to see the comparison.
Imperial Rome, Ostia, and Portus: Ancient Architecture and Technology:
I really enjoyed this video the most out of all the videos i had to watch this week. I learned that the reconstruction of Ancient Rome is hard and is still not complete, due to  1 million people population and the cramped classical style buildings. They are still trying to figure out what materials were used, how the population was supplied and housed, and how the city was run. The most interesting thing I found out was that the Romans brought no advancements to technology. Instead they took the technological advancements from the people they conquered. From the buildings that remain no floor or roof skills survive, but there is proof that carpentry was the highest quality they possessed. The big holes in buildings and the glass fragments found by archaeologists, suggest that they knew and used the technique know as double glazing for windows, and knew the thermal properties.