Outline of classical architecture

For example, most of the styles originating in post-Renaissance Europe can be described as classical architecture.

This broad use of the term is employed by Sir John Summerson in The Classical Language of Architecture.

Classical architecture can be described as all of the following: Ancient Greek architecture – architecture produced by the Greek-speaking people (Hellenic people) whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland and Peloponnesus, the Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Asia Minor and Italy for a period from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest remaining architectural works dating from around 600 BC.

Ancient Greek architecture is best known from its temples, and the Parthenon is a prime example.

A crucial factor in this development that saw a trend to monumental architecture was the invention of Roman concrete (also called opus caementicium).