Ancient Civilization

Egyptian civilization came together around 3150 BC. The history of ancient Egypt occurred in a series known as the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.The success of ancient Egyptian civilization came partly from its ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River valley. The many achievements of the ancient Egyptians include the quarrying, surveying and construction techniques that facilitated the building of monumental pyramids, temples, and obelisks. Major advances in architecture, art, and technology were made during the Old Kingdom. One of their major achievements were the Giza Pyramids and Great Sphinx of Giza. 

Great Sphinx of Giza

Giza Pyramids

Furniture: 

Furniture was rare, but was made to use mostly in travel. Furniture ranged between tables, storage pieces, beds and decorative artifacts. They was influenced by religion, from familiar objects, and they used material and construction techniques such as leather. It is interesting to compare Egyptian furniture to what we have today. A foldable wooden bed would be like a roll away bed that are found in many hotels today. 

Then

Now

The ancient Egyptians also contributed loggia into modern architecture. In ancient Egyptian architecture the loggia was usually on the roof top or an interior loggia facing an inner courtyard. It is a room, hall, gallery or porch open to the air on at least one side. Today, we might consider a loggia as a screened in porch or patio. 

Now

Then

After reviewing Sammy's blog I found it interesting comparing the way they built homes back then and now. We still sometimes use the same materials but when comparing your photos above, I realized how nowadays it looks way more visual appealing. The bricks sometimes create a pattern and there are a variety of sizes to make it more interesting. I think it is very cool though that materials used thousands of years ago to build homes, are still used today. Our world is changing and evolving so fast, that it's hard to believe we use ancient civilization ideas in our homes today. For example the loggias. I didn't know porches were created from the idea of loggias. It's very clear that having knowledge about the history of art is important, especially for design students. Justine's blog caught my interest with her picture of an Egyptian bedroom from back then and what one would look like today. They both have lots of furniture but it isn't your normal bedroom furniture. All the pieces are very detailed and use the color gold. The furniture back then I would consider more elaborate but I can still see the similarities in todays picture.