Architectural Styles

    Buddhist

    Alt names / subperiods 

    Timeline

    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

     

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    300 BCE-Present

    • Buddha statues & reliefs
    • dome-shaped reliquary structures
    • décorations incl lotus
    • wheel, and the four cardinal directions
    • integration with nature
    • distinct geographic temple variations
    • tiered towers
    • carvings & reliefs
    • sacred symbolic geometry,
    • mandala (symbolic representation of the universe)
    • use of local materials
    • symbolic gardens with lotus flowers & water features
    • rich use of frescoes
    • murals
    • intricate sculptures.
    • Global

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Custom Hotel Examples

    • Stupas
    • Viharas (monasteries)
    • temples (East Asia pagodas, rock-cut Indian temples and intricately-carved Southeast Asian temples like Angkor Wat
    • shrines
    • pillared halls used for congregational worship (Mandapas)
    • prayer halls with stupa (Chaityas)
    • Great Stupa at Sanchi
    • Ajanta Caves
    • Great Temple of Borobudur
    • Shwedagon Pagoda
    • Potala Palace
    • Horyu-ji Temple
    • Mahabodhi Temple
    • Chongyuan Temple Suzhou
    • Muara Takus temple Sumatra
    • Jetavanaramaya stupa Sri Lanka
    • Thikse Monastery gompa Ladakh
    • Tawang Monastery Arunachal Pradesh
    • Rumtek Monastery Sikkim
    • Negoro-ji in Iwade, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
    • Mahabodhi temple, Gaya
    • Rinpung Dzong Bhutan
    • Vatadage Temple Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka
    • Lingxiao Pagoda in Zhengding, Hebei
    • Pagoda of Kofukuji, Nara
    • Plaosan temple
    • Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar
    • Great Stupa Drala Mountain Center USA
    • Golden Temple of Shakyamuni Buddha, Kalmykia Russia
    • Peace Pagoda Japantown, San Francisco
    • Paro Taktsang, Paro, Bhutan
    • Monastic complexes (viharas)
    • religious texts (Vinaya Pitaka) note rules for guests
    • rest houses at pilgrimage sites (Bodh Gaya)
    • trade routes Silk Road
    • Rest Houses (Dharmashalas) noted in travel literature (Fa-Hien (Faxian), Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang), and I-tsing (Yijing)
    • scriptures (eg Pali Canon) note duty of monks to provide for travelers
    • Archaeological excavations (Nalanda, Sarnath, and Ajanta) reveal large communal areas, kitchens & sleeping quarters.
    • TBC

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