The principal institutions of public welfare are those that provide facilities for education, health, public security, and utilities. Some of these functions are performed by the church and the state, but, since their character is not essentially religious or political, they may require independent architectural solutions, particularly in urban environments. A consistent typology of this architecture, however, cannot be established throughout history, because the acceptance of responsibility for the welfare of the community differs in degree in every social system. Buildings for the specific purposes of public welfare were seldom considered necessary in antiquity, in ... (100 of 26,307 words)Architecture of welfare and education
- Palace of Versailles, France.
- Palace of Versailles, France, built chiefly by Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart during the last half of the 17th century.
- Place des Vosges, Paris.
- Mayan temple at Tikal in present-day Guatemala.
- Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Sarira Pagoda, Chengde, Hebei province, China.
- Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Marble tomb of Giuliano de’ Medici by Michelangelo, 1520–34; in the Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, Florence.
- Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy; designed by Andrea Palladio and completed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1585.
- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.