100 Ideas That Changed Architecture: Walls

Walls. At first, the Greeks didn't believe that walls were much of importance. The put them after the columns. Unlike the Egyptians who used them for monumental purposes. Romans were the first who put them ahead and used them for the practical use of separation. When the interest of Roman Architecture sparked up in Italy, the wall became of importance once again. Alberti and other architects established the idea of the wall's importance, that later dominated the Western Architecture. They varied of materials, from stone all the way to plastic. Depended on the architect. 

It wasn't until big buildings did the importance of the wall arose. Instead of just being the support for the houses, they soon became a way of defining space. Then in the twentieth century, new ideas started sparking up on how the wall consumed and released energy. You see, the wall may seem like nothing, but it provides more than we think. Not only does it define space, it provides protection. Privacy, space. It crated new designs and functions that hadn't been seen. It gives the architect more space to play with.