"The Parthenon enjoys
the reputation of being the most perfect Doric temple ever built. Even in
antiquity, its architectural refinements were legendary, especially the subtle
correspondence between the curvature of the stylobate,
the taper of the naos walls and the entasis of
the columns." - John Julius Cooper
David Rader and Nathan Koskovich kickoff our architecture history series with the Parthenon and speculate on why it still matters to architects.