Historically, fractals have been found to be present world-wide, particularly in places such as, Africa, Europe and India. However their uses and origins differ. For example, 'African fractals are more directly informed by nature' and their composition is derived from the social structure of their day-to-day village life and patriarchal values. Where as the Indian architectural use of fractals demonstrates their Hindu belief in the infinite cosmos, which is thought to be composed entirely of fractal elements. On the other hand, the use of fractals in European architecture is greatly varied ranging from the organized hierarchy of St Peter's Dome (plan image above), the complicated fractal ornamentation of
Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque Cathedrals, to the ambiguous scale of K. Malevich's Arkitectonic models (perspective above) and the complex fractal construction of the Eiffel tower(detail below). Reference: http://classes.yale.edu/Fractals/Panorama/Architecture/Arch/Arch.html
