Which designer created a "scrapbook" of different architectural elements independent of context?
Andrea Palladio
Sebastiano Serlio
Michelangelo
Plato
What differentiated Palladio from his predecessors?
He was the first known architect to use a dome.
He was the first modern architect to focus on asymmetry.
He used early notions of pre-fabricated elements in his designs.
He used only the most expensive materials on the market.
What was the main goal of the Bauhuas?
To create simple, functional buildings.
To use only steel and glass in construction
To design inexpensive home appliances for all.
To re-imagine the material world to reflect the unity of the arts.
Who is the author of The Four Elements of Architecture?
Gottfried Semper
Vitruvius
George Hersey and Richard Freedman
Which of the following is NOT true of the students of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts?
They were comprised largely of the bourgeoisie.
They were focused on creating modern designs.
They studied human anatomy as part of their coursework.
They boiled down elements from notable past projects and incorporated them into new designs.
Which designer introduced the concept of a proun?
El Lissitzky
Nikolai Ladovski
Ivan Leonidov
Yakov Chemikov
What is the Panopticon?
A prison concept, where one watchman can observe all prison cells.
A type of hospital in ancient Rome.
A governmental building in Berlin.
A building material used during the Jim Carrey movement.
What were some of the important aesthetic, meaning and assembly elements predominantly used by Louis Kahn?
Weather and seasonings.
Sustainability and affordability.
Light and silence.
Wind and humididty.
Who was the architect of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth?
Augustus Pugin
Louis Kahn
Le Corbusier
Leon Batista Alberti
What was the new addition designed by Norman Foster for Berlin's Reichstag?
A tower.
A dome.
An arena.
A portico.
What best describes the way Vitruvius viewed the beauty?
As an architectural concept rooted in ancient Persia.
As a symmetric assembly of configuration.
As an abstract ideal form of an architectural order.
As an unchanging form.
The Jewish Museum of Berlin was designed by which architect?
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Norman Foster
La Corbu
Daniel Libeskind
Who was the author of the Ten Books of Architecture?
Also Rossi
Le Corbu
How were the concepts of beauty and symmetry connected in the antique philosophy of beauty?
Symmetry, while yet important, was secondary to proportion.
Symmetry and beauty were two separate concepts.
Beauty cannot be considered as an essential concept in the antiquity period.
Symmetry as an absolute principle of creation and beauty.
What is the Modulor?
A system of human propotions used in architecture.
A modular apartment building.
A type of an urban block.
A type of pattern.
The Rococo was:
Widely used as a method in large scale urban construction.
Widely used as a method in small scale interior design.
A type of expensive furniture.
Widely used as a method by modernists.
The major transformation happening to the arts and representative architecture during the shift from the Medieval to the Renaissance thought has to do with:
The freeing of religion from arts and architecture.
The freeing of architecture and arts from the religion.
The newly found subordination of all the arts and architecture to the religios ideas of beauty.
The fairlue of empires.
What was Vitruvius best known for in his time?
For the construction of the Coliseum.
For the design of the Pantheon.
For writing treatises on architecture.
For being a great military commander.
What was the main goal of the Deutscher Werkbund?
To create ornamental home accessories.
To create expensive appliances for the wealthy.
To create beautiful, inexpensive things for all.
To further the agenda set up by the Bauhaus.
Which architect combined function with Nordic idioms?
Alvar Aalto
Walter Gropius
Mies Van der Rohe
Which of the following is NOT a real architectural order?
Corinthian
Athenian
Doric
Ionic
What is the central idea behind the city of Chaux?
A modernist ensemble in the south of France.
An unrealized utopian project by Claude Ledoux.
A utopian concept by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
A reconstructed museum from antiquity.
What is the architectural type of St. Peters Cathedral in Rome?
Gaden lanscape.
Ziggurat.
Basilica.
Ceremonial Complex.
I'm extremely disappointed in you if you don't know the answer.
The CIAM was an acronym for what?
International Congresses of Modern Architecture.
Congress of International Archtecural Movement.
Central Institute for Modern Aesthetics.
International Conference of Medieval Architecture.
Who coined the phrase "form follows function"?
Frank Llyod Wright
Not me.
Louis Sullivan
How did Le Corbu approach roof top design in Unite d'habitation?
Strictly utilitarian.
As a fifth facade.
As public gathering spaces.
As streets in the sky.
Augustus Pugin designed...
The Neuschderwaienerstain.
The New Houses of Parliament.
SARUP.
The design of Santa Maria del Fiore.
Which of the following are NOT types of Architectural Meanings.
Presentational Meaning.
Referential Meaning.
Perspective Meaning.
All of the above.
Which architect is considered as the inventor of the linear perspective?
Giacomo Puccini
Spagenni Bertoli
Filippo Brunelleschi
Mimar Sinanis the architect of...
Hagia Sophia
St. Peter's Basilica (see, that one question was easy, dummy)
Suleymaniye Mosque
New Gourna
What is a notable feature of Doge's Palace in Venice?
It was completely rebuilt by Alberti.
It was reskinned but kept its original core.
It is the only religious building pertaining to dogs on the island.
It has columns that are mathematically perfectly aligned with one another.
What did Sinan belive about budgets?
Budgets should be irrelevant to design.
Budgets should drive design.
Budgets are a reflection of the client' social stature.
Budgets are stupid.
What was notable about Rafael Moneo's City Hall of Muricia Plaza building?
Its facade was arbitrary apart from aligning with neiboring buildings.
It showed how the past of the city was fractured.
It demonstrated a physical manifestation of democracy.
It was an exaggerated version of the building that had been there previously.
What is genius loci?
Spirit of place.
Spirit of space.
Spirit of time.
Spirit of boredom.
What is notable about the Catherdral of Cologne?
It was owned and maintained by the Catholic Church.
It took just under 2,000 years to build. Great!
It was publicly owned and maintained.
It had the largest dome in Europe.
What were the castles of medieval Europe a symbol of?
They signified protection for the masses.
They conveyed the religous beliefs of the time.
They signified that the unruly citizens should stop rebelling and join the system.
They conveyed the wealth of the royalty.
What was the content of Aldo Rossi's Architecture of the City?
A comparative essay between Roman city structure and modern cities.
A review on the master plan of five European cities.
A criticism of vernacular use in cities.
A typological study on the frabric of the city.
What is the definition of affective meaning?
It conveys how elements create meaning.
It refers to a moment in the past.
It connects meaning to who you are as a sentient being.
It informs decisions.
Who was Friedrich Froebel?
An educationist who believed how you teach children maximizes their human potential.
A theorist who commented on the effects of was on the middle class.
An activist who believed cityscapes should have social equity.
An architect who responded to the Fromage-Prussian War.
