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Pregunta 1
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Which designer created a "scrapbook" of different architectural elements independent of context?
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Andrea Palladio
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Sebastiano Serlio
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Michelangelo
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Plato
Pregunta 2
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What differentiated Palladio from his predecessors?
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He was the first known architect to use a dome.
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He was the first modern architect to focus on asymmetry.
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He used early notions of pre-fabricated elements in his designs.
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He used only the most expensive materials on the market.
Pregunta 3
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What was the main goal of the Bauhuas?
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To create simple, functional buildings.
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To use only steel and glass in construction
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To design inexpensive home appliances for all.
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To re-imagine the material world to reflect the unity of the arts.
Pregunta 4
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Who is the author of The Four Elements of Architecture?
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Andrea Palladio
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Gottfried Semper
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Vitruvius
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George Hersey and Richard Freedman
Pregunta 5
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Which of the following is NOT true of the students of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts?
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They were comprised largely of the bourgeoisie.
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They were focused on creating modern designs.
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They studied human anatomy as part of their coursework.
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They boiled down elements from notable past projects and incorporated them into new designs.
Pregunta 6
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Which designer introduced the concept of a proun?
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El Lissitzky
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Nikolai Ladovski
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Ivan Leonidov
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Yakov Chemikov
Pregunta 7
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What is the Panopticon?
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A prison concept, where one watchman can observe all prison cells.
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A type of hospital in ancient Rome.
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A governmental building in Berlin.
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A building material used during the Jim Carrey movement.
Pregunta 8
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What were some of the important aesthetic, meaning and assembly elements predominantly used by Louis Kahn?
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Weather and seasonings.
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Sustainability and affordability.
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Light and silence.
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Wind and humididty.
Pregunta 9
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Who was the architect of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth?
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Augustus Pugin
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Louis Kahn
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Le Corbusier
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Leon Batista Alberti
Pregunta 10
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What was the new addition designed by Norman Foster for Berlin's Reichstag?
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A tower.
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A dome.
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An arena.
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A portico.
Pregunta 11
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What best describes the way Vitruvius viewed the beauty?
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As an architectural concept rooted in ancient Persia.
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As a symmetric assembly of configuration.
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As an abstract ideal form of an architectural order.
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As an unchanging form.
Pregunta 12
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The Jewish Museum of Berlin was designed by which architect?
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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Norman Foster
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La Corbu
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Daniel Libeskind
Pregunta 13
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Who was the author of the Ten Books of Architecture?
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Also Rossi
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Sebastiano Serlio
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Le Corbu
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Leon Batista Alberti
Pregunta 14
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How were the concepts of beauty and symmetry connected in the antique philosophy of beauty?
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Symmetry, while yet important, was secondary to proportion.
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Symmetry and beauty were two separate concepts.
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Beauty cannot be considered as an essential concept in the antiquity period.
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Symmetry as an absolute principle of creation and beauty.
Pregunta 15
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What is the Modulor?
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A system of human propotions used in architecture.
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A modular apartment building.
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A type of an urban block.
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A type of pattern.
Pregunta 16
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The Rococo was:
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Widely used as a method in large scale urban construction.
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Widely used as a method in small scale interior design.
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A type of expensive furniture.
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Widely used as a method by modernists.
Pregunta 17
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The major transformation happening to the arts and representative architecture during the shift from the Medieval to the Renaissance thought has to do with:
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The freeing of religion from arts and architecture.
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The freeing of architecture and arts from the religion.
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The newly found subordination of all the arts and architecture to the religios ideas of beauty.
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The fairlue of empires.
Pregunta 18
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What was Vitruvius best known for in his time?
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For the construction of the Coliseum.
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For the design of the Pantheon.
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For writing treatises on architecture.
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For being a great military commander.
Pregunta 19
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What was the main goal of the Deutscher Werkbund?
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To create ornamental home accessories.
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To create expensive appliances for the wealthy.
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To create beautiful, inexpensive things for all.
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To further the agenda set up by the Bauhaus.
Pregunta 20
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Which architect combined function with Nordic idioms?
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Alvar Aalto
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Le Corbu
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Walter Gropius
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Mies Van der Rohe
Pregunta 21
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Which of the following is NOT a real architectural order?
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Corinthian
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Athenian
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Doric
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Ionic
Pregunta 22
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What is the central idea behind the city of Chaux?
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A modernist ensemble in the south of France.
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An unrealized utopian project by Claude Ledoux.
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A utopian concept by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
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A reconstructed museum from antiquity.
Pregunta 23
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What is the architectural type of St. Peters Cathedral in Rome?
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Gaden lanscape.
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Ziggurat.
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Basilica.
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Ceremonial Complex.
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I'm extremely disappointed in you if you don't know the answer.
Pregunta 24
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The CIAM was an acronym for what?
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International Congresses of Modern Architecture.
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Congress of International Archtecural Movement.
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Central Institute for Modern Aesthetics.
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International Conference of Medieval Architecture.
Pregunta 25
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Who coined the phrase "form follows function"?
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Frank Llyod Wright
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Not me.
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Louis Sullivan
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Louis Kahn
Pregunta 26
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How did Le Corbu approach roof top design in Unite d'habitation?
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Strictly utilitarian.
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As a fifth facade.
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As public gathering spaces.
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As streets in the sky.
Pregunta 27
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Augustus Pugin designed...
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The Neuschderwaienerstain.
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The New Houses of Parliament.
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SARUP.
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The design of Santa Maria del Fiore.
Pregunta 28
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Which of the following are NOT types of Architectural Meanings.
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Presentational Meaning.
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Referential Meaning.
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Perspective Meaning.
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All of the above.
Pregunta 29
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Which architect is considered as the inventor of the linear perspective?
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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Giacomo Puccini
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Spagenni Bertoli
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Filippo Brunelleschi
Pregunta 30
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Mimar Sinanis the architect of...
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Hagia Sophia
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St. Peter's Basilica (see, that one question was easy, dummy)
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Suleymaniye Mosque
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New Gourna
Pregunta 31
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What is a notable feature of Doge's Palace in Venice?
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It was completely rebuilt by Alberti.
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It was reskinned but kept its original core.
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It is the only religious building pertaining to dogs on the island.
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It has columns that are mathematically perfectly aligned with one another.
Pregunta 32
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What did Sinan belive about budgets?
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Budgets should be irrelevant to design.
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Budgets should drive design.
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Budgets are a reflection of the client' social stature.
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Budgets are stupid.
Pregunta 33
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What was notable about Rafael Moneo's City Hall of Muricia Plaza building?
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Its facade was arbitrary apart from aligning with neiboring buildings.
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It showed how the past of the city was fractured.
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It demonstrated a physical manifestation of democracy.
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It was an exaggerated version of the building that had been there previously.
Pregunta 34
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What is genius loci?
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Spirit of place.
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Spirit of space.
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Spirit of time.
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Spirit of boredom.
Pregunta 35
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What is notable about the Catherdral of Cologne?
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It was owned and maintained by the Catholic Church.
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It took just under 2,000 years to build. Great!
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It was publicly owned and maintained.
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It had the largest dome in Europe.
Pregunta 36
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What were the castles of medieval Europe a symbol of?
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They signified protection for the masses.
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They conveyed the religous beliefs of the time.
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They signified that the unruly citizens should stop rebelling and join the system.
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They conveyed the wealth of the royalty.
Pregunta 37
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What was the content of Aldo Rossi's Architecture of the City?
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A comparative essay between Roman city structure and modern cities.
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A review on the master plan of five European cities.
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A criticism of vernacular use in cities.
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A typological study on the frabric of the city.
Pregunta 38
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What is the definition of affective meaning?
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It conveys how elements create meaning.
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It refers to a moment in the past.
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It connects meaning to who you are as a sentient being.
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It informs decisions.
Pregunta 39
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Who was Friedrich Froebel?
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An educationist who believed how you teach children maximizes their human potential.
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A theorist who commented on the effects of was on the middle class.
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An activist who believed cityscapes should have social equity.
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An architect who responded to the Fromage-Prussian War.
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