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22 Cards in this Set
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Using steel framework with masonry sheathing, the _____, designed by Louis Sullivan, is thought by many to be the first genuinely modern building. |
Wainwright building |
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Two factors that decide the success of any structural system are: |
Weight and tensile strength |
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Stacking and piling is another term for: |
Load- bearing construction |
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The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as the: |
Greek orders |
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The Byodo- in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, is an elegant example of: |
Post and Lintel Architecture |
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The ability of a material to span horizontal distances with a minimum of support is called: |
Tensile strength |
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Built almost 2000 years ago, the _____ is an editing testament to the Roman use of the arch. |
Pont due Gard at Nîmes |
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Built for World's Fair in 1889, the _____ was an early experiment in iron construction. |
Eiffel tower |
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Who was the father of modern american architecture? |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
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______ is the most famous for his design of the geodesic dome. |
R. Buckminster Fuller |
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The international style emphasizes: |
Clean lines, geometric form, and avoidance of superficial decoration. |
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Falling water is a prime example of the "organic" architecture of: |
Me Corbusier |
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A______ is a horizontal form supported at only one end. |
Cantilever |
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A dome is generated by rotating_____ 360 degrees about a vertical central axis |
An arch |
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When a large hall is built using post and lintel construction methods, the resulting "virtual forest of columns" is called a: |
Hypostyle hall |
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The two basic families of structural systems in architecture are: |
The shell and the skeleton and skin |
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According to the author,_____ is actually an arch extended in depth, as if there are "many arches placed flush on behind the other". |
Barrel vault |
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Builders of cathedrals reinforced the walls if their architecture from the outside with: |
Piers and flying buttresses |
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A flying buttress is an arched exterior support system found on: |
A Gothic cathedral |
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The Taj Naval was built by the 17th century Moslem emperor for what purpose? |
As a tomb for his wife |
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The round opening in the come of the pantheon is called a |
Pendentive |
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The skeleton and skin structure of the crystal palace was designed by ______ in 1851 |
Joseph Paxton |