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In the given figure, identify the architrave |
No.4 |
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Architect of Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila |
Gabriel Formoso |
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What art principle shows the relationship between the various parts of an object/ structure /groups of objects and structures? |
Proportion |
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Window that generally projects from an upper story ,supported by a bracket. |
Oriel Window |
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A niche in the mosque on any Muslim religious building indicating direction of prayer toward Mecca? |
Mihrab |
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Expressionist Architect |
Erich Mendelsohn |
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Founders of the "Art Noveau" |
John Ruskins and William Moris |
Nag yosi si JR ng Phillip. :) |
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The first references of "Art Nouveau" in England are from the works of |
John Ruskins |
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To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order ? Function and objects. |
Le Corbusier |
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Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument |
Guillermo Tolentino |
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In perception of space, which of the following describes the olfactory sense? |
Identifies materials limiting unpleasant odors |
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What is refered to as the origin of architecture? |
Protection from inclemency of the seasons (weather) |
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A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces |
Balneum |
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Who is the architect of the Development Bank of the Philippines? |
Carlos Arguelles |
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Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines. |
George Ramos |
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Toranas or gateways are characteristic feature of what style of architecture |
Indian |
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The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon' |
Treasury of Atreus |
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A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints. |
Opus quadratum |
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Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground in circular form. |
Cromlech |
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To whom are pilotis (use of pillars) and industrialized units attributed as a contribution to international architecture. |
Le Corbusier |
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An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church. |
Baldachino |
Kalbong sinkit |
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Usual number of stories in chinese pagoda. |
13 |
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It is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870's and the 1880's in England and the USA and actually based on country house and cottage Elizabeth architecture which was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English Renaissance and colonial elements in the USA. |
Queen Anne style |
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Stupa or temples cut in rock formations is a contribution of what style of architecture? |
Indian |
AporaolpolBparbalSparStupa. |
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Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the |
South (Etrue south) |
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The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior. |
Le Corbusier |
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A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art. |
Tokonama |
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What manifestation in a structure that identifies it as a work of architecture shows the adequate scheme or structural arrangement, effective choice of materials, and effective construction system? |
Structural stability |
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"A house is a machine to live in" |
Le Corbusier |
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Which of the following indicates the name of a color? |
Hue |
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What type of distance is that which is normal spacing separating members of non-contact species like a protective bubble |
Social distance. |
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The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple |
Pteroma |
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A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks. |
Opus Mixtum |
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Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre , this church in Rizal whose design depicts the heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure. |
Morong Church |
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Invented reinforced concrete in France. |
Hennevique |
Baklang manok |
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Which construction system permit great spans of infinite variety of shapes of concrete, or steel combined with glass or plastic? |
Space frame |
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Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius. |
Cossutius |
Olympius |
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Architect of the Erechtheion |
Mnesicles |
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The architect of the Pantheon |
Agrippa |
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Female statues with baskets serving as columns |
Canephora |
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Amphitheatres are used for |
Gladiatorial contest |
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In modern Muslim mosque, which of the following features are required to be applied? -Pulpit -niche -minarets and domes |
All listed items |
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Who is the architect of the Manila City Hall |
Antonio Toledo |
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Architect of the Manila Hilton Hotel |
Welton Becket |
Elton john |
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What type of architectural character is derived through the influence of tradition or past experience? |
Association |
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It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single room dwelling elevated at 1.5m from the ground; the floor were made of hard wood like narra which rested on 3 floor joist which in turn were supported by transverse girders. |
Kankanay |
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Orientation of the Medieval Church |
West |
Inverted M |
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The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration. |
Juan Nakpil |
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What manifestation in a structure that identifies it as a work of architecture shows the adequate scheme or structural arrangement, effective choice of materials, and effective construction system |
Structural stability |
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Architecture is invention. |
Oscar Niemeyer |
Awards |
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Architect of SM Megamall. |
Antonio Sin Diong |
Ding dong |
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Which of the following indicates the brightness of color |
Intensity |
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Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls. |
Marble( abundant in italy) |
Carara |
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A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces. |
Balneum |
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A kindred type to the theater. |
Odeion |
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Historically, where did the first development of architecture took place? |
Mesopotamia |
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What important event changed architecture to what is termed as "modern"? |
Industrial revolution |
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Semi- palatial house surrounded by an open site. |
Villa |
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What historic style of architecture contributed the Doric , ionic, and Corinthian " orders of architecture? |
Greek |
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The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the |
Parthenon |
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Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement |
Embrasures |
Hug |
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise. |
Adolf Loos |
Hitler |
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The Romanesque of the curved line is known as____. |
Baroque |
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Design of the Bonifacio Monument |
Juan Nakpil |
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Architect of the Binondo Tower in Sta. Cruz, Manila |
Michael graves |
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In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine. |
Apotheca |
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"Form follows function- that had been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union." |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
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What do you call the gateways which is a feature of Chinese architecture and erected only by government permission as memorial to deceased person of distinction? |
Pai-lous |
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Architect of the famous Propylaea Acropolis |
Mnesicles |
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Whose famous axiom is this ? Less is a bore. |
Robert Venturi |
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"Art and architecture , the new unity" |
Walter Gropius |
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The architect who claimed that" "The ultimate goal of the new architecture was the composite but inseparable work of an art, in which the old dividing line between monumental and decorative elements will have disappeared forever" |
Walter Gropius |
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The dry or sweating room in the Thermae |
Sudatorium |
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In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church called___. |
Apse |
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"Modern architecture need not be western" |
Kenzo Tange |
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What art principle shows the relationship between the various parts of an object/ structure /groups of objects and structures? |
Proportion |
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The dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian Renaissance style. |
Inigo Jones |
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Architects of the Hagia Sophia (St. Sophia , Constantinople |
Arthemius and Isidorus |
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Hot room of the thermae |
Calidarium |
Kaldero |
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The temple with a circular plan supporting a dome of about 140 feet in diameter and described by Thomas Jefferson as the model of Spherical architecture is the |
Pantheon |
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Forming the imposing entrance to the Acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the |
Propylaea |
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How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral? |
176 |
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Greek architecture was essentially. |
Columnar trabeated |
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Identify the echinus |
No.16 |
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An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places. |
Stoa |
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Which of the following is a major contribution of Early Christian architecture? |
Basilican type of cruciform plan |
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The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan but owes its size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. Built from the 12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic period. |
Great Temple of Ammon , Karnak |
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Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'? |
Xerxes |
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Designer of the Taj Mahal |
Shah Jahan |
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A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture |
Masu-gumi |
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The tower achieved its full 508-meters (1674 feet) height with the addition of a huge metal spire capping the 101- floor structure. The skycraper of steel, concrete and glass, completed in 2004, houses a shopping mall, offices for 12000 people , and the stock exchange. It has the worlds fastest lifts. Who is the architect of this skyscraper? |
CY Lee and Partners |
Bruce Anghang |
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Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes. |
Opus Tesselatum |
Tesla coil |
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The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome. |
Hagia Sophia |
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Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda. |
Octagonal |
Bagua |
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The city must be subject to growth, decay and renewal. |
Kenzo Tange |
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Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower |
John Howell and Raymond Hood |
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The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window. |
Tracery |
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The characteristic of Gothic architecture is the |
Flying butress |
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First president and founder of PAS |
Juan Nakpil |
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A house is like a flower pot |
Richard Josef Neutra |
Pam |
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Every great architect is necessarily a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age." |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
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Architecture must meet three requirements, strength, beauty, unity." |
Marcus Vitruvius Polio |
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Which historic style of architecture first introduced the clerestory? |
Egyptian |
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What do you call a type of Window which is in a sloping roof and usually that of sleeping apartment? |
Dormer. |
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Forming the imposing entrance to the Acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the. |
Propylaea |
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What is referred to as written record of mans effort to build beautifully? |
History of Architecture |
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One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without cross arms , roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building. |
Nea Moni |
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Contribution of Byzantine architecture |
Use of domes on pendentives |
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Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two. |
Tadao Ando |
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The space between the colonade and the naos wall in Greek Temple. |
Pteroma |
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The final plan shape of the St. Peters Basilica by Carlo Maderna |
Latin Cross |
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Plan shape of a Japanese Pagoda |
Square |
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Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda. |
Octagonal |
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What do you call the long colonnade building used around public places and as shelters at religious shrines in Greek architecture. |
Stoa |
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What is the difference between Chinese and Japanese pagodas? |
Chinese pagodas are polygonal ; japanese are square in plan |
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The first all iron church in Asia |
San Sebastian Church |
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Function influence but does not dictate form. |
Eero Saarinen |
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Whose philosophy is this: Ornament is a crime and all ornamentation must be rejected.? |
Adolf Loos |
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The oldest and most important forum in Rome. |
Forum Romanum |
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Toranas or gateways are from what architecture |
Indian |
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Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks. |
Composite |
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He created the Dymaxion House , "the first machine for living." |
Buckminster Fuller |
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Type of plan of the Byzantine churches |
Centralized |
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First schol which offered architecture in the Philippines. |
Liceo de Manila |
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The council house in Greece |
Bouleutrion |
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Art Nouveau is known as the international style , in Germany it is known as ___. |
Jugendstijl |
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In the given figure, identify the abacus |
No. 15 |
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Nothings requires the architects care more than the due proportions of buildings |
Vitruvius |
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A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items |
Niche |
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God is in the details |
Mies van der Rohe |
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From the 5th century to the present , the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using. |
Dominical roof construction |
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Due to generally rainless and bright sunshine climate, which of the following describe Egyptian structures? |
Small openings |
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"Architecture or revolution" |
Le Corbusier |
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Which of the following is a major contribution of renaissance architecture |
Baroque form of ornamentation |
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Brahman architecture as shown is square plan with spire shaped roof on "sikhara" repetitious " sikharis" and thousand figures on the temple is a characteristic feature of what style of architecture? |
Indian |
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Who is the architect of the Manila City Hall |
Antonio Toledo |
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The largest geodesic dome ever built. With a volume twenty three times that of St. Peters Cathedral in Rome, the dome spans a 384 foot clear span interior and is 120 feet high at its apex . The dome consist of 320 interlocking hexagonal steel panel, painted goldenrod, which are braced by steel rods on the exterior, which are painted blue. |
Millennium Dome O2 |
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A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian churches. |
Bema |
Biga |
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The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty. |
Rameses I |
Moses |
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A chinese born American architect studied with Walter Gropius at Harvard. His notable works include John Hancock Tower , Boston (1975), extension to the louver Museum, Paris (1983) and Essensa Tower at Global City Fort Bonifacio. |
Ieoh Ming Pei |
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Which of the following describes frame construction as a structural system? -spanned by horizontal -results in cage like arrangement of parts through repetition - use upright post -AOTA |
Aota |
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The characteristic of Greek ornament. |
Anthemion |
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A house is a machine to live in |
Le Corbusier |
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From what style of architecture were the Chinese pagodas derived? |
Indian |
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The traditional Maranao house for the ordinary members of the community is the |
Walay |
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Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak? |
Thothmes I |
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He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peters Basilica |
Bernini |
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The man of learning ...can fearlessly look down upon the troublesome accidents of fortune. But he who thinks himself entrenched in defense not of learning but of luck, moves one slippery path, struggling through life unsteadily and insecurely |
Ten books of Architecture by Marcus Vitruvius |
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Public buildings are important structures in Greek architecture. What do you call the town square used as center of Greek social and business life. |
Agora |
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The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely of marble is. |
Trajans column |
Horse |
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What is the principal type of building in Muslim Architecture? |
Mosque |
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Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House , the H-Plan. |
Marcel Lajos Breuer |
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An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof , concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles |
Antefix |
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The largest medieval cathedral in Europe, and with exception of St. Peters Rome , the largest church in the world is. |
Seville Cathedral |
Village |
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What is the spanish term for a lantern or raised structure above a roof through which light is admitted into the interior? |
Cimborio |
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Architect of the batasang pambansa |
Felipe Mendoza |
Meann |
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The "Arabesque" surface ornamentation originated from what style of architecture. |
Muslim |
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Invented reinforced concrete in France? |
Hennevique |
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A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish , and Muslim 12th-16th century architecture. |
Mudejar |
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The original plan of St.Peters Basilica is in the form of a Greek cross designed by |
Bramante |
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Architect of the Temple of Zeus ,Agrigentum |
Theron |
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The order much used by the Romans for its showiness was the |
Composite |
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The leader of the Chicago School of architecture and pioneer in skyscraper design.The Auditorium building , Chicago (1887) was his first major work together with Dankmar Adler. |
Louis H. Sullivan |
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Orientation of the Greek Temple is towards the |
East |
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In perception of space, which of the following describes visual sense? |
Identifies materials at a distance |
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The warm room in the Thermae |
Terpidarium |
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Form accommodates function |
Robert Venturi |
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Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria |
Ptolemy III |
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"Function influence but does not dictate form" |
Eero Saarinen |
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Architect of the famous Propylaea, acropolis |
Mnesicles |
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The colosseum in Rome also known as the" Flavian amphitheater" was commenced by whom and completed by whom? |
Vespasian /Domitian |
VooDoo |
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Difference between Egyptian pyramids and Babylonian ziggurats? |
Pyramids have square plans, while plans of ziggurats are rectangular |
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The final plan shape of the St. Peters Basilica by Carlo Maderna |
Latin cross |
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Final architect of the St. Peters Basilica? |
Carlo Maderna |
CM- construction manager |
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What do you call the enclosed space at the top of a ziggurat in Mesopotamia? |
Fire altar |
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On what aspect was Egyptian architecture specifically based? |
Religion |
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Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium |
Juan Nakpil |
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Architect of the National Library, Philippines. |
Felipe Mendoza (national- pambansa) |
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What do you call the long colonaded building used around public places and as shelters at religious shrines in Greek architecture? |
Stoa |
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Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'? |
Xerxes |
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Which is the anteflix? |
No.8 |
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Cubicula or bedroom is from what architecture. |
Roman |
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A recess in a wall( interior or exterior), especially for a statue and usually curved at the back. |
Niche |
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The senate house of the greeks. |
Prytaneion |
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Mies van der Rohe first envisioned the all glass skyscraper in the 1920. A true genius, he designed a structure that could not be built at that time, but some thirty years later the technology was at hand. The long held dream of the crystalline tower was finally realized in these famous building, 38 stories of black steel and glass. |
Seagram building |
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The architect of Chrysler building in NY |
Van Allen |
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Winner of design competition sydney opera house, 1975 |
Jorn Utzon |
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Forms follows function |
Louis Sullivan |
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The dinning hall in a monastery, a convent , or a college. |
Refectory. |
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A gothic cathedral designed by Master Gerhard who, though no doubt German, was thoroughly conversant with contemporary French Gothic. The cathedral was consecrated in 1322, by which time designs for the west front had already been prepared. |
Cologne cathedral |
( si arch. ge amores mahilig sa cologne) |
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The open court in an Italian palazzo |
Cortel |
Court |
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One of the worlds supreme masterpieces of Romanesque architecture which was the first building in europe to have ribbed vaults throughout is |
Durham Cathedral |
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Architect of iglesia ni cristo |
Carlos Santos Viola |
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Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the |
Forum ( forearm) |
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What is referred to as the "Intramuros of the North" which is the third oldest settlement founded by Spaniards and contains Castillian houses built in the 16th century ? |
Vigan |
Vegetable eater |
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A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work |
Opus incertum |
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In Indian architecture which of the following is not a characteristic feature? -Horseshoe arch -pointed arch -stupa -sikhara |
Pointed arch |
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First elected UAP president |
Jose Herrera ( unang hinirang si herrera) |
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Architect of Robinsons Galleria |
William Cosculluela |
cuella, galleria) |
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A roman house with a central patio |
Atrium House |
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In the given figure, identify the regula |
No.14 |
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In perception of space, which sense enables one to identify materials at a distance |
Visual |
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Olfactory |
Sense of smell |
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The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically elected council is called: |
Bouleuterion |
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On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are called. |
Ambo |
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The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west. |
Worms Cathedral |
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In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the |
Naos |
Part of the body used for smelling dead rat. :) |
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The first plan shape of the St. Peters Basilica by Bramante |
Greek Cross |
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The room for oils and unguents in the Thermae |
Unctuaria |
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Architect of the Erechthion |
Mnesicles |
Erect because of testicles :) haha |
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In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who consolidated the administrative system, made a survey of the country , set boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful works. |
Amenemhat I |
( amen ending boundaries) |
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From the Greek Temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear. |
Amphi- Prostyle |
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What do you call the enclosed space at the top of a ziggurat in Mesopotamia? |
Altar ( fire altar) |
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Prytaneis means |
Executive |
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Greece, the building which contained the holy fire of Hestia, goddess of the hearth. |
Prytaneion |
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In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into the transept, this is the. |
Bema |
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It seems a fantastic paradox , but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect |
John Ruskin |
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A Filipino architect whose philosophy is ' the structure must be well oriented.' |
Caesar Homer Concio |
Maalaala mo kaya Bart simpsons father |
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The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters. |
Epidauros |
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What type of architectural character is derived through the use of the building? |
Function |
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Le Corbusier's Ronchamp Chapel is a famous example of what style of architecture? |
Brutalism |
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But the buildings identity resided in the ornament. |
Louise Sullivan |
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Frameworks structurally independent of walls. |
Le Corbusier |
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Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself. |
Acroterion |
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With regards to relationship of structure to architecture, which of the following describes formal or sculptured structure? -uses least amount of materials -material used below maximum load bearing capacity -focuses on novelty of form -exaggerated elements |
Exaggerated elements |
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In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine. |
Apotheca |
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Architect of the temples of Zeus , Olympia. |
Libon |
Albay |
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In terms of constructive principles, what is considered the Gothic style of architecture? |
Arcuated |
Developed by romans |
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Most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome. |
Pantheon |
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Order added by the romans to the Orders used by Greeks. |
Composite |
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The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the church called. |
Cancelli |
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This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr.Miguel Murguia, has an unusually large bell which was made from approximately 70 sacks of coins donated by the towns people. |
Panay Cathedral in Capiz |
Palagi |
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Expressionist architect |
Erich mendelsohn |
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What type of balance is that in which the elements are arranged in the same manner on either side of a central axis or line and gives the feeling of repose and order |
Symmetrical |
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Designer of the Bonifacio Monument. |
Juan Nakpil |
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Semi- palatial house surrounded by an open site. |
Villa |
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A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue. |
Tabernacle |
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Architecture is Organic |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
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King Zosers architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty |
Imhotep |
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To whom is the folded slab technique attributed as contribution to international architecture? |
Eugene Freysinnet |
Ray gun |
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What building is this? |
Seagram building |
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Strictly , a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself. |
Acroterion |
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The oldest circus in Rome |
Circus Maximus |
Circus ni ____ Albarado |
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Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis. |
Senusret I |
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A style in the architecture Italy I the second half of the 16th century and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Europe. It uses classical elements in an unconventional manner. |
Mannerism |
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To whom is the architect who introduced the " ferro-cement" construction? |
Pier Luigi Nervi |
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Architect of the World Trade Center NY. |
Minoru Yamasaki |
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Architect arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise. |
Adolf Loos |
Fuhrer |
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"Architectural form equals social form" |
Eliel Saarinen |
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Which of the following indicates trabeated style? |
Post and lintel |
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Medieval architecture, which is characterized by the pointed style, was prevalent in western Europe from the 13th to the 15th century. What do you call this style ? |
Gothic |
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One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without cross arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building. |
Nea Moni |
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Brahman architecture as shown is square plan with spire shaped roof on "sikhara". repetitious " sikharis" and thousand figures on the temple is a characteristic feature of what style of architecture? |
Indian |
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The worlds first large scale monument in stone. |
Pyramid of Zoser |
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A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture. |
Masu- gumi |
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The private house of the Romans |
Domus |
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Less is more |
Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe |
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The sleeping room of the megaron |
Thalamus |
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Architect of the Phillipine Heart Center |
George Ramos |
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Cube within a cube |
Le Corbusier |
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The oldest and most important forum in Rome. |
Forum Romanum |
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What invention brought about modern high rise building? |
Elevator |
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A concave molding approximately quarter round. |
Cavetto |
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What do you call the tool in architecture which organizes space or spatial composition related to function. |
Functional interrelationships diagram |
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Each new situation requires a new architecture . |
Jean Nouvel |
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In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun dried bricks known as |
Ziggurats |
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The dressing room of the Thermae |
Apodyteria |
To call |
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The finest of Greek Tomb, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon' |
Treasury of Atreus |
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Triangular piece of wall above the entablature. |
Pediment |
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Architect of TWA airport |
Eero Saarinen |
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Romanesque was the great age of the monasteries in |
Spain |
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Corresponds to the Greek naos |
Cella |
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A niche in the mosque on any Muslim religious building indicating direction of prayer toward Mecca? |
Mihrab |
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Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes. |
Opus Tesselatum |
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Throughout the history of human race, what is considered the mother of all arts? |
Architecture |
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Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period) |
Little Metropole Cathedral, Athens |
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The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west |
Worms Cathedral |
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English architecture was brought nearly up to date with continental taste during the 16th century by. |
Inigo Jones |
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Who is the architect of the Development Bank of the Philippines. |
Carlos Arguelles |
Alak at dilis |
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"Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space." |
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
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The architect of the Pantheon |
Hadriana |
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Mexican Architect/ engineer who introduced thin shell construction. |
Felix Outerino Candela |
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The building that serve as a Senate house for the chief dignitaries of the city and as a palace where distinguished visitors and citizens might be entertained. |
Prytaneion |
French patatas |
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Who invented a system of well high universal application based on hyperboloids in the buildings? |
Antonio Gaudi |
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What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style? |
Art Nouveau |
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Architect of G SIS. Building R oxas Boulevard |
George Ramos |
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A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap. |
Console |
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Who popularized "thin shell" structures? |
Felix Candela |
Blank the cat |
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"A house is a house" |
Louis Kahn |
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What historic style of architecture contributed the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian" Orders of Architecture? |
Greek ( romans are copy cat) |
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An inner courtyard of a home or other building that is open to the sky or covered by a skylight |
Atrium |
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Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument |
Guillermo Tolentino |
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Conceptualized the Corinthian capital? |
Callimachus |
Sparkling non alcoholic drink. |
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" Architecture is the reaching out for the truth." |
Louis Khan |
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Medieval architecture, which is characterized by the pointed style, was prevalent in Western Europe from the 13th to the 15th century. What do you call this style? |
Gothic |
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What theory of architecture denotes not only the complete harmony of the parts of the building with the whole, but on integration of the building with its site and surroundings? |
Organic Architecture |
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Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as: |
Tomb of Agamemnon |
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"Less is more almost" |
Mies Van de Rohe |
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Buddhist architecture shown in rock- cut temples with lavishly carved interiors is a characteristic feature of what style of architecture? |
Indian |
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The characteristic of Gothic architecture is the |
flying buttress |
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Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament. |
Anthemion |
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Who is the architect of the Manila City Hall? |
Antonio Toledo |
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Cathedral which houses the biggest bell in Asia and Third biggest bell in the World. |
Santa Monica Church |
Minikaniko ni monico |
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"Form accommodates function" |
Robert Venturi |
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One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without cross-arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building. |
Nea Moni |
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Began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak? |
Thothmes I |
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The sacred enclosure found in the highest part of a Greek City called |
Temenos |
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Public buildings are important structures in Greek architecture. What do you call the town square used as center of Greek social and business life? |
Agora |
G reek |
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A roman house with a central patio |
Atrium House |
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Not among the three pyramids in Gizeh -Pyramid of Khafre -Pyramid of Khufu -Pyramid of Djoser -Pyramid of Menkaure |
Pyramid of Djoser |
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Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines. |
George Ramos |
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Founders of Art Nouveau |
John Ruskin and William Moris |
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Architect of the US Pavilion in the 1967 Montreal Exposition and introduced the Geodesic dome |
Backminster Fuller |
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Architect of the temple of Zeus Agrigentum |
Cossutius |
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Purpose of the disk under Ifugao houses |
Protection from rats |
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describes the " olog" in a Bontoc village? |
Living quarters of marriageable girls |
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The father of modern picture books of Architecture |
Andrea Palladio |
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A niche in the mosque on any Muslim religious building indicating direction of prayer toward Mecca |
Mihrab |
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Romanesque architecture had for its greatest patron the |
Christian church |
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A greek building that contains painted pictures |
Pinacotheca |
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Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art. |
Alvar Aalto |
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Who is noted architect, who without formal architectural training became famous for his architecture which is austerely dependent on the naked metal skeleton. |
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe |
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A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church. |
Exedra |
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The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was. |
Marble |
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"Art and Architecture, the new unity" |
Walter Gropius |
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English architecture was brought nearly up to date with continental taste during the 16th century by |
Inigo Jones |
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"Form does not necessarily follow function" |
Antonio Gaudi |
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The building in the Acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the |
Parthenon |
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An inner courtyard of a home or other building that is open to the sky or covered by a skylight |
Atrium |
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The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically elected council is called |
Bouleuterion |
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Which of the following describes the "ato " in a Bontoc village? -place for social/political decisions by elders -sleeping quarters for young bachelors -place for religious ceremony -AOTA |
Aota |
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The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City |
Acropolis |
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A popular design style of the 1920s and 1930s characterized by very colorful and decorative, feature ornamentation with lots of geometric shapes and zigzags and one nationally famous example is the Empire State Building in N.Y.C |
Art deco |
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What is referred to as a Chinese geomancy originally called "under the canopy of heaven" |
Feng shui |
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The characteristic of Greek Ornament. |
Anthemion |
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A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces. |
Balneum |
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The private house of the Romans |
Domus |
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Roman apartment blocks. |
Insulae |
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The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely of marble is |
Trajans column |
Wooden Horse |
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Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis |
Senusret I |
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"Architectural form equals social form" |
Eliel Saarinen |
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Female statues with baskets serving as columns |
Canephora |
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With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan , a native cement , the Romans achieved huge interiors with the. |
Arch and vault |
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"A bridge is like a house" |
Robert Maillart |
Mr. Postman |
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Master sculptor of the Parthenon |
Phidias |
P.diaz street. |
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What type of architectural elements provide protection for users from inclement of the seasons or enemies? |
Protective |
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The first references of Art Nouveau in England are from the works of : |
John Ruskins |
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Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts?Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfills a function is to be excluded from the domain of art. |
Adolf Loos |
Frauline |
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What style of architecture is the worms Cathedral in Germany? |
German Romanesque |
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An English architect who prepared plan for London i.e, St. Peter's and St. Paul Cathedral; proposed a network of avenues connecting the main features of London. |
Sir Christopher Wren |
Winnie the pooh |
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First example of the new international style architecture. |
Dessau Germany 1925 - Walter Gropius |
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Identify the metope |
No.11 |
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Make no little plans ; they have no magic to stir mans blood. |
Daniel Burnham |
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"Architecture or Revolution" |
Le Corbusier |
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The architect of the Pantheon |
Aggrippa |
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Corresponds to the Greek naos |
Cella |
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Uap National pres. 2016 |
Maria Benita Ochoa Regala |
MOR |