Deck 12: Architecture

Question 1

The Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art is typical of the adventurous architectural style of:

A) Frank Lloyd Wright
B) Zaha Hadid
C) Walter Gropius
D) Le Corbusier

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Gothic builders were able to open large areas for windows because of the use of the pointed arch and:

A) buttresses
B) pendentives
C) arched vaults
D) naves

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace is an example of what kind of construction?

Answer 3

not answered

Question 4

Identify the style attributed to the residential architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright?

Question 5

The Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard is a good example of the _______ method of construction.

A) post and beam
B) arch
C) vault
D) load-bearing

Question 6

The Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton is an excellent example of architecture using:

A) pointed arches and vault
B) post and lintel
C) structural steel
D) cast iron

Question 7

Define "International Style" and provide an example from the chapter that best exemplifies this style of architecture.

Question 8

The Chicago school of architecture was led by the first great modern American architect:

A) Louis Sullivan
B) Joseph Paxton
C) Walter Gropius
D) Gustave Eiffel

Question 9

The architect Frank O. Gehry has the idea that architecture is similar to functional sculpture, as can be seen in his _______.

A) Musee D'Orsay
B) Italian Pavilion
C) Hyogo Children's Museum
D) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Question 10

Explain how architecture can be both an art and science.

Question 11

Discuss the Roman contribution to architecture.

Question 12

Discuss the importance of the Bauhaus to contemporary architecture, using Mies van der Rohe's credo "less is more."

Question 13

Provide an example of the post and beam method of construction.

Question 14

Zimbabwe, as in the Great Zimbabwe, means:

A) African country
B) homage to Zimba
C) lion house
D) stone house

Question 15

One of America's prime contributions to 20^th-century architecture was:

A) structural steel
B) the elevator
C) the International Style
D) the skyscraper

Question 16

Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings for practical, aesthetic, and _______ purposes.

A) constructive
B) destructive
C) symbolic
D) historic

Question 17

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the post and lintel method of construction and the skeleton and skin method of construction.

Question 18

List and define three key concepts all architects must deal with.

Question 19

Define "truss" and provide an example from the chapter that best exemplifies this type of construction method.
Essay Questions

Question 20

Identify the purpose and significance of Pont du Gard.

Question 21

Compare and contrast the HYPERLINK "http://www.victorianstation.com/palace.html"Crystal Palace with the HYPERLINK "http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Eiffel_Tower.html/cid_eiffel_tower_003.gbi"Eiffel Tower.

Question 22

Citing examples, what are the strengths and weaknesses of post and lintel construction?

Question 23

Compare and contrast the interior of Hagia Sophia with the interior of HYPERLINK "http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/chartres/chartres020. j p g "Notre Dame de Chartres.

Question 24

Zaha Hadid has been described as a Deconstructionist architect. Citing examples, discuss why she has been described in this way.

Question 25

What were the contributions of Louis Sullivan and the Chicago school of architecture?

Question 26

Citing examples, discuss the engineering developments of the Romans.

Question 27

Compare and contrast the International Style of the HYPERLINK "http://www.bluffton.edu/%7Esullivanm/mies/miesseagram.html"Bauhaus to the Jeppesen Terminal Building. How does each reflect the time they were constructed?

Question 28

What is the aim of environmental design? What are the different aspects of environmental design? Discuss how environmental design might be used to improve your community.

Question 29

Compare and contrast Wright's HYPERLINK "http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dustins/FLW.html"Falling Water with Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Make sure to discuss the aims of each architect.