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Architecture
Q:
An architect who did nautical design, resulting in the superstructures of the sister ships Crown Princess (1989) and Regal Princess (1991), is:
A) Richard Rogers.
B) Renzo Piano.
C) Santiago Calatrava.
D) James Stirling.
E) Jean Nouvel.
Q:
Norman Foster's Reichstag rotunda is entirely enclosed in:
A) titanium.
B) marble veneer from Carrara.
C) glass.
D) aluminum.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Glenn Murcutt's buildings in and around Sydney, Australia, have forms that largely respond to:
A) sustainable design.
B) economical design.
C) structurally efficient design.
D) traditional Australian buildings.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Discuss the evolution of the architectural work of Alvar Aalto.
Q:
Discuss the attributes of Louis I. Kahn as an architect whose work was unique in the twentieth century.
Q:
Discuss the characteristics of Post-Modernism.
Q:
Discuss the work of Frank Gehry in the context of architectural sculpture.
Q:
Describe the influence of Modernism on Japanese architecture through the works of Kenzo Tange, Tadao Ando, and Fumihiko Maki.
Q:
Discuss the features of "sustainable architecture" using the work of Glenn Murcutt.
Q:
The early works of Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam can be found in and around:
A) Boston, Massachusetts.
B) Hale County, Alabama.
C) Atlanta, Georgia.
D) Charlotte, North Carolina.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The winner of the competition held to replace the World Trade Center towers was:
A) Steven Holl.
B) Daniel Libeskind.
C) Phillip Johnson.
D) Rem Koolhaas.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Jean Nouvel's Torre Agbar in Barcelona is meant to be:
A) a critique of the American skyscraper.
B) a condemnation of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia.
C) a representation of violence through its bullet shape.
D) an architectural study of monochromism.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
An architect with a specialty in building bridges, especially those with masts for suspension cables, is:
A) Jean Nouvel.
B) Daniel Libeskind.
C) Santiago Calatrava.
D) Jacques Herzog.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
A principal architectural feature of the Pompidou Center in Paris is that the:
A) walls of this building are made of automobile windshields.
B) dragonlike apperception of this building is created by steel-reinforced-concrete walls and a roof supported by steel cables.
C) innards of the building are allowed to become the principal architectural expression.
D) side-by-side gable roofs are supported by a thin steel frame.
E) material used for building is quilted aluminum with panels arranged in a grid and with sections strategically folded.
Q:
At the center of James Stirling's Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Germany, there is a(n):
A) steel-framed rotunda with translucent "vaults."
B) concrete rotunda with a glass dome.
C) open-air stone rotunda with an internal ramp.
D) tiered glass tower.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Frank Gehry made the exterior walls of his Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain from:
A) porcelain.
B) bookmatched marble.
C) copper.
D) titanium.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas first established himself as a thinker about urbanism with his book titled:
A) Paris in the Spring.
B) Delirious New York.
C) Learning from Las Vegas.
D) Silent Spring.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
All of the following architects designed buildings in the classical tradition EXCEPT:
A) Peter Eisenman.
B) Allan Greenberg.
C) Lon Krier.
D) Aldo Rossi.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
Samuel Mockbee produced his unusual work through something called the:
A) Atelier Rustica.
B) Rural Studio.
C) Hale County Register.
D) Bauhaus South.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The particular challenge confronting Japanese architects after World War II was how to:
A) build traditional structures using modern materials.
B) synthesize traditional Japanese values and principles with modern political, economic, and technological realities.
C) build modern structures using traditional wood building techniques.
D) move beyond traditional Japanese values using architecture as a catalyst.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
All of the following are features of Maya Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial EXCEPT:
A) using the Lincoln Memorial as a backdrop.
B) a walkway carved into the earth.
C) a granite-veneer wall with names.
D) a bronze sculpture of heroic soldiers.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
At the Church of Cristo Obrero in Atlntida near Montevideo, Uruguay, Eladio Dieste used:
A) a geodesic dome on the roof.
B) local brick and hollow clay tiles.
C) titanium columns.
D) reinforced-concrete walls.
E) a roof supported by steel cables.
Q:
A feature of Richard Meier's High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, is:
A) the presence of a glass dome above the atrium.
B) the liberal use of stucco.
C) the dominant circulation path around the circumference of a quarter-cylinder glass-enclosed atrium.
D) the curving gables, spiky towers, and richly textured faades.
E) the innards of the building were allowed to become the principal architectural expression.
Q:
Steven Holl has proven to be particularly adept at:
A) sustainable design.
B) manipulating natural light.
C) exposing the inner working of his buildings on the outside.
D) quoting ironically from the forms of traditional architecture.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
At the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien paid homage to the nearby:
A) Disney Concert Hall by Frank Gehry.
B) Diamond Ranch School by Morphosis.
C) Salk Institute by Louis I. Kahn.
D) Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels by Rafael Moneo.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The form of Eero Saarinen's Trans World Airlines (TWA) Terminal at Kennedy Airport was made possible by the use of:
A) geodesic principles.
B) Corten steel.
C) advanced curtain-wall construction.
D) poured-in-place concrete.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
At the University of Pennsylvania, Louis I. Kahn received an architectural education based on the methods of the:
A) Bauhaus.
B) Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
C) German Polytechnic Institutes.
D) Philadelphia School.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Robert Venturi's Post-Modern architectural publication is titled:
A) After the International Style.
B) Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.
C) The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.
D) From Bauhaus to Our House.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The work of Charles Moore brought to Post-Modernism:
A) environmental conservation.
B) a gentle but studied playfulness.
C) mathematical rigor.
D) local influence.
E) a highly erudite and complex style.
Q:
All of the following are projects by Zaha Hadid EXCEPT the:
A) Bergisel Ski-jump in Innsbruck.
B) Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein.
C) Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Arts in Cincinnati.
D) Parc de la Villette in Paris.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building was designed by:
A) Edward Durrell Stone.
B) Phillip Johnson.
C) George Howe and William Lescaze.
D) Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Frank Lloyd Wright's house called Fallingwater was built:
A) atop a waterfall.
B) to include the view of a waterfall.
C) at the base of a waterfall.
D) between two waterfalls.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
All of the following were late projects of Le Corbusier EXCEPT:
A) the Unit d'Habitation in Marseille.
B) Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp.
C) Ste. Marie-de-la-Tourette in Eveux-sur-l'Arbresle.
D) Chandigarh in Punjab.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Discuss the architectural features of Adolf Loos's houses in terms of the Raumplan.
Q:
Discuss the architectural features that Frank Lloyd Wright used in the development of Prairie houses and their significance.
Q:
Compare the architectural features of Peter Behrens's AEG Turbine Factory with those of Walter Gropius's Fagus Factory.
Q:
Explain how the Art Deco differed from European Modernism.
Q:
Discuss the spatial investigations of the De Stijl Movement.
Q:
Discuss the architectural features of the Villa Savoye in the context of Le Corbusier's "Five Points Toward a New Architecture."
Q:
Auguste Perret was a pioneer in:
A) the design of modern bridges.
B) the investigations of De Stijl planarity.
C) the development of Art Deco ornamentation.
D) the use of steel-reinforced concrete.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Compare Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater with International Style work such as that seen at the Weissenhof Siedlung in Stuttgart.
Q:
Le Corbusier's Dom-ino House involved:
A) a series of bearing walls.
B) floor slabs and regularly spaced piers for vertical support.
C) long cantilevers made possible by steel-reinforced concrete.
D) planar compositions inspired by the De Stijl Movement.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
All of the following are Alvar Aalto designs EXCEPT:
A) Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Paimio.
B) Baker House, MIT Campus, Cambridge.
C) Municipal Library, Viipuri.
D) Town Hall, Syntsalo.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The central feature in Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye is a:
A) lightwell.
B) concrete hearth and chimney.
C) ramp that links all levels in the building.
D) monumental staircase.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Modernist features of Walter Gropius's Fagus Factory include all of the following EXCEPT:
A) a flat roof.
B) corners left free of solid masonry.
C) a free plan.
D) glass curtain walls.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The Bauhaus teaching facilities were, at one time or another, located in each of the following cities EXCEPT:
A) Berlin.
B) Stuttgart.
C) Weimar.
D) Dessau.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
All of the following were features of Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion EXCEPT:
A) marble veneer wall partitions.
B) a dancing-girl sculpture.
C) stainless steel columns.
D) polished concrete floors.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
All of the following architects designed buildings for the 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung EXCEPT:
A) Le Corbusier.
B) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
C) J.J.P. Oud.
D) Walter Gropius.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
In the context of the Italian Futurist Movement, the best-known exponent of Futurism was:
A) Umberto Boccioni.
B) Antonio Sant'Elia.
C) Marcello Piacentini.
D) Filippo Marinetti.
E) Adolf Loos.
Q:
Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the Third International was to:
A) have a revolving cone inside it.
B) be 1300 feet tall.
C) have a revolving cylinder inside it.
D) be a fantastic double spiral.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The Soviet Pavilion at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Dcoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris was designed by:
A) Viktor Vesnin.
B) Vladimir Tatlin.
C) Konstantin Melnikov.
D) Alexandr Tatlin.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Hendrik Petrus Berlage is best known for his:
A) Eigen Haard housing.
B) Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
C) DeDageraad Housing.
D) Amsterdam City Hall.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
Bruno Taut's Glass Pavilion was built for the:
A) 1913 Citt Nuova Exposition in Milan.
B) 1911 Expressionist exhibition in Posen.
C) 1914 Werkbund exhibition in Cologne.
D) 1925 Exposition des Arts Dcoratifs in Paris.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Rudolf Steiner's Goetheanum II in Dornach housed a:
A) center for meditation.
B) concert hall for Expressionistic music.
C) theater for Expressionistic plays.
D) spiritual high school.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The Chrysler Building's crownlike dome is made of:
A) polished marble slabs.
B) stainless steel.
C) shiny terracotta.
D) coated copper.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The designer of Radio City Music Hall in New York was:
A) William Van Alen.
B) Wallace K. Harrison.
C) Ely Jacques Kahn.
D) Raymond Hood.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The Dutch De Stijl Movement was the creation of Bauhaus interloper:
A) J.J.P. Oud.
B) Theo van Doesburg.
C) Cornelis van Eesteren.
D) Gerrit Rietveld.
E) Adolf Loos.
Q:
The AEG Turbine Factory in Berlin was designed by:
A) Adolf Loos.
B) Walter Gropius.
C) Mies van der Rohe.
D) Peter Behrens.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Louis Sullivan's essay on skyscraper design is titled:
A) Tower Building as Art.
B) The Chicago School and Its Ideas.
C) Form Follows Function.
D) The Tall Building Artistically Considered.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
One of the features of the Wainwright Building in St. Louis is that it has:
A) terracotta panels like those used on the Carson Pirie Scott Department Store.
B) ornate terracotta spandrels under each window.
C) terracotta panels designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
D) cast-iron ornament designed by St. Louis artisans.
E) windows that have large fixed panes between operable sashes.
Q:
The skyscraper-enclosure technique in which lightweight frames holding glazing are brought forward of the structural columns is called:
A) curtain-wall construction.
B) glazed-spandrel construction.
C) Chicago-wall construction.
D) Sullivan-wall construction.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Chicago windows are windows that have:
A) single, large expanses of glazing.
B) large fixed panes between operable sashes.
C) glazing surrounded by ornamented terra cotta.
D) four large operable sashes.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
The first use of a curtain wall occurred at the:
A) Reliance Building in Chicago.
B) Hallidie Building in San Francisco.
C) Wainwright Building in St. Louis.
D) Empire State Building in New York City.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Discuss the features of architectural education at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Q:
Compare the architectural work of William Morris, Richard Norman Shaw, and C.F.A. Voysey.
Q:
Discuss the features of Otto Wagner's Postal Savings Bank in Vienna on the basis of materials and methods of construction.
Q:
Discuss the architectural features of the first skyscrapers in the United States.
Q:
Discuss H.H. Richardson's manipulation of wall surfaces using both wood and masonry.
Q:
All of the following men wrote important books on modern architecture EXCEPT:
A) Gustav Platz.
B) Nikolaus Pevsner.
C) Henry Russell Hitchcock.
D) Reyner Banham.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
Adolf Loos described his method of spatial composition as:
A) the Neue Sachlichkeit.
B) Le Plan Libre.
C) the Zeitgeist.
D) the Raumplan.
E) the Pilotis.
Q:
The characteristics of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie houses include:
A) cantilevered eaves.
B) strong horizontal brick coursing.
C) a central hearth.
D) his idea of "breaking the box."
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
All of the following men worked on interior ornamentation at Trinity Church EXCEPT:
A) John LaFarge.
B) Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
C) William Morris.
D) Edward Burne-Jones.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Innovations at Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building included all of the following EXCEPT:
A) balanced natural lighting from a central, full-height atrium.
B) built-in filing cabinets.
C) central air-conditioning.
D) custom-designed metal furnishings.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Q:
The textural variety and massing irregularity of H.H. Richardson's Watts Sherman House in Newport, Rhode Island, anticipated:
A) the Second Empire styles of the 1860s and 1870s.
B) the Secession Building designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich.
C) the residential Queen Anne style of the 1880s and 1890s.
D) the Prairie style houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
E) the rural houses designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Q:
Frank Lloyd Wright's work became accessible to European architects through:
A) the efforts of Peter Behrens.
B) the publication of the Wasmuth portfolios.
C) Bauhaus publications.
D) his famous lecture tour there in 1910-11.
E) the Wendingen group of Amsterdam architects.
Q:
Louis Sullivan's design for the Auditorium Building in Chicago was influenced by:
A) his young assistant Frank Lloyd Wright.
B) McKim, Mead, and White's Boston Public Library.
C) Richardson's Marshall Field Wholesale Store.
D) his training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
To design his Red House, William Morris chose:
A) Phillip Webb.
B) Richard Norman Shaw.
C) John Wellborn Root.
D) C.F.A. Voysey.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Richard Norman Shaw based his design for Leyswood on:
A) William Morris's Red House.
B) the works he found in the sketchbook of Robert Smythson.
C) Victorian Gothic buildings.
D) the structures in Shakespeare's Stratford-on-Avon.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
Charles Francis Annesley Voysey was strongly influenced by:
A) the work of Robert Smythson.
B) Neo-Medievalism.
C) the Arts and Crafts Movement.
D) the designs found in Muthesius's The English House.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Q:
All of the following names were given to the Art Nouveau EXCEPT:
A) Stile Liberty.
B) Stile Radicale.
C) Jugendstil.
D) Stile Floreale.
E) All of the answers are correct.