ARCH 301 - Exam 1

Gordon Bunshaft situated the Beinecke Library on _____.

4 piers

In the context of design, Precedent refers to:

A preceding model used as an example

Le Corbusier's Modular is:

A proportioning system

Walter Nesch used the notion of _____ in the Air Force Academy Chapel to imbue spirituality within the space.

Accentuated verticality

A citadel or fortress situated on high ground that dominates or protects a city is called a(n)

Acropolis

The original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies

Archetype

If a structure has or consists of arches, it can be classified as _____.

Arcuated

The act of rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees

Ascension

The Orders employed from ground level to the top on the exterior of the Colosseum. A. Corinthian B. Doric C. Composite D. Ionic

B, D, A, C

The Seagram Building takes the form of an abstracted column, with the _____ established in light, the _____ symbolized by the curtain walls, and the _____ represented where the structure meets the sky.

Base, shaft, capital

Innovation in the structure of the World Trade Center towers began with moving primary structural members to the _____.

Building perimeter

The Tholos form relied upon:

Circular plan

A(n) __________ is an example of a Trabeated System

Colonnade

The entries of Wright's houses were usually

Concealed on a sequence

Organic Architecture follows which of these principles

Continuity, Unity, Dynamism

A wall made of massive, irregularly stone is called

Cyclopean

The Case of the Potato Peeler was cited to illuminate notions of:

Economy

A(n) __________ is a series of interconnected rooms arranged in a row, with each room opening into the next.

Enfilade

A slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, designed to provoke masculinity and strength

Entasis

Structures of Nomadic peoples tend to be compressive mass structures.

False

The Pantheon is a superb example of Greek masonry construction?

False

Vitruvius was a Humanist Architect.

False

The arrangement of windows and doors on a building's elevation is called __________.

Fenestration

The triadic characteristics of Architecture according to Vitruvius are:

Firmness, Delight, Commodity

What numerical grouping was found in abundance in the Tomb of Rameses II?

Four

The _______ is a sculptural element of the Parthenon which commemorates the Panathenaia.

Frieze

The Air Force Academy Chapel is a structure that emulates the _____ surrounding the structure.

Geography

The Beinecke Rare Book Library was designed by architect _____.

Gordon Bunshaft

The utilization of a _____ allowed for the Seagram building to maintain its form while still meeting New York City step back codes.

Ground level plaza

The Seagram building was the first skyscraper that replaced rivets with _____.

High strength bolts

The HSBC Main Building, designed by Foster and Partners is generally referred to as an example of what architectural classification?

High-tech modern

Egyptian Temples united _____, _____, and the _____.

Humans, Netherworld, Gods

The Bank of China, designed by I. M. Pei is generally referred to as an example of what architectural classification

International modern

The Temple of Athena Nike is a small _______ temple situated in Athens.

Ionic

This image is of the interior of a:

Iroquois Long House

A _____ arch is a type of Flat Arch in which there is no arcuated form. These can be seen in the Colosseum's Hypogeum.

Jack

The act or instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or to create an interesting effect

Juxtaposition

A Caryatid is a stone column in the shape of a(n) ________

Maiden

The Colosseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, was constructed upon the grounds of an Ancient Roman _____.

Man-made lake

"Arete" is a Greek ideology that addresses the balance between (select multiple)

Mind, Body

The World Trade Center was designed by _____.

Minoru Yamasaki

The architecture of the Egyptians, massive, simple, regular, and permanent is known as _____.

Monumental Architecture

A(n) __________ is a place where Priests worshipped the dead's soul

Mortuary Temple

A ________ is a city for the dead.

Necropolis

Geography gave Egyptian Civilization the ___ axis, the Sun gave the ___ axis, and the structures the Egyptians built gave the ___ axis.

North-South, East-West, Vertical

The tetrahedron steel tubes which enclose the main space of the Air Force Academy Chapel are supported with _____ connections that rest upon concrete pylons.

Pinned

The Beinecke Library opens onto a plaza, which is actually a _____, and allows for additional square footage beneath the main library structure.

Plinth

A __________ is a covered entrance, large enough for vehicles, that typically opens into a courtyard.

Porte Cochere

The Parthenon employed which strategies that contributed to it's status as the most perfect Doric temple ever built? (select multiple)

Precision of construction, Integration of structure and sculpture, Irregularities to correct optical illusions

Leland Roth identifies numerous criteria by which we might begin to evaluate aesthetics in architectural design including: (Select all that apply)

Proportion, Rhythm, Visual perception, Light

The ________ is the columned entrance to Acropolis that marks the distinction between secular and sacred

Propylaia

The Greek revival style mimicked Greek architecture by using what methods? (select multiple)

Rounded or squared columns that follow Greek order

In the context of design, Analogy refers to:

Shared characteristics

Precedents of Wright's Prairie School houses include: (select multiple)

Shoji Screens

The Air Force Academy Chapel and The Beinecke Rare Books Library are both examples of projects constructed by the world-renowned firm _____.

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

_____ are part of what allows daylight to reach street level in large cities such as New York City, and are required by tall buildings ordinances.

Step backs

A _______ is a marketplace building used to store goods and have back chambers for shopkeepers, and usually flanks _______, defining edges of a public space

Stoa, Agora

The Beinecke Library and the Orvieto Cathedral both utilize _____, which allow for incredibly filtered and colorful light to spill into each of their respective spaces.

Stone 'windows'

Buildings such as the TWA Terminal, at JFK Airport by Eero Saarinen exemplify which of the following:

Symbolic Function

The Colosseum and the Seagram Building are both similar in the sense that they both rely on _____.

Symbolism

The artistic imitation or invention that is a method of revealing of suggesting immaterial, ideal, or otherwise intangible truth or states is known as _____.

Symbolism

Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture school, primarily an apprenticeship, (founded in Spring Green, Wisconsin,) was called _____.

Taliesin

The Seagram Plaza pays homage to _____, directly across Park Avenue, which is a social club with incredible historical significance to New York City culture.

The Metropolitan Club

Thematic elements in Egyptian Architecture include _____, _____, and _____.

The Nile, The Sun, The Desert

What is Trabeation?

The use of load-bearing members like post and lintel

The Treasury of Atreus would be classified as what type of structure?

Tholos

________________ derived from structures intended for burial of the deceased.

Tholos architecture

The trullis of Alberobello, (Puglia) Italy are a type of:

Tholos dwelling

Frank Lloyd Wright's window detailing can be described as geometric interpretations of nature.

True

Horror vacui refers the filling of empty space through the proliferation of artistic detail painting or curios in an artistic or architectural composition ?

True

The 'Vitruvian Man' wherein the human body is tied to the ideal geometries of the circle and square are evident in the Villa Capra "La Rotunda."

True

The Classical Orders are a comprehensive proportioning system?

True

The Air Force Academy Chapel utilizes _____, a form of spanning member and structural support, that relies on _____ and _____ of every component.

Trusses, compression, tension

A _____ truss is a structural system that relies on rectangular openings, rather than the triangular openings usually associated with trusses.

Veirendeel

240 wooden Masts were thought to support a _____, or large sunshade made of cloth, in the Colosseum's case.

Velarium

The Prairie School style took place during what other iconic American Era?

Victorian Era

A _____ is simply an exit; the Colosseum utilized these passageways to expel visitors form the structure.

Vomitorium

The structural system of the Bank of China, designed by I. M. Pei is called

a Diagrid

Humanism is:

a philosophical view that emphasized the importance of the power of human values, achievement, and endeavors as distinct from received religious instruction.

Wright's destruction of the box can best be described as

liberation of space

Eurhythmy, according to Vitruvius, is: the beauty and fitness of the members, parts, such that their proportional relationship of breadth to height is suitable

the beauty and fitness of the members, parts, such that their proportional relationship of breadth to height is suitable