Chapter 10 Architecture

The Greene Brothers designed the wooden bungalow, ________ in Pasadena, California.

Gamble House

The Eiffel Tower was designed by the ________ , Gustave Eiffel.

bridge builder

________ in Cambodia has been placed on the list of UNESCO'a World Heritage Sites.

Angkor Wat

Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome was designed by Michelangelo, Bramante, Maderno and ________ .

Bernini

The ________ columns used in the design of the Parthenon were the earliest and simplest of the Greek orders.

Doric

________ are made by crossing two barrel vaults at right angles.

Groin vaults

The Temple of Athena Nike has ________ columns.

Ionic

Iktinos and Kallikrates designed the ________ .

Parthenon

________ are views that give a three-dimensional impression of a building.

Perspectives

Frame construction usually refers to buildings constructed of ________ .

Wood

________ has typically been the most common building material for domestic architecture in America.

Wood

In 2004, the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize was won by ________ .

Zaha Hadid

architecture has been called both the greatest and the least of arts, the most public of arts and ________ .

a. useful b. the universal art form c. the Queen of Arts (d. )all of the above

A desire to let more light into Gothic cathedrals led to the development of ________ .

pointed arches

An early development in stone construction, the ________ , was used extensively for the first time during the Roman Empire.

round arch

The single most important innovation of twentieth century American architecture has been the ________ .

skyscraper

Although it won an award when built, ________ was demolished about 25 years later because it was such a failure

the Pruitt Igoe Housing Project

concrete was first used by ________ .

the Romans

sculpture and architecture are both ________ arts.

three dimensional

_______ is a type of sun-dried brick made of clay mixed with straw, which was used by Native American tribes in the Southwest.

Adobe

The great Gothic cathedral, Amiens is located in

France

In 1991 the American Institute of Architects voted ________ as the "best all-time work of American architecture."

Kaufman House

The seventh-century Dome of the Rock is located on the ________ in Jerusalem.

Temple Mount

Acropolis means ________ .

high place

Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao Spain has become a ________ .

huge tourism attraction