ARCH 301 Exam Prep

This building designed by Le Corbusier is:

A Monastic Complex

The Façade of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi is 'classical' because it has:

A clearly, defined base, middle and top.

A Hermetic Order was:

A monastic order based on an ideal of solitary study and reflection.

Gaudi's work was seen to be parallel to other important style of his era?

Art Nouveau

Identify this structure by name

Baptistery of San Giovanni

Identify the Church below:

Basilica of San Lorenzo

Identify this gothic cathedral

Bourges Cathedral

The decorative motifs of Art Nouveau effectively_____ large facades.

Break down

Sleeper, the great comedy spoof written and directed by Woody Allen, was filmed in part in this house designed by:

Charles Deaton

Select one country that has been investing more heavily in infrastructure in the last twenty years than the United States

China

This is the ___ by ___.

Crypt of the Colonia Guell/ Antonio Gaudi

Which structure now stands as a modernized clone of the Crystal Palace?

Dallas InfoMart

Which is the longest multi-span arch-supported bridge in the world when built?

Eads Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge spans the Hudson River in just under a mile in total length.

False

Lateral supports in the form of arches spanning across openings and lateral to walls are called:

Flying Buttresses

The Farnsworth House was constructed along what river in what state?

Fox River/ Illinois

This wrought iron bridge is attributed to what famous 19th century architect?

Gustave Eiffel

The Paris Metro entrance canopies were originally authored by ________.

Hector Guimard

The Casa Batllo, designed by Antonio Gaudi is also called "Casa dels Ossos" which translates to ____, due to the visceral and organic nature of the building.

House of Bones

The Barragan house exemplifies Barragan's appreciation of?

Indirect, reflected and glancing light, Vernacular construction, Overlapping spaces, bright colors

This Chapel was designed by:

Le Corbusier

This Mexican Architect that was influenced by European Modernism and Le Corbusier

Luis Barragan

The Sacristies within the Basilica of San Lorenzo were designed by which two famous architects?

Michelangelo and Brunelleschi

This is:

Mont St Michele

Select from the following options the design concepts and standards that were departed from with the arrival of the Art Nouveau style.

Organic Forms, Rectilinear Designs

The primary building stone of Florence, seen here on the front of the Basilica of San Lorenzo is:

Pietra Serena (Forte?)

Select the types of connections that are present in the Galerie des Machines.

Pinned Connection

Heathrow terminal 5, was designed by

Richard Rogers Partnership

The baptistery of San Giovanni is considered what style?

Romanesque

Select from the following options the many innovations contained within Casa Mila, located in Barcelona.

Self-supporting stone façade, roof terrace, free plan floor plate, below-grade parking garage

An apse is

Synonymous with an exedra

The diagonal members seen in the Bayonne Bridge are in ___.

Tension

The Baptistery of San Giovani has an octagonal form, symbolizing what?

The 8th day, associated with the rebirth of Christianity.

The 'Piano Nobile' refers to:

The first level above the ground level in a palazzo.

What was the purpose of mosaics in ornately painted stories in churches?

To communicate to the illiterate masses.

The ability to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form.

Transmutability

The Eames Case Study House (#8) utilized primarily off the shelf available material to speed up the construction process while keeping costs low.

True

The Pons Fabricius of Rome, constructed in 62BCE, replaced an older wooden bridge that once connected Rome to Tiber island.

True

The distinctions and symbolism of Gaudi's works are often associated with the separatist movement of Catalonia, desiring autonomy from Spain?

True

The principle of second man is the idea that architecture, if done with careful consideration, can generate sympathetic and corresponding architectural and spatial answers and completing a composition previously not considered.

True

The Crystal Palace, designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, was constructed in what style?

Victorian

The architect of the spire known as the "forest" of Notre Dame was?

Violet Le Duc

The pies of the Eads bridge set many benchmarks in its construction, among them including their incredible depth. What method allowed for the efficient construction of the Eads bridge piers?

Watertight caisson chambers

The unique stair/roof at the Casa or Villa Malaparte references a stair at:

a Church

Gothic cathedrals achieved impressive arch-work by using wooden ___

centering, lagging

Catalonia, Spain is an area best known for its city blocks that have ____ corners.

chamfered

This Cathedral: (Select all that Apply)

is the largest in the United States, is the seat of the Episcopal Bishop, is neo-gothic, is incomplete, unfinished

Which of the following are 'inventions' of Brunelleschi?

scientific perspective, three-speed reversing ox hoist, Castello crane, arcuated colonnade

As a rule, the taller gothic cathedrals became the ____ they became

wider