Art Chapter 13 Architecture
What type of skeleton-and-skin construction
Steel-frame
type of truss system
Stepped truss
What is the significance of the isolation of the Taj Mahal's dome
ornamental
What are the two main components of CAD/CAM?
Digital technology and computer-driven technology
What type of dome?
Geodesic
Reins Cathedral is a characteristic example of what style of architecture?
Gothic
What elements are associated with Romanesque style?
Groin vaults, Barrel vaults
the flowing innovations made balloon-frame construction
Improved milking lumber techniques, Mass-produced nails
Image of a classic Greek capital demonstrates the characteristics of the________architectural order
Ionic
What art the trademark buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture oeuvre?
Prairie houses
Our sense of community is strengthened by having access to what area?
Public spaces
What does the keystones do?
Supports the downward and outward thrust of the rounded arch
What are fabric structures?
Tensile structures
Why in the early period of Zaha Hadis' career was she sometimes called "paper architect"?
The buildings she designed had not been constructed, they existed only on paper
coffering
The decorative ornament on the ceiling of a dome, which also serves to lessen the weight
What technological advancement of the 1980s influenced digital and manufacturing?
The personal computer
To what is green architecture largely a response?
The unsustainable cost of industrialization
triangle
The_______is the essential geometric form in the construction and support of a geodesic dome
International
Visible structure of a building is characteristic of the______style of architecture
What are two examples of nomadic dwellings involving fabric architecture?
Yurts and tents
The weight of a suspension bridge is primarily supoorted
a series of steel cables
Not an advantage of balloon-frame construction
can be built to conceivably infinite heights
Steel-frame
construction was developed to allow for the fabrication of tall buildings not possible using balloon-frame techniques
Concrete is composed of
gravel, water, cement
Haggis Siphia
incorporates placing an immense dome on top of a massive square base
Reinforced-concrete construction is most similar to the________structural system
shell
The creation of such showpiece as the Crystal Palace and the Eiffel Tower were made possible by
the mass production of iron and steel