HOA Compilation
Master sculptor of the Parthenon.
Phidias
Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda.
13
Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda.
13..
"How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral?"
176
How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral?
176
Both the regula and the mutule has guttae numbering a total of ___.
18
Diastyle intercolumniation has how many diameters.
3 Diameters
The temple of Zeus, Agrigentum, second largest Greek temple has an unusual feature. What is it?
3 naos and Atlantes figures
3. Concrete is now used [composition of lime, sand, pozzolana & broken bricks or small stones.
3. Concrete is now used [composition of lime, sand, pozzolana & broken bricks or small stones.
A faced without columns or pilaster in renaissance architecture.
Astylar
A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.
Balneum
"A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian churches."
Bema
1. Picturesque values
Britain Architecture
"The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the church called ___."
Cancelli
The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the church called ___.
Cancelli
A movable candle lamp-stand with central shaft, and often branches or decorative representation thereof; a branching light fitting: a large decorative candle holder with several arms or branches, or a similarly shaped electric light fitting
Candelabra
Female statues with baskets serving as columns.
Canephora
A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the atrium of an early Christian basilica.
Cantharus
The crowning member of a column.
Capital
Raw natural material that traditional Filipino Architecture used as motifs in the design of their home?
Capiz shells
Orientation of prehistoric architectures faces ________.
Cardinal points
Who designed the Philamlife Building located at United Nations Avenue in Manila?
Carlos Arguelles
Second Filipino registered architect after the well-known Tomas Mapua
Carlos Baretto
Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo.
Carlos Santos Viola
"(Greek Architecture) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head."
Caryatid
The Erectheion, Athens which stands on the north of the Parthenon has an unusual feature which is the?
Caryatid Porch
Sculptures female figures used as columns or supports
Caryatids
" 1905 to 1907 Architect: Antonio Gaudi Location: Barcelona, Spain Building type: apartment building Construction system: concrete Style: Expressionist or Art Nouveau uses animal styles al through-out the structure "
Casa Batllo
Work of Antonio Gaudi that has an undulating facade decorated with a colorful mosaic of broken ceramic tiles, the roof is arched and has a unique chimney.
Casa Batllo
" 1905 to 1910 Architect: Antonio Gaudi Location: Barcelona, Spain Building type: multifamily housing Construction system: masonry and concrete Style: Art Nouveau expressionistic, fantastic, organic forms in undulating facade and roof line light court it could be compared with the steep cliff walls in which African tribes build their cave-like dwellings "
Casa Mila
The last civil work of Antonio Gaudi. Popularly known as La Pedrera meaning the Quarry. Declared a UNESCO heritage site in 1984
Casa Mila
Who was the architect of the Cathedral of Commerce?
Cass Gilbert
Woolworth Building, NY
Cass Gilbert
Secular architecture
Castle
A Neolithic settlement in Anatolia. One of the world's earliest cities. It had mud-brick fortifications and houses, frescoed shrines, a fully developed agriculture.
Catal Huyuk
The term applied to the Episcopal church of the diocese and also the important structure of the Gothic period.
Cathedral
" Location: Southern Italy incorporated Gothic elements in a strongly Mediterranean design "
Cathedral of Siena
??? on natural rocks in a Greek theater is called
Cavaea
A concave molding approximately quarter round.
Cavetto
Corresponds to the Greek naos.
Cella
The sanctuary of a classical temple, containing the cult statue of the god
Cella
A monument erected in memory of one not interned in or under it
Cenotaph
An empty tomb. A monument erected in memory of one not interred in or under it.
Cenotaph
Memorial monuments of persons buried elsewhere in Roman architecture.
Cenotaphs
Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.
Centralized
"PETRONAS TWIN TOWER KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Number of floors: 88 Height: 452 meters "
Cesar Pelli
"Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur "
Cesar Pelli
Architect of the Petronas Tower.
Cesar Pelli
Japanese tea house
Cha-sit-su
Japanese tea house.
Cha-sit-su
A diagonal cutting of an arris formed by two surfaces at an angle
Chamfer
A low screen wall enclosing the choir in early Christian church.
Chancel
The space about the altar of a church, usually separated by a screen for the clergy and other officials, usually referred to as the "choir
Chancel
"Scottish architect and designer who was prominent in the arts and crafts movement in Great Britain. "
Charles Mackintosh
"Glasgow School of Art "
Charles Rennie Macintiosh
Finest example of French-Gothic architecture
Chartres Cathedral
A castle in a French-speaking country or a stately residence. A French castle: a castle or large house in France, often one that has a vineyard attached and gives its name to wine produced there
Chateau
An umbrella shaped copula.
Chatris
The great pyramid at Gizeh was built during the 4th dynasty by.
Cheops
The three pyramids in Gizeh
Cheops / Chefren/ Mykerinos
One of the winged heavenly beings that support the throne of God or act as guardian spirits, or Chubby, a rosy-faced child with wings
Cherubs
1. Roof ridges are laden with elaborate ornamental cresting and the up-tilted angles are adorned with fantastic dragons and grotesque ornament.(distorted bizarre)
China
2. Roofs one on top of the other using S-shape enameled tiles.
China
3. Roof framing in "rectangle" and not triangle.
China
4. Use of bright colors
China
5. Column brackets are decorated with birds, flowers and dragons.
China
The indigenous architecture of a vast country in eastern Asia whose civilization has continually evolved and survived longer than any other nation in the world.
Chinese architecture
A type of monument erected to support a tripod, as a prize for athletic exercises or
Choragic Monument
musical competitions in Greek festivals.
Choragic Monument
Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground in circular form
Chromlech
"The most important of the distinctive characteristics of mature Spanish Romanesque architecture "
Church bldgs.
"6. Abu-Simbel, dedicated chieftly to Re-Harakhti, God of the rising sun built during the reign of Ramses II (1304 - 1237 BC) "
Egyptian Buildings
A circular projecting portico
Cyrtostyle
THE ESPLANADE Singapore
DP Archts & Micheal Wilford
the portion of a pedestal between its base and cornice. A term also applied to the lower portions of walls when decorated separately.
Daado
a raised platform reserved for the seating of speakers and dignitaries; a raised platform: a raised platform at the end of a hall or large room. [podium, platform, pulpit, stage]
Dais
"Flatiron Building, NY "
Daniel Burnham
"Jewish Museum, Berlin "
Daniel Libeskind
"In the kitchen of the bahay kubo, the table on top of which is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove or kalan is known as ___."
Dapogan
In the kitchen of the bahay kubo, the table on top of which is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove or kalan is known as ___.
Dapogan
It is the third phase of English-Gothic Architecture where elaborated ornamental vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques
Decorated Style
"It is the third phase of English-Gothic Architecture where elaborated ornamental vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques."
Decorated style
The designer of The temple of Artemis, Ephesus. Also called the Hellinistic temple.
Deinocrates
CENTRAL PLAZA Hong Kong
Dennis Lau & NG Chun Man
CITIC PLAZA Guangzhou, China
Dennis Lau & NG Chun Man
The tier of seats in the Greek theatre are separated by?
Diazoma
In Islamic Architecture, it is a tribune raised upon colimns from which the Koran is recited and prayers are intoned by the Imam.
Dikka
"Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos."
Dipteral
Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos.
Dipteral
Used as food storage in the Bahay na Bato.
Dispensa
(BRITISH) The hall built or used by medieval association as of merchants and tradesmen, organized to maintain standards that constituted a governing body. (Doge = Italian renaissance chief magistrate)
Doge's Hall
The chief magistrate's buildings, in the former republic of Venice & Genoa.
Doge's Palace
An ancient structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone
Dolmen
Tomb of standing stone usually capped with a large horizontal slab
Dolmen
A vault having a circular plan, and usually in the form of a sphere portion, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions
Dome
"From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using."
Domical roof construction
From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using.
Domical roof construction
Private house of the Romans
Domus
The private house of the Romans.
Domus
Known architect in early renaissance.
Donato Bramante
"The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps."
Doric
Greek order that has no base.
Doric
In what Order is the Parthenon.
Doric
The Greek order that do not have a base
Doric
The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps.
Doric
A window in a sloping roof usually that of a sleeping apartment. A window projecting from roof: a window for a room within the roof space that is built out at right angles to the main roof and has its own gable
Dormer
Thick abacus of byzantine capital.
Dosseret block
tholos passageway
Dromos
"7. Temple of Luxor - or Southern Sanctuary at Luxor, Egypt, 18th dynasty king dedicated to Amon-Re, king of the Gods built of sandstone for the quarries of Gebel Silsila "
Egyptian Buildings
1. Sphinx,
Egyptian Buildings
3. Obelisks,
Egyptian Buildings
4. Mastaba Tombs,
Egyptian Buildings
5. Great Temple,
Egyptian Buildings
7. Temple of Khons,
Egyptian Buildings
"is a term used for Ancient Greek Plays in order to describe any of two passageways leading into the orchestra, between theatron and skenê (also known as the parodos)."
Eisodos
Mixture of silver and gold; material capping the obelisks of Egypt.
Electrum
FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM
EERo Saarinen
1. Basilican Churches,
Early Christian Structures
2. Baptisteries
Early Christian Structures
1. Widely Spaced Columns carrying semi-circular arches
Early christian Architecture
2. Basilican Churches have 3 to 5 aisles, covered by a simple timber roof
Early christian Architecture
3. Mosaic decoration added internally
Early christian Architecture
4. separate buildings used for baptism or baptisteries
Early christian Architecture
The public square of imperial Rome.
Forum
The oldest and most important example of a Roman forum
Forum Maximus
The oldest and most important forum in Rome.
Forum Romanum
oldest & most important bldg in Rome
Forum Romanum
largest forum in Rome
Forum of Trajan
Great Sphinx at Gizeh
God Horus
Indian/hindu gateway
Gopuram
"CHARACTERIZED BY POINTED ARCH, THE GRADUAL REDUCTION OF THE WALLS TO A SYSTEM OF RICHLY DECORATED FENESTRATION"
Gothic Architecture
1. Pointed arch
Gothic Architecture
2. buttress, flying buttress
Gothic Architecture
3. gargoyles, decorated vaulting
Gothic Architecture
4. rose & lancet windows ploughshare twist
Gothic Architecture
5. variety of open roofs (trussed, tie-beam, collar)
Gothic Architecture
1. Notre Dame Cathedral,
Gothic Buildings
2. Paris Canterbury Cathedral,
Gothic Buildings
3. King's College,
Gothic Buildings
4. Canterbury Town Halls,
Gothic Buildings
5. Skippers house @ Ghent
Gothic Buildings
In Egyptian decoration, this symbolized eternity.
Grapes
Famous term for the Hypostyle hall of Xerxes.
Hundred Column Hall
[Egypt] Part of the temple that is open to the sky
Hypaethral court
A pillared hall in which the roofs rests on the column in Egyptian temples.
Hypostyle Hall
[Egypt] part of the temple on which the roof rests; portrays a marsh in the beginning of time; literally means "under columns"
Hypostyle Hall
In egyptian temples, a pillared hall in which the roof rests on columns
Hypostyle hall
In the Doric Order, the shaft terminates in the ___.
Hypotrachelion
The shaft of the Greek Doric order terminates where?
Hypotrachelion
1. Hindu worship is an individual act
India / pakistan
2. Buddhist religious buildings or shrines took the form of STUPAS (Buddhist shrine or pagoda), and are designed for congregational use.
India / pakistan
3. Mouldings have BULBOUS character
India / pakistan
4. The TORUS moulding is used
India / pakistan
5. Various BAS reliefs depicting scenes of daily life and story of Buddha
India / pakistan
6. The female form in its voluptuous (sensual) form is often used
India / pakistan
Roman apartment blocks.
Insula
Roman apartment block that rose four or more storey high
Insulae
Roman apartment blocks
Insulae
The space between two columns
Intercolumnation
The clear space in between columns.
Intercolumniation
famous walled city within a city; seven gates; completed 1872; made of bricks and hard adobe from the Pasig River quarries; wall are 45 ft thick and rise 25 ft above the moat; structures inside the city include:
Intramuros
In what Order is the temple of Nike Apteros, Athens.
Ionic
Japanese dominant roofs characterized by their exquisite curvature, and are supported upon a succession of simple or compound brackets. The upper part of the roof is terminated by a gable placed vertically above the end walls, while the lower part of the main roof is carried round the ends of the building in a hipped form.
Irrimoya Gable
Architectural style characterized by Friezes and Crestings
Islamic
1. Bulbous or onion dome
Islamic Architecture
2. Minarets
Islamic Architecture
3. stalactite moulding
Islamic Architecture
4. cresting: decorative roof ridge: an ornamental ridge on a roof
Islamic Architecture
5. painted arch
Islamic Architecture
1. The great mosques,
Islamic Buildings
2. Damascus & Cordoba,
Islamic Buildings
3. Kiosk @ Istanbul
Islamic Buildings
4. Taj mahal mausoleum @ Agra
Islamic Buildings
5. Tomb of Humayun, Delhi
Islamic Buildings
" 1150 to 1250 Location: Syria Building type: fort Style: Medieval crusader castle the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world "
Krak des Chevaliers
Coffers, sunken panels in the ceiling.
Lacunaria
coffer, ceiling
Lacunaria
In Roman fountains, the large basin of water.
Lacus
"The tower atop the torogan where the princess and her ladies in waiting hide during occasions."
Lamin
The tower atop the torogan where the princess and her ladies in waiting hide during occasions.
Lamin
A construction such as a tower, at the crossing of a church rising above the neighboring roofs and glazed at the sides
Lantern
A tower raised above a roof pierced to admit light.
Lantern
The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in
Lao Tse
"For the Creation of Space ____________a Chinese Philosopher, said, "The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.""
Lao Tze
A room where food is stored; a pantry ( a walk-in cupboard); a cupboard
Larder
Architect of the Erechtheion.
Mnesicles
Architect of the famous Propylaea, Acropolis.
Mnesicles
Architect of the famous propylaea, Acropolis.
Mnesicles
The architect of the Erectheion
Mnesicles
1. Free-standing glass sheath suspended on a framework across the face of the building or curtain wall.
Modern International
1. Salginatobel Bridge,
Modern International
2. Art Noveau and Bauhaus was developed
Modern International
2. Einstein Tower, Eirch Mendelsohn
Modern International
3. Chapel of Notre Dame, Le Corbusier
Modern International
3. Enormous Spans unobstructed were at length achieved with concrete.
Modern International
4. Johnson Wax Building, Frank Lloyd Wright
Modern International
4. Steel is used in space-frame
Modern International
5. Falling Water, Frank Lloyd Wright
Modern International
6. Dulles International Airport, Eero saarinen
Modern International
7. Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd wright
Modern International
8. Sydney opera House, Jorn Utzon
Modern International
9. Geodesic dome, Buckminster Fuller
Modern International
What architectural style did the architect of the Farnsworth house apply in desiging the residence?
Modern International
Also called 'brackets" or "consoles" or "ancones". It is a projecting member to support a weight. generally formed with scrolls or volutes which carry the upper member of a cornice (a projecting moulding at the top of a wall or at where the wall & ceiling meets); also a bracket in Corinthian order: a small curved ornamental bracket under the corona of a Corinthian or Composite column
Modilions
A standard, usually of length, by which the proportions of a building are determined.
Module
A building complex of a certain English order or a self-contained community used by monks
Monastery
A bay window especially cantilevered or corbelled out from the face of the wall by means of projecting stones.
Oriel Window
The prominent feature of the facades in Romanesque Central Italy.
Ornamental Arcades
"Catedral de Brasilia "
Oscar Niemeyer
His contributions where the advocacy of the idea of planning rooms by volume.
Oscar Niemeyer
Who is the architect of the Austrian Postal Savings building?
Otto Wagner
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, BRAZIL
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, BRAZIL
A multi-storied shrine like towers, originally a Buddhist monument of diminishing size with corbelled cornice and moldings.
Pagoda
Most typical Chinese building, usually octagonal in plan, odd number o stories usually 9 or 13 storeys and repeated roofs, highly colored and with upturned eaves, slopes to each storey.
Pagoda
A Chinese ceremonial gateway erected in memory of an eminent person
Pai Lou
The xerxes hall of hundred columns was introduced during the Mesopotamian architecture, which palace was it used.
Palace of Persepolis
Notable Assyrian palace?
Palace of Sargon
An Italian impressive building or private building
Palazzo
Means Old stone, first part of prehistoric age
Paleolithic
In renaissance archre, which is logically staid and serene architectural style?
Palladian
"MODE OF BLDG FOLLOWING THE STRICT ROMAN FORMS, A SET FORTH IN THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE ITALIAN REN. ARCH'T.ANDREA PALLADIO (1508-1580). STYLE BASED ON A CLOSED STUDY OF ANTIQUITY. "
Palladianism
"Monumental gateway to an Egyptian temple consisting with slanting walls flanking the entrance portal "
Pylon
[Egyptian] Monumental gateway to the temple consisting of slanting walls flanking the entrance portal.
Pylon
A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a square base and four sloping triangular sides meeting at the apex
Pyramid
In Egyptian architecture, the tomb of the pharaohs is the.
Pyramid
Structure whose sides are made to face the four cardinal points.
Pyramid
Structure whose sides were made to face the four cardinal points.
Pyramid
Tomb of the pharaohs.
Pyramid
The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh
Pyramid of Khufu
The world's first large-scale monument in stone.
Pyramid of Zoser
Massive funerary structure of stone or brick with square plan and four sloping triangular sides meeting at the apex.
Pyramids
Finest true Egyptian Pyramids
Pyramids Giza
Chinese dynasty marked by the emergence of a centralized government and the construction of much of the Great Wall.
Qin
"It is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870's and the 1880's in England and the USA and actually based on country house and cottage Elizabeth architecture which was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English Renaissance and colonial elements in the USA:"
Queen Anne style
It is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870's and the 1880's in England and the USA and actually based on country house and cottage Elizabeth architecture which was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English Renaissance and colonial elements in the USA
Queen anne Style
An eternal solid angle of a wall or the like. One of the stones forming it, corner stone (Renaissance) A block forming a corner: a stone block used to form a quoin, especially when it is different, for example in size or material, from the other blocks or bricks in the wall
Quoins
Quoins (just a corner stone) vs. squinch (structural arch to support a dome)
Quoins / Squinch
The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.
Rameses 1
"The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty."
Rameses I
Rock-cut temples in India
Rarhs
Who is the architect of the Daily News Building located in Manhattan, New York? (It became a National Historic Landmark in 1988)
Raymond Hood
CHARACTERIZED BY RADIATING LINES OF TRACERY
Rayonant
Revival of classical Roman style
Romanesque
The style emerging in western Europe in the early 11th century, based on Roman and Byzantine elements, and powerful vaults, and lasting until the advent of Gothic architecture.characterized by massive articulated wall structures, round arches,
Romanesque
"CHARACTERIZED BY CLEAR PLANS, MASSIVE ARTICULATED WALL STRUCTURES, ROUND ARCHES, & POWERFUL VAULTS"
Romanesque Architecture
1. Ribbed & panel, cross vaults;
Romanesque Architecture
2. plaster strips, arcades, rose windows,
Romanesque Architecture
3. Sober (serious/ not fanciful)& dignified style
Romanesque Architecture
4. Formal massing depends on the grouping of towers and the projection of transepts & choir.
Romanesque Architecture
1. St, Zeno,
Romanesque Buildings
2. Maggiore Monastery,
Romanesque Buildings
3. Leaning Tower,
Romanesque Buildings
4. Cathedral & Baptistery of Pisa,
Romanesque Buildings
5. Castles, fortifications,
Romanesque Buildings
6. chateus, Manor houses
Romanesque Buildings
"El Auditorio de Tenerife "
Santiago Calatrava
Who designed the Auditorio de Tenerife? Or presently known as Adan Martin.
Santiago Calatrava
Taj Mahal is a building example of what architecture.
Saracenic Architecture
From what style did Muslim architects pattern their structures?
Saracenic architecture
Richly carved coffins of Greece and Mesopotamia.
Sarcophagus
Taken from a tomb chamber, or the ornamental treatment given to a stone coffin hewn out of one block of marble and with sculptures, figures and festoons (garland) of a late period, surmounted by lids like roofs terminating in scrolls. stone coffin: an ancient stone or marble coffin, often decorated with sculpture and inscriptions
Sarcophagus
Designers of The Mausoleum, Helicarnassus. Most famous of all tombs.
Satyros and Pythias
In Egyptian decoration, this symbolized resurrection.
Scarab
The master sculptor of The temple of Artemis, Ephesus. Also called the Hellinistic temple.
Scopas
An ornament consisting of a spirally wound band, either as a running ornament or as a terminal, like the volutes of the ionic capital.
Scroll
Greek sculptures may be classified as "architectural sculpture, free standing statuary,
Sculptured Reliefs
Built the Temple of Hatshepsut
Senenmut
Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis.
Senusret I
The palace proper in Assyrian palaces.
Seraglio
The palace proper of an Assyrian Palace?
Seraguo
The offering table in a Mastaba is called ________.
Serdab
statue chamber
Serdab
How many stages do the Assyrian Ziggurats have?
Seven Stages
Designer of the Taj Mahal.
Shah Jahan
"Erected to the memory of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal, it was the culminating work in the life of the emperor. "
Shah-Jehan
A Chinese dynasty that marked the introduction of writing, and a mastery of bronze casting
Shang
SHUN HING SQUARE Shenzhen, China
Shreve , Lamb & Harmon
"An English Architect who prepared plan for London i.e., St. Peter 's and St. Paul Cathedral; Proposed a Network of Avenues connecting the main features of London."
Sir Christopher Wren
A structural system consisting of trusses in two directions rigidly connected at their intersections. A rectangular shape is formed where the top and bottom chords of the trusses are directly above & below one another.
Space Frame
The triangular space enclosed by the curve of an arch, a vertical line from its springing, a horizontal line through its apex. A space between one arch or another. Space between two arches and a cornice
Spandrel
Mythical monsters each with the body of a lion and a head of a man, hawk, ram or woman possessed
Sphinx
The tapering termination of a tower in Gothic churches
Spire
The buttress which catches the thrusts of the main vaults where they are concentrated in the pockets above columned pillars
Spur
Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda.
Square
A small arch or bracket built across each angle of a square or polygonal structure to form an octagon or other appropriate base for a dome or a spire. An interior supporting part of a tower: an arch, corbelling, or lintel built across the upper inside corner of a square tower to support the weight of a spire or other structure above
Squinch
1. Rock Temples, with square or octagonal pillars
Sri Lanka
2. A circular relic house (wata-dage) built in stone & brick is an outstanding architectural creation.
Sri Lanka
3. Architecture of wood, with high pitched roofs, with wide eaves, slightly curved, finished with small flat shingles and terra cotta tiles.
Sri Lanka
4. Windows with lacquered wood bars, carved timber doorways, ornamental metalwork door furniture, painted walls.
Sri Lanka
The finest and remaining example of Byzantine architecture.
St. Sophia, Constantinople
The supreme monument of Byzantine architecture.
St. Sophia, Constantinople
A foot race course in the cities.
Stadium
Monumental pillars standing free without any structural function, with circular or octagonal shafts with inscriptions carved in it. The capital was bell-shaped and crowned with animal supported bearing the Buddhist will of Law.
Stambas / Laths
The iconoclastic movement during the Byzantine period forbade the use of ___.
Statues
The term applied to a tower crowned by a spire
Steeple
The inscription tablet in a Mastaba is called ___________.
Stelae
A vault in which the ribs compose a "star-shaped" pattern
Stellar Vault
Best example of Egyptian step pyramid
Step Pyramid of Zoser
Types of Egyptian pyramids (3)
Step, Slope, Bend
The lowest step in the crepidoma.
Stereobate
A Scandinavian wooden church with vertical planks forming the walls
Steve church
"An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places."
Stoa
A long colonnaded building, served many purposes, used around public places and as shelter at religious shrines; an ancient covered walkway: in ancient Greece, a covered walkway, usually with a row of columns on one side and a wall on the other
Stoa
An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places.
Stoa
patio (Spanish outdoor living or dining);VERANDAH (a porch or balcony for summer leisure); LOGGIA
Stoa
Earliest known period of human culture, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age and characterized bu the use of stone implements and weapons.
Stone Age
Consists of a complex of "sarsen" (any of the many large sedimentary rocks that have been broken into blocks by frost action and are found scattered across the chalk downs of southern England )stones and smaller blue stones set in a circle and connected by lintels
Stonehenge
A type of relief ornament or cresting [cresting: a decorative roof ridge: an ornamental ridge on a roof ] resembling the studded leather straps arranged in geometrical and sometimes interlaced patterns much used in the early renaissance architecture of England.
Strapwork
Domical mound containing a relic.
Stupa
Domical mounds which grouped with their rails, gateways, professional paths and crowning umbrella came to be known as symbols of the universe; a Buddhist shrine, temple, or pagoda that houses a relic or marks the location of an auspicious event.
Stupa
The uppermost step in the crepidoma.
Stylobate
Dry sweating room in the thermae
Sudatorium
The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
Sudatorium
Which civilization is one of the earliest cities with a fortified wall?
Sumer
What is the function of the brise soleil?
Sun shade
(greatest example of Egyptian temple)
The Great Temple of Arnak
Originally the minaret of the mosque.
kibla
"American architect, born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated at Harvard University in the classics and later in architecture The architect who equated with an exhibition of modern architecture (1932) Invented the 'International Style' Father figure of 'Post Modernism.' INTERNATIONAL STYLE Volume rather than mass. Regularity rather than axial symmetry Prescribing arbitrarily applied decorations. WORKS: Glass hose, Connecticut Seagram Building, N.Y. (w/Mies Van Der Rohe) Theatre of the Dance, Lincoln Center Williams Proctor Museum, N.Y. Art Gallery for the University of Nebraska Ammon Corter Museum, Texas AT&T Building N.Y. "
"American architect, born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated at Harvard University in the classics and later in architecture The architect who equated with an exhibition of modern architecture (1932) Invented the 'International Style' Father figure of 'Post Modernism.' INTERNATIONAL STYLE Volume rather than mass. Regularity rather than axial symmetry Prescribing arbitrarily applied decorations. WORKS: Glass hose, Connecticut Seagram Building, N.Y. (w/Mies Van Der Rohe) Theatre of the Dance, Lincoln Center Williams Proctor Museum, N.Y. Art Gallery for the University of Nebraska Ammon Corter Museum, Texas AT&T Building N.Y. "
"SIVERSMITH-LIKE"; THE RICHLY DECORATIVE STYLE OF THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE. "
"SIVERSMITH-LIKE"; THE RICHLY DECORATIVE STYLE OF THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE. "
"TRANSITIONAL STYLE IN ARCH'RE & THE ARTS IN THE LATE 16th. CENT, CHARATERIZED IN ARCH'RE BY UNCOVENTIONAL USE OF CLASSICAL ELEMENTS. "
"TRANSITIONAL STYLE IN ARCH'RE & THE ARTS IN THE LATE 16th. CENT, CHARATERIZED IN ARCH'RE BY UNCOVENTIONAL USE OF CLASSICAL ELEMENTS. "
Pycnostyle intercolumniation has how many diameters?
1.5 Diameters
Total length of the Great Wall of China (in miles)
1.500 mi
Entablature height of the Ionic order based on the height of order
1/2
Entablature height of the Doric order based on the height of order
1/4
Entablature height of the Corinthian order based on the height of order
1/5
""The man of learning... can fearlessly look down upon the troublesome accidents of fortune. But he who thinks himself entrenched in defense not of learning but of luck, moves one slippery path, struggling though life unsteadily and insecurely." "
10 books of architecture by Vitruvius
Proportion of a Greek Corinthian column
10D
Proportion of a Greek Doric column
4-6.5D
A quadrigas is a ___.
4-horse Chariot
Egyptian obelisk height in proportion to its diameter?
9-10D
Width of batter walls used in Egyptian Architecture
9-24m
Eiffel tower I Paris stands.
984 ft.
Proportion of a Greek Ionic column
9D
A slab forming the crowning member of a column
Abacus
A slab forming the crowning member of the capital.
Abacus
A plant whose leaves form the lower portions of the Corinthian capital.
Acanthus
In the Cyma Reversa molding of the Romans, what ornaments are usually found?
Acanthus and Dolphin
The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.
Acropolis
Blocks resting on the vertex and lower extremities of the pediment to support atatuary or ornament
Acroteria
"Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself."
Acroterion
Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself.
Acroterion / Acroterium
"Spanish architects, one of the most creative practitioners of his art in modern times.His style is often described as a blend of neo-gothic and art nouveau, but is also has surrealist and cubist elements. "
Antonio Gaudi
Architect of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
Antonio Gaudi
Casa Batllo, Barcelona Spain
Antonio Gaudi
"House of Michealerplatz, Vienna "
Adolf Loos
Ornament is a crime
Adolf Loos
1. Cupola Roofs (dome shaped roof or dome on roof), spanning with arched squinches, the square chamber angles, lantern roof and coffered dome, an elaborate system of hexagon, each containing the statue of Buddha
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
2. The "SIKHARA" & "PAGODA" temples survive.
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
3. A monumental pillar generally supporting a metal superstructure adorned with mystic symbols, groups of divinities and portraits statuary of royalties.
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
4. Windows have intricate lattice screens and roof have red curved tiles, metal gutters and projecting cornice and fancifully decorated with carving, embossing, tinkling bells and hanging lamps.
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
5. The monastery is fortress-like sited on hill tops.
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
6. Pillars and beams are painted "yellow or red" and "painted silks" hang from the roof.
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
Sagrada Familia, Spain
Antonio Gaudi
Who designed the Sagrada Familia?
Antonio Gaudi
Architect of SM Megamall.
Antonio Sin Diong
Greek equivalent of the Roman forum, a place of open air assembly or market.
Agora
Town square, was the center of social and business life, around which were stoas, or colonnaded porticoes, temples, markets, public buildings, monuments, shrines.
Agora
Taj Mahal temple is located in ___.
Agra
"In Roman Architecture, The Pantheon (AD C118-28), A monument of imperial Rome, revived the use of brick and concrete in temple architecture. It is symmetry is enchanced by its hemispherical dome, Who is the architect of this historical monument? (he is the son in law of Augustus.)"
Agrippa
The architect of the Pantheon.
Agrippa
A longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by arcades or the like.
Aisle
"The first Frankish king who became roman emperor, was crowned in 800 at Rome by the pope, and ruled over the franks, which included central Germany and northern France "
Alexander
"Is the most famous for the eye catching tower he constructed in Paris for the exposition universally of 1889 work of Eiffel tower. "
Alexandre Gustav Eiffel
" 1338 to 1390 Location: Granada, Spain Building type: palace Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Moorish (Islamic) palace of Nasrid Dynasty the most beautiful remaining example of Western Islamic Architecture built as a cathedral in the mid-1200's "hall of justice": noted from its elaborate stalactite (maqarnas) decoration "
Alhambra
The cistern storage of collected rainwater underneath the azotea of the bahay na bato.
Aljibe
Finest or Romanesque castles in Spain is at ____
Alocabaca, Portugal
A secluded place
Altars
A caulking material made from old hemp rope fibers that have been treated with tar.
Aokum
"Sanatorio di Paimo, Finland "
Alvar Aalto
Architect and furniture designer.
Alvar Aalto
"On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are"
Ambo
A raised pulpit on either side of a Basilican church from which the epistle of a gospel were read
Ambo
On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are
Ambo
(to walk) the cloister (covered walkway around a courtyard) or covered passage around the east end of the church, behind the altar.
Ambulatory
The covered walk of an atrium.
Ambulatory
"In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who consolidate the administrative system, made a survey of the country, set boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful works."
Amenemhat I
In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who consolidate the administrative system, made a survey of the country, set boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful works.
Amenemhat I
1. Neo-classic & Greek revival was followed
American Architecture
2. Baloon frame was introduced
American Architecture
3. The skyscraper was contributed related to metal frame construction
American Architecture
4. The non-load-bearing curtain wall & the elevator
American Architecture
"1. a "regime" of reinforced concrete and galvanized iron 2. Neo-Classical styles 3. DANIEL BURNHAM - commissioned by Gov. General W.H. Taft to draft the Master Plan for Manila and government buildings (Agri-Finance Building, Senate Building, among others) 4. MASTER BUILDERS ("maestro de obras") acquired title either from practical experience or completed academic training of Master Builder's course 5. LICEO DE MANILA - first school to open three year course in architecture 6. TOMAS MAPUA - first licensed architect; established the second school (followed by UST and Adamson) 7. MASONIC TEMPLE, Escolta - first multi-storey reinforced concrete building in the Philippines 8. CHALET - suburban house; simple design with verandah in front or around the house; middle-class 9. 1930's - continued urban development; emergence of multi-storey, multi-family dwellings and commercial structures; distinct simplification of lines, emphasis on verticality; other architects contradicted the trend by putting horizontal strips of glass window "
American Period
"1. the White House Architect: James Hoban Location: Washington, D.C. Date: 1793 to 1801, burned 1814, porticos 1824 to1829 Style: Georgian Neoclassical official residence of the president of the United States of America, for the last 200 years "
American Structures
"2. Capitol of the United States Architects: Thornton-Latrobe-Bulfinch Location: Washington, D.C. Date: 1793 to 1830 Style: Neoclassical meeting place of the U.S. Congress, the national assembly of the United States of America, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate "
American Structures
"Golden Gate Bridge 1933 to 1937 Architect: Joseph Strauss Location: San Francisco, California Building type: suspension bridge Construction system: steel frame, steel cables Styles: Structural Modern with some Art Deco details one of the longest bridge in the world a powerful and elegant human structure in an equally beautiful natural location overall bridge length of 9266 feet, or 2824 meters bridge main span length of 4200 feet, or 1280 meters "
American Structures
"National Gallery of Art Architect: John Russel Pope houses one of the finest collections of painting, sculptures, and graphic arts in the world "
American Structures
"Saint Patrick's Cathedral Architect: James Renwick Location: New York shaped like a Latin cross the largest Roman Catholic Cathedral in the United States designed in a Gothic Revival materials at English and French Gothic Style "
American Structures
"Washington Monument Architect: Robert Mills Location: Washington, D.C. Style: Neo-Egyptian the obelisk is the only remnant of the original blue print that remains with George Marsh, competition 1836. standard Egyptian proportion of 10:1 height to base "
American Structures
3. Boston Empire State Building,
American Structures
4. English Country Houses
American Structures
5. Bungalows
American Structures
Sun god of the Egyptians
Amon-ra
A large hypostyle hall in Persian architecture; especially in Persepolis
Apadana
The dressing room in the thermae
Apodyteria
A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front and rear.
Amphi-Antis
"From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear."
Amphi-Prostyle
From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear.
Amphi-Prostyle
The dressing room of the Thermae.
Apodyteria
"In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine."
Apotheca
In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine.
Apotheca
1. Ziggurat of Ur,
Ancient near East (mesopotamia) Buildings
2. persepolis,
Ancient near East (mesopotamia) Buildings
3. hall of the hundred columns
Ancient near East (mesopotamia) Buildings
Consoles on either side of a doorway supporting a cornice
Ancones
"The father of modern picture books of Architecture "
Andrea Palladio
The father of modern picture books of Architecture
Andrea Palladio
What is the largest temple in the world?
Angkor Wat
"An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles."
Antefix
An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles.
Antefix (Antefixae)
Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.
Anthemion
The characteristic of Greek ornament.
Anthemion
"Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia, Constantinople)"
Anthemius and Isidorus
Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia, Constantinople)
Anthemius and Isidorus
An elegant two storey, rectangular town house with a massive stone first floor, and a light and airy second floor, mother-of-pearl or "capiz" windows and picturesque wide tile roof. Entrance is of Heavy plank door with wrought iron or brass nails, sturdy balustrades of wood or iron grilles below windows to let in cool air.
Antillan House
"THE PHASE IN WESTERN EUROPIAN RENASSAINCE ARCH'RE 1750-1830, WHEN RENED INSPIRATION WAS SOUGHT FROM ANCIENT GREEK & ROMAN ARCH'RE ( NEO CLASSICAL) "
Antiquarian
"Form does not necessarily follow function"
Antonio Gaudi
"Sagrada de Familia "
Antonio Gaudi
"A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an altar."
Apse
"In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church called ___."
Apse
A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an altar.
Apse
In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church
Apse
The circular or multi-angular termination of a church sanctuary. A rounded projection of a building
Apse
A roman structure where immense quantities of water were required for the great thermae and for public fountains, and for domestic supply for the large population; a channel for water: a pipe or channel for moving water to a lower level, often across a great distance
Aquaducts
The arched waterways erected to supply most parts of Rome with water
Aqueduct
Geometrical ornaments due to absence of human and animal statues; an ornate design
Arabesque
A line of counterthrusting arches on columns or piers.
Arcade
A range of arches supported on piers or columns attached to or detached from the wall.
Arcade
Structure of wedge-shaped blocks over an opening.
Arch
"With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the __________."
Arch and vault
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the.
Arch and vault
Relating or conforming to technical architectural principles.
Architectonic
In the classical order, the lowest part or member of the entablature; the beam that spans from column to column.
Architrave
"Is an ornamental molding or band following the curve of the underside of an arch, It is composed of bands of ornamental moldings (or other architectural elements) surrounding an arched opening,"
Archivolt
[Sumerian] Type of construction
Arcuated
Intercolumniation of 4 diameters.
Areostyle
The sharp edge formed by the meeting of two surface usually in DORIC columns
Arris
1930s modernist's style of art inspired by mechanical forms and chiefly distinguished by geometrical shapes, bold color schemes and symmetrical designs, suitable for mass production
Art Deco
The Chrysler building is a classic example of what architectural style?
Art Deco
"What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?"
Art Noveau
An art free from any historical style characterized by forms of nature for ornamentation in the façade aptly called for the floral design.
Art Noveau
What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?
Art Noveau
Who completed the 'hall of hundred columns'?
Artaxerxes
In Mesopotamian culture, which civilization uses winged bulls, glazed bricks and murals?
Assyrian
Carved male figures serving as pillars also called TELAMONES; architecture figure of man used as support: a figure of a man, either standing or kneeling, used as a support for the upper part of a classical building
Atlantes
The Greek male statues used as columns.
Atlantes
An approach or an open forecourt surrounded by arcades in a Basilican church.
Atrium
A roman house with a central patio.
Atrium House
"Notre Dame du Raincy, France "
Auguste Perret
Who pioneered "Beton Brut"?
Auguste Perret
The flat, open terrace open to the toilet, bath, and kitchen areas and also used as a laundry and drying space and service area for the servants.
Azotea
Civilization that conceptualized the number "0".
Babylonians
Formal architecture, one of the principles of composition.
Balance
"An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church."
Baldachino
A canopy supported by columns generally placed over an altar or tomb.
Baldachino
A canopy supported by columns generally placed over an altar or tomb. Also known as "CIBORIUM".
Baldachino
An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church.
Baldachino
Canopy of the altar.
Baldochino
Ifugao house (southern strain).
Bale
a type of timber framing in America about 1820s wherein it owes its strength to the walls, roof acting as diaphragms, and not on the post. It is an extension of the roof.
Baloon Framing
The part of the Corinthian capital without flower.
Balteus
One of a number of short vertical members often circular in section used to support a stair handrail or a coping (wall's capping surface).
Baluster
This church in the Philippines is the seat of the Malolos Congress.
Barasoain Church
St.Basil Cathedral, Russia
Barma & Posnik
"IS CHARACTERIZED BY INTERPRETATION OF OVAL SPACES, CURVED SURFACES, & CONSPICUOUS USE DECORATION, ACULPTURE & COLOR. ITS LAST PHASE IS CALLED "ROCOCO BOLD, OPULENT & IMPRESSIVE TYPE OF ARCH'RE. "
Baroque
Intoduced thin shell construction using reinforced concrete.
Baroque
The architectural style used for the Paoay Church
Baroque
The architecture of the curved line is known as ___.
Baroque
The very ornate style of architecture developed in the later renaissance period.
Baroque
Major contribution of the Renaissance Architecture.
Baroque for of Ornamentation
A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the castle.
Bartizan
A Roman structure used as hall of justice and commercial exchanges.
Basilica
A hall built in Roman Empire for the administration of justice.
Basilica
Inward inclination or slope of an outward wall
Batter
Type of wall that diminishes in width towards the top
Batter wall
The window of a protruded bay or the windowed bay itself. A protruding window: a rounded or three-sided window that sticks out from an outside wall and forms a recess on the inside
Bay Window
The Buddhist temple in ancient Cambodia which feature four faces of the compassionate Buddha.
Bayon
A tower not connected with "Bell". A term applied to the upper room in a tower in which the bells are hung.
Belfry
A roofed but open-sided structure affording an extensive view, usually located at the rooftop of a dwelling but sometimes an independent building or an eminence (a hill) on a formal garden; a building with fine view: a building or part of a building positioned to offer a fine view of the surrounding area
Belvedere
An open-roofed gallery in an upper storey built for giving a view of the scenery.
Belvedere
"In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into the transept, this is the ___."
Bema
A raised stage in a Basilican church reserved for the clergy
Bema
A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian churches.
Bema
In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into the transept, this is the ___.
Bema
"US Capitol, Washington DC "
Benjamin Latrobe
Architect of the Bank of New York.
Benjamin Morris
Best example of Egyptian bent pyramid
Bent pyramid at Seneferu
Roman large square tiles.
Bepidales
He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter's Basilica.
Bernini
Architectural concrete left unfinished or roughly finished after pouring and intentionally left exposed visually.
Beton Brut
"The emergency hideout found directly behind the headboard of the Sultan's bed."
Bilik
The emergency hideout found directly behind the neadboard of the Sultan's bed.
Bilik
The molding that is often found in the Doric Order.
Bird's Beak
A dwarf tree which is a perfect reflection of Japanese culture
Bonsai
(Lump or knob) or projecting ornament at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat.
Boss
Boss (vaulted or flat); groin (vaulted only)
Boss/ Groin
"The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically-elected council is called:"
Bouleuterion
The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically-elected council is called
Bouleuterion
The council house in Greece.
Bouleuterion
2. Reflected in the predilection (liking) for highly textured, colorful materials, asymmetry & informality.
Britain Architecture
3. palazzo style was a triumph of national ecclesiasticism
Britain Architecture
4. New functions & techniques produced new forms
Britain Architecture
5. Taller buildings were designed due to concrete & cast iron frames.
Britain Architecture
6. New materials were used due to the effect of canals
Britain Architecture
7. Railroad systems, central heating & elevator or lift
Britain Architecture
1. Westminster New Palace (House of Parliament), London
Britain Buildings
2. Crystal Palace, London [???]
Britain Buildings
3. University Museum, Oxford
Britain Buildings
4. Red House, Kent
Britain Buildings
5. Cathedral @ Guildford
Britain Buildings
A period of human history that followed the Stone Age, characterized by the use of bronze implements.
Bronze Age
SEARS TOWER Chicago
Bruce Graham
John Hancock Center, Chicago Illinois
Bruce Graham & SOM
"SEARS TOWER, CHICAGO (1947-1976) 110 STOREY Number of floors: 110 Height: 443 meters still the tallest building if the antennas are included has the highest occupied floors "
Bruce Graham / SOM
Famous architect in Florence renaissance archre.
Brunelleschi
Architectural style characterized by bold forms, harsh proportions, and rough materials such as exposed concrete, steel and wood.
Brutalism
"He created the Dymaxion House, ""the first machine for living""."
Buckminster Fuller
"He was the architect in his time that receives his license as award at his 60's or at the age of 60 yrs. old. "
Buckminster Fuller
"One of the world's 1st futurist and global thinkers. His 1927 decision to work always and only for all humanity led him to address the largest global problems of poverty,disease and homelessness. "
Buckminster Fuller
GEODESIC DOME
Buckminster Fuller
He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for living".
Buckminster Fuller
Starting with holes" belongs to architect
Buckminster Fuller
One storey with low-overhanging roof and broad front porch. Unpretentious style often rambling spread out floor plan, more expensive to build; lightweight tropical house: a simply-built one-storey house with a veranda and a wide, gently sloping roof in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific
Bungallow
Also known as Siam (before 1993) and was named, meaning "land of the free"
Burma
1. Stepped Temple Pyramid, terraced on a hill
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
2. Using stone without mortar fitted perfectly and numerous colossal towers
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
3. Religious buildings overlaid with ornamentation of Chinese characters, surfaces often finished with porcelain tile
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
4. Walls are white stucco, (wall plaster)
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
5. multi-leveled overlapping timber roofs
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
6. Gables and bargeboard decorated with Hindu iconography.
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
7. Doors and window shutters are of carved wood, lacquered in black and gold.
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
A mass of masonry built against a wall to resist the pressure of an arch & vault.
Butress
1. Novel development of the Dome to cover polygonal and square plans of churches
Byzantine Architecture
2. Tomb & baptisteries by means of "pendentives"
Byzantine Architecture
3. 'Fresco" decoration using marble & mosaic
Byzantine Architecture
1. St. Sophia, Constantinople
Byzantine Structures
2. St. Mark, Venice
Byzantine Structures
TAIPEI 101 TAIPEI,TAIWAN
C.Y. lee & partners
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES
CC. de cstro
Two International Finance Centre Hong Kong
CESAR ANTONIO PELLI
"A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the structure must be well oriented'."
Caesar Homer Concio
A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the structure must be well oriented'.
Caesar Homer Concio
Who is the Filipino architect who stated that "the structure must be well oriented"?
Caesar Homer Concio
The Hot room of the Thermae
Calidarium
The Hot room of the Thermae.
Calidarium
The architect of the Temple of Nike Apteros, Athens
Callicrates
Architects of the Parthenon.
Callicrates and Ictinus
Conceptualized the Corinthian capital.
Callimachus
"A slight convex curvature built into truss or beam to compensate for any anticipated deflection so that it will have no sag when under load. "
Camber
A slight convex curvature built into a truss or beam to compensate for an anticipated deflection so that it will gave no sag when under load.
Camber
From what architecture is the Angkor Vat?
Cambodian
An expression of Spanish baroque architecture and sculpture, a recurrent feature was the richly garlanded spiral columns. [flamboyant-showy; brightly colored; highly decorated ornamentation]
Churrigueresque
Special term for a lantern or raised structure above a roof admitting light into the interior
Cimborio
"Roman building which is like the hippodrome of the Greek."
Circus
Roman building which is a prototype of the hippodrome of the Greek.
Circus
The oldest circus in Rome.
Circus Maximus
largest circus in Rome
Circus Maximus
A water clock or an instrument for measuring time by the use of water.
Clepsydra
A windowed wall that rises above the roof of adjacent walls that admit light into the interior.
Clerestory
house, refectory and other parts of the monastery.
Cloisters
the covered passage around an open space or garth, connecting the church to the chapter
Cloisters
"In Romanesque arch're a period where an order founded by St. Bruno in 1806 is notably severe and adorned "
Cluniac
A Greek water clock or instrument for measuring the discharge of water through a small opening.
Clysydra
Sunk panels, caissons or lacunaria formed in ceilings, vaults or domes; sunken panel in a ceiling: a decorative sunken panel in a ceiling
Coffers
Covered passages around an open space or "Garth", connecting the church to the chapter house; a small courtyard or enclosed space
Coisters
"In Roman Architecture, It was built AD 72-82 in Rome Italy, It is the largest Roman Amphitheater, A four storey, elliptical structure that seated about 50,000 spectators. The exterior façade was embellished with superimposed Doric, ionic and Corinthian columns."
Colosseum
Elliptical Amphitheatres are characteristically Roman buildings found in every important settlement, used to display of mortal combats (gladiatorial)
Colosseum
Roman building for which gladiatorial battles took place.
Colosseum
Niches, similar to pigeon-holes formed in the rock where ashes of the dead, placed in an urn, were deposited.
Columbaria
[Construction system] Egyptian Architecture
Columnar and trabeated
Greek architecture was essentially.
Columnar trabeated
"Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks."
Composite
Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks.
Composite
A philosophy that dominated China until the early 20th century, an ethical system based on the teachings of Confucius. Love for humanity, family and spirits of one's ancestors.
Confucianism
"A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap."
Console
A "BRACKET": is a projecting member to support a weight generally formed with scrolls or volute when carrying the upper member of the cornice
Console
A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap.
Console
"Non-representational style of art w/c uses modern industrial materials: plastic & glass. Ideal abstract art movement arose in Europe & Russia (1913-1920) Based on the idea: Art is an absolute entity, whose origin lie in the mind & whose forms are unrelated to objects of visible world. Concept of art: includes painting & sculpture. "
Constructivism
1. Repetition of standard bays, both plan & elevation, an affinity (similarity) with bay system, programmatically adopted with the introduction of iron construction
Continental Europe
1. Eiffel tower, [???]
Continental Europe Buildings
2. New louvre,
Continental Europe Buildings
3. Paris Opera House,
Continental Europe Buildings
4. Paris & cologne.
Continental Europe Buildings
A block of stone, often elaborately carved or moulded, projected from a wall, supporting the beams of a roof, floor or vault.
Corbel
What area of a ziggurat is oriented towards the cardinal points?
Corners
Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom.
Cornice, Frieze, Architrave
"Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom. i. Cornice ii. Frieze iii.Architrave"
Cornice, frieze, architrave
The open court in an Italian palazzo.
Cortel
"Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius."
Cossutius
Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius.
Cossutius
A house composed of natural materials. It is an eclectic and organic look that grows and changes with antiques and a clutter of different collections, made of rough plaster, old beams, wood framed windows and slate or brick floors. A house in the country: a large house in the country, often with a large area of land attached
Country House
Embrasures.
Crenel
"Is an architectural term related to ancient Greek buildings, is the platform of, usually, three levels upon which the superstructure of the building is erected. The levels typically decrease in size incrementally, forming a series of steps along all or some sides of the building."
Crepidoma
From the Greek forms of temple, the three where it lies is known as ___.
Crepidoma
The steps forming the base of a columned Greek temple
Crepidoma
Projecting blocks of stone carved with foliage, typical in Gothic architecture.
Crocket
"Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground in circular form."
Cromlech
Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground in circular forms.
Cromlech
A space entirely or partly under a building; in churches, generally beneath the chancel and used for burial in earlier times. An underground chamber: an underground room or vault, often below a church, used as a burial chamber or chapel, or for storing religious artifacts
Crypt
The tomb beneath a church.
Crypt
Egyptian Temple for popular worship of the ancient and mysterious gods.
Cult Temple
Egyptian temples for the popular worship of the ancient and the mysterious gods.
Cult Temple
[Egypt] Temples in honor of their gods.
Cult temples
A spherical roof, (a dome-shaped roof) placed like an inverted cup over a circular square or multi-angular apartment. A dome on roof: a small dome on a roof, sometimes made of glass and providing natural light inside
Cupola
The water-leaf and tongue is a usual ornament found in the ___.
Cyma Reversa
Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___.
East
architecture OF THE borrowing and OF free selection
Ecclectism
The convex projecting molding of eccentric curve supporting the abacus of a Doric capital.
Echinus
An adjective used to describe an artist who selects forms and ideas from different periods or countries and combines them to produce a harmonious whole.
Eclectic
Combination of the new art and the graphing of the old art.
Eclecticism
Different historical styles combined.
Eclecticism
"Finnish-American architect and designer, son of Eliel Saarinen and one of the leading architects of the mid-20th century. PHILOSOPHIES: " Function influences but does not dictate form." "Spiritual function is inseparable from practical function." "Architecture is not just to fulfill man's belief in the nobility of his exsistence on earth." WORKS: Saint Louis Jefferson National Expansion Memorial The General Motors Technical Center, Warren Michigan:1948-1956 Air Force Acadaemy U.S. Embassy in London The Chapel & Kresge Auditorium, Massachussetts Institute of Technology T.W.A. Terminal, Kennedy Terminal, N.Y. - In a for m of bird about to fly. T.J. Watson Research Center, York Town, N.Y. The Chapel of Concordia Senior College. Gateway Arch, St. Louis "
Eero Saarinen
"TWA Terminal "
Eero Saarinen
Architect of Dulles Airport
Eero Saarinen
Architect of TWA Airport.
Eero Saarinen
Architect of TWA airport.
Eero Saarinen
DULLES AIRPORT VIRGINIA, USA
Eero Saarinen
TWA KENNEDY AIRPORT, NY
Eero Saarinen
"Senusurets- built the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis Amenemhat I- founded the great temple at Karnak Thothmes I- began the additions to the temple of Amnon Karnak Amenophis III- built the famous Colossi of Memnon Rameses I- began the hypostyle hall at Karnak Seti I- built the temple at Abu- Simber Ptolemy II- built the pharos of Light House Ptolemy III- founded the Great Seradeum at Alexandria "
Egyptian Architects
"TS MOST OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS ARE ITS MASSIVE FUNERARY MONUMENTS & TEMPLES BUILT OF STONE FOR PERMANENCE, FEATURING ONLY POST-AND-LINTEL CONSTRUCTION & CORBEL VAULTS W/ OUT ARCHES & VAULTING "
Egyptian Architecture
1. Battered or sloping outside walls
Egyptian Architecture
2. Columns & Capitals from vegetable origins
Egyptian Architecture
3. Papyrus Buds, Lotus Flower walls of mud brick, thick & 9M high
Egyptian Architecture
4. Unbroken massive walls adorned with hieroglyphics
Egyptian Architecture
"2. Pyramids, Pyramid of King Zoser Architect: Imhotep earliest pyramidal structure of the ancient world, the Step Pyramid (c.2630 BC) of King Zoser at Saqqara, Egypt consist of six terraces of receding sizes with a one staba The Great Pyramid the Pyramid of Khufu is the largest in the world, measuring 230m (756 ft) "
Egyptian Buildings
"Finnish-American architect, who strongly influenced modern architecture. Popular w/ railway station designs especially in Europe. 2nd place in the Chicago Tribune Tower PHILOSOPHY: " Beauty grows from the necessity not from repetition of formulas." WORKS: Cranbook School, Michigan Christ Church, Minneapolis Helsinki Railroad Station, Finland National Museum Finland "
Eliel Saarinen
"Helsinki Railway Station "
Eliel Saarinen
Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower.
Eliel Saarinen
developed the first safe passenger elevator. In addition to this, was the development of techniques for manufacturing rolled steel
Elisha Graves Otis
"THE TRANSITIONAL STYLE BETWEEN GOTHIC & RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND, NAMED AFTER ELIZABETH I; MAINLY COUNTRY HOUSES, CHARATERIZED BY LARGED MILLIONED WINDOWS & STRAPWORK ORNAMENTATION "
Elizabethan Architecture
"In France, It is the official residence of President of France, It was built in 1718 by Claude Mollet for Henry de la Tour d' Auvergne"
Elysee Palace
"Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement."
Embrasures
Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement.
Embrasures
"British Museum 1823 to 1847 Architect: Sir Robert Smirke Location: London, England Building type: art and historical museum, library Construction system: masonry, cut stone Style: Victorian Ionic façade, Classical Revival Includes one of the world's great library rooms. Glazed roof over restored courtyard by Norman Foster "
English architecture
"Buckingham Palace Architect: sir George Goring built during the reign of king James I "
English architecture
"Chiswick House 1729 Architect: Lord Burlington Location: Chiswick, England Building type: large house Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Palladian also known as "Burlington House" "
English architecture
"Durham Cathedral 1093 to 1280 Location: Durham, England Building type: church, cathedral Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone Style: Romanesque one of the most impressive Norman Romanesque style in Europe had a reciprocal influence on the architecture of Normady the rib vault covering of Durham Cathedral is the oldest example that has survived "
English architecture
"Glasgow School of Art 1897 to 1909 Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh Location: Glasgow, England Building type: college Construction system: bearing masonry Style: art and crafts, art nouveau "
English architecture
"Queen's House 1616 to 1635 Architect: Inigo Jones - the greatest of English Classical architect Location: Greenwich, England Building type: large house Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Palladian, Late English Renaissance was built by Jones for Anne of Denmark, wife of James I "
English architecture
"Saint Paul's Cathedral 1675 to 1710 Architect: Sir Christopher Wren Location: London, England Building type: church Construction system: masonry, brick, timber and cut stone Style: Late renaissance to Baroque the dome peaks at 366 feet above pavement a masterpiece of Baroque architecture largest cathedral in England "
English architecture
"Salisbury Cathedral 1220 to 1258 Location: Salisbury, England Building type: Cathedral (church, temple) Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone Style: English Gothic Cathedral of Saint Mary an outstanding example of the Early English architectural style tallest in England 404ft (123m) use of Purbeck marble to create a strongly coloured "
English architecture
"Somerset House 1776 to 1786 Architect: William Chambers Location: London, England Building type: government offices and art school Construction system: cut stone masonry Style: Neoclassical Home of Royal Academy of the Arts. Corinthian orders above arched courtyard apertures, rusticated base "
English architecture
"Westminster Palace 1836 to 1868 Architect: Sir Charles Barry Location: London Building type: seat of government, government center Construction system: cut stone bearing masonry Style: English Gothic Revival Big Ben: the clock tower best known is a great symbol of London originally seat of kings as a royal residence "
English architecture
"It was the first law passed by the national assembly in 1921 where the maestros de obra or the master builders are required to register as architects? "
Engr's & Archt. Law Act 2986
In classical architecture, the elaborated beam member carried by the columns.
Entablature
The entire construction of a classical temple or the like, between the columns and the eaves usually composed of an architrave, frieze, and a cornice.
Entablature
A slight vertical curvature in the shaft of a column.
Entasis
A swelling or curving outwards along the outline of a column shaft, designed to counteract the optical illusion which gives a shaft bounded by straight lines the appearance of curving inwards; a bulge in architectural column: a slight bulge in the shaft of a column, designed to counter the visual impression of concavity that a perfectly straight column would give
Entasis
"The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters."
Epidauros
The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters.
Epidauros
"In Greek Architecture, The __________ theater designed (c.350 BC) by Polyclitus. It is among the largest and best preserved ancient theaters in Greece. The circular construction and the pitch of the seats, where held close to 14,000 spectators, permit nearly perfect acoustics."
Epidaurus Theater
"His first designs were drawings of fantastic architectural visions in steel and glass as well as costume and poster design. "
Erich Mendelsohn
Architect of the Einstein Tower.
Erich Mendelsohn
Expressionist Architect.
Erich Mendelsohn
EINSTEIN TOWER
Erich Mendelson
The cities of Sumer? (3)
Eridu, Uruk and Ur
The atrium type of house originated with the ___.
Etruscans
Known for Prestressed Concrete.
Eugene Fressinnet
Intercolumniation of 2.25 diameters.
Eustyle
"A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church."
Exedra
A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church.
Exedra
A recessed or alcove with raised seats where disputes took place.
Exedra
In ancient Greece/ Rome, a room or covered area or open on one side used as a meeting place; architecture history conversation room: a room for relaxation or conversation, especially a semicircular recess in a larger hall with a continuous bench along the wall; furniture long curved outdoor bench: a long curved or semicircular outdoor bench, usually with a high back; architecture recess: any kind of recess or niche (technical)
Exedra
A glazed earth ware originally made in Italy; pottery with colored glaze: earthenware decorated with colored opaque metallic glazes (often used before a noun)
Faience
The granary in traditional Bontoc House.
Falig
The Filipino Architect Who Designed the 66Meters(217 ft') height Pylons Quezon Memorial Circle.
Federico Ilustre
Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.
Felipe Mendoza
Architect of the National Library, Philippines.
Felipe Mendoza
Architect of the national library, Philippines.
Felipe Mendoza
Founder of Batasang Pambansa
Felipe Mendoza
"Los Manantiales, Mexico "
Felix Candela
"Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin shell construction."
Felix Outerino Candela
Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin shell construction.
Felix Outerino Candela
The arrangement and design of windows in a building
Fenestration
An agricultural region arching from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea in the west to Iraq in the east, the location of humankind's earliest cultures.
Fertile Crescent
a small flat band between mouldings to separate them from each other. architecture flat narrow moulding: a raised or sunken ornamental surface set between larger surfaces
Fillets
"Is an architectural device, typically carved in stone and employed to decoratively emphasize the apex of a gable, or any of various distinctive ornaments at the top, end, or corner of a building or structure."
Finial
Also called "key pattern" the upper portion of the pinnacle [pinnacle: pointed ornament: a pointed ornament on top of a buttress or parapet]; an architectural decoration: a carved decoration at the top of a gable, spire, or arched structure
Finial
An ornate iron grille, or screen, a characteristic feature of Spanish Church interiors; An architectural decoration: a carved decoration at the top of a gable, spire, or arched structure
Finial
"A ____________ is a ___________ which extends vertically from lowest portion of the wall which adjoins two living units up to a minimum height of 0.30 meters above the highest portion of the roof and extends horizontally 0.30 meters beyond the outermost edge of the abutting living units? "
Firewall; Fireblock
CHARATERIZED BYFLOWING A FLAME-LIKE TRACERY.
Flamboyant
A slender wooden spire rising from a roof. A slender church spire: a slender spire, especially one that emerges from the roof of a church at the point where the ridges intersect.
Fleche
" 1296 to 1462 Architect: Arnolfo di Cambio Location: Florence, Italy Building type: domed church, cathedral Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Italian Romanesque 1296: Cathedral begun on design by Arnolfo di Cambio 1357: Project continued on a modified plan by Francesco Talenti 1366-7: Talenti's definitive design emerged calling for an enormous octagonal dome 1418: competition for construction of dome. 1420: technical solution for vaulting proposed by Brunelleschi approved and construction begun The Duomo - dome added by Brunelleschi 1436— church consecrated "
Florence Cathedral
The largest medieval cathedral and is somewhat German in character in north Italy.
Florence Cathedral
The vertical channeling on the shaft of a column; architecture: groove in column: a groove running down an architectural column
Flutes
a basin usually of stone which holds the water for baptism.
Font
Sited and designed to secure the routes from coastal ports to Jerusalem
Fortress
a large fortified (armed) place; a fort often including a town; any place of security.
Fortress
Corresponds (links) to the Agora in a Greek city was a central open space, used a public meeting space, market or rendezvous for political demonstrations.
Forum
Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the ___.
Forum
TAHANANG FILIPINO/ COCONUT PALACE
Francisco Bobby Manosa
"He has actively promoted the use of native architectural forms and indigenous nationals such as bamboo and thatch, in the creation of a distinctively Filipino architecture. "
Francisco Manosa
"In his practice he explores the use of indigenous materials infused with current technological trends to bring a new dimension in designs. "
Francisco Manosa
Architect who leads the development of the 'Quezon Memorial Circle" in Quezon City.
Francisco Manosa
"In 1989 he received the prtzker prize commonly referred to as "The Noble of Architecture" the loftiest recognition. It is a lifetime achievement award granted to living architect whose body of work represents a superlative contribution to the field. "
Frank Gehry
"Jay Pritzker Pavilion, USA "
Frank Gehry
Architect of the Guggenheim Museum at Bilbao.
Frank Gehry
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM Bilbao,Spain
Frank Gehry
"Architecture is Organic".
Frank Lloyd Wright
Who was the architect of the Robie House?
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Taliesin West, Arizona "
Frank Loyd Wright
American architect, who was a pioneer of the modern style. He is considered one of the greatest figures in 20th-century architecture.
Frank Loyd Wright
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM New York
Frank Loyd Wright
Less is more only when more is too much
Frank Loyd Wright
Price Tower, Oklahoma
Frank Loyd Wright
SOLOMON GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Frank Loyd Wright
"Munich Olympic Stadium "
Frei Otto
"Arc de Triomphe Napoleon, the French emperor decided to build a very big arch of triumph, which stands at the top of the Champs Elysees "
French Architecture
"Chartres Cathedral 1194 to 1260 Location: Chartres, France Building type: cathedral Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Gothic exemplar the elevation was in three tiers as it had no gallery and the vaulting was quadripartite, which eliminated the need for alternating supports supreme monument of High Gothic art and architecture "
French Architecture
"Eiffel Tower 1887 to 1889 Architect: Gustave Eiffel Location: Paris, France Building Type: exposition observation tower Construction system: exposed iron Style: Victorian Structural Expressionist dominates the sky line of Paris one of the most famous landmarks in the world built for the Paris Exposition of 1889 "
French Architecture
"Elysee Palace 1718 Architect: Claude Mollet official residence of the president of France "
French Architecture
"Hotel de Invalides Napoleons tomb is within the structure founded by Louis XIV for disabled soldiers late 17th century "
French Architecture
"La Madeleine Architect: Napoleon I church of Ste. Marie Madeleine constructed as a church in 1842 surrounded by 52 Corinthian columns "
French Architecture
"Notre Dame de Paris 1163 to 1250 Architect: Maurice de Sully Location: Paris, France Building Type: church, cathedral Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone Style: Early Gothic one of the most celebrated Gothic cathedrals in France twin towers marking the entrance probably the most famous image in French Gothic art "
French Architecture
"Palais Royal commissioned by Cardinal Richeliev original name is Palais Cardinal 17th century Daniel Buren: stripped columns "
French Architecture
"Paris Opera House 1857 to 1874 Architect: Charles Garnier Location: Paris, France Building type: theater, opera house Construction system: masonry, cut stone Style: Neo-Baroque polychrome façade, opulent staircase commission by competition masterpiece of 19th century architecture one of the largest and most opulent theaters in the world false ceiling painted by Marc Chagall "
French Architecture
"Pompidou Centre 1972 to 1976 Architect: Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano Location: Paris, France Building Type: modern art museum Construction system: high-tech steel and glass Style: High-tech modern a cost of $100,000,000, with an average attendance of approximately seven million people a year massive structural expressionist cast exoskeleton, ""exterior"" escalators enclosed in transparent tube "
French Architecture
"Rheims Cathedral one of the greatest monument of Gothic art and architecture construction commerced by Jean d'Orbais and was completed by Robert de Coucy a work of remarkable unity and harmony "
French Architecture
"Sorbonne most famous building at the University of Paris "
French Architecture
"The Louvre 1546 to 1878 Architect: Pierre Lescot Location: Paris, France Building type: palace, art museum Construction system: cut stone bearing masonry Style: French Renaissance also designed by Catherine de Medici, J.A. du Cerceau II, Claude Perrault, etc. I.M. Pei: design the glass pyramid, which serves as the main public entrance "
French Architecture
A term originally applied painting on a wall while the plaster is wet and is not in oil colors. painting done on fresh plaster: a painting on a wall or ceiling made by brushing watercolors onto fresh damp plaster, or onto partly dry plaster
Fresco
A type of ornament in classic or renaissance architecture consisting of an assemblage of straight lines intersecting at right angles, and of various patterns.
Fret
(grating: metal grille) an ornament in classic or renaissance architecture consisting of an assembly of straight lines intersecting at right angles, and of various patterns.
Fretwork
The cold or unheated pool in the Thermae.
Frigidarium
The cold section of a Roman Bath.
Frigidarium
"Tokyo, Japan "
Fumihiko Maki
"Cubist style developed in Germany and Austria (1900s).CHARACTERISTICS: Devoid of ornamentation Symmetrical/Assymetrical plans Overlapping & intersecting 2-dimensional planes that enclose 3-dimensional space. Pure color like white & grey of exterior walls. Distribution of wall to window space is approximately equal. "
Functionalism
"Movement in 20th Century, art that represented the revolutionary effort of young Italian Concrete, steel and glass Advocators: Jim Slade and Robert Colley. an architects. The architecture of reinforced concrete iron and glass. Calculation of audacity and simplicity Capable of expressing "tangible miracles." Inspired by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. "
Futurism
"The Golden Empire Tower-( 1322 Roxas Boulevard) is the tallest building along the boulevard and one of the highest residential condominium in the world. The one with the golden glass facing Manila Bay and United States Embassy compound in Manila. Who is the Filipino Architect of this famous residential condominium?"
G.F.& Partners
Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.
Gabriel Formoso
A communicating passage or wide corridor for pictures and statues. An upper storey for seats in a church
Gallery
A waterspout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely(Sculpture).
Gargoyle
In Babylonian architecture, the gates that were dedicated to the gods.
Gate of Ishtar
These are garden rooms.
Gazebo
Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines.
George Ramos
Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.
George Ramos
G.S.I.S. Building, Roxas Boulevard.
George Ramos
Amphitheaters are used for ___.
Gladiatorial Contests
bldg that hold sculpture
Glypthoteca
"The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan but owes its size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. Built from the 12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic period."
Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak
The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan but owes its size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. Built from the 12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic period
Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak
[Egypt] Greatest example of a temple (cult temple)
Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak
The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II is carved in the pylon of the ___.
Great Temple, Abu Simbel
The most stupendous and impressive of the rock-cut-temples.
Great Temple, Abu Simbel
Most famous of ancient Chinese building undertakings. It snakes, loops, and doubles back on itself. Meandering across valleys, plains, scaling mountains, plunging into deep gorges and leaping raging rivers of 3,700 miles.
Great Wall
A fortified wall commenced under the Zhou dynasty to protect China against nomads from the north and serve as a means of communication.
Great Wall of China
An example of a rock-cut temple, with 4 collosal statues of Ramses
Great temple of Abu-Simbel
Agora is from what architecture?
Greek
Caryatid porch is from what architecture?
Greek
From what architecture is the Stoa?
Greek
The Erechtheion of Mnesicles is from what architecture?
Greek
The Parthenon is from what architecture.
Greek
1. Columnar & trabeated (have horizontal beams rather than archs)
Greek Architecture
2. Wooden roofs were untrussed
Greek Architecture
3. Ceilings sometimes omitted
Greek Architecture
4. optical illusions were corrected, in Greek Temples
Greek Architecture
5. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian [orders of columns]
Greek Architecture
"2. Parthenon-temple, Architect: Itchinus and Callicrates with Phidias Location: Athens, Greece Style: Ancient Greek Doric on the historic Acropolis. Doric exemplar "
Greek Buildings
"Epidaurus Theater Architect: Polykleitos Location: Epidauros, or Epidhavros, Greece Style: Ancient Greek and the quality of its acoustics make the Epidaurus theatre one of the great architectural achievements of the fourth century. the largest and best preserved ancient theaters in Greece. can accommodate 14,000 spectators. "
Greek Buildings
"Erectheum _ Architect: Mnesicles Location: Athens, Greece Style: Ancient Greek, Ionic has Caryatid Porch with figural columns. On the Acropolis, uses grade change. "
Greek Buildings
1. Acropolis,
Greek Buildings
3. Agora,
Greek Buildings
4. ODEION theatre,
Greek Buildings
5. stoa, - ancient covered walkway, usually with a wall on one side and a row of columns at the other
Greek Buildings
6. Mausoleum Sarcophagus,
Greek Buildings
7. open hillside theatres
Greek Buildings
"The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante."
Greek Cross
The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante.
Greek Cross
"THE PREVAILING STYLE OF THE 18th CENT. IN GREAT BRITAIN & THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES, SO NAMED AFTER GEORGE I, II, III, BUT NOT INCLUDE GEORGE IV. DERIVED FROM CLASSICAL, RENAISSANCE, & BAROQUE FORMS. "
Gregorian Architecture
A vault created when two barrel vaults intersect at the right angles.
Groin Vault
Line of intersection of cross-vaults
Groins
Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.
Guillermo Tolentino
Factors affecting the styles of architecture (6)
History Geography Geology Climate Society Religion
"Afterwards became deeply involved in the design and building of French railways and bridges. He worked on structures such as bridge across the Garonne River, train stations at Toulouse and again in France. "
Gustave Eiffel
"Eiffel Tower, Paris "
Gustave Eiffel
That part of a Greek house or Byzantine Church reserved for women
Gymnaceum
A building in Greek and Roman for exercises or physical activities.
Gymnasium
In Greek, it is the Roman prototype of the Thermae.
Gymnasium
" 532 to 537 Architect: Isidoros and Anthemios Location: Istanbul, Turkey Building type: church Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Byzantine a tremendous domed space built as the new Cathedral of Constantinople by the Emperor Justinian a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture additional minarets when the church became a mosque "
Hagia Sofia
"The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome."
Hagia Sophia
The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome.
Hagia Sophia
The structure that is said to be the epitome of Byzantine architecture
Hagia Sophia
Law used as basis for the planned city of Babylon,
Hammurabi Code
Private chambers in an Assyrian palace
Haram
Bronze Age culture that flourishes in the Indus Valley
Harappa
Private family apartments in Assyrian palaces.
Harem
Women's or private quarters of a house or place in Islamic architecture.
Harem
A building in which people live
House
One of the best examples of a surviving megaron type of Greek domestic building.
House #33
Jubilee festivals of the pharaohs.
Heb-sed
"Type of roof in which 4 faces rest diagonally between the gables and converge at the top "
Helm Roof
A roof in which 4 faces rests diagonally between the gables and converge at the roof.
Helm Roof
Bulbous termination to the top of a tower, found principally in Central & Eastern Europe
Helm Roof
Invented reinforced concrete in France.
Hennevique
A coat of arms; connected with heraldry or heralds: belonging or relating to heraldry or heralds
Heraldic
A bust (sculpture of head & shoulders) on a square pedestal instead of a human body, used in classic times to mark boundaries on highways, and used decoratively in Renaissance times.
Hermes
Like Caryatids and Atlantes, this is a three-quarter length figures.
Herms
Characteristic wall ornament of the egyptians
Hieroglyphics
Pictorial representation of religious ritual, historic events and daily pursuits
Hieroglyphics
Architect of Texas Commerce Tower.
IM Pei
Architect of the Bank of China.
IM Pei
Architect of the Louvre pyramid.
IM Pei
Architect of the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.
IM Pei
The architect of "Essensa", one of the premier high rise residential condominiums in Bonifacio Global City.
IM Pei
BANK OF CHINA, HK
IM pei
East Building, National Gallery of Art 1978 Washington, D.C.
IM pei
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland, Ohio
IM pei
THE LOUVRE
IM pei
a screen in a Greek orthodox church on which icons or (sacred images), pictures, are placed separating the chancel from the space, open to the laity. An altar screen decorated with icons: a screen on which icons are mounted, used in Eastern Orthodox churches to separate the area around the altar from the main part of the church
Iconostasis
The architects of the Parthenon
Ictinus and Callicratus
"Bank of China, Hong Kong "
Ieoh Ming Pei
Cordillera one room house on four wooden posts with an animal or insect barrier and a pyramidal roof Cogon grass built without nails
Ifugao/ Bontoc House
King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty.
Imhotep
A shallow cistern or drain area in the center of a house.
Impluvium
A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front.
In Antis
2. Dominant roofs characterized by their exquisite (beautiful/superb) curvature, supported by a succession of brackets
Japan
3. Upper part of the roof is terminated by a gable placed vertically above the end walls
Japan
4. Rooms are regulated by a "KEN" Tatami mats.
Japan
5. Love of nature: using stone, lantern & bonsai.
Japan
"Torre Agbar "
Jean Nouvel
Made of 0.75 m. thick stone of lime wall with thick thatched roof made of several layers of cogon and held together by seasoned sticks or reeds and rattan to withstand fiercest typhoons in the north
Ivatan House
"In Philippine Architecture, Being Isolated and wind frequented area. The Batanes Islands, exhibit the most different of all traditional Architecture in the Phil. The house is built solidly on all sides, made of a meter thick rubble work, covered by thick thatch roofing to withstand gales which frequent the area. What is the name of this unique house?"
Ivatan's Rakuh
"The dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance style."
Iñigo Jones
The dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance
Iñigo Jones
"ENGLISH ARCH'L & DECORATIVE STYLE OF THE EARLY 17th CENT. , ADAPTING THE ELIZABETHAN STYLE TO CONTINENATL RENAISSANCE INLUENCES; NAMED AFTER JAMES I "
Jacobean Architecture
"EGLIS STE. GENEVIEVE (THE PANTHEON (1755-1792) PARIS FRANCE "
Jacques Germain Souflot
"Allianz Arena "
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
Architect of the White House, D.C.
James Hoban
1. Light and delicate timber construction is refined by a minute carving & decoration
Japan
Founders of the "Art Noveau".
John Ruskin and William Moris
"ROYAL CRESCENT, BATH ENGLAND (1767-1775) "
John Wood
"Sydney Opera House "
Jorn Utzon
Architect of the Sydney Opera House
Jorn Utzon
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Jorn Utzon
First elected U.A.P. president.
Jose Herrera
Architect of Meralco Building
Jose Maria Zaragosa
Phillipine National artist declared on 2014?
Jose Zaragoza
"Chrystal Palace "
Joseph Paxton
Crystal Palace, England
Joseph Paxton
Architect of Legislative Building (National Museum)
Juan Arellano
Architect of Manila Central Post Office
Juan Arellano
Architect of the Metropolitan Theatre.
Juan Arellano
Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.
Juan Nakpil
Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Juan Nakpil
Architect responsible for the addition of the dome and second belfry of the Quiapo Church.
Juan Nakpil
Designer of the Bonifacio Monument.
Juan Nakpil
First president and founder of PAS.
Juan Nakpil
The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration.
Juan Nakpil
"Art Noveau is known as the international style, in Germany it is known as ___."
Jugendstijl
Art Noveau is known as the international style, in Germany it is known as ___.
Jugendstijl
What is art noveau in Germany called?
Juggendstijl
"Much of his works has been described as post modern, since he rejected the excessive abstractionism of architects such as Le Corbusier and strove instead to incorporate the valid elements of older style. "
Kahn, Louis
"It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single room dwelling elevated at 1.50 meters from the ground; the floor were made of hard wood like narra which rested on 3 floor joist which in turn were supported by transverse girders."
Kankanay
It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single room dwelling elevated at 1.50 meters from the ground; the floor were made of hard wood like narra which rested on 3 floor joist which in turn were supported by transverse girders
Kankanay
What is used to balance the Tawi-Tawi boat when it is on water?
Katig
The falling water by Frank Lloyd Wright is also known as ___.
Kaufman House
Intercolumniation is regulated by this standard of Japanese measurement, which is divided into 20 parts called minutes and each minute being again divided into 20 parts or seconds of space.
Ken
" Japanese architect, the most prominent modern architect of the country. In his designs for public buildings, has reconciled 20th-century Western styles and materials with traditional Japanese forms. Furyu Anti realist attitude, anti action element in the Japanese life. PHILOSOPHIES: " Modern Architecture need not be Western." " The city must be subjected to growth, decay and renewal." "
Kenzo Tange
"Modern architecture need not be western".
Kenzo Tange
A city is subjected to growth, delay and rebuilt"
Kenzo Tange
Who said "Modern Architecture need not be western"?
Kenzo Tange
"Fuji TV Headquarters "
Kenzo tange
MODERN ARCHITECTURE NEED NOT BE WESTERN
Kenzo tange
The tallest menhir in Brittany at 9.5m high.
Kerloas menhir
The Corona is usually painted with the ___.
Key Pattern
The central stone of a semi-circular arch, sometimes sculptured.
Keystone
Service chambers in an Assyrian palace
Khan
Largest pyramid in the Giza complex.
Khufu
Not among the three pyramids in Gizeh
Khufu
Sacred enclosure found at walls of Damascus great mosque
Kibla
A small pavilion, usually open - built in gardens & parks.
Kiosk
"1. roofs at 45 degrees gradient or less 2. use of bricks, limestone, hardwood, capiz shells (G.I. sheets and clay tiles or "tisa" were imported) 3. elaborate lace-like grillwork (1870's) 4. transoms with floral and foliate scroll work (1890's) 5. 1890's Art Nouveau brought swirling vines and flowers for staircase balustrades, etched or colored glass panels replaced capiz 6. emergence of Filipino and foreign architects working in the Philippines a. FELIX ROXAS - first Filipino architect; served as architect to the Manila government; studied in England and Spain b. JUAN HERVAS - a Catalan who was one of the Spanish architects invited to reconstruct Manila after the earthquake of 1863 and 1880 7. churches a. Sto. Domingo Church, Intramuros b. San Ignacio, Intramuros - first church designed by a Filipino architect c. San Sebastian Church, Manila - only Gothic church in the Philippines 8. brides a. Fuente de Espana - first bridge to span the Pasig River linking Intramuros and Binondo b. Colgante Bridge - suspension bridge; only for pedestrians; framework of iron imported from England "
Late Spanish Period
"The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderna."
Latin Cross
The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderna.
Latin Cross
"A house is a machine to live in".
Le Corbusier
"A is a machine to live in".
Le Corbusier
"The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior"
Le Corbusier
"The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior. "
Le Corbusier
A house is a machine to live in" philosophy belongs to
Le Corbusier
Architect of Villa Savoye
Le Corbusier
Architect of the Carpenter Center.
Le Corbusier
Who formulated a set of architectural principles known as The Five Points of Architecture?
Le Corbusier
Who is Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris?
Le Corbusier
Who popularized "Beton Brut"?
Le Corbusier
"Cube within a cube"
Le corbusier
Who said "The house is a machine to live in"?
Le corbusier
"Unite d' Habitacion, France "
Le corbusuier
"professional name of Charles Édouard Jeanneret (1887-1965), Swiss-French architect, painter, and writer, who had a major effect on the development of modern architecture. PHILOSOPHY: " The house is a machine to live in." WORKS: Palace of the League of Nations, Geneva (1927-1928) The Swiss Building at the Cité Universitaire, Paris (1931-1932); Unité d'Habitation (1946-1952) an apartment house in Marseille, France; Notre Dame du Haut (1950-1955) a pilgrimage church in Ronchamp, France High Court Buildings (1952-1956) Chandìgarh, India "
Le corbusuier
CHAPEL OF NOTRE DAME
Le corbusuier
Notre Dame du Haut or Ronchamp, France
Le corbusuier
Architect of Folk Arts Theatre
Leandro Locsin
Architect of the Chapel of the Holy Sacrifice.
Leandro Locsin
CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES
Leandro Locsin
Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.
Libon
First school which offered architecture in the Philippines
Liceo de Manila
First school which offered architecture in the Philippines.
Liceo de Manila
Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)
Little Metropole Cath., Athens
Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)
Little Metropole Cathedral, Athens
Recesses for the corpses sealed with a front slab inscribed with the name of the dead
Loculi
A Roman fountain designed with sprouting jets
Locus
An arcade of roofed gallery built into or projecting from the side of a building particularly one overlooking an open court. A covered balcony and walkway: a covered open-sided walkway, often with arches, along one side of a building
Loggia
HSBC Hongkong
Lord Norman Robert Foster
Who won the design competition for the set of bronze doors of the Baptisery of the Cathedral in Florence?
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Types of Egyptian capitals (3)
Lotus, Papyrus and Palm capitals
"One of the pioneers of the modern movement in American architecture. Work auditorium building, U.S. "
Louis Henry Sullivan
" "A house is a house" "
Louis Khan
"(1901-1974), American architect and teacher, whose original, powerful designs in brick and concrete won him a prominent place in 20th-century architecture. Highly ordered sequence of space & noble structural systems. PHILOSOPHY: " Searching for a materials want to be." WORKS: Yale Art Gallery w/ Douglas Orr Alfred Newton Richard's Medical Center "
Louis Khan
"Salk Institute, California "
Louis Khan
"Auditorium Building, Chicago "
Louis Sullivan
"Form follows function"
Louis Sullivan
"Form follows function".
Louis Sullivan
Father of modern architectural movement in Brazil.
Lucio Costa
French-born, Brazilian architect and urban planner. This famous axiom "Each one sees whatever he wishes to see" belongs to,
Lucio Costa
"Less is more"
Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe
Formulated "Cubism and Futurism
Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe
Less is more.
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Who is the architect of the Farnsworth house?
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Who said "God is in the details"?
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Who said "Less is more"?
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Is considered to be the prototype of Greek temples
Mammisi temple
"Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France - OLDEST CATHEDRAL IN FRANCE-EARLY GOTHIC "
Maurice de Sully
A term applied to monumental tombs. They consisted of large cylindrical blocks, often on a quadrangular podium, topped with a conical crown of earth or stone.
Mausolleum
The best preserved Incan city structure
Machu Picchu
A small payer house in Egyptian architecture.
Madrassah
"The ___________________ is an art deco building designed by the Filipino Architect Juan M. de Guzman Arellano, and built in 1935. During the liberation of Manila by the Americans in 1945, the theatre was totally destroyed. After reconstruction by the Americans it gradually fell into disuse in the 1960's. In the following decade it was meticulously restored but again fell into decay. Recently a bus station has been constructed at the back of the theatre. The City of Manila is planning a renovation of this once magnificent building. "
Manila Metropolitan Theatre
"A style in the architecture Italy I the second half of the 16th century and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Europe. It uses classical elements in an unconventional manner."
Mannerism
A roof having a double slope on four sides; the lower slope being much steeper and the flatter upper portion. Also known as the gambrel roof.
Mansard
SAN MIGUEL CORP. BUILDING
Manuel manosa
In Islamic architecture, it is the sanctuary or praying chamber in a mosque. Sometimes enclosed with a screen of lattice work.
Maqsura
"Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls."
Marble
"The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was."
Marble
Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls.
Marble
The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was.
Marble
The use of ___ for facing walls distinguishes Romanesque architecture in Italy from that of the rest of Europe.
Marble
The ironic term "Maximum Simplicity" is attributed to _________?
Marcel Breuer
"Italian architect Member of Bauhaus Popularized the Tubular steel cantilever chair"
Marcel Brever
Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-Plan.
Marcel Lajos Breuer
RCHITECTURE MUST MEET 3 REQUIREMENTS: STENGTH, BEAUTY, UNITY
Marcus Vitruvius
A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for Prostration
Masjid
A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for prostration.
Masjid
A mosque principal place of worship, or use of the bldg. for Friday prayers
Masjid
A type of mosque that is open to the public.
Masjid
An ancient Egyptian rectangular, flat-topped funerary mound with battered (sloping) sides covering a burial chamber blow ground
Mastaba
Rectangular, flat-topped funerary mound; with a battered side, covering a burial chamber below ground.
Mastaba
A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture.
Masu-gumi
Pre-Columbian edifice dedicated to the service or worship of their god which is made of stones entered by a single door to a very steep single flight of steps, above it rises a high stone roof
Mayan Temple Pyramid
"A megalithic structure consisting of several large stones set on end with a large covering slab "
Menhir
A single, large upright monolith, sometimes in parallel rows reaching several miles.
Menhir
An ancient region in western Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers occupied successively by SBAPS.
Mesopotamia
Near East architecture is generally architecture that started from which area?
Mesopotamia
1. Abundance of clay-provided bricks
Mesopotamian Architecture
2. Roofs flat outside
Mesopotamian Architecture
3. Architecture was arcuated winged deity and winged human headed lion used as décor
Mesopotamian Architecture
4. Houses of one room, entered by a single door & without windows
Mesopotamian Architecture
"Portland Building, Oregon "
Michael graves
"German-American architect, the leading and most influential exponent of the glass and steel architecture of the 20th-century International Style. Skin and bone construction. "
Mies van de Rohe
"He paid great attention to the detailing of the structure, which he attributed to his father's teachings about craftsmanship. "
Mies van de Rohe
"Seagram Building "
Mies van de Rohe
A tower in the Muslim Mosque used to call people to prayer.
Minaret
A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints.
Opus Quadratum
a tall tower in, or continuous to a mosque arch stairs leading up to one or more balconies from which the faithful are called to prayer
Minaret
What is the most striking feature of Muslim Architecture?
Minarets
Architect of the World Trade Center.
Minoru Yamasaki
WORLD TRADE CENTER New York
Minoru Yamasaki
Who designed the World Trade Center in New York?
Minoru Yamasaki
A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect
Opus Recticulatum
A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect.
Opus Recticulatum
"Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes."
Opus Tesselatum
Early type of settlement in America taken after the "baug" (military town) and "fauborg" (citizen's town) of the medieval ages
Medieval Organic City
Type of construction that uses large stones
Megalithic
An Anatolian house that has its entrance at the end.
Megaron
Principal room of Anatolian House
Megaron
"Is a statue, building, or other edifice created to commemorate a person or important event. They are frequently used to improve the appearance of a city or location."
Monument
"Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre, this church in Rizal whose design depicts the heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure."
Morong Church
Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre, this church in Rizal whose design depicts the heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure.
Morong Church
Egyptian temples for ministrations to deified pharaohs.
Mortuary Temple
Two main classes of temples in Egyptian Architecture.
Mortuary and Cult Temples
[Egypt] Temples made for the pharoahs
Mortuary temples
Decorative surfaces formed by small cubes of stones, glass & marble
Mosaic
Where "Constructivism" originated?
Moscow
"Habitat 67, Montreal "
Moshe Safdie
An inward-looking building whose prime purpose is for contemplation & prayer. A space without object of adoration. (Muslim)
Mosque
It is where Muslims pray.
Mosque
"A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century architecture."
Mudejar
A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century
Mudejar
architecture.
Mudejar
Man who leads the congregation at a prayer
Muenzzin
Vertical members dividing windows into different numbers of lights.
Mullion
Vertical members dividing windows into different number of lights
Mullions
Vertical tracery members dividing windows into different numbers of light. A vertical window divider: a vertical piece of stone, metal, or wood that divides the panes of a window or the panels of a screen
Mullions
Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes.
Opus Tesselatum
In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the ___.
Naos
The principal chamber in a Greek temple containing the statue of deity.
Naos
A long arcaded entrance porch in an early Christian church.
Narthex
A long arcaded entrance porch to a Christian Basilican Church
Narthex
A long arcaded entrance porch to a Christian Basilican Church.
Narthex
"The principal or central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the choir orchancel and usually flanked by aisles."
Nave
The principal or central longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the CHANCEL (area of church near altar: an area of a church near the altar for the use of clergy and choir, often separated from the nave by a screen or steps) usually flanked by aisles of less height
Nave
The principal or central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the choir or chancel and usually flanked by aisles.
Nave
"One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without cross-arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building."
Nea Moni
One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without
Nea Moni
cross-arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building.
Nea Moni
Return in the use of Roman Orders in modern age.
Neo-Classism
"Out view in w/c the major activities or environmental factor was employed in the structure in a non-intellectual manner. CHARACTERISTICS: Continuity of forms rather than proportionality and geometric terms/means. Tendency to avoid rectangular forms. Tends to individual sensibility. "
Neo-expressionism
Last phase of the Stone Age, characterization by the cultivation of grain crops, domestication of animals. From 'Neo' + 'Lithos'
Neolithic
"His solutions to building problem were always direct, transmitting to the ground by the shortest path the stresses developed within the structures. "
Nervi, Pier Luigi
The central shaft of a circular staircase. Also applied to the post in which the handrail is framed.
Newel
A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items.
Niche
a (shell) or a recess in a wall, hallowed like a shell for a statue or ornament.
Niche
Travel and trade route in Egypt
Nile River
A house with a prow-like (front of ship) majestic roof, the polychrome, extravagant wooden carvings derived from the Malay Mythical bird the "Sari Manok" The silken Muslim canopies in the Interiors. The protruding ends of floor beams are decorated with intricate carvings
Nipa House
"London City Hall "
Norman Foster
Architect of Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong
Norman Foster
A building in classic architecture decorated with flowers and plants with water for the purpose of relaxation.
Nymphaeum
A room decorated with plants, sculpture and fountains (often decorated with beautiful Maiden living in Rivers, trees) and intended for relaxation. [nymph: a spirit or a minor goddess of nature; or a beautiful young woman]
Nymphaeum
A monumental, four-sided stone shaft, usually monolithic and tapering to a pyramidal tip.
Obelisk
Huge monoliths, square on plan and tapering to an electrum-capped (alloy of silver & gold) "pyra-midion" at the summit, which was the sacred part. The four sides are cut with hieroglyphics
Obelisk
Upright stone square in plan, with an electrum-capped pyramidion on top, symbolizing the sun god Heliopolis; comes in pairs
Obelisk
Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.
Octagonal
A kindred type to the theater.
Odeion
A double curve, resembling the letter "S", formed by the union of a curve and a convex line
Ogee
World's oldest "active" synagogue
Old New Synagogue
The wall facing developed by Romans which is made of recctangular blocks of stone, with or without mortar joints but frequently secured with dowels or cramps
Opus quadratum
The wall facing developed by the Romans which is made of rectangular, net-like stone work
Opus reticulatum
Marble mosaic pattern used on the floor
Opus spicatum
Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes
Opus tesselatum
The wall facing developed by the Romans which is made of brick facing with stones cut in triangular form
Opus testaceum
"It consists of the upright column or support including the capital, base, if any, and the horizontal entablature or part supported. "
Order
"A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work."
Opus Incertum
A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work.
Opus Incertum
"A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks."
Opus Mixtum
A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks.
Opus Mixtum
"A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints."
Opus Quadratum
A revival style based on the buildings and publications of the 6th century architect marked by ancient Roman Architectural forms
Palladianism
Favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians.
Palm, Lotus, and Papyrus
This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr. Miguel Murguia, has an unusually large bell which was made from approximately 70 sacks of coins donated by the towns people.
Panay Capiz
"This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr. Miguel Murguia, has an unusually large bell which was made from approximately 70 sacks of coins donated by the towns people."
Panay Cathedral in Capiz
"The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome."
Pantheon
The finest of all illustrations of Roman construction.
Pantheon
The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome.
Pantheon
A serving room between kitchen and dining room, or a room for storage of food supplies
Pantry
The Egyptian Ornament symbolizing fertility.
Papyrus
Who was the architect of the Serapeum of Alexandria?
Parmeniskos (It was under the reign of Ptolemy III that is was built)
"largest - geatest example of greek architecture - archt. Ictinus - master sculptor- Callicrates - Doric temple - naos- made of gold and ivory - holds the statue of Athena "
Partenon
"In Greek Architecture, It is the largest building atop the Athenian Acropolis, It is a temple dedicated to Athena (The warrior of maiden) It is a Doric building, and made entirely of white pentelic marble and surrounded by freestanding column."
Parthenon
"The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the."
Parthenon
The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the.
Parthenon
Scheme or solution of a problem in architecture.
Parti
A Spanish arcaded or colonnaded yard; a paved area outside a house: a paved area adjoining a house, used for outdoor dining, growing plants in containers, and recreation. A roofless courtyard: a roofless inner courtyard typical of a Spanish-style house
Patio
"Lippo Building , Hong Kong "
Paul Rudolph
(little house for pleasure & recreation). A prominent structure, generally distinctive in character.
Pavillion
A support for a column statue or a vase, it usually consists of a base. "Die" or Dado, and a cornice or cap mould
Pedestal
A triangular piece of wall above the entablature enclosed by raking cornices; architecture gable on colonnade: a broad triangular or segmental gable surmounting a colonnade as the major part of a facade
Pediment
Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.
Pediment
"A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the poly-gonal plan of its supporting structure."
Pendentive
A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan of its supporting structure.
Pendentive
the term applied to the triangular curved overhanging surface by means of which a circular dome is supported over a square or polygonal compartment. a sloping triangular piece of vaulting between the arches that support a dome and its rim
Pendentive
The wall or colonnade enclosing the Temenos
Peribolus
A single line of columns surrounding the Naos.
Peripteral
space bet naos wall and column
Peroma
"French architect, one of the most important pioneers of the modern French style. Advocator of reinforced concrete architecture. THEORIES: " The truth is indispensable in architecture & every architecture lie courrupts." " Any project is bad if it is more difficult or more complicated to construct the necessary." WORKS: The Temple Tower 1889, Exposition Universale in Paris The Apartment Building Rue FranklinFrench Legation, Istanbul Theatre Des Champs, Lysees - redesigning, original by Van del Velde Notre Dame Church, Paris Palace of the League of Nations, Geneva Eiffel Monument, Paris Palace of the Soviets, Moscow "
Perret Auguste
Literally means "City of Persia"; this is where you will most like;y find bull-capped columns
Persepolis
Mesopotamian civilization that first introduced the use of column.
Persian
The use of monsters in doorways is prevalent in what architecture?
Persian
"He was called "Masters master" where his students are architects like Gropius, Breuer and Van de Rohe "
Peter Behrens
"Max Reinhardt House, Germany "
Peter Eissenman
The master sculptor of the Parthenon
Pheidias
"At & T Building, NY "
Philip Jhonson
AT&T BLDG, NY
Philip Jhonson
Glass House, New Caanan, Connecticut
Philip Jhonson
1979 Pritzker Awardee
Philip Johnson
Architect of the Sony Center
Philip Johnson
"Red House, England "
Philip Webb
1. Use of indigenous (natural) materials for houses like bamboo, palm leaves, sturdy wooden posts, carved wooden sidings, cogon grass roof.
Philippines
2. Spanish-style high-pitched roofs,
Philippines
3. Capiz shell windows, barandillas, balconies,
Philippines
4. Coconut shell & wood design.
Philippines
5. Much use of galvanized iron sheet for roofing
Philippines
"The principal floor of an Italian palace, raised one floor above ground level and containing the principal social apartments. "
Piano Noble
A public open space in Byzantine architecture, surrounded by buildings
Piazza
"TERM IN A SPECIALIZED SENSE TO DESCRIBE ONE OF THE ATTITUDES OF TASTE TOWARDDS ARCH'RE & LANDSCAPE GARDENING IN THE LATE 18th & EARLY 19th CENT. BLDG'S & LANDSCAPE WERE TO HAVE THE CONTROLLED INFORMALITY OF A PICTURE. "
Picturesque Architecture
Term in a specialized sense to describe one of the attitudes of taste towards architecture and landscape gardening in the late 18th and early 19th century; very attractive: visually pleasing enough to be the subject of a painting or photograph
Picturesqueness
" Italian architect and engineer, whose technical innovations, particularly in the use of reinforced concrete, made possible aesthetically pleasing solutions to difficult structural problems. Discovered "ferro-cemento" - consist of layers of fine steel mesh sprayed w/ cement mortar & it could be used either for shell construction or for heavier units w/ reinforcing rods inserted between the layers of mortar & mesh. WORKS: Municipal Stadium Florence Fiat Factory, Turin Italian Embassy, Brazilia Papal Audience Hall, Vatican City Australian Embassy, Paris "
Pier Luigi Nervi
"Turin Exhibition Hall "
Pier Luigi Nervi
Is a rectangular feature in the shape of a pillar, but projecting only about one sixth of its breadth (distance from side to side) from the wall.
Pilaster Strip
A turret (small rounded tower) or part of a building elevated above the main building. architecture pointed ornament: a pointed ornament on top of a buttress or parapet
Pinaccle
Pinnacle(highest point); fleche (a church spire); spire (tapering termination of a gothic church tower); finial (a design at the top of a spire)
Pinacle
Turret(medieval) ; minaret (Islamic);steeple (church tower & spire)(term use for spire crowned towers)
Pinacle
A Greek building that contains painted pictures.
Pinacotheca
bldg that holds painting
Pinacotheca
The buttress which were placed on the top of the spur buttress to help by their weight to drive the oblique thrusts more steeply down to earth is called
Pinnacle
What is not required as a feature in modern Muslim mosque.
Pinnacle
The outstanding group of Romanesque is found in ___.
Pisa
" 103 to 1350 Location: Pisa, Italy Building type: church complex Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone, white marble Style: Romanesque ""Pisa Cathedral with Baptistery, Campanile and Campo Santo, together form one of the most famous building groups in the world the cathedral complex includes the famous Leaning Tower, La Torre Pendente white marble with colonnaded facades "
Pisa Cathedral
Phase of the early period of Spanish architecture of the later 15th and early 16th century, an intricate style named after its likeness to silverwork; elaborately decorated: relating to a heavily decorated architectural style fashionable in 16th-century Spain, reminiscent of elaborate silverware
Plateresque Architecture
A rectangular or square slab supporting the column at the base.
Plinth
The base or platform upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument, or structure rests.
Plinth
The lowest square member of the base of a column
Plinth
Projecting ornament at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat.
Plough
Roman rectangular temples stood on a ___.
Podium
The high platform on which temples were generally placed (in general, any elevate platform). A foundation wall: a low wall forming a foundation or base, for example for a colonnade
Podium
The designer of the Theatre of Epidauros, the most beautiful and best preserved Greek theatre.
Polycleitos
Architect of the Philippine Arena?
Populous
"Is well endowed with medieval military achre and grand castles are particularly numerous in castle "
Portugal
" - mediocre design, uncontrolled and hasty rebuilding only resurrected old designs - commercial building drew inspiration from contemporary architecture in the West - development of community planning - BUNGALOW - introduced in 1948; one-storey house with wide picture windows, a lanai and a carport for up to three cars - modern architecture with a renewed interest in Filipino motifs a. use of pointed roofs, lattices, screens, wood carvings b. architecture of LEANDRO LOCSIN and FRANCISCO MANOSA "
Post War Architecture
1. Temple Pyramid of the Sun,
Pre Columbian Bldgs (Maya, Aztec, Peru, Mexico)
2. Citadel Teotihuacan,
Pre Columbian Bldgs (Maya, Aztec, Peru, Mexico)
3. Temple of the Giant Jaguar,
Pre Columbian Bldgs (Maya, Aztec, Peru, Mexico)
4. Great Plaza of Tenochtitlan Machu Picchu, Peru
Pre Columbian Bldgs (Maya, Aztec, Peru, Mexico)
1. Beehives,
Pre Historic Period - Structures
2. huts,
Pre Historic Period - Structures
3. caves,
Pre Historic Period - Structures
4. tents,
Pre Historic Period - Structures
5. Stonehenge, England
Pre Historic Period - Structures
6. igloos
Pre Historic Period - Structures
1. Temple pyramids are approached by a single steep flight of steps.
Pre columbian Architecure
2. Stone [finely dressed, carved, or laid as roughly dressed rubble] was employed for all important buildings
Pre columbian Architecure
Existing in the time prior to the recording of human events.
Prehistoric
1. Temporary shelter from perishable materials
Prehistoric Period
2. Caves
Prehistoric Period
3. Rocks on top of each other
Prehistoric Period
4. Hard-packed snow blocks
Prehistoric Period
5. animal skins
Prehistoric Period
The three chamber of a Greek temple.
Pronaos, Naos, and Epinaos
"Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the."
Propylaea
Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles
Propylaea
gateway to greek temple
Propylaea
Temple with a portico of columns arranged in front.
Prostyle
"The building that serve as a senate house for the chief dignitaries of the city and as a palace where distinguished visitors and citizens might be entertained."
Prytaneion
Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture
Prytaneion
The senate house of the Greeks.
Prytaneion
"The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple."
Pteroma
The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple.
Pteroma
Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria.
Ptolemy III
An elevated enclosed stand in a CHURCH in which the preacher stands
Pulpit
"A period in Gothic Architecture in France characterized by circular windows with wheel tracery "
Rayonnant
"shrine of freedom", designed by Father Antonio Cedeno, with Diego Jordan as engineer
Real Fuerza de Santiago (Fort Santiago)
"CCTV China "
Reem Koolhaas
The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college.
Refectory
The dining hall of a monastery, convent or college
Refectory
"What is the name of the Cathedral in France that was designed by Jean d' Orbais.("
Reims Cathedral
A light portable receptacle for sacred relics
Reliquary
!5th to 18th century architecture.
Renaissance
"A movement which begun in Italy in the 15th century created a break in the continuous revolution of European times. "
Renaissance
"CHARACTERIZED BY THE USE OF THE CLASSICAL ORDERS, ROUND ARCHES, and SYMMETRICAL COMPOSITION."
Renaissance Architecture
1. Rusticated masonry, (rough masonry)
Renaissance Architecture
2. Quoins, Balusters
Renaissance Architecture
3. domes or raised drums
Renaissance Architecture
4. pediments one within the other
Renaissance Architecture
5. rococo
Renaissance Architecture
6. baroque style
Renaissance Architecture
7. mansard roof
Renaissance Architecture
8. salon
Renaissance Architecture
1. Palazzo Ricardi @ Florence,
Rennaissance Buildings
2. St. Peter's PIAZZA,
Rennaissance Buildings
3. Cathedral Vatican,
Rennaissance Buildings
4. Palais du louvre,
Rennaissance Buildings
5. Paris Chateu Maisons,
Rennaissance Buildings
6. St Paul's Cathedral, London,
Rennaissance Buildings
7. Guild Houses @ Brussels
Rennaissance Buildings
"Tjibao Cultural Center, New Caledonia "
Renzo Piano
Architect of the New York Times Building.
Renzo Piano
Architect of the Tjibao Cultural Center.
Renzo Piano
The architect of the Shard in London.
Renzo Piano
Vaulting in Romanesque in which a framework of ribs supported thin stone panels. The new method consisted in designing the profile of the transverse (crosswise or at right angle with something), longitudinal and diagonal ribs to which the form of the panels was adopted
Rib & Panel
"A house is like a flower pot"
Richard Josef Neutra
Who said "A house is like a flower pot"?
Richard Josef Neutra
"Jubilee Church, Rome "
Richard Meier
"One of his stylish choice which are circles and squares were used in his design solutions. "
Richard Meier
"Lloyds Building, London "
Richard Rogers
"An important Scottish architect who was particularly known for his interiors based on classical decoration. "
Robert Adam
"American architect and teacher, one of the most influential architectural theorists of the late 20th century. PHILOSOPHIES: " We promote an architecture responsive to the complexities and contradictions of the modern experience. The particularities of context, the varieties of the user's taste; Culture & the symbolic & decorative dictates of the program." " Less is Bore" "More is More" " Modern movement was almost right" WORKS: Walker & Dunlop Office Building Transportation Square, Washington Master Plan & Uraban Design of California City Convention Center, Conversion plan Canada West Mount Airy Clustered Housing Plan Philadelphia "
Robert Charles Venturi
"Saginatobel Bridge "
Robert Mailaart
"A bridge is like a house"
Robert Mailart
"The Washington D.C. monument. The tapering shaft contained in a Greek style temple, the obelisk is the only remnant of the original blueprint that remains. It was designed in the year 1812 by the American Architect, What is the name of this Architect?"
Robert Mills
"Less is a bore"
Robert Venturi
Architect of the Seattle Museum, 1991
Robert Venturi
Less is Bore / "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture"
Robert Venturi
"ROYAL CHAPEL, THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES (1707-1710) FRANCE "
Robert de Cotte
Tombs built for the Egyptian nobility rather than the royalty.
Rock-Hewn Tombs
Egyptian tombs built for noblemen, but not royalty; to keep thieves away
Rock-cut/ Rock-hewn
"( FR. ROCALLE - ROCKWORK) A TERM APPLIED TO TYPE OF RENAISSANCE ORNAMENT IN W/C ROCK-LIKE FORMS, FANTASTIC SCROLLS, & CRIMPED SHELLS ARE WORK UP TOGETHER IN A PRO- FUSION & COMFUSION OF DETAIL OFTEN W/ OUT ORGANIC COHERENCE BUT PRESENTING A LAVISH DISPLAY OF DECORATION. "
Rococco
a term applied to a type of Renaissance ornament in which rock-like forms fantastic scrolls, and 'crimped' folded or pressed together) shells (are worked up together in a profusion and confusion of detail often without organic coherence but presenting a lavish display of decoration; Any excessively ornate or fancy style; A style of architecture and the decorative arts characterized by intricate ornamentation that was popular throughout Europe in the early 18th century.
Rococo
"cubicula" or bedroom is from what architecture.
Roman
The Pantheon is from what architecture.
Roman
1. The arch & the vault was developed
Roman Architecture
2. Two orders of architecture added [Tuscan & Composite]
Roman Architecture
"1. The Pantheon 118 - 126 Architect: Acrippa Location: Rome, Italy Style: Ancient Roman great domed hall with oculus oculus - a single circular opening one of the great spiritual buildings of the world it was built as a Roman temple and later consecrated as a Catholic Church revived the use of brick and concrete in temple Architecture "
Roman Buildings
"2. Forums,Trajan's Forum 100 - 112 Architect: Apollodorus of Damascus Location: Rome, Italy Style: Roman composed of an arc of arched arcade most magnificent and architecturally most pleasing largest known forums "
Roman Buildings
"6. Colosseum Coemeteria, Colosseum 70 - 82 Architect: Vespacian and Domitian Location: Rome, Italy Style: Ancient Roman three-quarter columns and entablatures, Doric in the first story, Ionic in the second, and Corinthian in the third, face the three tiers of arcades largest Roman Amphitheater designed to hold 50,000 spectators had approximately eighty entrances so crowds could arrive and leave easily and quickly "
Roman Buildings
3. Basilicas
Roman Buildings
4. Thermae,
Roman Buildings
5. Amphitheatres,
Roman Buildings
7. Triumphal arch,
Roman Buildings
8. gateways,
Roman Buildings
9. aqueducts
Roman Buildings
"A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a square base and four sloping triangular sides meeting at the apex; used mainly in ancient Egypt. "
Royal pyramids
"A method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints, principally employed in Renaissance building. "
Rustication
"A method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints, principally employed in renaissance buildings "
Rustication
Voted the "Worst Building in the History of Mankind". Found in north Korea. It is also known as 105 building.
Ryugyong Hotel
Pantiles used for Chinese roofings.
S-tiles
Civilizations that originated in Mesopotamia?
SBAPS (Sumer, Babylonian, Assyria, Persia, Sassanian)
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING New York
SHREVE, HARMON & LAMB
"JIN MAO TOWER Shanghai - Number of floors: 88 Height: 420.60 meters design most refer to the number 8, an auspicious number for Chinese "
SOM
John Hancock Center Chicago
SOM
LEVER HOUSE - was one of the earliest steel and glass office towers and the first such tower in New York City.
SOM
" 1882 to 1926 Architect: Antonio Gaudi Location: Barcelona, Spain Building type: church Construction system: masonry Style: Expressionist Church of the Holy Family uncompleted during Gaudi's lifetime crowned by four spires "
Sagrada Familia
Art Noveau inspired structure by Antonio Gaudi that remains to be unfinished. Located in Spain.
Sagrada Familia
What is a courtyard in Islamic architecture? (It is a common element in traditional mosques, religious buildings and residences throughout the Arab world.)
Sahn
Spouting jets in Roman fountain.
Salientes
In Renaissance, a room used primarily for exhibition of art objects, or a drawing room;[grand sitting room; social gathering of intellectuals; art exhibition or gallery]
Salon
"An English Architect who prepared plan for London i.e., St. Peter 's and St. Paul Cathedral; Proposed a Network of Avenues connecting the main features of London. "
Sir Christopher Wren
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON (1675-1710
Sir Christopher Wren
Designer of the Crystal Palace, London
Sir Joseph Paxton
Architect of the Chek Lap Kok Airport where natural light, tensioned membrane and anthropometrically correct dimensions were emphasized.
Sir Norman Foster
The architectural character of the Romanesque architecture is.
Sober and dignified
The exposed undersurface of any overhead component of a building such as an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, lintel or vault. bottom surface: the underside of a structural component of a building, for example the underside of a roof overhang or the inner curve of an arch
Soffit
Who was the architect of the Lighthouse/Pharos of Alexandria?
Sostratus
Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___.
South
Intercolumniation of 2 diameters.
Systyle
"A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue."
Tabernacle
A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue or an icon.
Tabernacle
A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue.
Tabernacle
"Church of the Light, Osaka "
Tadao Ando
The Way: in Chinese religion, the creative principle that order the universe.
Tao
Chinese philosophy and religion based on the teaching of Lao-tzu, emphasizing the life of simplicity, and non interference with the course of natural events in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
Taoism
In Japan, a structure where the appreciation of the arts and flower arrangement, with drinking ceremony is done
Tea House
The later male counterpart of the caryatid and the name refers to the legend of Atlas,
Telamon
Male counterpart of the Caryatids.
Telamones or Atlantes
"The sacred enclosure fond in the highest part of a Greek city is called:"
Temenos
"The sacred enclosure fond in the highest part of a Greek city is called: "
Temenos
[Egypt] Temple with 3 tiers, seemingly carved out of the rock; built by Senenmut
Temple of Hatshepsut
" Location: China 700 acre enclosure built by the Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle (Yung-Io) means "Perpetual Help" "
Temple of Heaven
This temple is dedicated to 'Wingless Victory'.
Temple of Nike Apteros, Athens
"The man of learning... can fearlessly look down upon the troublesome accidents of fortune. But he who thinks himself entrenched in defense not of learning but of luck, moves one slippery path, struggling though life unsteadily and insecurely.""
Ten books of Architecture by Marcus Vitruvius
Architect of the UAP National Headquarters
Teofilo Vasquez
The warm room in the Thermae
Tepidarium
The warm room in the Thermae.
Tepidarium
Figures of which the upper parts alone are carved, the rest running into a parallelopiped or diminishing pedestal.
Termini
This is a pedestal with human, animal, or mythological creatures at the top.
Terms
Earth-baked (unglazed) or burnt in moulds. For use in construction, harder in quality than brick. [brownish red color]
Terracotta
The JP Morgan Chase tower is originally known as __________?
Texas Commerce Tower
The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.
Thalamus
sleeping room, megaron
Thalamus
"movement for aesthetic and moral crusade - escape FROM THE Industrial World - John Ruskin(1819-1900) and William Morris(1834-1896) were THE key figures"
The Arts & Crafts Movement
, first built in the 13th century and reconstructed in 1906-1909, is the largest clay building in the world.
The Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali,
What area of a pyramid is oriented towards the cardinal points?
The faces of the pyramids orient towards the cardinal points
" prototype Greek Thetre - largest for 30,000 people "
Theatre of Dionysus
acropolis, sacred enclosure
Themenos
Dry sweating room with apodyteila or dressing room and unctuaria or for oils.
Thermae
Palatial public baths of Imperial Rome raised on a high platform; hot springs: hot springs or baths, especially the public baths of ancient Rome
Thermae
Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum
Theron
Designer of Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum
Theron
Shinto temples (Shinto-Japanese religion) are characterized by this gateway formed by upright posts supporting two or more horizontal beams
Torii
The Etruscans invented what column?
Tuscan
What orders did the Etruscans and the Romans add making 5 in all?
Tuscan and Composite
"Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?"
Thothmes I
Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?
Thothmes I
The origin of the door architrave.
Timber-enframed Portal
What material was used in the facade of the Gughenheim Museum in Bilbao?
Titanium
Art Noveau style first appeared in what structure.
Tussel House
"A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art."
Tokonama
A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art.
Tokonama
"Received the "Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinanagan "award for the city of manila, who is the architect? "
Tomas Mapua
First registered architect in the Philippines.
Tomas Mapua
Who was the first Filipino architect?
Tomas Mapua
"Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as:"
Tomb of Agamemnon
Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as
Tomb of Agamemnon
Buddhist gateway
Torana
"In Philippine Architecture, It is considered the home of the Sultans. Carved on the wooden posts in the niyaga, a stylized mytical snake design can be found. It is the traditional residence of the reigning Sultan of Maranaw people and his family."
Torogan House
a large convex moulding used principally in the bases of columns.
Torus
This structure in Greece was erected by Andronikos Cyrrhestes for measuring time by means of a clepsydra internally and sun dial externally.
Tower of the Winds, Athens
"The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window."
Tracery
- The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a gothic window.
Tracery
The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window.
Tracery
"The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely f marble is;"
Trajan's Column
The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely if marble is
Trajans Column
"In Roman Architecture, It was built AD 112, It was designed by Apollodorous of Damascus for Emperor Trajan, it is often considered the most magnificent and architecturally most pleasing."
Trajans forum
The part of a cruciform church, projecting at right angles to the main building. Wings of church: the part of a cross-shaped church that runs at right angles to the long central part (nave)
Transept
The horizontal divisions or crossbars of windows.
Transom
"The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon'."
Treasury of Atreus
The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon'.
Treasury of Atreus
The space between the sloping roof over the aisle and the aisle vaulting, so also called a blind story.
Triforium
The large element in the frieze.
Triglyph
These are arches erected to emperors and generals commemorating victorious campaigns; has one or three openings. Such arches were adorned with appropriate bas-reliefs (flat sculpture; slightly projecting) and usually carried grit-bronze statuary (statues considered collectively) on an attic storey and having a dedicatory inscription in its face
Triumphal Arch
"Fool the eye" - are paintings adorning everything from cabinets to cupboards, fire screen to dishwashers. This creates an illusion of space. A make-believe doorway for example extends a hall. A glass cabinet or door is painted with cows and chicken and make-believe or create an outdoor scene.
Trompel o Eil
Picturesque composition built in America since 1980. Hall timbering and massive medieval chimney. Identified by prominent gables and large expansive windows with small panes.
Tudor Revival
"Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons."
Tumuli
Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons.
Tumuli
Dominant tomb type in the prehistoric age, characterized by corbelled stone covered by earth.
Tumulus
small towers, often containing stairs, and forming special features in medieval buildings.
Turret
The triangular or segmental space enclosed by a pediment or arch.
Tympanum
The triangular surface bounded by the sloping and horizontal cornices of a pediment.
Tympanum
Elizabethan Architecture is from what architecture.
U.S. / English Renaissance
World's tallest church
Ulm Minster
Room containing the ungents and oils in the thermae
Unctuaria
The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.
Unctuaria
"Le Corbusier planned a high density building that was a "super building" that contained 337 dwellings in only acres of land. What is the structure that supposed to be located in Marseilles? "
Unite d Habitation
What allowed the Romans to build vaults of a magnitude never equaled till the birth of steel for buildings.
Use of Concrete
"Sought for solutions for alternative cheap forms of construction in timber, brick & metal. Initiated by British (pre-fab. Architecture) A design of something Auspicious. Other definitions: Refers to low-cost housing Pre-Fabricated unit "
Utilitarianism
The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.
Van Alen
an arch covering in stone or brick over any building; architecture arched ceiling: an arched structure of stone, brick, wood, or plaster that forms a ceiling or roof; a room with arched ceiling: a room, especially an underground room, with an arched ceiling
Vault
"A great awning drawn over roman theatres and amphitheatres to protect spectators against the sun "
Velarium
A covered porch (porch-roofed exterior of a room) or balcony (balcony- a platform projecting from an interior or exterior wall of a building) extending along the outside of a building, planned for summer leisure.
Verandah
"The colosseum in Rome also known as the ""flavian amphitheater"" was commenced by whom and completed by whom?"
Vespasian / Domitian
The colosseum in Rome also known as the "flavian amphitheater" was commenced by whom and completed by whom?
Vespasian / Domitian
An ante-room to a larger apartment of a building; An entrance hall: a small room or hall between an outer door and the main part of a building
Vestibule
Considered as the Intramuros of the North.
Vigan
Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site
Villa
Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site.
Villa
Sarimanok is a décor reflecting the culture of the ___.
Visayan
Any of the pieces, in the shape of a truncated wedge, which form an arch or a vault. A wedge-shaped stone: a wedge-shaped brick or stone used to form the curved parts of an arch or vault
Voussoirs
Truncated wedge-blocks forming an arc
Voussoirs
DUBAI BURJ-AL-ARAB
W.S. Atkins & partners
The vault that is carried throughout its length on the two parallel walls of a rectangular apartment
Waggon-Headed Vault
UN Building
Wallace Harrison
"Art and Architecture, the new unity"
Walter Gropius
"The architect who claimed that: "The ultimate goal of the new architecture was the composite but inseparable work of an art, in which the old diving line between monumental and decorative elements will have disappeared forever.""
Walter Gropius
"The architect who claimed that: "The ultimate goal of the new architecture was the composite but inseparable work of an art, in which the old diving line between monumental and decorative elements will have disappeared forever." "
Walter Gropius
BAUHAUS BLDG, GERMANY
Walter Gropius
Founder of Bahaus School
Walter Gropius
Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art.
Walter Gropius
- A room for storage of garments
Wardrobe
Outstanding architectural creation in Sri Lanka which is a circular relic house built in stone and brick.
Wata Dage
Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel.
Welton Becket
Orientation of the Medieval Church
West
Orientation of the Medieval Church.
West
A rose or wheel window of the Romanesque Church was of ten placed over the
West door
Single and most important building in Britain.
West minister abbey
In the 1920's, Le Corbusier was known for promoting this Architectural Style.
White Box Architecture
Architect of Robinson's Galleria
William Coscolluela
Architect of Robinson's Galleria
William Cosculluela
Architect of the Empire State Building.
William Lamb
Architect of Chrysler Building
William Van Alen
CHRYSLER BUILDING, NY
Willian Van Allen
Dubbed the "Cathedral of Commerce" due to the many medieval style ornaments that embellish the building.
Woolworth Building
"The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west ends."
Worms Cathedral
The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west
Worms Cathedral
A twisted band, garland or chaplet, representing flowers, fruits leaves, often used in decoration; A circular arrangement of flowers: a circular arrangement of flowers and greenery placed as a memorial on a grave, hung up as a decoration, or put on somebody's head as a sign of honor; a representation of wreath: a representation of a circular arrangement of flowers, vines, or other things, for example in a carving or on a coat of arms; [headdress; garland; laurel]
Wreath
What sporting event takes place in the Palaestra?
Wrestling
Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'?
Xerxes
A legendary dynasty in China
Xia
Arch of the famous Twin Tower World Trade Center.
Yamasaki and Roth
A Neolithic culture in China centered around the fertile plains of the Yellow RIver characterized by pit dwellings and fine pottery painted in geometric designs.
Yang-shao
In Chinese philosophy and religion, the interaction of two opposing and complementary principles - one that is feminine, dark and negative (yin) and the other that is masculine, bright and positive (yang) - that influences the destinies of creatures and things.
Yin-yan
First woman national architect to be elected president of the UAP.
Yolanda Reyes
"Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is where the carriages and floats are kept."
Zaguan
Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is where the carriages and floats are kept.
Zaguan
Pritzker Prize Awardee of 2004
Zaha Hadid
Chinese dynasty marked by the division of China into separate feudal states, and the emergence of Confucianism and Taoism, which gave thrust to all subsequent Chinese culture.
Zhou
Chinese dynasty that commenced the construction of the Great Wall.
Zhou dynasty
Artificial Mountains made up of tiered (layered), rectangular stages which rose in number from one to seven
Ziggurat
Holy mountains.
Ziggurat
In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun-dried bricks.
Ziggurat
Sacred artificial mountains of Babylon and Assyria.
Ziggurat
Structure whose corners are made to face the four cardinal points.
Ziggurat
Structure whose corners were made to face the four cardinal points
Ziggurat
Artificial mountains, tiered with rectangular stages and a temple at the summit.
Ziggurats
The special characteristic of the Roman ornament
acanthus scroll
"Roughly carved of men and beasts used as support columns of projecting porches and of bishops throne. "
ambrogio
"The phase in western European renaissance archre 1750-1830, when renewed inspiration was sought from ancient Greek and roman architecture "
antiquarian
"A squared timber used in bldg. construction or a low ridge of earth that marks a boundary line "
bailey
A building or a part of a church in which baptism is administered
baptisteries
In France, anything extravagantly ornamented, so ornate as to be in bad taste, a style of art and architecture in Italy in the 17th to 18th century.
baroque
"A parapet having a series of indentions or embrasures, between which are raised portions known as merlons "
battlement
a school founded by Gropius in 1919, developing a form of training intended to relate art and architecture to technology and the practical needs of human life.
bauhaus
Jade ring moat: a ritual structure in Chinese architecture enclosing a space in the shape of a flat jade ceremonial disk.
biyong
"An arch starting from a detached pier and abutting against a wall to take the thrust of the vaulting. "
buttress
Is a circular tower 16 m ( 52 ft. ) in diameter rising in 8 stories of encircling arcades.
campanile
The sanctuary of a classical temple, containing the cult statue of the God.
cella
"One of the winged heavenly beings that support the throne of god or act as guardian spirits, or chubby, rosy- faced child with wings. "
cherubin
The screen/ ornamental work rising behind the altar.
cimborio
"A projection block or spur of stone carried with foliage to decorate the raking lines formed by angles of spires and canopies. "
crocket
"A space entirely or partly under a building in churches generally beneath the chancel and used for burial in early times. "
crypt
"Architecture was marked by copy roofs which frequently had more storey than the walls, and were provided with dormer windows to make through current of air for their use as a drying ground for the large monthly wash "
domestic
"The selection of elements from diverse styles for architectural decorative designs,particularly during the 2nd half of the 19th century in Europe and USA. "
expressionism
"A long dormer on the slope of a roof, it has no sides, the roofing being carried in a nave line. "
eyebrow
Term applied to a tower crowned by a spire.
finial
A civil settlement under the protection of a castle.
fortification
"An ornament in classic or renaissance archre consisting of an assembly of straight lines intersecting at right angles of various patterns. Also called key pattern "
fretwork
"For Egyptian Architecture design, due to excessive sunshine, there was no need for windows, the massive unbroken walls provided the surface for ________________."
hierogyphics
A Navaho Indian dwelling constructed usually of earth and logs and covered with mad and sod.
hogan
A small, simple dwelling or shelter, esp. one made of natural materials.
hut
An Eskimo house, usually built of blocks of hard snow or ice in the shape of a dome, or when permanent, of sod, wood or stone.
igloo
A multi-story tenement housing for workers
insula
Space between the columns.
intercolumnation
A standard unit of space in Chinese architecture marked by adjacent frame supports. The spatial unit serves as basis for the modular structure of a Chinese city.
jian
A large underground or partly underground chamber in a Pueblo Indian village, used by the men for religious ceremonies or councils.
kiva
A dwelling, esp. of prehistoric times, built on piles or other supports over the water of a lake.
lake dwelling
The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior.
le Corbusier
spirit altar: a raised astronomical observatory in Chinese architecture, usually the central, circular upper story of the mingtang.
lingtai
A communal dwelling characteristic of many early cultures, esp. that of the Iroquois and various other North American India peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 30.5 m in length.
longhouse
"A projecting wall or parapet allowing floor openings, through w/c molten lead, pitch, stones were dropped only on an enemy below. "
machicolations
"A term coined to describe the characteristics of the output of Italian renaissance architects of the period 1530-1600. Characterized by unconventional use of classical elements "
mannerists
Lowlands area house with pithed roof, made of bamboo poles, thatch roof with woven slit canes for walls and split bamboo slats flooring
maranao House
"The upstanding part of an embattled parapet, between two crenels/ embrasure openings. "
merlons
A natural flat-topped elevation with one or more clifflike sides, common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
mesa
Bright hall: a ritual structure in Chinese architecture that serves as the symbolic center of imperial power.
mingtang
Leafed ornament.
mouldings
Material used by Sumerians in their buildings.
mud-bricks
"Central shaft of a circular staircase also applied to the post in which the handrail is framed. "
newel
"A room decorated with plants, sculpture and fountains (often decorated with nymphs) and intended for relaxation. "
nymphaneum
Chinese monumental gateway.
pailou
A room, where food is stored in a manor house.
pantry
The wall or colonnade enclosing the temenos
peribolus
"A rectangular feature in the shape of a pillar, but projecting only about one sixth of its breath from wall "
pilaster strips
A primitive form of shelter consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
pit dwelling
Burma's term for monasteries.
pitakat-taik
A large, usually rectangular house constructed of timber planks, built and used by Indians and less frequently by Eskimos.
plank house
"A term originally applied to the art of decorative painting in many colors, extended to the coloring of sculpture to enhance naturalism, also described to the application of variegated materials to achieve brilliant or striking effects "
polychromy
"The actual sanctuary of a church beyond the choir and occupied only by the officiating clergy. "
presbytery
The building that serve as a senate house for the chief dignitaries of the city and as a palace where distinguished visitors and citizens might be entertained
prytaneion
A communal dwelling and defensive structure of the Pueblo Indians of the southwestern US, built of adobe or stone, typically many-stories and terraced, with entry through the flat roofs of the chambers by ladder.
pueblo
A stone gallery over the entrance to the choir of a cathedral or church.
pulpitum
"A vertical steel support cast iron was used until relatively cheap steel became available. "
reja
A ledge or shelf behind an altar for holding vases or candles.
retablo
France generally describe rococo as
rocaile
"An ornament consisting of a spirally wound band, either as a running ornament or as a terminal. "
scroll
Something beneath, behind or within which a person is protected from storms or other adverse conditions.
shelter
"Reflects Burma's cultural connections with China and India, built over older foundations (16th-17th century) at Rangoon. "
shwe dagon pagoda
Vaulting compartment into six parts known as
sixtite
"The central rounded of a pattern or ornament, an oculus, one at the summit of a dome. "
skylight
General characteristic of the Romanesque empire was
sober & dignified
A house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used esp. by settlers on the Great Plains when timber was scarce.
sod house
A foot race course in the cities.
stadium
"A type of relief ornament or cresting resembling studded leather straps, arranged in geometrical and sometimes interlaced patterns; much used in the early renaissance archre in England. "
strapwork
A tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
tepee
An animal, plant, or natural object serving as an emblem of a family or clan by virtue of an ancestral relationship.
totem
A pole or post carved and painted with totemic figures, erected by Indians of the northwest coast of North America, esp, in front of their houses.
totem pole
Vertical tracery members dividing windows into different numbers of lights.
tracery
The continuation of the fluted shaft in the Greek Doric column
trachelion
" A circular or polygonal apse when surrounded by an ambulatory of which are chapels. "
transept
Horizontal divisions or crossbars of windows.
transom
A circular stone shelter of the Apulia region of southern Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry, usually whitewashed and painted with figures or symbols.
trullo
"An architectural style which in its period is the English equivalent of the high gothic of northern France first pointed. "
tudor
A stupa in a form of a corn cob.
viharas
A temporary domed hut of red cedar and grass, used by northeastern North American tribes,
wetu
An American Indian dwelling, usually of round or oval shape, formed of poles overlaid with bark, rush mats or animal skins.
wigwam
"A twisted band, garland or chaplet, representing flowers, fruits, leaves often used in decoration. "
wreath
A circular, tentlike dwelling of the mongol nomads of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or animal skins.
yurt