Chapter 10 Architecture
The Greene Brothers designed the wooden bungalow, ________ in Pasadena, California.
Gamble House
The Eiffel Tower was designed by the ________ , Gustave Eiffel.
bridge builder
________ in Cambodia has been placed on the list of UNESCO'a World Heritage Sites.
Angkor Wat
Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome was designed by Michelangelo, Bramante, Maderno and ________ .
Bernini
The ________ columns used in the design of the Parthenon were the earliest and simplest of the Greek orders.
Doric
________ are made by crossing two barrel vaults at right angles.
Groin vaults
The Temple of Athena Nike has ________ columns.
Ionic
Iktinos and Kallikrates designed the ________ .
Parthenon
________ are views that give a three-dimensional impression of a building.
Perspectives
Frame construction usually refers to buildings constructed of ________ .
Wood
________ has typically been the most common building material for domestic architecture in America.
Wood
In 2004, the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize was won by ________ .
Zaha Hadid
architecture has been called both the greatest and the least of arts, the most public of arts and ________ .
a. useful b. the universal art form c. the Queen of Arts (d. )all of the above
A desire to let more light into Gothic cathedrals led to the development of ________ .
pointed arches
An early development in stone construction, the ________ , was used extensively for the first time during the Roman Empire.
round arch
The single most important innovation of twentieth century American architecture has been the ________ .
skyscraper
Although it won an award when built, ________ was demolished about 25 years later because it was such a failure
the Pruitt Igoe Housing Project
concrete was first used by ________ .
the Romans
sculpture and architecture are both ________ arts.
three dimensional
_______ is a type of sun-dried brick made of clay mixed with straw, which was used by Native American tribes in the Southwest.
Adobe
The great Gothic cathedral, Amiens is located in
France
In 1991 the American Institute of Architects voted ________ as the "best all-time work of American architecture."
Kaufman House
The seventh-century Dome of the Rock is located on the ________ in Jerusalem.
Temple Mount
Acropolis means ________ .
high place
Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao Spain has become a ________ .
huge tourism attraction