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The tower atop the torogan where the princess and her
46 Lamin
ladies in waiting hide during occasions.
Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is where
47 Zaguan
the carriages and floats are kept.
The emergency hideout found directly behind the headboard
48 Bilik
of the Sultan's bed.
In the kitchen of the bahay kubo, the table on top of which
49 Dapogan
is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove or kalan is known as ___.
51 A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for Prostration Masjid
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75 King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty. Imhotep
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102 Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-Plan. Marcel Lajos Breuer
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130 Founders of the "Art Noveau". John Ruskin and William Moris
134 The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration. Juan Nakpil
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154 Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period) Little Metropole Cathedral, Athens
157 First school which offered architecture in the Philippines Liceo de Manila
162 The oldest and most important forum in Rome. Forum Romanum
167 The room for oils and unguents in the thermae. Unctuaria
A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a square base and four sloping
179 triangular sides meeting at the apex; used mainly in ancient Egypt. Royal pyramids
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182 The steps forming the base of a columned Greek temple Crepidoma
183 The principal chamber in a Greek temple containing the statue of deity. Naos
184 Dry sweating room with apodyteila or dressing room and unctuaria or for oils. Thermae
A great awning drawn over roman theatres and amphitheatres to protect spectators
185 against the sun Velarium
186 Roman apartment block that rose four or more storey high Insula
187 A canopy supported by columns generally placed over an altar or tomb. Baldachino
189 That part of a Greek house or Byzantine Church reserved for women Gymnaceum
192 A rose or wheel window of the Romanesque Church was of ten placed over the West door
194 Projecting ornament at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat. Plough
A slight convex curvature built into truss or beam to compensate for any anticipated
195 deflection so that it will have no sag when under load. Camber
A method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints, principally
196 employed in Renaissance building. Rustication
200 Second Filipino registered architect after the well-known Tomas Mapua Carlos Baretto
201 A mosque principal place of worship, or use of the bldg. for Friday prayers Masjid
Erected to the memory of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal, it was the culminating work in
205 the life of the emperor. Shah-Jehan
In Romanesque arch’re a period where an order founded by St. Bruno in 1806 is notably
206 severe and adorned Cluniac
207 General characteristic of the Romanesque empire was sober & dignified
A rectangular feature in the shape of a pillar, but projecting only about one sixth of its
209 breath from wall pilaster strips
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210 Is a circular tower 16 m ( 52 ft. ) in diameter rising in 8 stories of encircling arcades. campanile
Roughly carved of men and beasts used as support columns of projecting porches and of
211 bishops throne. ambrogio
The first Frankish king who became roman emperor, was crowned in 800 at Rome by the
214 pope, and ruled over the franks, which included central Germany and northern France Alexander
Type of roof in which 4 faces rest diagonally between the gables and converge at the top
215 Helm Roof
Is well endowed with medieval military achre and grand castles are particularly numerous
217 in castle Portugal
219 Sited and designed to secure the routes from coastal ports to Jerusalem Fortress
A projecting wall or parapet allowing floor openings, through w/c molten lead, pitch, stones
221 were dropped only on an enemy below. machicolations
A parapet having a series of indentions or embrasures, between which are raised portions
222 known as merlons battlement
The upstanding part of an embattled parapet, between two crenels/ embrasure openings.
223 merlons
A squared timber used in bldg. construction or a low ridge of earth that marks a boundary
224 line bailey
225 A Scandinavian wooden church with vertical planks forming the walls Steve church
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
226 domestic
drying ground for the large monthly wash
A projection block or spur of stone carried with foliage to decorate the raking lines formed
227 by angles of spires and canopies. crocket
An arch starting from a detached pier and abutting against a wall to take the thrust of the
228 vaulting. buttress
An architectural style which in its period is the English equivalent of the high gothic of
230 northern France first pointed. tudor
232 Vertical tracery members dividing windows into different numbers of lights. tracery
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234 Single and most important building in Britain. West minister abbey
236 The screen/ ornamental work rising behind the altar. cimborio
238 A ledge or shelf behind an altar for holding vases or candles. retablo
240 The largest medieval cathedral and is somewhat German in character in north Italy. Florence Cathedral
A space entirely or partly under a building in churches generally beneath the chancel and
241 used for burial in early times. crypt
A movement which begun in Italy in the 15th century created a break in the continuous
242 revolution of European times. Renaissance
243 In renaissance archre, which is logically staid and serene architectural style? Palladian
A term coined to describe the characteristics of the output of Italian renaissance architects
245 of the period 1530-1600. Characterized by unconventional use of classical elements mannerists
A method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints, principally
246 employed in renaissance buildings Rustication
251 Vertical members dividing windows into different numbers of lights. Mullion
Central shaft of a circular staircase also applied to the post in which the handrail is framed.
258 newel
A type of relief ornament or cresting resembling studded leather straps, arranged in
geometrical and sometimes interlaced patterns; much used in the early renaissance
259 strapwork
archre in England.
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262 A stone gallery over the entrance to the choir of a cathedral or church. pulpitum
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
263 polychromy
variegated materials to achieve brilliant or striking effects
A long dormer on the slope of a roof, it has no sides, the roofing being carried in a nave
265 line. eyebrow
The central rounded of a pattern or ornament, an oculus, one at the summit of a dome.
266 skylight
A vertical steel support cast iron was used until relatively cheap steel became available.
267 reja
268 The sanctuary of a classical temple, containing the cult statue of the God. cella
269 Also known as Siam (before 1993) and was named, meaning “land of the free” Burma
Is the most famous for the eye catching tower he constructed in Paris for the exposition
274 universally of 1889 work of Eiffel tower. Alexandre Gustav Eiffel
One of the pioneers of the modern movement in American architecture. Work auditorium
275 building, U.S. Louis Henry Sullivan
276 Arch of the famous Twin Tower World Trade Center. Yamasaki and Roth
Scottish architect and designer who was prominent in the arts and crafts movement in
277 Great Britain. Charles Mackintosh
Received the “Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinanagan “award for the city of manila, who is the
278 architect? Tomas Mapua
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
279 Frank Gehry
body of work represents a superlative contribution to the field.
His first designs were drawings of fantastic architectural visions in steel and glass as well
280 as costume and poster design. Erich Mendelsohn
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
281 Kahn, Louis
valid elements of older style.
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
282 Antonio Gaudi
and cubist elements.
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
283 Buckminster Fuller
homelessness.
In his practice he explores the use of indigenous materials infused with current
284 technological trends to bring a new dimension in designs. Francisco Manosa
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
285 Gustave Eiffel
at Toulouse and again in France.
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He has actively promoted the use of native architectural forms and indigenous nationals
286 such as bamboo and thatch, in the creation of a distinctively Filipino architecture. Francisco Manosa
French-born, Brazilian architect and urban planner. This famous axiom “Each one sees
287 Lucio Costa
whatever he wishes to see” belongs to,
He was the architect in his time that receives his license as award at his 60’s or at the age
288 of 60 yrs. old. Buckminster Fuller
An important Scottish architect who was particularly known for his interiors based on
289 classical decoration. Robert Adam
He was called “Masters master” where his students are architects like Gropius, Breuer
290 and Van de Rohe Peter Behrens
291 Architect who leads the development of the ‘Quezon Memorial Circle” in Quezon City. Francisco Manosa
One of his stylish choice which are circles and squares were used in his design solutions.
296 Richard Meier
297 His contributions where the advocacy of the idea of planning rooms by volume. Oscar Niemeyer
His solutions to building problem were always direct, transmitting to the ground by the
298 shortest path the stresses developed within the structures. Nervi, Pier Luigi
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318 The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior. le Corbusier
319 The later male counterpart of the caryatid and the name refers to the legend of Atlas, Telamon
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Is an architectural term related to ancient Greek buildings, is the platform of, usually, three
levels upon which the
320 superstructure of the building is erected. The levels typically decrease in size Crepidoma
incrementally, forming a series of steps
along all or some sides of the building.
The Filipino Architect Who Designed the 66Meters(217 ft') height Pylons Quezon
321 Federico Ilustre
Memorial Circle.
is a term used for Ancient Greek Plays in order to describe any of two passageways
323 leading into the orchestra, Eisodos
between theatron and skenê (also known as the parodos).
324 A monumental, four-sided stone shaft, usually monolithic and tapering to a pyramidal tip. Obelisk
325 A caulking material made from old hemp rope fibers that have been treated with tar. Aokum
The architect who claimed that: “The ultimate goal of the new
architecture was the composite but inseparable work of an art, in
337 Walter Gropius
which the old diving line between monumental and decorative
elements will have disappeared forever.”
The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the
338 Le Corbusier
result of the interior
The building that serve as a senate house for the chief dignitaries
339 of the city and as a palace where distinguished visitors and citizens Prytaneion
might be entertained.
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The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan
345 but owes its size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. Built from the Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak
12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic period
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
346 portion of the roof and extends horizontally 0.30 meters beyond the outermost edge of the Firewall; Fireblock
abutting living units?
“The man of learning… can fearlessly look down upon the troublesome accidents of
348 10 books of architecture by Vitruvius
fortune. But he who thinks himself entrenched in defense not of learning but of luck,
It was the first law passed by the national assembly in 1921 where the maestros de obra
349 or the master builders are required to register as architects? Engr's & Archt. Law Act 2986
350 Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as Tomb of Agamemnon
351 The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely if marble is Trajans Column
Early type of settlement in America taken after the “baug” (military town) and “fauborg”
352 Medieval Organic City
(citizen’s town) of the medieval ages
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
353 Queen anne Style
was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English Renaissance and colonial
elements in the USA
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
354 Unite d Habitation
Marseilles?
An English Architect who prepared plan for London i.e., St. Peter ‘s and St. Paul
355 Cathedral; Proposed a Network of Avenues connecting the main features of London. Sir Christopher Wren
The sacred enclosure fond in the highest part of a Greek city is called:
356 Temenos
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
357 Walter Gropius
and decorative elements will have disappeared forever.”
The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior.
358 Le Corbusier
The building that serve as a senate house for the chief dignitaries of the city and as a
359 prytaneion
palace where distinguished visitors and citizens might be entertained
It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single room dwelling elevated
360 at 1.50 meters from the ground; the floor were made of hard wood like narra which rested Kankanay
on 3 floor joist which in turn were supported by transverse girders
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363 Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground in circular form Chromlech
A revival style based on the buildings and publications of the 6th century architect marked
364 Palladianism
by ancient Roman Architectural forms
TS MOST OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS ARE ITS MASSIVE FUNERARY
MONUMENTS & TEMPLES BUILT OF STONE FOR PERMANENCE, FEATURING
365 ONLY POST-AND-LINTEL CONSTRUCTION & CORBEL VAULTS W/ OUT ARCHES & Egyptian Architecture
VAULTING
MODE OF BLDG FOLLOWING THE STRICT ROMAN FORMS, A SET FORTH IN THE
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ITALIAN REN. ARCH’T.ANDREA PALLADIO (1508-1580).
371 Palladianism
STYLE BASED ON A CLOSED STUDY OF ANTIQUITY.
TRANSITIONAL STYLE IN ARCH’RE & THE ARTS IN THE LATE 16th. CENT,
CHARATERIZED IN ARCH’RE BY UNCOVENTIONAL USE OF CLASSICAL
372 Mannerism
ELEMENTS.
IS CHARACTERIZED BY INTERPRETATION OF OVAL SPACES, CURVED SURFACES,
& CONSPICUOUS USE DECORATION, ACULPTURE & COLOR. ITS LAST PHASE IS
373 CALLED “ROCOCO BOLD, OPULENT & IMPRESSIVE TYPE OF ARCH’RE. Baroque
ENGLISH ARCH’L & DECORATIVE STYLE OF THE EARLY 17th CENT. , ADAPTING
THE ELIZABETHAN STYLE TO CONTINENATL RENAISSANCE INLUENCES; NAMED
378 Jacobean Architecture
AFTER JAMES I
THE PREVAILING STYLE OF THE 18th CENT. IN GREAT BRITAIN & THE NORTH
AMERICAN COLONIES, SO NAMED AFTER GEORGE I, II, III, BUT NOT INCLUDE
379 Gregorian Architecture
GEORGE IV. DERIVED FROM CLASSICAL, RENAISSANCE, & BAROQUE FORMS.
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Mythical monsters each with the body of a lion and a head of a man, hawk, ram or woman
381 Sphinx
possessed
An ancient Egyptian rectangular, flat-topped funerary mound with battered (sloping) sides
382 Mastaba
covering a burial chamber blow ground
Huge monoliths, square on plan and tapering to an electrum-capped (alloy of silver &
383 gold) “pyra-midion” at the summit, which was the sacred part. The four sides are cut with Obelisk
hieroglyphics
A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a square base and four sloping
384 Pyramid
triangular sides meeting at the apex
Consists of a complex of “sarsen” (any of the many large sedimentary rocks that have
386 been broken into blocks by frost action and are found scattered across the chalk downs of Stonehenge
southern England )stones and smaller blue stones set in a circle and connected by lintels
Artificial Mountains made up of tiered (layered), rectangular stages which rose in number
387 Ziggurat
from one to seven
388 Pictorial representation of religious ritual, historic events and daily pursuits Hieroglyphics
An ancient structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large upright
389 Dolmen
stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone
Any of the pieces, in the shape of a truncated wedge, which form an arch or a vault. A
390 wedge-shaped stone: a wedge-shaped brick or stone used to form the curved parts of an Voussoirs
arch or vault
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,
391 especially a semicircular recess in a larger hall with a continuous bench along the wall; Exedra
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)
392 The sanctuary of a classical temple, containing the cult statue of the god Cella
Domical mounds which grouped with their rails, gateways, professional paths and
393 crowning umbrella came to be known as symbols of the universe; a Buddhist shrine, Stupa
temple, or pagoda that houses a relic or marks the location of an auspicious event.
An adjective used to describe an artist who selects forms and ideas from different periods
394 Eclectic
or countries and combines them to produce a harmonious whole.
396 a large fortified (armed) place; a fort often including a town; any place of security. Fortress
the term applied to the triangular curved overhanging surface by means of which a circular
397 dome is supported over a square or polygonal compartment. a sloping triangular piece of Pendentive
vaulting between the arches that support a dome and its rim
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Pre-Columbian edifice dedicated to the service or worship of their god which is made of
398 stones entered by a single door to a very steep single flight of steps, above it rises a high Mayan Temple Pyramid
stone roof
Term in a specialized sense to describe one of the attitudes of taste towards architecture
399 and landscape gardening in the late 18th and early 19th century; very attractive: visually Picturesqueness
pleasing enough to be the subject of a painting or photograph
A term originally applied painting on a wall while the plaster is wet and is not in oil colors.
400 painting done on fresh plaster: a painting on a wall or ceiling made by brushing Fresco
watercolors onto fresh damp plaster, or onto partly dry plaster
A long colonnaded building, served many purposes, used around public places and as
401 shelter at religious shrines; an ancient covered walkway: in ancient Greece, a covered Stoa
walkway, usually with a row of columns on one side and a wall on the other
Carved male figures serving as pillars also called TELAMONES; architecture figure of
402 man used as support: a figure of a man, either standing or kneeling, used as a support for Atlantes
the upper part of a classical building
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
404 Entasis
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
The vertical channeling on the shaft of a column; architecture: groove in column: a groove
405 Flutes
running down an architectural column
the portion of a pedestal between its base and cornice. A term also applied to the lower
407 Daado
portions of walls when decorated separately.
408 The sharp edge formed by the meeting of two surface usually in DORIC columns Arris
a small flat band between mouldings to separate them from each other. architecture flat
409 Fillets
narrow moulding: a raised or sunken ornamental surface set between larger surfaces
A triangular piece of wall above the entablature enclosed by raking cornices; architecture
410 gable on colonnade: a broad triangular or segmental gable surmounting a colonnade as Pediment
the major part of a facade
Town square, was the center of social and business life, around which were stoas, or
412 Agora
colonnaded porticoes, temples, markets, public buildings, monuments, shrines.
Palatial public baths of Imperial Rome raised on a high platform; hot springs: hot springs
414 Thermae
or baths, especially the public baths of ancient Rome
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A roman structure where immense quantities of water were required for the great thermae
416 and for public fountains, and for domestic supply for the large population; a channel for Aquaducts
water: a pipe or channel for moving water to a lower level, often across a great distance
Corresponds (links) to the Agora in a Greek city was a central open space, used a public
417 Forum
meeting space, market or rendezvous for political demonstrations.
A turret (small rounded tower) or part of a building elevated above the main building.
418 Pinaccle
architecture pointed ornament: a pointed ornament on top of a buttress or parapet
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,
419 Sarcophagus
surmounted by lids like roofs terminating in scrolls. stone coffin: an ancient stone or
marble coffin, often decorated with sculpture and inscriptions
A term applied to monumental tombs. They consisted of large cylindrical blocks, often on
420 Mausolleum
a quadrangular podium, topped with a conical crown of earth or stone.
Sunk panels, caissons or lacunaria formed in ceilings, vaults or domes; sunken panel in a
422 Coffers
ceiling: a decorative sunken panel in a ceiling
423 A mass of masonry built against a wall to resist the pressure of an arch & vault. Butress
an arch covering in stone or brick over any building; architecture arched ceiling: an arched
424 structure of stone, brick, wood, or plaster that forms a ceiling or roof; a room with arched Vault
ceiling: a room, especially an underground room, with an arched ceiling
427 a basin usually of stone which holds the water for baptism. Font
A vault having a circular plan, and usually in the form of a sphere portion, so constructed
428 Dome
as to exert an equal thrust in all directions
429 A raised stage in a Basilican church reserved for the clergy Bema
430 A range of arches supported on piers or columns attached to or detached from the wall. Arcade
A raised pulpit on either side of a Basilican church from which the epistle of a gospel were
431 Ambo
read
432 Decorative surfaces formed by small cubes of stones, glass & marble Mosaic
A canopy supported by columns generally placed over an altar or tomb. Also known as
433 Baldachino
“CIBORIUM”.
A longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by
434 Aisle
arcades or the like.
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
435 Nave
the use of clergy and choir, often separated from the nave by a screen or steps) usually
flanked by aisles of less height
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437 A small pavilion, usually open – built in gardens & parks. Kiosk
An inward-looking building whose prime purpose is for contemplation & prayer. A space
438 Mosque
without object of adoration. (Muslim)
A block of stone, often elaborately carved or moulded, projected from a wall, supporting
439 Corbel
the beams of a roof, floor or vault.
a tall tower in, or continuous to a mosque arch stairs leading up to one or more balconies
440 Minaret
from which the faithful are called to prayer
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
443 Squinch
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
445 An empty tomb. A monument erected in memory of one not interred in or under it. Cenotaph
A double curve, resembling the letter “S”, formed by the union of a curve and a convex
446 Ogee
line
447 The central stone of a semi-circular arch, sometimes sculptured. Keystone
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
448 Iconostasis
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
451 Geometrical ornaments due to absence of human and animal statues; an ornate design Arabesque
The triangular space enclosed by the curve of an arch, a vertical line from its springing, a
452 horizontal line through its apex. A space between one arch or another. Space between two Spandrel
arches and a cornice
453 small towers, often containing stairs, and forming special features in medieval buildings. Turret
Vertical tracery members dividing windows into different numbers of light. A vertical
454 window divider: a vertical piece of stone, metal, or wood that divides the panes of a Mullions
window or the panels of a screen
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457 a (shell) or a recess in a wall, hallowed like a shell for a statue or ornament. Niche
(Lump or knob) or projecting ornament at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether
458 Boss
vaulted or flat.
Is a rectangular feature in the shape of a pillar, but projecting only about one sixth of its
459 Pilaster Strip
breadth (distance from side to side) from the wall.
461 – The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a gothic window. Tracery
The high platform on which temples were generally placed (in general, any elevate
462 platform). A foundation wall: a low wall forming a foundation or base, for example for a Podium
colonnade
The part of a cruciform church, projecting at right angles to the main building. Wings of
463 church: the part of a cross-shaped church that runs at right angles to the long central part Transept
(nave)
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
464 Rib & Panel
angle with something), longitudinal and diagonal ribs to which the form of the panels was
adopted
465 Special term for a lantern or raised structure above a roof admitting light into the interior Cimborio
466 A room where food is stored; a pantry ( a walk-in cupboard); a cupboard Larder
A slight convex curvature built into a truss or beam to compensate for an anticipated
470 Camber
deflection so that it will gave no sag when under load.
Covered passages around an open space or “Garth”, connecting the church to the chapter
471 Coisters
house; a small courtyard or enclosed space
472 A serving room between kitchen and dining room, or a room for storage of food supplies Pantry
473 A vault in which the ribs compose a “star-shaped” pattern Stellar Vault
One of a number of short vertical members often circular in section used to support a stair
479 Baluster
handrail or a coping (wall’s capping surface).
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A tower not connected with “Bell”. A term applied to the upper room in a tower in which
482 Belfry
the bells are hung.
The entire construction of a classical temple or the like, between the columns and the
483 Entablature
eaves usually composed of an architrave, frieze, and a cornice.
(BRITISH) The hall built or used by medieval association as of merchants and tradesmen,
484 organized to maintain standards that constituted a governing body. (Doge = Italian Doge's Hall
renaissance chief magistrate)
(little house for pleasure & recreation). A prominent structure, generally distinctive in
485 Pavillion
character.
The space about the altar of a church, usually separated by a screen for the clergy and
486 Chancel
other officials, usually referred to as the “choir
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
487 Quoins
when it is different, for example in size or material, from the other blocks or bricks in the
wall
A space entirely or partly under a building; in churches, generally beneath the chancel and
489 used for burial in earlier times. An underground chamber: an underground room or vault, Crypt
often below a church, used as a burial chamber or chapel, or for storing religious artifacts
The central shaft of a circular staircase. Also applied to the post in which the handrail is
490 Newel
framed.
491 The chief magistrate’s buildings, in the former republic of Venice & Genoa. Doge's Palace
A spherical roof, (a dome-shaped roof) placed like an inverted cup over a circular square
492 or multi-angular apartment. A dome on roof: a small dome on a roof, sometimes made of Cupola
glass and providing natural light inside
A construction such as a tower, at the crossing of a church rising above the neighboring
494 Lantern
roofs and glazed at the sides
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
495 Wreath
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]
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A roof having a double slope on four sides; the lower slope being much steeper and the
497 Mansard
flatter upper portion. Also known as the gambrel roof.
A room decorated with plants, sculpture and fountains (often decorated with beautiful
498 Maiden living in Rivers, trees) and intended for relaxation. [nymph: a spirit or a minor Nymphaeum
goddess of nature; or a beautiful young woman]
A Spanish arcaded or colonnaded yard; a paved area outside a house: a paved area
504 adjoining a house, used for outdoor dining, growing plants in containers, and recreation. A Patio
roofless courtyard: a roofless inner courtyard typical of a Spanish-style house
507 A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue or an icon. Tabernacle
(to walk) the cloister (covered walkway around a courtyard) or covered passage around
508 Ambulatory
the east end of the church, behind the altar.
Also called “key pattern” the upper portion of the pinnacle [pinnacle: pointed ornament: a
509 pointed ornament on top of a buttress or parapet]; an architectural decoration: a carved Finial
decoration at the top of a gable, spire, or arched structure
a raised platform reserved for the seating of speakers and dignitaries; a raised platform: a
510 Dais
raised platform at the end of a hall or large room. [podium, platform, pulpit, stage]
The window of a protruded bay or the windowed bay itself. A protruding window: a rounded
511 Bay Window
or three-sided window that sticks out from an outside wall and forms a recess on the inside
512 Bulbous termination to the top of a tower, found principally in Central & Eastern Europe Helm Roof
A communicating passage or wide corridor for pictures and statues. An upper storey for
513 Gallery
seats in a church
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A type of relief ornament or cresting [cresting: a decorative roof ridge: an ornamental ridge
514 on a roof ] resembling the studded leather straps arranged in geometrical and sometimes Strapwork
interlaced patterns much used in the early renaissance architecture of England.
One of the winged heavenly beings that support the throne of God or act as guardian
516 Cherubs
spirits, or Chubby, a rosy-faced child with wings
Earth-baked (unglazed) or burnt in moulds. For use in construction, harder in quality than
517 Terracotta
brick. [brownish red color]
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
519 Plateresque Architecture
heavily decorated architectural style fashionable in 16th-century Spain, reminiscent of
elaborate silverware
520 An elevated enclosed stand in a CHURCH in which the preacher stands Pulpit
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
521 Belvedere
formal garden; a building with fine view: a building or part of a building positioned to offer a
fine view of the surrounding area
An expression of Spanish baroque architecture and sculpture, a recurrent feature was the
522 richly garlanded spiral columns. [flamboyant-showy; brightly colored; highly decorated Churrigueresque
ornamentation]
A movable candle lamp-stand with central shaft, and often branches or decorative
523 representation thereof; a branching light fitting: a large decorative candle holder with Candelabra
several arms or branches, or a similarly shaped electric light fitting
Outstanding architectural creation in Sri Lanka which is a circular relic house built in stone
525 Wata Dage
and brick.
Picturesque composition built in America since 1980. Hall timbering and massive
526 medieval chimney. Identified by prominent gables and large expansive windows with Tudor Revival
small panes.
527 a large convex moulding used principally in the bases of columns. Torus
Most typical Chinese building, usually octagonal in plan, odd number o stories usually 9 or
528 13 storeys and repeated roofs, highly colored and with upturned eaves, slopes to each Pagoda
storey.
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
529 Bungallow
simply-built one-storey house with a veranda and a wide, gently sloping roof in Southeast
Asia and the South Pacific
A glazed earth ware originally made in Italy; pottery with colored glaze: earthenware
530 Faience
decorated with colored opaque metallic glazes (often used before a noun)
Monumental pillars standing free without any structural function, with circular or octagonal
531 shafts with inscriptions carved in it. The capital was bell-shaped and crowned with animal Stambas / Laths
supported bearing the Buddhist will of Law.
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Most famous of ancient Chinese building undertakings. It snakes, loops, and doubles
532 back on itself. Meandering across valleys, plains, scaling mountains, plunging into deep Great Wall
gorges and leaping raging rivers of 3,700 miles.
An art free from any historical style characterized by forms of nature for ornamentation in
533 Art Noveau
the façade aptly called for the floral design.
a school founded by Gropius in 1919, developing a form of training intended to relate art
534 bauhaus
and architecture to technology and the practical needs of human life.
a type of timber framing in America about 1820s wherein it owes its strength to the walls,
539 Baloon Framing
roof acting as diaphragms, and not on the post. It is an extension of the roof.
540 A Chinese ceremonial gateway erected in memory of an eminent person Pai Lou
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.
542 Antillan House
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.
543 An open-roofed gallery in an upper storey built for giving a view of the scenery. Belvedere
In Japan, a structure where the appreciation of the arts and flower arrangement, with
544 Tea House
drinking ceremony is done
Cordillera one room house on four wooden posts with an animal or insect barrier and a
546 Ifugao/ Bontoc House
pyramidal roof Cogon grass built without nails
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
547 Nipa House
canopies in the Interiors. The protruding ends of floor beams are decorated with intricate
carvings
Lowlands area house with pithed roof, made of bamboo poles, thatch roof with woven slit
548 maranao House
canes for walls and split bamboo slats flooring
Made of 0.75 m. thick stone of lime wall with thick thatched roof made of several layers of
549 cogon and held together by seasoned sticks or reeds and rattan to withstand fiercest Ivatan House
typhoons in the north
An arcade of roofed gallery built into or projecting from the side of a building particularly
550 one overlooking an open court. A covered balcony and walkway: a covered open-sided Loggia
walkway, often with arches, along one side of a building
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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
551 Irrimoya Gable
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.
“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
553 Trompel o Eil
extends a hall. A glass cabinet or door is painted with cows and chicken and make-
believe or create an outdoor scene.
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
554 Country House
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
1930s modernist’s style of art inspired by mechanical forms and chiefly distinguished by
555 geometrical shapes, bold color schemes and symmetrical designs, suitable for mass Art Deco
production
Turret(medieval) ; minaret (Islamic);steeple (church tower & spire)(term use for spire
558
crowned towers)
Pinacle
Pinnacle(highest point); fleche (a church spire); spire (tapering termination of a gothic
559
church tower); finial (a design at the top of a spire)
561 Quoins (just a corner stone) vs. squinch (structural arch to support a dome) Quoins / Squinch
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largest
- geatest example of greek architecture
- archt. Ictinus
- master sculptor- Callicrates
574 Partenon
- Doric temple
- naos- made of gold and ivory
- holds the statue of Athena
580 2. Caves
591 4. Houses of one room, entered by a single door & without windows
594 1. Columnar & trabeated (have horizontal beams rather than archs)
Greek Architecture
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601 3. Concrete is now used [composition of lime, sand, pozzolana & broken bricks or small stones.
606 1. Novel development of the Dome to cover polygonal and square plans of churches
Byzantine Architecture
607 2. Tomb & baptisteries by means of “pendentives”
610 2. Minarets
617 4. Formal massing depends on the grouping of towers and the projection of transepts & choir.
Renaissance Architecture
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630 8. salon
2. Reflected in the predilection (liking) for highly textured, colorful materials, asymmetry &
632
informality.
635 5. Taller buildings were designed due to concrete & cast iron frames.
1. Repetition of standard bays, both plan & elevation, an affinity (similarity) with bay system,
638 Continental Europe
programmatically adopted with the introduction of iron construction
1. Free-standing glass sheath suspended on a framework across the face of the building or curtain
643
wall.
2. Buddhist religious buildings or shrines took the form of STUPAS (Buddhist shrine or pagoda),
648
and are designed for congregational use.
651 5. Various BAS reliefs depicting scenes of daily life and story of Buddha
652 6. The female form in its voluptuous (sensual) form is often used
654 2. A circular relic house (wata-dage) built in stone & brick is an outstanding architectural creation.
Sri Lanka
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4. Windows with lacquered wood bars, carved timber doorways, ornamental metalwork door
656
furniture, painted walls.
1. Cupola Roofs (dome shaped roof or dome on roof), spanning with arched squinches, the square
657 chamber angles, lantern roof and coffered dome, an elaborate system of hexagon, each containing the
statue of Buddha
3. A monumental pillar generally supporting a metal superstructure adorned with mystic symbols,
659
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
660
cornice and fancifully decorated with carving, embossing, tinkling bells and hanging lamps.
662 6. Pillars and beams are painted “yellow or red” and “painted silks” hang from the roof.
664 2. Using stone without mortar fitted perfectly and numerous colossal towers
3. Religious buildings overlaid with ornamentation of Chinese characters, surfaces often finished
665
with porcelain tile
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
666 4. Walls are white stucco, (wall plaster)
669 7. Doors and window shutters are of carved wood, lacquered in black and gold.
1. Roof ridges are laden with elaborate ornamental cresting and the up-tilted angles are adorned with
670
fantastic dragons and grotesque ornament.(distorted bizarre)
671 2. Roofs one on top of the other using S-shape enameled tiles.
China
672 3. Roof framing in “rectangle” and not triangle.
674 5. Column brackets are decorated with birds, flowers and dragons.
675 1. Light and delicate timber construction is refined by a minute carving & decoration
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Japan
1. Use of indigenous (natural) materials for houses like bamboo, palm leaves, sturdy wooden posts,
680
carved wooden sidings, cogon grass roof.
685 1. Beehives,
686 2. huts,
687 3. caves,
Pre Historic Period - Structures
688 4. tents,
690 6. igloos
691 1. Sphinx,
Saqqara, Egypt
692
693 3. Obelisks,
696
706 1. Acropolis,
2. Parthenon-temple, Architect: Itchinus and Callicrates with Phidias
Location: Athens, Greece
707 Style: Ancient Greek Doric
709 3. Agora,
Epidaurus Theater
Architect: Polykleitos Greek Buildings
Location: Epidauros, or Epidhavros, Greece
Style: Ancient Greek
710
achievements of the fourth century.
712 5. stoa, - ancient covered walkway, usually with a wall on one side and a row of columns at the other
1. The Pantheon
118 - 126
Architect: Acrippa
Location: Rome, Italy
Style: Ancient Roman
715
oculus – a single circular opening
2. Forums,Trajan’s Forum
100 – 112
Architect: Apollodorus of Damascus
Location: Rome, Italy
716 Style: Roman
Roman Buildings
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718 4. Thermae,
719 5. Amphitheatres,
722 8. gateways,
723 9. aqueducts
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Washington Monument
Architect: Robert Mills
Location: Washington, D.C.
763 Style: Neo-Egyptian
American Structures
768 5. Bungalows
The Louvre
1546 to 1878
Architect: Pierre Lescot
Location: Paris, France
Building type: palace, art museum
769
Construction system: cut stone bearing masonry
Style: French Renaissance
Palais Royal
770
Arc de Triomphe
771
of the Champs Elysees
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Pompidou Centre
1972 to 1976
Architect: Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano
Location: Paris, France
Building Type: modern art museum
772
Construction system: high-tech steel and glass
Style: High-tech modern
Elysee Palace
1718
775 Architect: Claude Mollet
Hotel de Invalides
776
La Madeleine
Architect: Napoleon I
777
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Chartres Cathedral
1194 to 1260
Location: Chartres, France
Building type: cathedral
Construction system: bearing masonry
778
Style: Gothic exemplar
Rheims Cathedral
779
Eiffel Tower
1887 to 1889
Architect: Gustave Eiffel
Location: Paris, France
Building Type: exposition observation tower
780 Construction system: exposed iron
Style: Victorian Structural Expressionist
Sorbonne
781
British Museum
1823 to 1847
Architect: Sir Robert Smirke
Location: London, England
Building type: art and historical museum, library
782 Construction system: masonry, cut stone
Style: Victorian Ionic façade,
Classical Revival
Foster
Salisbury Cathedral
1220 to 1258
Location: Salisbury, England
Building type: Cathedral (church, temple)
Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone
783 Style: English Gothic
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Queen’s House
1616 to 1635
Architect: Inigo Jones – the greatest of English Classical architect
Location: Greenwich, England
784 Building type: large house
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: Palladian, Late English Renaissance
Somerset House
1776 to 1786
Architect: William Chambers
Location: London, England
Building type: government offices and art school
785
Construction system: cut stone masonry
Style: Neoclassical
rusticated base
Chiswick House
1729
Architect: Lord Burlington
Location: Chiswick, England
787 Building type: large house
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: Palladian
Westminster Palace
1836 to 1868
Architect: Sir Charles Barry
Location: London
Building type: seat of government, government center
788
Construction system: cut stone bearing masonry
Style: English Gothic Revival
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Durham Cathedral
1093 to 1280
Location: Durham, England
Building type: church, cathedral
Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone
789
Style: Romanesque
Buckingham Palace
Architect: sir George Goring
791
Temple of Heaven
Location: China
801
Hagia Sofia
532 to 537
Architect: Isidoros and Anthemios
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Building type: church
Construction system: bearing masonry
802
Style: Byzantine
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Pisa Cathedral
103 to 1350
Location: Pisa, Italy
Building type: church complex
Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone, white marble
804 Style: Romanesque
Florence Cathedral
1296 to 1462
Architect: Arnolfo di Cambio
Location: Florence, Italy
Building type: domed church, cathedral
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: Italian Romanesque
805
Alhambra
1338 to 1390
Location: Granada, Spain
Building type: palace
Construction system: bearing masonry
807 Style: Moorish (Islamic)
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Casa Batllo
1905 to 1907
Architect: Antonio Gaudi
Location: Barcelona, Spain
808 Building type: apartment building
Construction system: concrete
Style: Expressionist or Art Nouveau
Casa Mila
1905 to 1910
Architect: Antonio Gaudi
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Building type: multifamily housing
Construction system: masonry and concrete
809
Style: Art Nouveau
dwellings
Sagrada Familia
1882 to 1926
Architect: Antonio Gaudi
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Building type: church
810 Construction system: masonry
Style: Expressionist
Taj Mahal
1630 to 1653
Architect: Emperor Shah Jahan
Location: Agra, India
Building type: Islamic tomb
811 Construction system: bearing masonry, inlaid marble
Style: Islamic
812 “shrine of freedom”, designed by Father Antonio Cedeno, with Diego Jordan as engineer Real Fuerza de Santiago (Fort Santiago)
famous walled city within a city; seven gates; completed 1872; made of bricks and hard
813 Intramuros
adobe from the Pasig River quarries; wall are 45 ft thick and rise 25 ft above the moat;
1. roofs at 45 degrees gradient or less
814 Late Spanish Period
2. use of bricks, limestone, hardwood, capiz shells (G.I. sheets and clay tiles or “tisa” were
1. a “regime” of reinforced concrete and galvanized iron
815 American Period
2. Neo-Classical styles
- mediocre design, uncontrolled and hasty rebuilding only resurrected old designs
816 Post War Architecture
- commercial building drew inspiration from contemporary architecture in the West
Movement in 20th Century, art that represented the revolutionary effort of young Italian
817 Futurism
Concrete, steel and glass
Cubist style developed in Germany and Austria (1900s).CHARACTERISTICS:
818 Functionalism
Devoid of ornamentation
Sought for solutions for alternative cheap forms of construction in timber, brick & metal.
819 Utilitarianism
Initiated by British (pre-fab. Architecture)
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827 The great pyramid at Gizeh was built during the 4th dynasty by. Cheops
828 The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty. Rameses 1
The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her
829 Marble
domains had ample supply of was.
830 Greek architecture was essentially. Columnar trabeated
831 Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles Propylaea
The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect
832 Parthenon
building ever erected is the.
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the
833 Arch and vault
Romans achieved huge interiors with the.
834 Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks. Composite
From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice
835 Domical roof construction
of using.
836 The finest and remaining example of Byzantine architecture. St. Sophia, Constantinople
837 The architectural character of the Romanesque architecture is. Sober and dignified
Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the
838 Marble
use of what material for facing walls.
839 The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome. Pantheon
840 The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple. Pteroma
842 An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places. Stoa
843 The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City. Acropolis
An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles
844 Antefix (Antefixae)
that cover the joints of the flat tiles.
Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually,
845 Acroterion / Acroterium
the ornament itself.
846 Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament. Anthemion
847 In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine. Apotheca
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854 The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window. Tracery
856 A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for prostration. Masjid
859 In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun-dried bricks. Ziggurat
860 The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps. Doric
868 What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style? Art Noveau
871 Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement. Embrasures
878 A vault created when two barrel vaults intersect at the right angles. Groin Vault
882 A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the castle. Bartizan
883 A hall built in Roman Empire for the administration of justice. Basilica
885 A roof in which 4 faces rests diagonally between the gables and converge at the roof. Helm Roof
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889 A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the structure must be well oriented'. Caesar Homer Concio
895 King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty. Imhotep
898 Art Noveau style first appeared in what structure. Tussel House
900 Art Noveau is known as the international style, in Germany it is known as ___. Jugendstijl
902 First school which offered architecture in the Philippines. Liceo de Manila
907 The falling water by Frank Lloyd Wright is also known as ___. Kaufman House
913 The convex projecting molding of eccentric curve supporting the abacus of a Doric capital. Echinus
915 Greek equivalent of the Roman forum, a place of open air assembly or market. Agora
917 The very ornate style of architecture developed in the later renaissance period. Baroque
A multi-storied shrine like towers, originally a Buddhist monument of diminishing size with
918 Pagoda
corbelled cornice and moldings.
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920 From the Greek forms of temple, the three where it lies is known as ___. Crepidoma
921 From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear. Amphi-Prostyle
924 The cistern storage of collected rainwater underneath the azotea of the bahay na bato. Aljibe
926 In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the ___. Naos
928 A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian churches. Bema
929 A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap. Console
939 How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral? 176
942 A plant whose leaves form the lower portions of the Corinthian capital. Acanthus
946 A standard, usually of length, by which the proportions of a building are determined. Module
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954 A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art. Tokonama
956 The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome. Hagia Sophia
962 A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the atrium of an early Christian basilica. Cantharus
964 An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church. Baldachino
965 A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue. Tabernacle
967 A tower in the Muslim Mosque used to call people to prayer. Minaret
972 Projecting blocks of stone carved with foliage, typical in Gothic architecture. Crocket
975 A rectangular or square slab supporting the column at the base. Plinth
976 A low screen wall enclosing the choir in early Christian church. Chancel
978 This church in the Philippines is the seat of the Malolos Congress. Barasoain Church
983 The most stupendous and impressive of the rock-cut-temples. Great Temple, Abu Simbel
984 The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II is carved in the pylon of the ___. Great Temple, Abu Simbel
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985 Favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians. Palm, Lotus, and Papyrus
986 Two main classes of temples in Egyptian Architecture. Mortuary and Cult Temples
988 Structure whose corners are made to face the four cardinal points. Ziggurat
989 Structure whose sides are made to face the four cardinal points. Pyramid
990 Egyptian temples for the popular worship of the ancient and the mysterious gods. Cult Temple
993 A recessed or alcove with raised seats where disputes took place. Exedra
997 A building in Greek and Roman for exercises or physical activities. Gymnasium
998 The three chamber of a Greek temple. Pronaos, Naos, and Epinaos
1008 Roman building which is a prototype of the hippodrome of the Greek. Circus
1009 Roman building for which gladiatorial battles took place. Colosseum
1012 A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front. In Antis
1013 A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front and rear. Amphi-Antis
1016 The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters. Epidauros
1017 What orders did the Etruscans and the Romans add making 5 in all? Tuscan and Composite
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1020 The oldest and most important forum in Rome. Forum Romanum
1030 A water clock or an instrument for measuring time by the use of water. Clepsydra
1031 The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon'. Treasury of Atreus
1035 Both the regula and the mutule has guttae numbering a total of ___. 18
1037 The water-leaf and tongue is a usual ornament found in the ___. Cyma Reversa
1038 The Corona is usually painted with the ___. Key Pattern
1039 Greek sculptures may be classified as "architectural sculpture, free standing statuary, Sculptured Reliefs
1040 One of the best examples of a surviving megaron type of Greek domestic building. House #33
1041 The molding that is often found in the Doric Order. Bird's Beak
1046 A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks. Opus Mixtum
A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly
1047 Opus Incertum
resembling polygonal work.
1048 A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect. Opus Recticulatum
1049 A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints. Opus Quadratum
1050 A Roman structure used as hall of justice and commercial exchanges. Basilica
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1051 A type of monument erected to support a tripod, as a prize for athletic exercises or
Choragic Monument
1052 musical competitions in Greek festivals.
A type of ornament in classic or renaissance architecture consisting of an assemblage of
1053 Fret
straight lines intersecting at right angles, and of various patterns.
Figures of which the upper parts alone are carved, the rest running into a parallelopiped or
1054 Termini
diminishing pedestal.
1055 Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes. Opus Tesselatum
1059 The atrium type of house originated with the ___. Etruscans
1064 The dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance Iñigo Jones
1065 A pillared hall in which the roofs rests on the column in Egyptian temples. Hypostyle Hall
1066 Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak? Thothmes I
1068 He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for living". Buckminster Fuller
1069 Tombs built for the Egyptian nobility rather than the royalty. Rock-Hewn Tombs
1076 The room for oils and unguents in the thermae. Unctuaria
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1084 In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church Apse
1085 The iconoclastic movement during the Byzantine period forbade the use of ___. Statues
1087 Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia, Constantinople) Anthemius and Isidorus
1089 Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period) Little Metropole Cath., Athens
1090 One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without
Nea Moni
1091 cross-arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building.
1093 the covered passage around an open space or garth, connecting the church to the chapter
Cloisters
1094 house, refectory and other parts of the monastery.
1095 The prominent feature of the facades in Romanesque Central Italy. Ornamental Arcades
1096 The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west Worms Cathedral
The term applied to the Episcopal church of the diocese and also the important structure
1097 Cathedral
of the Gothic period.
1098 The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante. Greek Cross
1099 The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderna. Latin Cross
1109 Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-Plan. Marcel Lajos Breuer
1110 Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin shell construction. Felix Outerino Candela
1111 In the Doric Order, the shaft terminates in the ___. Hypotrachelion
1114 This temple is dedicated to 'Wingless Victory'. Temple of Nike Apteros, Athens
This structure in Greece was erected by Andronikos Cyrrhestes for measuring time by
1115 Tower of the Winds, Athens
means of a clepsydra internally and sun dial externally.
1116 In the Cyma Reversa molding of the Romans, what ornaments are usually found? Acanthus and Dolphin
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1119 Egyptian Temple for popular worship of the ancient and mysterious gods. Cult Temple
1132 Like Caryatids and Atlantes, this is a three-quarter length figures. Herms
1133 This is a pedestal with human, animal, or mythological creatures at the top. Terms
1137 Founders of the "Art Noveau". John Ruskin and William Moris
1138 Combination of the new art and the graphing of the old art. Eclecticism
1144 The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration. Juan Nakpil
Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre, this church in Rizal whose design
1145 Morong Church
depicts the heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure.
This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr. Miguel Murguia, has an unusually large bell
1146 Panay Capiz
which was made from approximately 70 sacks of coins donated by the towns people.
1147 Architect of SM Megamall. Antonio Sin Diong
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1163 Less is more only when more is too much Frank Loyd Wright
1164 FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM EERo Saarinen
1166 RCHITECTURE MUST MEET 3 REQUIREMENTS: STENGTH, BEAUTY, UNITY Marcus Vitruvius
The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to
1169 Lao Tse
be lived in
LEVER HOUSE - was one of the earliest steel and glass office towers and the first such
1170 SOM
tower in New York City.
1171 CHRYSLER BUILDING, NY Willian Van Allen
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1191 John Hancock Center, Chicago Illinois Bruce Graham & SOM
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.
1198 Philip Jhonson
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.
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PHILOSOPHY:
1200 Louis Khan
“ Searching for a materials want to be.”
WORKS:
Yale Art Gallery w/ Douglas Orr
Alfred Newton Richard’s Medical Center
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
1201 Perret Auguste
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
American architect, who was a pioneer of the modern style. He is considered one of the
1202 Frank Loyd Wright
greatest figures in 20th-century architecture.
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
1203 Eero Saarinen
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
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PHILOSOPHY:
“ Beauty grows from the necessity not from repetition of formulas.”
1204 Eliel Saarinen
WORKS:
Cranbook School, Michigan
Christ Church, Minneapolis
Helsinki Railroad Station, Finland
National Museum Finland
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.
1205 Pier Luigi Nervi
WORKS:
Municipal Stadium Florence
Fiat Factory, Turin
Italian Embassy, Brazilia
Papal Audience Hall, Vatican City
Australian Embassy, Paris
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”
1206 “ Modern movement was almost right” Robert Charles Venturi
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
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
1207 Anti realist attitude, anti action element in the Japanese life. Kenzo Tange
PHILOSOPHIES:
“ Modern Architecture need not be Western.”
“ The city must be subjected to growth, decay and renewal.”
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1265 CITIC PLAZA Guangzhou, China Dennis Lau & NG Chun Man
1266 EMPIRE STATE BUILDING New York SHREVE, HARMON & LAMB
1267 CENTRAL PLAZA Hong Kong Dennis Lau & NG Chun Man
1269 Two International Finance Centre Hong Kong CESAR ANTONIO PELLI
1271 SHUN HING SQUARE Shenzhen, China Shreve , Lamb & Harmon
1272 East Building, National Gallery of Art 1978 Washington, D.C. IM pei
EGLIS STE. GENEVIEVE (THE PANTHEON (1755-1792) PARIS FRANCE
1273 Jacques Germain Souflot
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1632 Partheon
Itchinus, Callicarates , with Phidias
1633 Erechtheum
Mnesicles
1634 Epidaurus Theater
Polykleitos
1635 The Pantheon
Acrippa
1636 Trajan's Forum
Apollodorus of Damascus
1637 Colosseum
Vespacian and Domitian
1638 White House
James Hoban
1639 Capitol of the United States
Thorton, Latrobe, Bulfinch
1640 National Gallery Of Art
John Russel Pope
1641 Washington Monument
Robert Mills
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1659 Sacre-coeur
Paul Abadie, Lucien Magne
1660 Hotel de Ville
Domencio de Cortona
1661 Arc de Triomphe
1667 La Madelaine
Napoleon I
1668 Sorbonne
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the first architect to be conferred the National Artist award in 1973 for “… his outstanding
talents and services in creating edifices, both private and public, that are conceptually well
designed and conscientiously executed ” 1. Geronimo Reyes Building
2. Capitol Theatre
3. Rizal theatre
1742 4. Manila Jockey Club Juan Nakpil
5. Quezon Institue
6. UP administration building (Quezon Hall)
7. Library Building (Gonzales Hall)
8. SSS (use of folded concrete plates as aesthetic features)
o Buildings:
1. Church of the Risen Lord (UP)
2. Melchor Hall (UP- Eng& Arch building))
1747 3. Palma Hall (UP-CAS building)) Cesar Concio
4. Insular Life Building (1st brise soleil)
5. Children’s Hospital (NORTH General Hospital/Jose Reyes Hospital Pablo Cruz
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the son of the great Filipino painter Juan Luna o Popularized the “El Nido” style
o Buildings:
1. Legarda Elemntary School
2. Regina Building
1754 3. Crystal Arcade Andres Luna de san Pedro
4. Natividad Building
5. Perez-Samanillo Building
6. Insular Life ???
1759 the first registered architect in the Philippines and worked with the Bureau of Public Works
Tomas Mapua
his most enduring contribution is the Mapua institute of Technology, which is the oldest
1760
architectural school in the country
1761 the first and only Art Noveau high-rise in the Philippines
1766 The Ever Theater – the first to use glass as prominent architectural material
Pablo Antonio
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1781 Legislative Bldg (now the National Museum) on Agrifina Circle – neoclassicism
1802 Malacanang
Fernando Ocampo
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1810 Baguio
1835 4. Crystal Arcade – art deco and modern style, precursor of the modern-day shopping mall
5. Perkin’s House – also known as “El Nido” (The Nest), awarded first prize in Manila’s
1836
1925 House Beautiful Contest
1837 Malacanang residence
1843 NAIA
1853 SM
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