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1Blocks resting on the vertex or lower extremes of the pediment?
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"antrixae"
Raking cornice
Moulding
Acroterian
2Greek architecture was essentially?
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Arch and vaulted
Buttressed and domed
Columnar and trabeated
Massive columns
3Romanesque architecture in italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use
of ___for facing walls?
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Bricks
Marble
Mosaic
Granite
4One of Frank Lloyd Wright's organic architecture?
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Falling water
Robbie house
Dulles airport
Petronas tower
5The largest religious structure; beehive-shaped towers?
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Term given by the spaniards
Terminolgy by ancient filipino
From "Balai" for house and Kubo for "cube"
From " balai" for houses and "kubo" for small"
6What do you call a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the
place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head as in the figure shown
above?
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Gargoyle
Caryatid
Atlantes
Statue
7The shaft of the greek order terminates in which part?
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Trachelion
Hypotrachelion
Abacus
Echinus
8An ornamental knoblike projection, as a carved keystone at the intersection of ogives?
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Groin
Boss
Keystone
Rib
9Through gothic centuries the English style that is closest to French style is
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Flamboyant
Decorated
Lancet
Tuscan
10From the given figure, identify the architectural style used?
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Art deco
Renaissance
International style
Modernism
11In Mesopotamian arch., religion called for temples made of sun dried bricks is?
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Megarons
Thakamus
Ziggurats
None
12Building in acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever
erected is?
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Erechtheion
Parthenon
Pantheon
Porch of the maidens
13A continuous base of structure on which a colonnade is placed?
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Stereobate
Stylobate
Crepidoma
Base
14The father of Prestress Concrete?
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Jorn Utzon
Eugene Freyssinet
Santiaga Calatrava
Tadao Ando
15Development of dome to cover polygonal & square plans for churches, tombs and
baptisteries is the character of?
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Gothic
Early Christian
Byzantine
Romanesque
16Which of the following is not a door?
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Trap
Clerestory
Plank and batten
Bifold
17Atrium type of house, characteristic of roman times is believed to have originated w/ the?
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Etruscans
Aegeans
Corsicans
None
18The very ornate architectural style developed in the later renaissance period?
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Baroque
Neoclassicism
Flamboyant
Rayonnant
19Architect / city planner who authored the "ekistics" - the science of human settlements?
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Gropius
Doxiadis
Niemeyer
Vitruvius
20A style influenced by geometric figures?
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Renaissance
Gothic
Romanesque
Art deco
21During macedonian dynasty, what type of plan is very famous?
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Greek cross
Roman cross
circular
Latin cross
22How did romans create a structures with great spans?
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Use of arch
Use of stones pile together
Stone corbel systems
Large column and stone beams
23Architect who designed and advocated the geodesic dome for cities of tomorrow was?
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Mies van der rohe
Le corbusier
Buckminster fuller
Louis kahn
24Who invented a system of well-high universal application based on hyperboloids and
paraboloids in bldgs?
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Frank ghery
Santiago calatrava
Zaha hadid
Antoni gaudi
25What do you call a type of support in the porch of maidens?
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Caryatid
Atlantes
Gargoyle
Statue
26From the given figure, identify the architectural style used?
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Art deco
Art nouveau
Rococo
Baroque
27Through gothic centuries, English lancet arch style is closest to the?
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Spanish style
French style
Italian style
None
28The plan for the colosseum in rome is shaped in the form wha
Ellipse
Circle
Trapezoid
Half-circle
29In the falling water, what is the function of the overhanging slab?
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Terrace
Living
Open dining area
Bedroom
30Traditional maranaw house for the ordinary members of the community?
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Walay
Lamin
Torogan
Dama
31What capital order was used in the parthenon?
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Doric
Ionic
Tuscan
Corinthian
32An ancient roman construction technique, using irregular shaped and random placed
uncut stones?
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Opus caementium
Opus reticulatum
Opus quadratum
Opus incertum
33If a greek temple has a total of 14 columns with a breakdown of 4 in front, 4 at the back
and the rest at both sides, what type of temple is this?
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Peripteral
Prostyle
Amphiprostyle
Dipteral
34A Roman rectangular temples stood on a?
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Crepidoma
Stylobate
Podium
Pedestal
35What is a common striking feature of a church?
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Bell tower
Facade
Butress
Ornated pediments