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He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for "Form does not necessarily follow function"
living"
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
THOTHMES I
“Less is more”
began Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?
CAESAR HOMER CONCIO
PTOLEMY III
A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the structure
Great Serapeum at Alexandria. must be well oriented'.
ALVAR AALTO
NATIONAL ARTIST
Architect and furniture designer.
JUAN NAKPIL 1973
TOMAS MAPUA
1st National Artist for Architecture
First registered architect in the Philippines.
PABLO ANTONIO 1976
AMENEMHAT I
2nd National Artist for Architecture
In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who
o Ideal Theatre (art deco)
consolidate the administrative system, made a survey
o Far Eastern University (Art Deco)
of the country, set boundaries to the provinces
o Dalisay Theater (Art Deco) *DFGLLS
SENUSRET I o Forum Theatre (Art Deco) *DFGLLS
o Galaxy Theater (Art Deco) *DFGLLS
earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis. o Life Theater
VAN ALEN o Lyric Theater
o Scala Theater
Chrysler building in N.Y o Manila Polo Club
RAMESES 1 LEANDRO LOCSIN 1990
The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and 3rd National Artist for Architecture
the founder of the 19th dynasty. o Parish of the Holy Sacrifice
BUCKMINSTER FULLER o St. Andrew the Apostle Church
o Cultural Center of the Philippines
He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for o Philippine International Convention Center
living". (PICC)
o Folk Arts Theater / Tanghalang Francisco
FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT
Balagtas
“Architecture is Organic” o National Arts Center
o Philippine Plaza (Sofitel)
LE CORBUSIER o Davao International Airport
“A is a machine to live in” o Philippine Pavilion 1970
o Manila Stock Exchange
LOUIS SULLIVAN o Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1
o Istana Nurul Iman
"Form follows function"
o Mandarin Oriental Hotel
KENZO TANGE
ILDEFONSO P. SANTOS, JR. 2006
"Modern architecture need not be western"
4th National Artist for Architecture
RICHARD JOSEF NEUTRA o San Miguel Corporation Building
5th National Artist for Architecture considered the most nearly perfect building
o Sto. Domingo Church
ARCH AND VAULT
o Meralco Building
o Philippine Airlines Bldg With the use of concrete made possible by
o Philippine Banking Corporation, Building Port pozzolan, Romans achieved huge interiors with
Area, Manila
o Union Church, Makati COMPOSITE
FRANCISCO BOBBY MANOSA 2018 order was added by the Romans to the orders
used by the Greeks
6th National Artist for Architecture
o The Coconut Palace (Tahanang Filipino) DOMICAL ROOF CONSTRUCTION
o Shrine of our Lady Queen of Peace From the 5th century to the present, the
o Mary Immaculate Parish Church (Nature character of Byzantine architecture is the practice
Church/Focolare Church) of using.
o St. Joseph Parish (Las Piñas Church/Bamboo
Organ Church) ST. SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE
o Pearl Farm Beach Resort
finest and remaining example of Byzantine
o Amanpulo Resort
architecture.
o Mactan Shangri-La Hotel and Resort
o Lanao del Norte Capitol Building SOBER AND DIGNIFIED
o Stations of Light Rail Transit (LRT)
character of the Romanesque architecture is.
PANTHEON
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
most famous and perfect preservation of all
PYRAMID
ancient buildings in Rome.
tomb of the pharaohs is the.
PTEROMA
Tomb of the pharaohs.
face the four cardinal points. The space between the colonnade and the naos
wall in Greek temple.
CHEOPS
GLADIATORIAL CONTESTS
built during the 4th dynasty by.
Amphitheaters are used for ___.
MARBLE
STOA
The mineral of greatest importance to Greek
architecture of which Greece An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded
The use of ___ for facing walls distinguishes shelter used in public places.
Romanesque architecture in Italy from that of the
Acropolis
rest of Europe.
The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient
COLUMNAR TRABEATED
Greek City.
Greek architecture was essentially.
Antefix (Antefixae)
PROPYLAEA
An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof
Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis
ACROTERION / ACROTERIUM
and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the.
Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof
to support an ornament
ANTHEMION DORIC
Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament. massive and tapering columns resting on a base of
3 steps.
ANTHEMION
REFECTORY DIPTERAL
dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college. Greece, double line of columns surrounding the
naos.
BAROQUE
PRYTANEION
curved line is known as
Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek
CORTEL architecture
open court in an Italian palazzo. ART NOVEAU
TRACERY to be free from any historical style?
filling the upper part of a Gothic window. CAMBODIAN
CHA-SIT-SU From what architecture is the Angkor Vat?
Japanese tea house. VAN ALEN
MASJID The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.
mosque for public worship, also known as place EMBRASURES
for prostration.
Another term for crenel or intervals between
STUPA merlon of a battlement.
Domical mound containing a relic. AGRA
BALE Taj Mahal temple is located in
Ifugao house (southern strain). SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE
PYRAMID OF KHUFU
two-barrel vaults intersect at the right angles. Elizabethan Architecture is from what
architecture.
VISAYAN
TUSSEL HOUSE
Sarimanok is a décor reflecting the culture of?
Art Noveau style first appeared in what structure.
GREEK
ASTYLAR
Caryatid porch is from what architecture?
Agora is from what architecture? A faced without columns or pilaster in renaissance
The Parthenon is from what architecture. architecture.
CANEPHORA JUGENDSTIJL
Female statues with baskets serving as columns. Art Noveau is known as the international style, in
Germany it is known as ___.
BARTIZAN
LICEO DE MANILA
corbelled at the corner of the castle.
First school which offered architecture in the
BASILICA Philippines.
A hall built in Roman Empire for the CRENEL
administration of justice.
Embrasures.
HELM ROOF
BALANCE
A roof in which 4 faces rests diagonally between
the gables and converge at the roof. Formal architecture, one of the principles of
composition.
MASU-GUMI
ECLECTICISM
A compound bracket in Japanese architecture.
Different historical styles combined.
CAVETTO
KAUFMAN HOUSE
concave molding approximately quarter round
The falling water also known as
PINNACLE
PALACE OF PERSEPOLIS
What is not required as a feature in modern
Muslim mosque. The xerxes hall of hundred columns was
introduced during the Mesopotamian
BAROQUE FOR OF ORNAMENTATION architecture, which palace was it used.
Major contribution of the Renaissance ECHINUS
Architecture.
The convex projecting molding of eccentric curve
SARCOPHAGUS
supporting the abacus of a Doric capital.
Richly carved coffins of Greece and Mesopotamia. S-TILES
IMHOTEP Pantiles used for Chinese roofings.
King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th AGORA
dynasty.
open air assembly or market.
BOULEUTERION
ENTASIS
The council house in Greece.
A slight vertical curvature in the shaft of a column.
BAROQUE Villa
The very ornate style of architecture developed in Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site.
the later renaissance period
Atrium House
PAGODA
A roman house with a central patio.
A multi-storied shrine like towers, originally a
Romanesque
Buddhist monument of diminishing size with
corbelled cornice and moldings. Revival of classical Roman style
The style emerging in western Europe in the early
ROMAN
11th century, based on Roman and Byzantine
"cubicula" or bedroom is from what architecture. elements, characterized by massive articulated
wall structures, round arches, and powerful vaults,
CREPIDOMA
and lasting until the advent of Gothic architecture.
From the Greek forms of temple, the three where FORUM
it lies is known as ___.
The public square of imperial Rome.
AMPHI-PROSTYLE
CHARTRES CATHEDRAL
From the Greek temples, a temple that have
porticoes of columns at the front and rear. Finest example of French-Gothic architecture
CENOTAPHS 176
Memorial monuments of persons buried How many stained glass are there in the Chartres
elsewhere in Roman architecture. Cathedral?
ALJIBE ARCH
IMPLUVIUM TRIFORIUM
Shallow cistern or drain area in the center of a The space between the sloping roof over the aisle
house. and the aisle vaulting, so also called a blind story.
NAOS Clerestory
In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is A windowed wall that rises above the roof of
the ___. adjacent walls that admit light into the interior.
Crypt Module
the lowest part or member of the entablature; the interior volume of a church.
beam that spans from column to column.
BALDACHINO
ENTABLATURE
ornamental canopy of stone or marble
elaborated beam member carried by the columns. place over the altar in a church.
Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom. topped with a canopy and housing a statue.
OCTAGONAL NICHE
13 MINARET
Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda. Muslim Mosque tower call people to prayer.
TOKONAMA LACUNARIA
Japanese houses, used to display a flower Coffers, sunken panels in the ceiling.
arrangement or art.
BAYON
SQUARE
feature four faces of the compassionate Buddha.
Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda.
MUDEJAR
HAGIA SOPHIA
mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-
The most famous structure of Byzantine 16th century architecture.
architecture and notable of its large dome.
CROCKET
PEDIMENT
stone carved with foliage, typical in Gothic
Triangular piece of wall above the entablature. architecture.
PENDENTIVE ABACUS
A spherical triangle forming the transition from A slab forming the crowning member of the
the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan capital.
of its supporting structure.
CAPITAL
NARTHEX
The crowning member of a column.
A long arcaded entrance porch in church.
PLINTH
NAVE
supporting the column at the base.
The principal or central part of a church,
CHANCEL
extending from the narthex to the choir
A low screen wall enclosing the choir in n church.
AMBULATORY
FRIGIDARIUM
The covered walk of an atrium.
cold section of a Roman Bath.
CANTHARUS
BARASOAIN CHURCH
A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the
atrium of an early Christian basilica. seat of the Malolos Congress.
SERAGLIO STEREOBATE
The palace proper in Assyrian palaces. The lowest step in the crepidoma.
MNESICLES GYMNASIUM
Architect of the famous propylaea, Acropolis. A building in Greek and Roman for exercises or
physical activities.
MNESICLES
PRONAOS, NAOS, AND EPINAOS
Architect of the Erechtheion.
The three chambers of a Greek temple.
HAREM
PINACOTHECA
Private family apartments in Assyrian palaces.
Greek building, contains painted pictures.
GREAT TEMPLE, ABU SIMBEL
PROSTYLE
The most stupendous and impressive of the rock-
cut-temples. Temple with a portico of columns arranged in
front.
GREAT TEMPLE, ABU SIMBEL
INTERCOLUMNIATION
The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II
The clear space in between columns.
PALM, LOTUS, AND PAPYRUS
EUSTYLE
Favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians.
Intercolumniation of 2.25 diameters.
MORTUARY AND CULT TEMPLES
AREOSTYLE
Two main classes of temples in Egyptian
Architecture Intercolumniation of 4 diameters.
Egyptian temples for ministrations to deified
SYSTYLE
pharaohs.
Intercolumniation of 2 diameters.
CULT TEMPLE
1.5 DIAMETERS
Egyptian temples for the popular worship of the
ancient and the mysterious gods. Pycnostyle intercolumniation has how many
diameters?
PERSIAN
3 DIAMETERS
The use of monsters in doorways is prevalent in what
architecture? Diastyle intercolumniation has how many
diameters.
ATLANTES
ODEION
The Greek male statues used as columns.
A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between The oldest circus in Rome.
antae at the front.
VESPASIAN / DOMITIAN
AMPHI-ANTIS
also known as the "flavian amphitheater" was
A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between commenced by whom and completed by whom?
antae at the front and rear.
CLEPSYDRA
GYMNASIUM
A water clock or an instrument for measuring time
In Greek, it is the Roman prototype of the by the use of water.
Thermae.
TREASURY OF ATREUS
DORIC
The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the
Greek order that has no base. 'tomb of Agamemnon'.
EPIDAUROS THERON
The most beautiful and best preserved of the Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum
Greek theaters.
LIBON
TUSCAN AND COMPOSITE
Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.
What orders did the Etruscans and the Romans
COSSUTIUS
add making 5 in all?
Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus,
PANTHEON
Olympius.
The finest of all illustrations of Roman
18
construction.
Both the regula and the mutule has guttae
FORUM ROMANUM
numbering a total of ___.
The oldest and most important forum in Rome.
4-HORSE CHARIOT
XERXES
A quadrigas is a ___.
Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'?
CYMA REVERSA
ARTAXERXES
The water-leaf and tongue is a usual ornament
Who completed the 'hall of hundred columns'? found in the ___.
Architects of the Parthenon. The Corona is usually painted with the ___.
The molding that is often found in the Doric upper parts alone are carved, the rest running into
Order. a parallelopiped or diminishing pedestal.
PERIBOLUS CALLIMACHUS
DOMUS THALAMUS
Roman rectangular temples stood on a ___. The origin of the door architrave.
BEPIDALES ETRUSCANS
Roman large square tiles. The atrium type of house originated with the ___.
The dressing room of the Thermae. Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine
period)
UNCTUARIA
NEA MONI
The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.
square nave and without cross-arms, roofed by a
FORUM
dome which spans to the outer walls of the
Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the building.
EAST LANTERN
Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the A tower raised above a roof pierced to admit light.
SOUTH CLOISTERS
Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the open space or garth, connecting the church to the
chapter house, refectory and other parts of the
WEST monastery.
Orientation of the Medieval Church. ORNAMENTAL ARCADES
CANCELLI facades in Romanesque Central Italy.
The space for the clergy and choir is separated by WORMS CATHEDRAL
a low screen wall from the body of the church
with apses at both east and west ends.
AMBO
CATHEDRAL
pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the
gospel are called. Episcopal church of the diocese and also the
important structure of the Gothic period.
BEMA
GREEK CROSS
raised as part of the sanctuary which later
developed into the transept The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by
Bramante.
APSE
LATIN CROSS
bishop took the central place at the end of the
church The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by
Carlo Maderna.
STATUES
BERNINI
Iconoclastic movement during the Byzantine
period forbade the use of He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter's
Basilica.
CENTRALIZED
DISPENSA
Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.
Used as food storage in the Bahay na Bato.
ANTHEMIUS AND ISIDORUS
FALIG
Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia,
Constantinople) The granary in traditional Bontoc House.
The part of the Corinthian capital without flower. Corresponds to the Greek naos.
ROMAN TRIGLYPH
The Pantheon is from what architecture. The large element in the frieze.
AGRIPPA HENNEVIQUE
HYPOTRACHELION HERMS
In the Doric Order, the shaft terminates Like Caryatids and Atlantes, this is a three-quarter
length figures.
DORIC
TERMS
In what Order is the Parthenon.
This is a pedestal with human, animal, or
IONIC
mythological creatures at the top.
In what Order is the temple of Nike Apteros,
MADRASSAH
Athens
A small payer house in Egyptian architecture.
TEMPLE OF NIKE APTEROS, ATHENS
MOSCOW
This temple is dedicated to 'Wingless Victory'.
Where "Constructivism" originated?
TOWER OF THE WINDS, ATHENS
ERICH MENDELSOHN
This structure in Greece was erected by
Andronikos Cyrrhestes for measuring time by Expressionist Architect.
means of a clepsydra internally and sun dial
JOHN RUSKIN AND WILLIAM MORIS
externally.
Founders of the "Art Noveau".
ACANTHUS AND DOLPHIN
ECLECTICISM
ornaments are found in Cyma Reversa
Combination of the new art and the graphing of
GREEK
the old art.
From what architecture is the Stoa?
NEO-CLASSISM
PAPYRUS
Return in the use of Roman Orders in modern age.
The Egyptian Ornament symbolizing fertility
PARTI
CULT TEMPLE
Scheme or solution of a problem in architecture.
Egyptian Temple for popular worship of the
MORONG CHURCH
ancient and mysterious gods.
Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre,
BALNEUM
this church in Rizal whose design depicts the
A small private bath found in Roman houses or heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared
palaces. a national treasure.
PANAY CAPIZ
LAMIN
ZAGUAN
BILIK
AZOTEA
DAPOGAN