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A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in
56 church, terminating in axis and intended to house an Apse
altar.
57 Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns Dipteral
surrounding the naos.
58 Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek Prytaneion
architecture
59 Architect of the Einstein Tower. Erich
Mendelsohn
60 Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art. Walter Gropius
61 What architectural term is termed to be free from any Art Noveau
historical style?
62 The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y. Van Alen
63 Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon Embrasures
of a battlement.
In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who
64 consolidate the administrative system, made a survey Amenemhat I
of the country, set boundaries to the Provinces, and
other helpful works.
65 Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis. Senusret I
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The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek
94 Epidauros
theaters.
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Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre,
138 this church in Rizal whose design depicts the heavy Morong Church
influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national
treasure.
This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr. Miguel
Murguia, has an unusually large bell which was made Panay Cathedral
139
from approximately 70 sacks of coins donated by the in Capiz
towns people.
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The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a
153 low screen wall from the body of the church called Cancelli
.
Little Metropole
154 Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)
Cathedral, Athens
169 The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb Treasury of
of Agamemnon'. Atreus
170 Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'? Xerxes
171 The private house of the Romans. Domus
172 The sleeping room of the 'megaron'. Thalamus
173 Roman apartment blocks Insulae
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174 Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site Villa
175 A roman house with a central patio. Atrium House
176 A small private bath found in Roman houses or Balneum
palaces.
177 A megalithic structure consisting of several large Menhir
stones set on end with a large covering slab
Monumental gateway to an Egyptian temple
178 consisting with slanting walls flanking the entrance Pylon
portal
A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a
179 square base and four sloping triangular sides meeting Royal pyramids
at the apex; used mainly in ancient Egypt.
186 Roman apartment block that rose four or more storey Insula
high
187 A canopy supported by columns generally placed over Baldachino
an altar or tomb.
188 A long arcaded entrance porch to a Christian Narthex
Basilican Church.
189 That part of a Greek house or Byzantine Church Gymnaceum
reserved for women
190 Truncated wedge-blocks forming an arc Voussoirs
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191 A monument erected in memory of one not interned Cenotaph
in or under it
192 A rose or wheel window of the Romanesque Church West door
was of ten placed over the
A period in Gothic Architecture in France
193 Rayonnant
characterized by circular windows with wheel tracery
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207 General characteristic of the Romanesque empire was sober & dignified
208 Vaulting compartment into six parts known as sixtite
A rectangular feature in the shape of a pillar, but
209 pilaster strips
projecting only about one sixth of its breath from wall
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A parapet having a series of indentions or
222 embrasures, between which are raised portions Battlement
known as merlons
223 The upstanding part of an embattled parapet, Merlons
between two crenels/ embrasure openings.
224 A squared timber used in bldg. construction or a low Bailey
ridge of earth that marks a boundary line
225 A Scandinavian wooden church with vertical planks Steve church
forming the walls
Architecture was marked by copy roofs which
frequently had more storey than the walls, and were
226 provided with dormer windows to make through domestic
current of air for their use as a drying ground for the
large monthly wash
A projection block or spur of stone carried with
227 foliage to decorate the raking lines formed by angles crocket
of spires and canopies.
An arch starting from a detached pier and abutting
228 buttress
against a wall to take the thrust of the vaulting.
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253 A twisted band, garland or chaplet, representing wreath
flowers, fruits, leaves often used in decoration.
An ornament consisting of a spirally wound band,
254 scroll
either as a running ornament or as a terminal.
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A long dormer on the slope of a roof, it has no sides,
265 the roofing being carried in a nave line. eyebrow
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In 1989 he received the prtzker prize commonly
referred to as “The Noble of Architecture” the loftiest
279 recognition. It is a lifetime achievement award Frank Gehry
granted to living architect whose body of work
represents a superlative contribution to the field.
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He has actively promoted the use of native
Francisco
286 architectural forms and indigenous nationals such as
bamboo and thatch, in the creation of a distinctively Manosa
Filipino architecture.
French-born, Brazilian architect and urban planner.
287 This famous axiom “Each one sees whatever he Lucio Costa
wishes to see” belongs to,
He was the architect in his time that receives his Buckminster
288 license as award at his 60’s or at the age of 60 yrs.
Fuller
old.
An important Scottish architect who was particularly
289 Robert Adam
known for his interiors based on classical decoration.
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318 The architect who said that the exterior of the le Corbusier
building is the result of the interior.
319 The later male counterpart of the caryatid and the Telamon
name refers to the legend of Atlas,
Is an architectural term related to ancient Greek
buildings, is the platform of, usually, three levels
upon which the superstructure of the building is
320 erected. The levels typically decrease in size Crepidoma
incrementally, forming a series of steps along all or
some sides of the building.
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The Filipino Architect Who Designed the 66
321 Meters(217 ft') height Pylons Quezon Memorial Federico Ilustre
Circle.
Is an ornamental molding or band following the
curve of the underside of an arch, It is composed of
322 bands of Archivolt
ornamental moldings (or other architectural
elements) surrounding an arched opening,
is a term used for Ancient Greek Plays in order to
describe any of two passageways leading into the
323 orchestra, Eisodos
between theatron and skenê (also known as the
parodos).
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The man of learning… can fearlessly look down upon
the troublesome accidents of fortune. But he who Ten books of
331 thinks himself entrenched in defense not of learning Architecture by
but of luck, moves one slippery path, struggling Marcus Vitruvius
though life unsteadily and insecurely.”
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The building that serve as a senate house for the chief
dignitaries
339 of the city and as a palace where distinguished Prytaneion
visitors and citizens
might be entertained.
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A is a which
extends vertically from lowest portion of the wall
which adjoins two living units up to a minimum Firewall;
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height of 0.30 meters above the highest portion of the Fireblock
roof and extends horizontally 0.30 meters beyond the
outermost edge of the abutting living units?
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Le Corbusier planned a high density building that was
a “super building” that contained 337 dwellings in
Unite d
354 only acres of land. What is the structure that
Habitation
supposed to be located in Marseilles?
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363 Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the Chromlech
ground in circular form
A revival style based on the buildings and
364 publications of the 6th century architect marked by Palladianism
ancient Roman Architectural forms
TS MOST OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS ARE
ITS MASSIVE FUNERARY MONUMENTS &
TEMPLES BUILT OF STONE FOR PERMANENCE, Egyptian
365 FEATURING ONLY POST-AND-LINTEL
Architecture
CONSTRUCTION & CORBEL VAULTS W/ OUT
ARCHES & VAULTING
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TRANSITIONAL STYLE IN ARCH’RE & THE ARTS
IN THE LATE 16th. CENT, CHARATERIZED IN
372 ARCH’RE BY UNCOVENTIONAL USE OF Mannerism
CLASSICAL ELEMENTS.
IS CHARACTERIZED BY INTERPRETATION OF
OVAL SPACES, CURVED SURFACES, &
CONSPICUOUS USE DECORATION, ACULPTURE
& COLOR. ITS LAST PHASE IS CALLED “ROCOCO
373 BOLD, OPULENT & IMPRESSIVE TYPE OF Baroque
ARCH’RE.
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THE TRANSITIONAL STYLE BETWEEN GOTHIC &
RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND, NAMED AFTER
ELIZABETH I; MAINLY COUNTRY HOUSES, Elizabethan
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CHARATERIZED BY LARGED MILLIONED Architecture
WINDOWS & STRAPWORK ORNAMENTATION
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Huge monoliths, square on plan and tapering to an
383 electrum-capped (alloy of silver & gold) “pyra- Obelisk
midion” at the summit, which was the sacred part.
The four sides are cut with hieroglyphics
A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a
384 square base and four sloping triangular sides meeting Pyramid
at the apex
385 Inward inclination or slope of an outward wall Batter
Consists of a complex of “sarsen” (any of the many
large sedimentary rocks that have been broken into
blocks by frost action and are found scattered across
386 the chalk downs of southern England )stones and Stonehenge
smaller blue stones set in a circle and connected by
lintels
Artificial Mountains made up of tiered (layered),
387 rectangular stages which rose in number from one to Ziggurat
seven
388 Pictorial representation of religious ritual, historic Hieroglyphics
events and daily pursuits
An ancient structure usually regarded as a tomb,
389 consisting of two or more large upright stones set Dolmen
with a space between and capped by a horizontal
stone
Any of the pieces, in the shape of a truncated wedge,
390 which form an arch or a vault. A wedge-shaped stone: Voussoirs
a wedge-shaped brick or stone used to form the
curved parts of an arch or vault
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In ancient Greece/ Rome, a room or covered area or
open on one side used as a meeting place;
architecture history conversation room: a room for
relaxation or conversation, especially a semicircular
391 recess in a larger hall with a continuous bench along Exedra
the wall; furniture long curved outdoor bench: a long
curved or semicircular outdoor bench, usually with a
high back; architecture recess: any kind of recess or
niche (technical)
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Pre-Columbian edifice dedicated to the service or
Mayan Temple
398 worship of their god which is made of stones entered
by a single door to a very steep single flight of steps, Pyramid
above it rises a high stone roof
Term in a specialized sense to describe one of the
attitudes of taste towards architecture and landscape
399 gardening in the late 18th and early 19th century; Picturesqueness
very attractive: visually pleasing enough to be the
subject of a painting or photograph
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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
404 the appearance of curving inwards; a bulge in Entasis
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
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These are arches erected to emperors and generals
commemorating victorious campaigns; has one or
three openings. Such arches were adorned with
413 appropriate bas-reliefs (flat sculpture; slightly Triumphal Arch
projecting) and usually carried grit-bronze statuary
(statues considered collectively) on an attic storey
and having a dedicatory inscription in its face
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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
419 festoons (garland) of a late period, surmounted by Sarcophagus
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
420 consisted of large cylindrical blocks, often on a Mausolleum
quadrangular podium, topped with a conical crown of
earth or stone.
421 Line of intersection of cross-vaults Groins
Sunk panels, caissons or lacunaria formed in ceilings,
422 vaults or domes; sunken panel in a ceiling: a Coffers
decorative sunken panel in a ceiling
423 A mass of masonry built against a wall to resist the Butress
pressure of an arch & vault.
an arch covering in stone or brick over any building;
architecture arched ceiling: an arched structure of
424 stone, brick, wood, or plaster that forms a ceiling or Vault
roof; a room with arched ceiling: a room, especially
an underground room, with an arched ceiling
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The triangular space enclosed by the curve of an arch,
a vertical line from its springing, a horizontal line
452 Spandrel
through its apex. A space between one arch or
another. Space between two arches and a cornice
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The high platform on which temples were generally
placed (in general, any elevate platform). A
462 Podium
foundation wall: a low wall forming a foundation or
base, for example for a colonnade
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474 A building complex of a certain English order or a self- Monastery
contained community used by monks
A bay window especially cantilevered or corbelled out
475 from the face of the wall by means of projecting Oriel Window
stones.
476 The dining hall of a monastery, convent or college Refectory
An ornament consisting of a spirally wound band,
477 either as a running ornament or as a terminal, like Scroll
the volutes of the ionic capital.
478 An Italian impressive building or private building Palazzo
One of a number of short vertical members often
479 circular in section used to support a stair handrail or Baluster
a coping (wall’s capping surface).
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(BRITISH) The hall built or used by medieval
association as of merchants and tradesmen,
484 organized to maintain standards that constituted a Doge's Hall
governing body. (Doge = Italian renaissance chief
magistrate)
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A spherical roof, (a dome-shaped roof) placed like an
inverted cup over a circular square or multi-angular
492 apartment. A dome on roof: a small dome on a roof, Cupola
sometimes made of glass and providing natural light
inside
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An ornate iron grille, or screen, a characteristic
499 feature of Spanish Church interiors; An architectural Finial
decoration: a carved decoration at the top of a gable,
spire, or arched structure
A support for a column statue or a vase, it usually
500 consists of a base. “Die” or Dado, and a cornice or cap Pedestal
mould
A window in a sloping roof usually that of a sleeping
apartment. A window projecting from roof: a window
501 Dormer
for a room within the roof space that is built out at
right angles to the main roof and has its own gable
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A coat of arms; connected with heraldry or heralds:
518 Heraldic
belonging or relating to heraldry or heralds
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Outstanding architectural creation in Sri Lanka which
525 Wata Dage
is a circular relic house built in stone and brick.
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An art free from any historical style characterized by
533 forms of nature for ornamentation in the façade aptly Art Noveau
called for the floral design.
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In Japan, a structure where the appreciation of the
544 arts and flower arrangement, with drinking ceremony Tea House
is done
Intercolumniation is regulated by this standard of
545 Japanese measurement, which is divided into 20 Ken
parts called minutes and each minute being again
divided into 20 parts or seconds of space.
Cordillera one room house on four wooden posts with Ifugao/ Bontoc
546 an animal or insect barrier and a pyramidal roof House
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
547 Manok” The silken Muslim canopies in the Interiors. Nipa House
The protruding ends of floor beams are decorated
with intricate carvings
Lowlands area house with pithed roof, made of
548 bamboo poles, thatch roof with woven slit canes for maranao House
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 cogon and
549 Ivatan House
held together by seasoned sticks or reeds and rattan
to withstand fiercest typhoons in the north
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Japanese dominant roofs characterized by their
exquisite curvature, and are supported upon a
succession of simple or compound brackets. The
551 upper part of the roof is terminated by a gable placed Irrimoya Gable
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.
Shinto temples (Shinto-Japanese religion) are
552 characterized by this gateway formed by upright Torii
posts supporting two or more horizontal beams
“Fool the eye” – are paintings adorning everything
from cabinets to cupboards, fire screen to
dishwashers. This creates an illusion of space. A
553 Trompel o Eil
make-believe doorway for example extends a hall. A
glass cabinet or door is painted with cows and
chicken and make-believe or create an outdoor scene.
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largest
- geatest example of greek architecture
- archt. Ictinus
- master sculptor- Callicrates
574 - Doric temple Partenon
- naos- made of gold and ivory
- holds the statue of Athena
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2. Stone [finely dressed, carved, or laid as roughly Architecure
593 dressed rubble] was employed for all important
buildings
594 1. Columnar & trabeated (have horizontal beams
rather than archs)
595 2. Wooden roofs were untrussed Greek
596 3. Ceilings sometimes omitted Architecture
597 4. optical illusions were corrected, in Greek Temples
598 5. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian [orders of columns]
599 1. The arch & the vault was developed
600 2. Two orders of architecture added [Tuscan & Roman
Composite] Architecture
601 3. Concrete is now used [composition of lime, sand,
pozzolana & broken bricks or small stones.
602 1. Widely Spaced Columns carrying semi-circular
arches
603 2. Basilican Churches have 3 to 5 aisles, covered by a Early christian
simple timber roof Architecture
604 3. Mosaic decoration added internally
605 4. separate buildings used for baptism or baptisteries
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1. Cupola Roofs (dome shaped roof or dome on roof),
spanning with arched squinches, the square chamber
657 angles, lantern roof and coffered dome, an elaborate
system of hexagon, each containing the statue of
Buddha
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2. Pyramids, Pyramid of King Zoser
Architect: Imhotep
□earliest pyramidal structure of the ancient world,
the Step Pyramid (c.2630 BC) of King Zoser at
Saqqara, Egypt
692 □consist of six terraces of receding sizes with a one
staba The Great Pyramid
□the Pyramid of Khufu is the largest in the world,
measuring 230m (756 ft)
693 3. Obelisks,
694 4. Mastaba Tombs, Egyptian
Buildings
695 5. Great Temple,
6. Abu-Simbel, dedicated chieftly to Re-
Harakhti, God of the rising sun
696 □ built during the reign of Ramses II (1304 – 1237
BC)
706 1. Acropolis,
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2. Parthenon-temple, Architect: Itchinus and
Callicrates with Phidias
Location: Athens, Greece
707 Style: Ancient Greek Doric
□ on the historic
Acropolis. Doric exemplar
Erectheum _ Architect: Mnesicles
Location: Athens, Greece
Style: Ancient Greek, Ionic
708 □ has Caryatid Porch with figural columns. On the
Acropolis, uses grade change.
709 3. Agora,
Epidaurus Theater
Greek Buildings
Architect: Polykleitos
Location: Epidauros, or Epidhavros, Greece
Style: Ancient Greek
□and the quality of its acoustics make the Epidaurus
710 theatre one of the great architectural achievements of
the fourth century.
□the largest and best preserved ancient theaters in
Greece.
□ can accommodate 14,000 spectators.
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1. The Pantheon
118 - 126
Architect: Acrippa
Location: Rome, Italy
Style: Ancient Roman
□great domed hall with oculus
715 oculus – a single circular opening
□ one of the great spiritual
buildings of the world
□it was built as a Roman temple and later
consecrated as a Catholic Church
□revived the use of brick and concrete in temple
Architecture
2. Forums,Trajan’s Forum
100 – 112
Architect: Apollodorus of Damascus
Location: Rome, Italy
Style: Roman
716 □ composed of an arc of arched
arcade
□most magnificent and architecturally most Roman Buildings
pleasing
□ largest known forums
717 3. Basilicas
718 4. Thermae,
719 5. Amphitheatres,
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6. Colosseum Coemeteria, Colosseum
70 – 82
Architect: Vespacian and Domitian
Location: Rome, Italy
Style: Ancient Roman
□three-quarter columns and entablatures, Doric in
720 the first story, Ionic in the second, and Corinthian in
the third, face the three tiers of arcades
□ largest Roman Amphitheater
□ designed to hold 50,000 spectators
□had approximately eighty entrances so crowds
could arrive and leave easily and quickly
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National Gallery of Art
Architect: John Russel Pope
762 □ houses one of the finest collections of painting,
sculptures, and graphic arts in the world
Washington Monument
Architect: Robert Mills
Location: Washington, D.C.
Style: Neo-Egyptian
763 □the obelisk is the only remnant of the original blue
print that remains American
□with George Marsh, competition 1836. standard Structures
Egyptian proportion of 10:1 height to base
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Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
Architect: James Renwick
Location: New York
□ shaped like a Latin
765 cross
□the largest Roman Catholic Cathedral in the
United States
□designed in a Gothic Revival materials at English
and French Gothic Style
766 3. Boston Empire State Building,
767 4. English Country Houses
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
□also designed by Catherine de Medici, J.A. du
Cerceau II, Claude Perrault, etc.
□I.M. Pei: design the glass pyramid, which serves as
the main public entrance
Palais Royal
□ commissioned by Cardinal Richeliev
□ original name is Palais Cardinal
770 □ 17th century
□ Daniel Buren: stripped columns
Arc de Triomphe
□ Napoleon, the French emperor decided to build a
771 very big arch of triumph, which stands at the top 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
Construction system: high-tech steel and glass
772 Style: High-tech modern
□ a cost of $100,000,000, with an average
attendance of approximately seven million people a
year
□ massive structural expressionist cast exoskeleton,
"exterior" escalators enclosed in transparent tube
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Paris Opera House
1857 to 1874
Architect: Charles Garnier
Location: Paris, France
Building type: theater, opera house
Construction system: masonry, cut stone
Style: Neo-Baroque
774 □ French
polychrome façade, opulent staircase
Architecture
□ commission by competition
□ masterpiece of 19th century architecture
□ one of the largest and most opulent theaters in the
world
□ false ceiling painted by Marc Chagall
Elysee Palace
1718
775 Architect: Claude Mollet
□ official residence of the president of France
Hotel de Invalides
□ Napoleons tomb is within the structure
776 □ founded by Louis XIV for disabled soldiers
□ late 17th century
La Madeleine
Architect: Napoleon I
□ church of Ste. Marie Madeleine
777
□ constructed as a church in 1842
□ surrounded by 52 Corinthian columns
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Chartres Cathedral
1194 to 1260
Location: Chartres, France
Building type: cathedral
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: Gothic exemplar
778 □the elevation was in three tiers as it had no gallery
and the vaulting was quadripartite, which eliminated
the need for alternating supports
□supreme monument of High Gothic art and
architecture
Rheims Cathedral
□one of the greatest monument of Gothic art and
architecture
779 □construction commerced by Jean d’Orbais and was
completed by Robert de Coucy
□ a work of remarkable unity and harmony
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
□ dominates the sky line of Paris
□ one of the most famous landmarks in the
world
□ built for the Paris Exposition of 1889
Sorbonne
781 □ most famous building at the University of Paris
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British Museum
1823 to 1847
Architect: Sir Robert Smirke
Location: London, England
Building type: art and historical museum, library
Construction system: masonry, cut stone
782
Style: Victorian Ionic façade,
Classical Revival
□ Includes one of the world's great library rooms.
Glazed roof over restored courtyard by Norman
Foster
Salisbury Cathedral
1220 to 1258
Location: Salisbury, England
Building type: Cathedral (church, temple)
Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone
Style: English Gothic
783 □ Cathedral of Saint Mary
□ an outstanding example of the Early English
architectural style
□ tallest in England 404ft (123m)
□ use of Purbeck marble to create a strongly
coloured
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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
□ was built by Jones for Anne of Denmark, wife of
James I
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
□ Home of Royal Academy of the Arts. Corinthian
orders above arched courtyard apertures, rusticated
base
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Chiswick House
1729
Architect: Lord Burlington
Location: Chiswick, England
787 Building type: large house
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: Palladian
□ also known as “Burlington House”
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
□Big Ben: the clock tower best known is a great
symbol of London
□ originally seat of kings as a royal residence
Durham Cathedral
1093 to 1280
Location: Durham, England
Building type: church, cathedral
Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone
Style: Romanesque
789 □one of the most impressive Norman Romanesque
style in Europe
□had a reciprocal influence on the architecture of
Normady
□the rib vault covering of Durham Cathedral is the
oldest example that has survived
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Glasgow School of Art
1897 to 1909
Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Location: Glasgow, England
790 Building type: college
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: art and crafts, art nouveau
Buckingham Palace
791 Architect: sir George Goring
□ built during the reign of
king James I
792 1. Salginatobel Bridge,
793 2. Einstein Tower, Eirch Mendelsohn
794 3. Chapel of Notre Dame, Le Corbusier
795 4. Johnson Wax Building, Frank Lloyd Wright Modern
796 5. Falling Water, Frank Lloyd Wright International
797 6. Dulles International Airport, Eero saarinen
798 7. Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd wright
799 8. Sydney opera House, Jorn Utzon
800 9. Geodesic dome, Buckminster Fuller
Temple of Heaven
Location: China
□700 acre enclosure built by the Ming Dynasty
801 emperor Yongle (Yung-Io)
□ means “Perpetual Help”
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Hagia Sofia
532 to 537
Architect: Isidoros and Anthemios
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Building type: church
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: Byzantine
802 □ a tremendous domed space
□built as the new Cathedral of Constantinople by
the Emperor Justinian
□ a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture
□additional minarets when the church became a
mosque
Cathedral of Siena
Location: Southern Italy
803 □ incorporated Gothic elements in a strongly
Mediterranean design
Pisa Cathedral
103 to 1350
Location:
Pisa, Italy
Building type:
church
complex
804 Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone,
white marble
Style: Romanesque
□"Pisa Cathedral with Baptistery, Campanile and
Campo Santo, together form one of the most famous
building groups in the world
□the cathedral complex includes the famous
Leaning Tower, La Torre Pendente
□ white marble with colonnaded facades
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Florence Cathedral
1296 to 1462
Architect: Arnolfo di Cambio
Location: Florence, Italy
Building type: domed church, cathedral
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: Italian Romanesque
□ 1296: Cathedral begun on design by Arnolfo di
Cambio
805 □ 1357: Project continued on a modified plan by
Francesco Talenti
□ 1366-7: Talenti's definitive design emerged calling
for an enormous octagonal dome
□ 1418: competition for construction of dome.
□ 1420: technical solution for vaulting proposed by
Brunelleschi approved and construction begun
□ The Duomo – dome added by Brunelleschi
□ 1436— church consecrated
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Alhambra
1338 to 1390
Location: Granada, Spain
Building type: palace
Construction system: bearing masonry
Style: Moorish (Islamic)
807 □ palace of Nasrid Dynasty
□ the most beautiful remaining example of Western
Islamic Architecture
□ built as a cathedral in the mid-1200’s
□ “hall of justice”: noted from its elaborate stalactite
(maqarnas) decoration
Casa Batllo
1905 to 1907
Architect: Antonio Gaudi
Location: Barcelona, Spain
808 Building type: apartment building
Construction system: concrete
Style: Expressionist or Art Nouveau
□ uses animal styles al through-out the structure
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Casa Mila
1905 to 1910
Architect: Antonio Gaudi
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Building type: multifamily housing
Construction system: masonry and concrete
809 Style: Art Nouveau
□ expressionistic, fantastic, organic forms in
undulating facade and roof line
□ light court
□ it could be compared with the steep cliff walls in
which African tribes build their cave-like dwellings
Sagrada Familia
1882 to 1926
Architect: Antonio Gaudi
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Building type: church
810 Construction system: masonry
Style: Expressionist
□ Church of the Holy Family
□ uncompleted during Gaudi’s lifetime
□ crowned by four spires
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Taj Mahal
1630 to 1653
Architect: Emperor Shah Jahan
Location: Agra, India
Building type: Islamic tomb
Construction system: bearing masonry, inlaid marble
811 Style: Islamic
□onion-shape domes, flanking towers, built for wife
Mumatz Mahal
□ located on the Jumna River
□ museum for Mogul emperor’s consort
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1. roofs at 45 degrees gradient or less
2.use of bricks, limestone, hardwood, capiz shells
(G.I. sheets and clay tiles or “tisa” were imported)
3. elaborate lace-like grillwork (1870’s)
4.transoms with floral and foliate scroll work
(1890’s)
5.1890’s Art Nouveau brought swirling vines and
flowers for staircase balustrades, etched or colored
glass panels replaced capiz
6.emergence of Filipino and foreign architects
Late Spanish
814 working in the Philippines
a.FELIX ROXAS – first Filipino architect; served as Period
architect to the Manila government; studied in
England and Spain
b.JUAN HERVAS – a Catalan who was one of the
Spanish architects invited to reconstruct Manila after
the earthquake of 1863 and 1880
7. churches
a. Sto. Domingo Church, Intramuros
b.San Ignacio, Intramuros – first church designed by
a Filipino architect
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1. a “regime” of reinforced concrete and galvanized
iron
2. Neo-Classical styles
3.DANIEL BURNHAM – commissioned by Gov.
General W.H. Taft to draft the Master Plan for Manila
and government buildings (Agri-Finance Building,
Senate Building, among others)
4.MASTER BUILDERS (“maestro de obras”)
acquired title either from practical experience or
completed academic training of Master Builder’s
815 course American Period
5.LICEO DE MANILA – first school to open three
year course in architecture
6.TOMAS MAPUA – first licensed architect;
established the second school (followed by UST and
Adamson)
7.MASONIC TEMPLE, Escolta – first multi-storey
reinforced concrete building in the Philippines
8.CHALET – suburban house; simple design with
verandah in front or around the house; middle-class
9. 1930’s – continued urban development;
emergence
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Movement in 20th Century, art that represented the
revolutionary effort of young Italian
Concrete, steel and glass
Advocators: Jim Slade and Robert Colley.
an architects.
817 The architecture of reinforced concrete iron and Futurism
glass.
Calculation of audacity and simplicity
Capable of expressing “tangible miracles.”
Inspired by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.
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Non-representational style of art w/c uses modern
industrial materials: plastic & glass.
Ideal abstract art movement arose in Europe &
Russia (1913-1920)
820 Based on the idea: Art is an absolute entity, whose Constructivism
origin lie in the mind & whose forms are unrelated to
objects of visible world.
Concept of art: includes painting & sculpture.
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An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, Antefix
844 concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover (Antefixae)
the joints of the flat tiles.
Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to Acroterion /
845 support an ornament, more usually, the ornament Acroterium
itself.
846 Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament. Anthemion
847 In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any Apotheca
kind, but especially for storing wine.
848 The characteristic of Greek ornament. Anthemion
The use of for facing walls distinguishes
849 Romanesque architecture in Italy from that of the Marble
rest of Europe.
The outstanding group of Romanesque is found in
850 Pisa
.
851 The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a Refectory
college.
852 The architecture of the curved line is known as . Baroque
853 The open court in an Italian palazzo. Cortel
854 The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the Tracery
upper part of a Gothic window.
855 Japanese tea house. Cha-sit-su
856 A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also Masjid
known as place for prostration.
857 Domical mound containing a relic. Stupa
858 Ifugao house (southern strain). Bale
859 In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for Ziggurat
temples made of sun-dried bricks.
860 The style of the order with massive and tapering Doric
columns resting on a base of 3 steps.
861 Tomb of the pharaohs. Pyramid
Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel
862 stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for Tumuli
several to a hundred persons.
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A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in
863 church, terminating in axis and intended to house an Apse
altar.
864 Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns Dipteral
surrounding the naos.
865 Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek Prytaneion
architecture
866 Architect of the Einstein Tower. Erich
Mendelsohn
867 Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art. Walter Gropius
868 What architectural term is termed to be free from any Art Noveau
historical style?
869 From what architecture is the Angkor Vat? Cambodian
870 The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y. Van Alen
871 Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon Embrasures
of a battlement.
872 Taj Mahal temple is located in . Agra
In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who
873 consolidate the administrative system, made a survey Amenemhat I
of the country, set boundaries to the provinces, and
other helpful works.
874 Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis. Senusret I
875 Jubilee festivals of the pharaohs. Heb-sed
876 The world's first large-scale monument in stone. Pyramid of Zoser
878 A vault created when two barrel vaults intersect at the Groin Vault
right angles.
Sarimanok is a décor reflecting the culture of the
879 Visayan
.
880 Caryatid porch is from what architecture? Greek
881 Female statues with baskets serving as columns. Canephora
882 A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the Bartizan
castle.
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883 A hall built in Roman Empire for the administration Basilica
of justice.
884 The Parthenon is from what architecture. Greek
885 A roof in which 4 faces rests diagonally between the Helm Roof
gables and converge at the roof.
886 A compound bracket or capital in Japanese Masu-gumi
architecture.
887 A concave molding approximately quarter round. Cavetto
895 King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th Imhotep
dynasty.
896 The council house in Greece. Bouleuterion
897 Elizabethan Architecture is from what architecture. U.S. / English
Renaissance
898 Art Noveau style first appeared in what structure. Tussel House
920 From the Greek forms of temple, the three where it Crepidoma
lies is known as .
921 From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes Amphi-Prostyle
of columns at the front and rear.
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922 Memorial monuments of persons buried elsewhere in Cenotaphs
Roman architecture.
Cheops /
923 The three pyramids in Gizeh Chefren/
Mykerinos
924 The cistern storage of collected rainwater underneath Aljibe
the azotea of the bahay na bato.
925 A shallow cistern or drain area in the center of a Impluvium
house.
In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the
926 Naos
.
927 The tomb beneath a church. Crypt
928 A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Bema
Christian churches.
929 A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a Console
cyma reversa strap.
930 Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site. Villa
931 A roman house with a central patio. Atrium House
932 Revival of classical Roman style Romanesque
The style emerging in western Europe in the early
11th century, based on Roman and Byzantine
933 elements, and powerful vaults, and lasting until the Romanesque
advent of Gothic architecture.characterized by
massive articulated wall structures, round arches,
The space between the sloping roof over the aisle and
944 Triforium
the aisle vaulting, so also called a blind story.
945 A windowed wall that rises above the roof of adjacent Clerestory
walls that admit light into the interior.
946 A standard, usually of length, by which the Module
proportions of a building are determined.
947 The triangular or segmental space enclosed by a Tympanum
pediment or arch.
948 A line of counterthrusting arches on columns or Arcade
piers.
In the classical order, the lowest part or member of
949 the entablature; the beam that spans from column to Architrave
column.
950 In classical architecture, the elaborated beam Entablature
member carried by the columns.
951 Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom. Cornice, Frieze,
Architrave
952 Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda. Octagonal
953 Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda. 13
954 A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display Tokonama
a flower arrangement or art.
955 Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda. Square
956 The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture Hagia Sophia
and notable of its large dome.
957 Triangular piece of wall above the entablature. Pediment
A spherical triangle forming the transition from the
958 circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan of its Pendentive
supporting structure.
959 A long arcaded entrance porch in an early Christian Narthex
church.
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The principal or central part of a church, extending
960 from the narthex to the choir or chancel and usually Nave
flanked by aisles.
961 The covered walk of an atrium. Ambulatory
962 A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the atrium Cantharus
of an early Christian basilica.
963 A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a Exedra
church.
964 An ornamental canopy of stone or marble Baldachino
permanently place over the altar in a church.
965 A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and Tabernacle
housing a statue.
966 A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small Niche
items.
967 A tower in the Muslim Mosque used to call people to Minaret
prayer.
968 Coffers, sunken panels in the ceiling. Lacunaria
969 The Buddhist temple in ancient Cambodia which Bayon
feature four faces of the compassionate Buddha.
970 A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish,
and Muslim 12th-16th century Mudejar
971 architecture.
972 Projecting blocks of stone carved with foliage, typical Crocket
in Gothic architecture.
973 A slab forming the crowning member of the capital. Abacus
974 The crowning member of a column. Capital
975 A rectangular or square slab supporting the column Plinth
at the base.
976 A low screen wall enclosing the choir in early Chancel
Christian church.
977 The cold section of a Roman Bath. Frigidarium
978 This church in the Philippines is the seat of the Barasoain Church
Malolos Congress.
979 The palace proper in Assyrian palaces. Seraglio
980 Holy mountains. Ziggurat
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981 Architect of the famous propylaea, Acropolis. Mnesicles
982 Private family apartments in Assyrian palaces. Harem
983 The most stupendous and impressive of the rock-cut- Great Temple,
temples. Abu Simbel
984 The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II is Great Temple,
carved in the pylon of the . Abu Simbel
985 Favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians. Palm, Lotus, and
Papyrus
986 Two main classes of temples in Egyptian Mortuary and
Architecture. Cult Temples
987 Egyptian temples for ministrations to deified Mortuary Temple
pharaohs.
988 Structure whose corners are made to face the four Ziggurat
cardinal points.
989 Structure whose sides are made to face the four Pyramid
cardinal points.
990 Egyptian temples for the popular worship of the Cult Temple
ancient and the mysterious gods.
991 The use of monsters in doorways is prevalent in what Persian
architecture?
992 The Greek male statues used as columns. Atlantes
993 A recessed or alcove with raised seats where disputes Exedra
took place.
994 A single line of columns surrounding the Naos. Peripteral
995 The uppermost step in the crepidoma. Stylobate
996 The lowest step in the crepidoma. Stereobate
997 A building in Greek and Roman for exercises or Gymnasium
physical activities.
998 The three chamber of a Greek temple. Pronaos, Naos,
and Epinaos
999 A Greek building that contains painted pictures. Pinacotheca
1000 Temple with a portico of columns arranged in front. Prostyle
1020 The oldest and most important forum in Rome. Forum Romanum
1021 Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'? Xerxes
1022 Who completed the 'hall of hundred columns'? Artaxerxes
1023 Architects of the Parthenon. Callicrates and
Ictinus
1024 Master sculptor of the Parthenon. Phidias
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1025 In Roman fountains, the large basin of water. Lacus
1026 Spouting jets in Roman fountain. Salientes
1027 The oldest circus in Rome. Circus Maximus
The colosseum in Rome also known as the "flavian Vespasian /
1028 amphitheater" was commenced by whom and Domitian
completed by whom?
1029 Architect of the Erechtheion. Mnesicles
1030 A water clock or an instrument for measuring time by Clepsydra
the use of water.
1031 The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb Treasury of
of Agamemnon'. Atreus
1032 Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum Theron
1033 Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia. Libon
1034 Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Cossutius
Olympius.
1035 Both the regula and the mutule has guttae numbering 18
a total of _ .
1036 A quadrigas is a . 4-horse Chariot
1037 The water-leaf and tongue is a usual ornament found Cyma Reversa
in the .
1038 The Corona is usually painted with the . Key Pattern
1039 Greek sculptures may be classified as "architectural Sculptured
sculpture, free standing statuary, Reliefs
1040 One of the best examples of a surviving megaron type House #33
of Greek domestic building.
1041 The molding that is often found in the Doric Order. Bird's Beak
1042 The wall or colonnade enclosing the Temenos Peribolus
1043 The private house of the Romans. Domus
1044 Roman rectangular temples stood on a . Podium
1045 Roman large square tiles. Bepidales
1046 A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses Opus Mixtum
of brickworks.
A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small
1047 stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling Opus Incertum
polygonal work.
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1048 A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect. Opus
Recticulatum
1049 A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block Opus Quadratum
with or without mortar joints.
1050 A Roman structure used as hall of justice and Basilica
commercial exchanges.
1051 A type of monument erected to support a tripod, as a Choragic
prize for athletic exercises or Monument
1052 musical competitions in Greek festivals.
A type of ornament in classic or renaissance
1053 architecture consisting of an assemblage of straight Fret
lines intersecting at right angles, and of various
patterns.
Figures of which the upper parts alone are carved, the
1054 rest running into a parallelopiped or diminishing Termini
pedestal.
1055 Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and Opus Tesselatum
domes.
1056 Conceptualized the Corinthian capital. Callimachus
1057 The sleeping room of the 'megaron'. Thalamus
1058 The origin of the door architrave. Timber-enframed
Portal
1059 The atrium type of house originated with the . Etruscans
1060 Roman apartment blocks. Insula
A building in classic architecture decorated with
1061 flowers and plants with water for the purpose of Nymphaeum
relaxation.
1062 !5th to 18th century architecture. Renaissance
1063 "Form follows function". Louis Sullivan
1064 The dominating personality who became an ardent Iñigo Jones
disciple of the Italian renaissance
1065 A pillared hall in which the roofs rests on the column Hypostyle Hall
in Egyptian temples.
1066 Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall Thothmes I
at Karnak?
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1067 Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria. Ptolemy III
1068 He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine Buckminster
for living". Fuller
1069 Tombs built for the Egyptian nobility rather than the Rock-Hewn
royalty. Tombs
1070 Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines. George Ramos
1071 The warm room in the Thermae. Tepidarium
1072 The Hot room of the Thermae. Calidarium
1073 The cold or unheated pool in the Thermae. Frigidarium
1074 The dry or sweating room in the Thermae. Sudatorium
1075 The dressing room of the Thermae. Apodyteria
1076 The room for oils and unguents in the thermae. Unctuaria
1077 Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the . Forum
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1109 Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-Plan. Marcel Lajos
Breuer
1110 Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin Felix Outerino
shell construction. Candela
1111 In the Doric Order, the shaft terminates in the . Hypotrachelion
1112 In what Order is the Parthenon. Doric
1113 In what Order is the temple of Nike Apteros, Athens. Ionic
1116 In the Cyma Reversa molding of the Romans, what Acanthus and
ornaments are usually found? Dolphin
1117 From what architecture is the Stoa? Greek
1118 The Egyptian Ornament symbolizing fertility. Papyrus
1119 Egyptian Temple for popular worship of the ancient Cult Temple
and mysterious gods.
1120 A small private bath found in Roman houses or Balneum
palaces.
1121 Corresponds to the Greek naos. Cella
1122 The large element in the frieze. Triglyph
1123 "A is a machine to live in". Le Corbusier
1124 Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower. Eliel Saarinen
1125 "Architecture is Organic". Frank Lloyd
Wright
1126 Invented reinforced concrete in France. Hennevique
1127 First elected U.A.P. president. Jose Herrera
1128 Designer of the Bonifacio Monument. Juan Nakpil
1129 Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument. Guillermo
Tolentino
1130 Designer of the Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan
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1131 Male counterpart of the Caryatids. Telamones or
Atlantes
1132 Like Caryatids and Atlantes, this is a three-quarter Herms
length figures.
1133 This is a pedestal with human, animal, or Terms
mythological creatures at the top.
1134 A small payer house in Egyptian architecture. Madrassah
1135 Where "Constructivism" originated? Moscow
1136 Expressionist Architect. Erich
Mendelsohn
John Ruskin and
1137 Founders of the "Art Noveau".
William Moris
1138 Combination of the new art and the graphing of the Eclecticism
old art.
1139 Return in the use of Roman Orders in modern age. Neo-Classism
1140 Scheme or solution of a problem in architecture. Parti
1141 Architect of the Batasang Pambansa. Felipe Mendoza
1142 Architect of the Philippine Heart Center. George Ramos
1143 Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Juan Nakpil
1144 The architect of the Quiapo Church before its Juan Nakpil
restoration.
Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre,
1145 this church in Rizal whose design depicts the heavy Morong Church
influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national
treasure.
This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr. Miguel
1146 Murguia, has an unusually large bell which was made Panay Capiz
from approximately 70 sacks of coins donated by the
towns people.
1147 Architect of SM Megamall. Antonio Sin
Diong
1148 Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila. Gabriel Formoso
1149 G.S.I.S. Building, Roxas Boulevard. George Ramos
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1150 The tower atop the torogan where the princess and Lamin
her ladies in waiting hide during occasions.
1151 Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is Zaguan
where the carriages and floats are kept.
1152 The emergency hideout found directly behind the Bilik
neadboard of the Sultan's bed.
The flat, open terrace open to the toilet, bath, and
1153 kitchen areas and also used as a laundry and drying Azotea
space and service area for the servants.
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1168 Less is Bore / “Complexity and Contradiction in Robert Venturi
Architecture”
The reality of the building does not consist in the roof
1169 Lao Tse
and walls, but in the space within to be lived in
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1190 Sagrada Familia, Spain Antonio Gaudi
1191 John Hancock Center, Chicago Illinois Bruce Graham &
SOM
1192 Woolworth Building, NY Cass Gilbert
1193 Price Tower, Oklahoma Frank Loyd
Wright
1194 St.Basil Cathedral, Russia Barma & Posnik
1195 Notre Dame du Haut or Ronchamp, France Le corbusuier
Italian architect
1196 Member of Bauhaus Marcel Brever
Popularized the
Tubular steel
cantilever chair
German-American architect, the leading and most
influential exponent of the glass and steel
1197 architecture of the 20th-century International Style. Mies van de Rohe
Skin and bone construction.
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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
1198 Prescribing arbitrarily applied decorations. 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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WORKS:
Yale Art Gallery w/ Douglas Orr
Alfred Newton Richard’s Medical
Center
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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
1201 Paris Perret Auguste
The Apartment Building Rue FranklinFrench
Legation, Istanbul
Theatre Des Champs, Lysees
- redesigning, original by Van del Velde
Notre Dame Church, Paris
Palace of the League of Nations,
Geneva Eiffel Monument, Paris
Palace of the Soviets, Moscow
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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:
1203 Saint Louis Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Eero Saarinen
The General Motors Technical Center, Warren
Michigan:1948-1956
Air Force Acadaemy
U.S. Embassy in London
The Chapel & Kresge Auditorium, Massachussetts
Institute of Technology
T.W.A. Terminal, Kennedy Terminal, N.Y.
- In a for m of bird about to fly.
T.J. Watson Research Center, York Town, N.Y.
The Chapel of Concordia Senior College.
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Finnish-American architect, who strongly influenced
modern architecture.
Popular w/ railway station designs especially in
Europe.
2nd place in the Chicago Tribune Tower
PHILOSOPHY:
“ Beauty grows from the necessity not from repetition
1204 of formulas.” Eliel Saarinen
WORKS:
Cranbook School, Michigan
Christ Church, Minneapolis
Helsinki Railroad Station, Finland
National Museum Finland
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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” Robert Charles
1206 “More is More”
Venturi
“ Modern movement was almost right”
WORKS:
Walker & Dunlop Office Building
Transportation Square, Washington
Master Plan & Uraban Design of California City
Convention Center, Conversion plan Canada
West Mount Airy Clustered Housing Plan
Philadelphia
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Sanatorio di Paimo, Finland
1209 Alvar Aalto
Notre Dame du Raincy, France
1210 Auguste Perret
Sagrada de Familia
1211 Antonio Gaudi
US Capitol, Washington DC
1212 Benjamin Latrobe
Glasgow School of Art Charles Rennie
1213
Macintiosh
Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
1214 Cesar Pelli
Flatiron Building, NY
1215 Daniel Burnham
Jewish Museum, Berlin
1216 Daniel Libeskind
TWA Terminal
1217 Eero Saarinen
Helsinki Railway Station
1218 Eliel Saarinen
Los Manantiales, Mexico
1219 Felix Candela
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, USA
1220 Frank Gehry
Taliesin West, Arizona Frank Loyd
1221
Wright
Munich Olympic Stadium
1222 Frei Otto
Tokyo, Japan
1223 Fumihiko Maki
Eiffel Tower, Paris
1224 Gustave Eiffel
Bank of China, Hong Kong Ieoh Ming Pei
1225
Sydney Opera House
1226 Jorn Utzon
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Chrystal Palace
1227 Joseph Paxton
Fuji TV Headquarters
1228 Kenzo tange
Auditorium Building, Chicago
1229 Louis Sullivan
Salk Institute, California
1230 Louis Khan
Unite d’ Habitacion, France
1231 Le corbusuier
Catedral de Brasilia
1232 Oscar Niemeyer
Seagram Building
1233 Mies van de Rohe
Portland Building, Oregon
1234 Michael graves
Habitat 67, Montreal
1235 Moshe Safdie
London City Hall
1236 Norman Foster
At & T Building, NY
1237 Philip Jhonson
Lippo Building , Hong Kong
1238 Paul Rudolph
Red House, England
1239 Philip Webb
Max Reinhardt House, Germany
1240 Peter Eissenman
Turin Exhibition Hall
1241 Pier Luigi Nervi
Tjibao Cultural Center, New Caledonia
1242 Renzo Piano
Jubilee Church, Rome
1243 Richard Meier
CCTV China
1244 Reem Koolhaas
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Saginatobel Bridge
1245 Robert Mailaart
El Auditorio de Tenerife Santiago
1246
Calatrava
Church of the Light, Osaka
1247 Tadao Ando
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SEARS TOWER, CHICAGO (1947-1976) 110 STOREY
Number of floors: 110
Height: 443 meters
□still the tallest building if the antennas are Bruce Graham /
1277 included
SOM
□ has the highest occupied floors
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1322 Chika Go, Desu Go World Trade
Exchange
Department of
1323 Cresencio C. Castro Foreign Affairs
(ADB)
1324 Cresencio C. Castro SM Makati
1325 Felipe Mendoza Ateneo de Manila
University
1326 Felipe Mendoza Ateneo de Manila
University
1327 Felipe Mendoza FEU Hospital
1328 Felipe Mendoza Mormon Temple
1329 Fernando Ocampo Ambassador Hotel
1330 Fernando Ocampo Manila Cathedral
Philippine Women's
1331 Fernando Ocampo
University
Coconut Palace
1332 Francisco Manosa
(Tahanang Pilipino)
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1390 Leandro V. Locsin Philippine Stock
Exchange
1391 Leandro V. Locsin UP Chapel
1392 Leandro V. Locsin Valle Verde Country
Club
1393 Luis Ma. Zaragosa Araneta Makati Medical
Center
1394 Mañosa Brothers San Miguel
Corporation Center
1395 Manuel Go La Fayette 1 & 2
1396 Otilio Arellano Mehan Garden
1397 Otilio Arellano National Bureau of
Investigation
1398 Otilio Arellano San Juan Municipal
Hall
1399 Pablo Antonio Bel-Air Apartment
1400 Pablo Antonio Conception Theatre
(demolish)
1401 Pablo Antonio FEU Main Building
1402 Pablo Antonio Forum Theatre
1403 Pablo Antonio Galaxy Theatre
1404 Pablo Antonio Ideal Theatre
(demolish)
1405 Pablo Antonio Manila Bulletin
Building
1406 Pablo Antonio Manila Polo Club
1407 Palafox & Associates Forbes Tower
1408 Palafox & Associates Rockwell Center
1409 Palafox & Associates SM Centerpoint
1410 Palafox & Associates SM Fairview
1411 Palafox & Associates SM Southmall
1412 Richard Kissling Rizal Monument
1413 Rogelio Villarosa College of St. Benilde
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1414 Tomas B. Mapua CEU Main Building
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1483 Antonio Toledo Department of
Finance
Department of
1484 Cresencio De Castro
Foreign Affairs ADB
Manila International
1507 Leandro Locsin
Airport (NAIA 1)
Department of
1551 Antonio Toledo Tourism (agriculture
and commerce)
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1585 William Coscolluela/ R. Villarosa Alexandra
Condominium
1586 Engracio Mariano / SOM Asian Development
Bank
1587 Philip Recto One Corporate
Center
1588 Art Alcantara Tiendesita's
1589 William Coscolluela Robinson's Galleria
1590 Leandro V. Locsin Benguet Center
1591 Pedro Pimentel/ Medi Nasrabadi Renaissance 1000
1592 Vicente Rodriguez/ Medi Nasrabadi Renaissance 2000
Development
1593 Felipe Mendoza Academy of the
Philippnes
1594 Philip Recto One San Miguel
1595 Mañosa Brothers San Miguel Building
1596 RR Payumo Discovery Suites
1597 Carlos Santos-Viola Our Lady of Lourdes
Church
1598 Rogelio Villarosa Tektite Towers
1599 Francisco Mañosa JMT Tower
1600 Antonio Sindiong SM Megamall
1601 Rogelio Villarosa EDSA Plaza Hotel
1602 Francisco Mañosa EDSA Shrine
1603 GF and Partners/ KPF GT Tower
1604 William Coscolluela Wack-Wack Twin
Towers
1605 Francisco Mañosa Medical City
Hospital
1606 Jose Ma. Zaragoza Meralco Building
1607 Nick Feliciano Loyola Memorial
Chapel
1608 Francisco Mañosa Metro Rail Transit
Stations (MRT)
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1609 Felipe Mendoza Mormon Temple
1610 Gabriel Formoso/ Nestor Mangio Club Filipino
1611 William V. Coscolluela One Beverly Place
White Cross
1612 Pablo S. Antonio Sr. Orphanage also
White Cross
Preventarium
1613 Recio Casas Bellagio 1 and 2
1614 William Coscolluela/ IM Pei Essensa Tower
1615 GF and Partners Serendra
1616 Gabriel Formoso Alabang Golf and
Country Club
1617 William Coscolluela Alabang 400
1618 G and W Insular Life Alabang
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Skidmore, Owings,
1713 Petron Mega Plaza
Merill
Kohn Pedersen Fox
1714 G.T. International Tower
Recio Casas
1715 Robinson's Equitable Tower HOK
Kohn Pedersen Fox
1716 ICEC (LKG) Tower
Recio Casas
1717 Pacific Plaza Tower 1& 2 Arquitectonica
Skidmore, Owings,
1718 Roxas Triangle 1 & 2
Merill
Cesar Pelli &
1719 Petronas Tower
Associates
Skidmore, Owings
1720 Sears Tower
and Merill
Skidmore, Owings
1721 Jin Mao Building
and Merill
Skidmore, Owings
1722 Plaza Rakyat
and Merill
Shreve Lamb &
1723 Empire State Building
Harmon
Dennis Lau and Ng
1724 Central Plaza Chu Man and
Associates
1725 Bank of China I.M. Pei & Partners
NORR Group
1726 Emirates Tower I
Consultants
1727 The Center
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Dennis Lau and Ng
1732 Citic Plaza (Sky Center Plaza)
Chu Man
Tom Wright of WS
1733 Burj Al-Arab Hotel
Atkins
1734 Baiyoke Tower 2 Plan Architect Co.
1735 Chrysler Building William Van Allen
Johnson/Burgee
1736 Bank of American Palza
Architects
Pei Cobb Freed and
1737 Library Tower
Partners
Hijjas Kasturi
1738 Malaysia Telecom HQ
Associates
1739 AT & T Corporate Center Peter Ellis, SOM
Pei Cobb Freed and
1740 Chase Tower
Partners
Baikdoosan
1741 Ryugyong Hotel Architects
&Engineers
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
1742 3. Rizal theatre Juan Nakpil
4. Manila Jockey Club
5. Quezon Institue
6. UP administration building (Quezon Hall)
7. Library Building (Gonzales Hall)
8.SSS (use of folded concrete plates as aesthetic
features)
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o 2nd National Artist of Architecture o Buildings:
1. Bel-Air Alhambra Apartments
2. Syquia Apartments
3. Sea Tower apartments
1743 4. Far Eastern University Building Pablo Antonio
5. Ideal Theatre
6. Lyric Theatre
7. May building (brise soleil)
o Buildings:
1. Church of the Risen Lord (UP)
2. Melchor Hall (UP- Eng& Arch building))
3. Palma Hall (UP-CAS building))
1747 4. Insular Life Building (1st brise soleil) Cesar Concio
5.Children’s Hospital (NORTH General
Hospital/Jose Reyes Hospital Pablo Cruz
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1748 Carlos Arguelles
1749 William Parson
1750 Fernando
Ocampo
Prepared development plan forManila & Baguio
(summer capital)
□ Reliance Building, Chicago
□ Monadnock Building, Chicago
□ Paid a 6 week visit to Philippines
1751 □ Prepared site for Daniel Burnham
1. Manila Hotel
2. Army & Navy Club
3. Philippine General Hospital
4. Post Office
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Metropolitan Theatre - colorist art deco, considered
as the zenith of Art Deco aesthetics in the Philippines,
exterior and interior exhibit locally mediated
1777
approaches such as detailing : tropical fruits and flora
motifs, bamboo banister railings, carved banana and
mango ceiling relief, and Batik mosaic patterns Juan Arellano
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Coconut Palace a luxurious guesthouse at the CCP
Complex. It showcased a double roof reminiscent of
1847 Francisco
the salakot (a wide brimmed hat) and swing-out
Manosa
(naka-tukod) window borrowed from the bahay kubo
•
1878 AYALA TOWER 1, Ayala Avenue, Makati City LOCSIN &
(consultant: S.O.M.) PARTNERS
•PACIFIC PLAZA TOWERS, Fort Bonifacio
(arquitectonica)
•ICEC TOWER, manila (Kohn Petersen Fox
Associates)
1879 • KINGSWOOD, Vito Cruz, Makati City RECIO + CASAS
•MANANSALA TOWER, Rockwell center, Makati
City
• PETRON, MEGAPLAZA
1881 • JIN MAO TOWER SOM
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• ROCKWELL (S.O.M.)
•FORBES TOWER, manila (RMJM London
1882 Palafox
unlimited)
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