Architecture Review Exam
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25 Questions

1. What material did Chinese workers use for scaffolding when building the Great Wall of China?

2. What is the most distinctive exterior feature on a Russian orthodox church?

3. The exterior of what 'pink palace' was featured on the cover of the eagles 'hotel California' album?

4. Which city has the subway system with the greatest number of stations?

5. Which type of glass became highly popular as an art form during the medieval?

6. Which Italian architectural term refers to a free-standing bell tower?

7. How high is the obelisk of the Washington monument? 111, 333, or 555 feet?

8. What Latin name is given to an inner courtyard that is open to the sky or covered by a skylight?

9. What modern New York City showplace was designed by Phillip Goodwin and Edward stone?

10. Which Architectural style followed Baroque?

11. The image of what mythical monster is heavily used in Chinese architecture?

12. What structure, developed in WWII, Consists of ½ cylinder on the ground that is covered with corrugated metal?

13. What granite Dome located in a californian national park is famous for it's grandeur?

14. What international prize is referred to as 'Architecture's Nobel' and 'The profession's highest honor?

15. Which is Europe's largest triumphal arch, completed an 1836?

16. Tuscan and Composite are two classical orders of what type of architecture?

17. What do you call a beam that Spans and opening supported by walls or columns?

18. Developed by the Romans, what name is given to a channel that transports water from remote areas using gravity?

19. According to the design theory put forth by Louis Sullivan, what 'follows function'?

20. To which famous French art gallery was a glass pyramid added in 1989?

21. If you must choose between A 'Gambrel' a 'Mansard' or a 'gabled' what are you selecting?

22. Which architectural style dominated the period from 1400 to 1600?

23. What Seattle landmark, constructed for the 1962 World's Fair, houses the rotating SkyCity restaurant?

24. Which geometric shape does Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York echo?

25. By what name is the collection of Egyptian Tombs across the Nile from Luxor better known?