Architects and Engineers 4th grade GT

a person who translates the client needs into a building design

• construction manager
• brick mason
• plumber
• architect

one of the main horizontal supporting pieces of a building

• beam
• wall
• window
• foundation

a person who builds, installs, and repairs structures

• landscape architect
• plumer
• carpenter
• electrician

Architecture involves what subjects...

• Construction
• Art and Math
• Poetry 

Why couldn't people build skyscrapers 100 years ago?

• They didn't want to.

• They used steel beams, and steel is weak.

• They used wooden beams, which aren't strong enough to hold a building taller than ten stories high.

• They did build skyscrapers 100 years ago.

What do architects call a limit placed on a design?

• restraint

• benefit

• rules

• constraint

What are the requirements of a job for the architect?

• What the client wants

• There are no requirements

• The same thing as constraints

• What the client hates

What are blueprints?

• detailed drawings by the architect and engineer

• a photograph of the engineer

• Prints that are blue

• Photographs that are painted blue

What is the engineer's main goal for a project?

• Making sure it looks good

• Making sure it looks terrible

• Ensuring that is is dangerous and structurally unsound

• Ensuring that is is safe and functional

What is an architect most concerned with on the project

• Making sure it is safe and functional

• Making it look good

• Making sure the project goes way over budget

• Making the building as ugly as possible