LARO 21: Synergy - History of Architecture

Who invented a system of well-high universal application based on hyperboloids and paraboloids in buildings?

• Frank Ghery

• Santiago Calatrava

• Zaha Hadid

• Antoni Gaudi

Where is the term "Bahay Kubo" came from?

• 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"

In Egyptian Architecture, tomb of pharaohs was the?

• Ziggurat

• Mastaba

• Pyramid

• Sphinx

From 5th century to the present, character of Byzantine architecture is?

• Timber trusses

• Ribbed arches

• Domical roof construction

• Valut

The plan for the colosseum in Rome is shaped in the form what form?

• Ellipse

• Circle

• Trapezoid

• Half - circle

If 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?

• Peripteral

• Prostyle

• Amphiprostyle

• Dipteral

With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolona, a native natural cement, romans to achieve huge interiors used?

• Post and beam

• Arch & vault

• Pendentive

• Stylobate

What do you call the standing stones which are usually capped with a horizontal slab?

• Stonehenge

• Chromelech

• Dolmen

• Mehir

Where did Gothic Architecture originate?

• Northern France

• Germany

• Italy

• Spain

Egyptian architecture was principally designed for?

• External adoration

• Light and color

• Internal effect

• Life after death