Final Exam

How does Charles Moore's Piazza d'Italia ironically satirize (perhaps unintentionally) the government of Italy ?

• By exaggerating and distorting Italian architectural elements
• By celebrating the achievements of the Italian government
• By comparing Italy's government to his dysfunctional architecture

• By incorporating traditional Italian design elements

Michael Graves was a force for re-introducing what to 20th-century architecture?

• Minimalism
• Dull colors

• Vivid colors

• Futuristic design

Michael Graves, Robert A.M. Stern, and Frank Gehry all designed Postmodern buildings for what corporation?

• Apple Inc.
• Microsoft Corporation
• The Walt Disney Company
• Amazon.com Inc.

From what material is the exterior skin of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao constructed?

• Titanium
• Concrete
• Steel
• Aluminum

Which of Richard Meier's projects took the longest time to construct?

• The Getty Center
• The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
• The Burda Collection Museum
• The Louvre Pyramid

What cladding material is used on many of Richard Myers's projects?

• Aluminum

• Steel

• Alucobond

• Titanium

Which Richard Meier-designed work is located in Dallas?

• Nasher Sculpture Center
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
• Rachofsky House
• Fallingwater

Which gallery in Dallas was conceived of as a museum without a roof?'

• Perot Museum of Nature and Science
• Kimbell Art Museum
• Dallas Museum of Art
• Nasher Sculpture Center

Which Parisian building is known as the Inside-out Building?

• Eiffel Tower
• Louvre Museum
• Centre Pompidou
• Notre-Dame Cathedral

What material clads the dome of the Reichstag, in Berlin? What is the symbolic meaning of this material?

• Wood, referring to the expansion of the government

• Concrete, referring to the support of the government

• Glass, referring to the transparency of the government

• Steel, referring to the strength of the government