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MODERN BUILDINGS - PART 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify this building

a)

520 West 28th Street - NY, US

b)

Sullivan Center - Chicago Illinois

c)

Jewush Meseum - Berlin, Germany

d)

Woolworth Building - New York City, New York

2.

This concept can be traced back to the 1986 sculpture by _____ entitled 'Running Torso', in which inclined stacked marble cubes are balanced by a tensioned wire.

a)

Erich Mendelsohn

b)

Aldo Rossi

c)

Santiago Calatrava

d)

Norman Foster

3.

Identify the building

a)

Museum of Modern Art

b)

Allen Memorial Art Museum

c)

National Gallery

d)

Academia Gallery

4.

Indentify this building

a)

Historic New Harmony Atheneum

b)

Chicago History Museum

c)

The Historic New Orleans Collection

d)

Historic Arkansas Museum

5.

Function and Architectural Style

a)

Theatre House ; Neo-futurism

b)

Theatre House; Deconstructivism

c)

Opera House; Brutalist architecture

d)

Opera House; Expressionist architecture

6.

Identify the building

a)

Mies van der Rohe Pavilion

b)

Lilly Reich

Pavilion

c)

Elisengarten Archeological Pavillion

d)

Bürkliplatz Pavilion

7.

A building with a symmetrical E-shaped and a 28m tower that rises above the Maas River in the central wing extension.

a)

Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA

b)

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

c)

Bonnefanten Museum - Maastricht, Netherlands

d)

Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City

8.

It is one of the tallest hotels in the world, although 39% of its total height is made up of non-occupiable space. It stands on an artificial island that is 280 m (920 ft) from Jumeirah Beach and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The shape of the structure is designed to resemble the sail of a ship. It has a helipad near the roof, at a height of 210 m (689 ft) above ground.

a)

Princess Tower

b)

Burj Al Arab

c)

Burj Khalifa

d)

23 Marina

9.

The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), as it has a visceral, skeletal organic quality.

a)

Casa Botines

b)

Casa Vicens

c)

Casa Milà

d)

Casa Batlló

10.

Identify Building and Architect

a)

Casa da Música; Rem Koolhaas

b)

Casa da Música; Peter Eisenman

c)

Casa da volta portugal; Mark Wigley

d)

Casa da volta portugal; Bernard Tschumi