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Architecture

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This English architect designed St. Paul's Cathedral.

a)

Louis Sullivan

b)

Sir Christopher Wren

c)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

d)

Sir William Gehry

2.

Sir Christopher Wren designed what famous landmark located in London?

a)

Buckingham Palace

b)

The Statue of Liberty

c)

St. Paul's Cathedral

d)

The London Bridge

3.

Which event led to Sir Christopher Wren designing many buildings in the city of London?

a)

The Great Fire of 1666

b)

The Great Fire of 1617

c)

The Great Fire of 1732

d)

The Great Fire of 1694

4.

This famous American architect was the mentor of Frank Lloyd Wright

a)

Christopher Wren

b)

Eero Saarinen

c)

Frank Sullivan

d)

Louis Sullivan

5.

Louis Sullivan popularized the idea of "__________"

a)

Form follows function

b)

Don't count your eggs before they hatch

c)

Architecture should speak of it's time and place

d)

Function follows form

6.

This architect has been nicknamed "The father of skyscrapers" and is most popular for the Wainwright Building

a)

Frank Lloyd Wright

b)

Louis Sullivan

c)

Frank Gehry

d)

I.M. Pei

7.

Frank Lloyd Wright is most popular for...

a)

Fallingwater

b)

Taliesin

c)

Guggenheim Museum

d)

Imperial Hotel

e)

Robie House

8.

Villa Savoye is the work this architect is best known for.

a)

Frank Gehry

b)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c)

Le Corbusier

d)

Sir Christopher Wren

9.

Le Corbusier wrote this work in 1923.

a)

Looking Back at Architecture

b)

Away from the Old

c)

Towards a New Architecture

d)

Finding Architecture in Life

10.

This German-American architect said "less is more" and was the last director of the Bauhaus, A German Architecture school.

a)

Ludwig Meis van der Rohe

b)

Ludwig von Rohe

c)

Eero Saarinen

d)

I.M. Pei

11.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is best known for his work...

a)

Seagram Building

b)

Seaside Hotel

c)

Eiffel Tower

d)

Buckingham Palace

12.

Eero Saarinen, a Finnish-American architect, is known for his work...

a)

The Gateway Arch

b)

TWA Flight Center (at the JFK International Airport)

c)

The Dulles Airport

d)

The Salt Lake City Airport

13.

The glass pyramids at the Louvre, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, andthe Bank of China Tower are all works belonging to this Chinese-American architect.

a)

I.M. Pei

b)

Wang Shu

c)

Ma Yansong

d)

Ken Yeang

14.

This architect's designs were often dominated by sweeping, curved sheets of metal

a)

I.M. Pei

b)

Louis Sullivan

c)

Frank Gehry

d)

Frank Lloyd Wright

15.

Frank Gehry, a Canadian-American architect, was best known for his work...

a)

Guggenheim Bilbao

b)

Walt Disney Concert Hall

c)

Experience Music Project

d)

Pritzker Pavilion