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Considered as the 1st skyscraper in the Philippines
Brise soleil
Picache Building
Aqueduct
Pyramids
In mastaba, a small room for offerings
Serdab
Gargoyle
Tholos
Cloaca Maxima
Ancient Roman sewage system
Aqueduct
Ken
Largest and best-preserved beehive tomb.
Dhunge Dhara
Nave
Tholos
Romanesque
An external arched support for the wall of gothic cathedrals, enabled builders to put very tall but comparatively thin stone walls.
Entasis
Flying buttresses
Trefoil
Florence cathedral
Crowning member of a flying buttress helping to counteract the lateral thrust of the vault.
Single upright stone with an average height of 9 meters, oriented in parallel from east to west
A slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft.
Fortified settlements (without doors, where people access from the roofs)
Catal Huyuk
Architectural character: sober and dignified
Hinduism
Buddhism
Romanesque
Roman Temple
Construction system of Egyptian Architecture
Columnar and Trabeated
Application of an convex curve(bulging) to a surface for aesthetic and technical purpose
Entasis
Parthenon
Lacunaria
Propylea
In Greek Architecture, what is the chief building materials they used for buildings?
(a)
A latin term as used by Vitruvius that means "theory of Architecture". It was originally simply accepted the accepted translation.
Canalis
Ratiocinatio
Architrave
Atticurge
Who is the roman architect, civil and military engineer during 1st century BC and author of celebrated treatise De Architectura?
Vitruvius
Classic architecture that is a capital that uses volutes
In mastaba, a small room for offerings
Donjon
Nave
Cedar
Wood popular in Japan
Cedar
The only surviving structure of the 1945 war in Intramuros, Manila
San Agustin Church
1st registered architect in the Philippines
Felix Roxas
Juan Napkil
Pablo Antonio
Tomas Mapua
A filipino 1st national artist in architecture.
Francisco Manosa
Jose Maria Zaragosa
Ildelfonso Santos, Jr.
A 3rd national Artist of the Philippines for Architecture.
Pablo Antonio
Juan Napkil
Every Locsin building is an original, and identifiable as with what styles?(Multiple correct answers)
Theme of floating volume
Buoyant and massive running
Maximum use of natural light and cross ventilation
Duality of light and heavy
Metropolitan Theater designed by Juan Arellano is an example of
Art Deco
Brutalist
Landscape
Classical
The First recorded Filipino architect.
Juan Napkil
Jose Maria Zaragoza
Pablo Antonio
Earliest human habitation, e.g. tabon cave
Cave dwellings
Perched on forked branches of trees
(a)
An architect who was highly influenced by medieval Architecture more than the strongholds of Modernism. His design were of Modern concepts but reflected a medieval vibe (Monumentality).
Sir Norman Foster
Richard Rogers
Louis Kahn
Robert Venturi
What do you call a Chinese gateway?
Torii
Pailou
A Japanese gateway is called a
(a)
The most famous Greek temple is called:
The Parthenon
The Acropolis
The Temple of Athena
The Temple of Zeus
Greek classical style is best known for its:
Columns
Colors
Height
Strength
The Parthenon has _______________ style columns.
Corinthian
Ionic
Doric
The Lincoln Memorial has ________________ columns.
Corinthian
Ionic
Doric
In Egyptian Architecture, the tomb of the Pharaohs is the?
Stupa
Pyramid
Mastaba
Tumuli
The Great Pyramid of Gizeh was build during the 4th dynasty by?
Cheops
Senusret
Zoser
Amenemhat
The beginner of Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak and founder of the 19th dynasty
Rameses 1
Rameses 2
Rameses 3
Rameses 4
The Mineral of greatest importance to Greek Architecture of which greece and there domains had an ample supply was?
Stone
Mica
Marble
Granite
Greek Architecture was essentially?
Arch and Vault
Columnar and Trabeated
Ribbed and Panelled Vaulting
Domical Roof Construction
The imposing entrance to the Acropolis and erected by Architect Mnesicles is the?
Pai Lou
Torii
Propylaea
Torana
The building in the Acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building erected is the
Parthenon
Pantheon
Temple of Pantheon
Temple of the Greeks
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with?
Lacunaria
Waffle ceiling
Arch and Vault
Columnar and Trabeated
Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the greeks?
Doric
Corinthian
Composite
Tuscan
From the 5th Century to the present, the character of the Byzantine Architecture is the practice using the?
Arch and Vault
Columnar and Trabeated
Ribbed and Panelled Vaulting
Domical Roof Construction
The finest eemaining example of Byzantine Architecture
Hagia Sofia, Constantinople
Parthenon
Pantheon
Palace of Persopolis
The Architectural Character of the Romanesque Architecture is
Arch and Vault
Columnar and Trabeated
Sober and Dignified
Domical Roof Construction
Romanesque Architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing the walls
Marble
Bricks
Stone
Concrete
The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buldings in Rome
Parthenon
Pantheon
Forum Romanum
Hagia Sofia
Amphitheaters are used for?
Physical Acitivites
Gladiator Contest
Public Space
Market
An Ancient Greek portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public areas
Agora
Stoa
Exedrae
Forum
A fortified high area or citadel of an Ancient Greek city.
Acropolis
Metropolis
Persepolis
Megalopolis
An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints if the flat tiles
Acroterion
Anterfixae
S-tiles
Pantiles
The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in the Grek Temple
Intercolumnation
Pteroma
Temenos
Prostyle
Royal architect of pyramids of Giza.
Hemiunu
Height of Cheops Pyramid
A canopy supported by columns generally placed over an altar or tomb.
Apse
Baldachino
Narthex
Soffit
Vista
A long arcaded entrance porch to an early Christian basilica church.
Apse
Baldachino
Narthex
Soffit
Vista
In Early Christian Architecture, a raised stage reserved for the clergy.
Apse
Baldachino
Bema
Ciborium
Soffit
The chief structure of Early Christian Architecture.
Agora
Forum
Temple
Church
Baptistry
The plan shape for Early Christian churches.
Polygonal
Basilican
Latin Cross
Greek Cross
Calvary Cross
Term applied to the triangular curved overhanging surface by means of which a circular dome is supported over a square or polygonal compartment.
Fresco
Pendentive
Arch
Vault
The byzantine style is a fusion of the classic columnar style of the east with the _______ construction of the west.
Trussed
Arcuated
Trabeated
Domical
Post and Lintel
The church plan of a Byzantine Church.
Polygonal
Basilican
Latin Cross
Greek Cross
Calvary Cross
Romanesque means:
Departure to the classic lines
Return to the classic lines
Roman–like art
Architecture of the curved line
The church plan of a Romanesque Church.
Polygonal
Basilican
Latin Cross
Greek Cross
Calvary Cross
The portion of a wall above the roof gutter or balconies.
Battlement
Crenel
Parapet
Merlons
In Gothic Architecture, an arch starting from a detached pier and abutting against a wall to take the thrust of a vaulting.
Buttress
Flying Butress
Pinnacles
Crocket
In Gothic Architecture, a mass of masonry built against a wall to resist the pressure of an arch or vault.
Buttress
Flying Buttress
Pinnacles
Crocket
In Gothic Architecture, the term used to describe the lower part of a medieval vault where the ribs converge against the outer wall and form an approximation of an inverted half-cone or half-pyramid.
Stellar
Conoid
Lierne
Formeret
In Gothic Architecture, the term used to describe a medieval vault in which the ribs compose a star-shaped pattern.
Stellar
Conoid
Lierne
Formeret
Gothic is, in essence:
Departure to the classic lines
Return to the classic lines
Roman-like art
Architecture of the curved line
Which among the following best describes Baroque Architecture?
A profusion and confusion of detail
A lavish display of decoration
Dramatic, rich grand and alive
Logical, staid and serene
Considered as the first “modern” architect and one of the most influential architects of all time. He was a trained mason and was considered to be Alberti’s successor in architecture.
Raphael Santi
Donato Bramante
Leonardo Da Vinci
Andrea Palladio
Built by the emperor Shah Jahan for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal
