Choose the correct variant. Who does this saying belong to? "Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of forms under the light".

Choose the correct variant. The architect usually begins to work when….. .

Choose the correct variant. During the Old Kingdom Egypt ….. by the kings of the 3rd to 6th Dynasties.

Choose the correct variant. The sun temples were built ….. the 5th Dynasty.

Choose the correct variant. Techniques of working in stone, wood and metal made tremendous progress, ….. surviving large scale monuments.

Choose the correct definition to the word: Dome

Choose the correct variant. Сathedrals occupies the place of first importance in social life because men ….. their construction from one generation to another.

Choose the correct variant. A room at the top of a house is a (an) …

Choose the correct variant. What is the main function of architecture?

Choose the correct variant. The Ptolemies built numerous temples ….. the island of Philae.

Choose the correct variant. Find the English equivalents: художники и ремесленники

Choose the correct variant. The Acropolis ….. upper town

Choose the correct variant. The Parthenon was built ….. an anonymous architect.

Choose the correct variant. The Acropolis is the gem of ….. architecture.

Choose the correct variant. The Acropolis ….. on a low rocky hill.

Choose the correct variant. A shape with triangular sides

Find the English equivalent: шедевр мировой архитектуры

Choose the correct variant. The Propylaea ….. by Mnesicles.

Choose the correct variant. There are ….. types of orders in architecture.

Choose the correct variant. The Doric, Ionic and the Corinthian ….. were invented by Greeks.

Choose the correct variant. Its caryatid porch makes use of an old Oreintal motif that ….. earlier.

Choose the correct variant. Hagia Sophia is one of the greatest surviving examples of ….. architecture.

Choose the correct variant. The Doric order changed little ….. its history.

Choose the correct variant. The most outstanding achievements of ..... architecture are funerary monuments and temples.

Choose the correct variant. What is the insula?

Choose the correct variant. The Great Sphinx has a crouching body of a lion and …..

Choose the correct variant. An area’s physical characteristics

Choose the correct variant. Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence: use, for, many, architects, computers, different, purposes

Choose the correct variant. Craftsmen ….. from wider contact with other civilization.

Choose the correct variant. The upper section of a classical order is a/an …..

Choose the correct variant. Having angles instead of curves

Choose the correct variant. A particular style of column with its entablature ….. standardized details is order.

Choose the correct variant. For the first time the Corinthian order was used for…..

Choose the correct variant. In its general proportions the Corinthian is very like …..

Choose the correct variant. Wooden pillars were replaced ….. stone ones.

Choose the right term to the following definition: The flat, middle portion of an entablature (sometimes decorated).

Choose the right term to the following definition: A rectangular room with an opening in the roof to the sky.

Choose the correct variant. The Colosseum was ….. of ancient Rome.

Choose the correct variant. The Romans ….. freely the elements of earlier styles.

Choose the correct variant. Perpendicular period of English architecture ….. the improvement in social conditions and commercial prosperity.

Choose the correct variant. The Pantheon is … surviving temple of antiquity.

Choose the right term to the following definition: Blocks of flats.

Choose the correct variant. Suburban or country house is …..

What is the Russian equivalent ‘dome’?

Choose the correct variant. ….. is a colonnaded court.

Choose the correct variant. The Tate Gallery is …..

Choose the correct variant. A hard substance made with aggregate and cement

Choose the correct variant. A delicate building material made from clay

Choose the correct variant. Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli was….. .

Choose the correct variant. A polished stone that is used as a building material

Choose the correct variant. Byzantine architecture of the period of Hagia Sophia is markedly….. mathematics

Choose the correct variant. A material made with paper and plaster

Choose the correct variant. The Byzantine churches ….. internally with thin marble ladoes and mosaics above.

Choose the correct variant. Modern architecture ….. many factors specific to the country.

Choose the correct variant. The effects of sun, wind and rainfall ….. the arrangements of the axes of buildings and their parts

Choose the correct variant. Gothic was essentially the style of ….. countries.

Choose the correct variant. The title the “first Gothic building” is given to….. .

Choose the correct variant. A transparent substance used in windows

Choose the right synonym for the following word: barbarian

Choose the right synonym for the following word: cathedral

Choose the correct variant. For the classical antiquity and for the Renaissance the ….. the basic element of architectural design.

Choose the correct variant. The basic theory of static equilibrium for forces acting in any direction was applied in ….. .

Choose the correct variant. The world time ..... its origin in Greenwich

Choose the right term to the following definition: a monumental church

Choose the right definition to the following term: the Renaissance style

Choose the right term to the following definition: enclosed interior sanctuary

Replace the word in italics by synonym. The most influential building in the new fashion was the choir of Canterbury cathedral.

Choose the correct variant. Not easily broken

Choose the correct variant. The Tempietto is ….. in plan

Choose the correct variant. The Renaissance developed in …..

Choose the correct variant. The Renaissance ….. measured expression and definition of architectural space.

Choose the correct variant. The term “Baroque” was used by philosophers ….. .

Choose the correct variant. Baroque architecture was a means of ….. faith in church and in the state.

Choose the correct variant. Able to stretch easily

Choose the correct variant. Vivid colours were ….. by pastel shades.

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. Churches and palaces still exhibited an integration of the tree arts.

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. Interior and exterior space entertained and captured with imagination by intricacy and subtlety.

Choose the correct variant. The word ‘Baroque’ was used to ….. imperfectly shaped pearl.

Choose the correct variant. The classism that ….. in the period of 1750-1830 is often known as Neoclassism.

Choose the correct variant. The center of international Neoclassism was….. .

Choose the correct variant. A person who designs a building’s heating and ventilation systems

Choose the correct variant. A drawing done by hand

Choose the correct variant. A skeleton - like internal structural system

What’s the English equivalent ‘долговечность’?

Choose the correct variant. According to Le Corbusier, ‘the house should be as practically constructed as …..’

Choose the correct variant. Le Corbusier ….. the urban planning schemes for Paris and for several large North African cities.

Choose the correct variant. Gehry was named 1989 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, ….. award for architectural achievement presented to a living architect.

Choose the correct variant. Le Corbusier was the ….. figure internationally in modern architecture from 1920 to 1960.

Choose the correct variant. Find the English equivalent: утонченные вкусы 18 века

Choose the correct variant. Ancient Greek architecture ….. by its highly formalized characteristics, both of structure and decoration.

Choose the synonym for the word in italics. The building structure was lightened to render interiors graceful and ethereal.

Choose the correct variant. The system by which electricity is distributed through a building

Choose the correct variant: The aim of visual art is … a complete, homogeneous physical environment in which all the arts have their places.

Choose the correct term to the definition: Pertaining to the present time.

Choose the correct term to the definition: the redutionary phase of the Modern art movement.

Choose the correct variant. There is a massive emphasis ….. certain elements such as energy efficiency and the use of environmentally friendly construction materials.

Choose the correct variant. Rococo rooms ….. as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings.

What’s the Russian equivalent for ‘load bearing wall’?

Choose the correct variant. Saint Petersburg ….. by the Tsar Peter the Great on the 27th of May , 1703.

Choose the right term to the definition: the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones.

Choose the correct variant. Small true brick arches first appeared in….. .

Choose the correct variant. The aqueduct … … by the Romans.

Choose the right term to the definition: A draped female statue used as a column in classical architecture.

Choose the right term to the definition. a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion historical monument

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. Replace the word in italics by synonyms. European travelers saw the mysterious and amazing remains of the ancient Egyptian civilization.

Choose the correct variant. The Ascension Cathedral in Almaty is ….. wooden building in the world

Choose the correct variant. The top three floors of student hostel ….. now.

Choose the right term to the definition: A person skilled in building with stone or brick.

Choose the right term to the definition: The place where Muslim people have religious services.

Choose the right definition to the following term: It is an upright structure designed to support a weight above.

Choose the correct variant. Architecture….. designing and planning buildings.

Choose the correct variant. In prehistoric times people ….. shelter where they could live.

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. The Great Sphinx probably bears the idealized features of Khephren.

Choose the correct variant. Many architectural projects usually ….. from financial problems.

Choose the correct variant. The architect says he ….. the design by the next Saturday.

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. The concept of the king as a powerful lion goes back into prehistoric times.

Choose the correct variant. A system for distributing air throughout a building.

Choose the correct variant. Robert Adam is one of the outstanding representatives of Neoclassicism ….. .

Choose the correct variant. Architects ….. clients who often come with particular problems that are often addressed in conventional ways.

Choose the correct variant. The architecture ….. both historical precedent and modern technology.

Choose the correct variant. Greek theaters ….. for public meetings and dramatic performances.

Choose the correct variant. Italian contemporary architecture ….. to architecture in Italy during the last decade.

Choose the correct variant. ….. angles are fixed across the ends of the beams.

Choose the correct variant. Type of architecture that focuses on uniting buildings with their natural surroundings.

What’s the English equivalent ‘стекловолокно’?

Choose the correct variant. The greatest surviving circular temple of antiquity, and ….. the most important Roman building is the Pantheon in Rome.

Choose the correct variant. Catholic churches ….. statuary, paintings and traditional symbols.

Choose the correct variant. Ionic columns ….. modern design to convey elegance.

Choose the correct variant. The architect designed a full height glass ribbon that ….. the perimeter wall through the reception area of the hotel and ended at the entrance.

Choose the correct variant. Curtain walls are a popular building ….. for many commercial buildings.

Choose the correct variant. The small central building ….. two astonishing interesting arches.

Choose the correct variant. This is the first book in English ….. the extent to which modern architecture flourished in this country.

Choose the correct variant. ….. made it possible to build very tall buildings.

Choose the correct variant. The roof clearly ….. itself for the building skeleton.

Choose the correct variant. Modernist architecture ….. as an appropriate residential style in Europe.

Choose the correct variant. ….. is an 1889 iron tower located in Paris that has become one of the most recognizable structures in the world.

Choose the correct variant. ….. not only acts as a cementing material but also impart strength to the work by holding individual bricks together.

Choose the correct variant. To create a safe city free from natural disasters has been one of the important criteria in ….. .

Choose the correct variant. The parks provide the safety of the ….. and keep the city border.

Choose the correct variant. The inside part of something

Choose the correct variant. An architectural drawing that is done manually

Choose the right The client is very interested … sustainable architecture.

Choose the correct variant. Turkistan is one of Kazakhstan's historic cities with an archaeological record ….. to the 4th century.

Choose the correct variant. A proposal to erect four skyscrapers in the town ….. considerable concern among the town planning staff.

Choose the correct variant. New York and Los Angeles are America’s most ….. cities.

Choose the correct variant. Urban ….. fall into one of five major categories: residential, mixed residential – commercial, commercial, industrial and special.

Choose the correct variant. Some planning strategies ….. declining town centers.

Choose the correct variant. City planning for land use and transportation in the public interest is helpful ….. all communities and neighborhoods.

Choose the correct variant. ….., one of the wealthiest cities due to its control of the Adriatic Sea, also became a center for Renaissance culture, especially architecture.

. Choose the correct variant. A two – storey building ….. in a congested urban area where site availability is limited.

Choose the correct variant. In Germany, Gropius ….. mechanistic direction.

Choose the correct variant. Distinguished architects of the ….. style, such as Mackintosh, Behrens and the Viennese masters became pioneers of modern architecture.

Choose the right Exterior side of a building

Choose the right The quality of being clear or easy to see through

What is the Russian equivalent ‘bird’s eye view’?

Choose the right What is the English equivalent ‘герметик’?

Choose the correct variant. Zoning usually ….. building design and very specific green space.

Choose the correct variant. Modernism in architecture ….. simplification of form and subtraction of ornament from the structure and theme of the building.

Choose the correct term to the definition. the art, buildings, traditions and beliefs that a society considers important to its history and culture

Choose the correct variant. ….. was a Swiss-born French architect and designer, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called Modern architecture.

Choose the correct variant. Modern architecture is a term applied to the movement and period in architectural history ….. .

Choose the correct variant. The thickness of the wall which is ….. evaluating the quantity of brickwork is called nominal thickness of a wall.

Choose the correct variant. The term ….. is used to describe the simplified, unornamented building styles of the 20th century.

Choose the correct variant. The dome may be regarded as the three-dimensional counterpart of ….. .

Choose the correct variant. Ten tree tenants grow out of the windows of the KunstHausWren ….. .

Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. The arch has been the chief means of overcoming the spanning limitations of single blocks of stone.

Choose the correct variant. ….. building architects, surveyors, and engineers, landscape architects help determine the best arrangement of roads and buildings.

Choose the correct variant. The first basilica should ….. by Cato after 184 B.C.on the Forum in Rome.

Choose the correct variant. Gothic architecture began in the middle of the 12th century with the intention of making churches ….. heaven: soaring, colorful, and bright.

Choose the correct variant. ….. is a common architectural feature in large buildings, such as basilicas.

Choose the correct variant. Sir Christopher Wren ….. his large building complexes: Hampton Court Palace and Greenwich Hospital.

Choose the correct variant. The Gothic style ….. in France in the 12th century.

Choose the correct variant. The most typically ….. is the Perpendicular style of the 15th century.

Choose the right What is the English equivalent ‘универсальная штукатурка’?

Choose the correct variant. A significant characteristic of Gothic architecture is ….. .

What is the English equivalent ‘sturdy timber’?

Choose the right The origin of Gothic architectural design in the Arabian world began with a desire to create buildings and mosques that ….. churches and other western-inspired structures.

Choose the correct translation: the pointed arch

Choose the correct variant. The Renaissance of Classic architecture, which started in Italy in the fifteenth century, spread westwards throughout all those countries of Europe which ….. the Western Roman Empire.

Choose the correct variant. Baroque architecture is more like ….. .

Choose the correct variant. The Baroque architects were interested ….. buildings dramatic and exciting to look at, and the work of architects such as Vignola and Bernini in Rome shows how exciting Baroque architecture could be.

Choose the correct variant. In Gothic architecture the ribs ….. the framework of the vaulting.

Choose the correct variant. The only elements, ….. in Gothic architecture, which were not covered, were vault ribs.

Choose the correct variant. Gothic architecture involved lots of ….. of stained glass.

Choose the correct variant. The last phase of Gothic architecture in France was more a form of ….. than a style.

Choose the correct variant. The pinnacle of Gothic art and architecture was exemplified by the French when they built ….. in Paris.

Choose the correct variant. Spiral ornaments are called…

Choose the correct variant. The complicated style of International Gothic ….. during the 14th century.

Choose the correct variant. In some areas the Northern Renaissance ….. the Italian Renaissance.

Choose the correct variant. The frontal facades of Italian Renaissance buildings ….. symmetrical.

Choose the correct variant. A common feature of ….. was the dome.

Choose the correct variant. A temple-style structure generally features a Peristyle, ….. is rarely seen in Renaissance work.

Choose the correct variant. The Bauhaus school was founded ….. Walter Gropius in Weimar.

Choose the correct variant. The Bauhaus style became ….. influential currents in Modernist architecture and modern design.

Choose the correct variant. An ….. is a structure that spans a space and supports structure and weight below it.

What is the Pantheon?

Choose the correct variant. A beam is a structural element that is capable of ….. load primarily by resisting bending.

What is the Russian equivalent ‘a drop ceiling’?

Choose the correct variant. Foundations ….. two categories: shallow foundations and deep foundations.

Choose the correct variant. The architecture of a mosque ….. most strongly by the regional traditions of the time and place where it was built. 

Choose the correct variant. A type of architecture in which buildings have an organic, wavy form

Choose the correct variant. Constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1919, ….. was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art.

Choose the correct variant. … is a very common material that is used for covering walls.

Choose the correct variant. The continuous slab ….. a self-contained floor systems.

Choose the correct variant. A line between two points

Choose the correct variant. Ornament is a decorative detail used ….. parts of a building.

Choose the correct variant. In France, the highly ornamented Baroque style ….. Classical restraint.

Choose the Russian equivalent: bumwad

Choose the right Classical architectural models were adapted ….. different architectural forms.

Choose the right What is the English equivalent ‘архитектурное обрамление’?

Choose the correct variant. The structure is composed of a steel frame with concrete ….. .

Choose the correct variant. The architect ….. Denmark to complete the Marble Church in Copenhagen.

Choose the correct variant. Mannerism is the term applied to certain aspects of ….. .

Choose the correct variant. The cathedral of the Assumption ….. Fioravante.

Choose the correct variant. In 1989 Frank O. Gehry was awarded with ….. .

Choose the Russian equivalent: drafting board

Choose the correct variant. The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the most prestigious award for ….. .

Choose the correct variant. A house in a row of houses which are all joined together.

Choose the correct variant. A house which stands alone and is not joined to any other.

Choose the correct variant. A house which is joined to another on one side only.

Choose the correct variant. A house which is rented from a local authority.

Choose the correct variant. A small house in the country, usually with a garden.

Choose the correct variant. Brutalism is a mid-twentieth century architectural school …... used substantial materials like concrete and repetitive geometric shapes.

Match the Russian word combination with the English equivalents. украшать завитками

Choose the correct variant. Clear measured expression and definition of architectural space and mass ….. the Renaissance style ….. the Gothic style.

Choose the correct variant. In order to become effective in a career as a restoration architect, you need to ….. a certain set of skills

Choose the correct variant. The Bauhaus ….. the most important centre of modern design until the Nazis closed it in 1933.

Choose the correct variant. The Kinemax is inspired by ….. .

Choose the correct variant. In the Kinemax the information is presented ….. all the senses.

Choose the correct variant. ….. is transformed into the exit of the Kinemax.

Choose the correct variant. The New York public library combines a modern expression ….. the original design.

Choose the correct variant. A shell may be ….. in two directions.

Choose the correct variant. The term shell ….. a spanning and space enclosing element of pyramidal form.

Choose the correct variant. The Kunsthaus, which is located in Graz, Austria, is a contemporary art museum with a “…..” shape that stands out against the traditional architecture of the surrounding buildings.

Choose the correct variant. The Schnabel Residence’s unusual morphology, a typical typology and the surprising choice of materials ….. the comprehension of the clients.

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part: Lauren is studying to be a person who plans and designs buildings.