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WorksheetsARTA2 Final Exam
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 27mins
Casa Batllo, Casa Mila, Park Guell - Who is the architect of these structures?
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Antonio Gaudi
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Louvre Pyramid by I.M. Pei is what part of the Louvre Museum?
Gallery
Main Entrance
Conservation area
"Make no little plans." - Who said this dictum?
Robert Venturi
Glenn Murcutt
Daniel Burnham
The Vessel at the Hudson Yards Plaza is comprised of 154 intricately interconnecting flights of stairs -- almost 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings that’s a centerpiece of Hudson Yards, NYC. Who made this masterpiece?
Thomas Heatherwick
Peter Behrens
Gordon Bunshaft
Who won the 2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize Award?
Shigeru Ban
Peter Zumthor
Eduardo Souto de Moura
It is a housing complex in Montreal by Moshe Safdie with interconnected, stacked concrete blocks creating a singular and stunning residential setting.
Habitat 67
87 Habitat
Habitat 76
He was a pioneer in the field of Industrial Design and known as the world’s first industrial designer and one of Germany's greatest architects.
Gottfried Bohm
Peter Behrens
Hans Hollein
The Kunsthaus (1997) in Bregenz, Austria by Peter Zumthor created an airy glass cube that generates a translucent gray light. Each of the building’s four concrete stories has a glass ceiling, letting in natural light that is optimum for a specific space. What is the purpose of this building?
School
Office
Museum
The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas TWIN Towers, are an interlinked pair of 88-storey supertall skyscrapers, standing at 451.9 meters (1,483 feet). Where is this located?
Taipei, Taiwan
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jakarta, Indonesia
This building by Sverre Fehn in Norway has a purpose of collection, creation and dissemination of knowledge about glaciers and climate.
Norwegian Glacier Museum
Norwegian Glacier Center
Norwegian Glacier Hub
Gottfried Bohm has been considered to be both _____ and _____ architect, but he prefers to be seen as somebody who is able to create connections between the past and the future, between the world of ideas and the physical world, between a building and its urban surroundings.
post bauhaus
post modernist
expressionist
constructivist
The Lever House by Gordon Bunshaft was among the first curtain wall buildings in the United States. Its minimalist design, with a smooth glass facade and slender form, set a new standard for modern office buildings. This glass and steel skyscraper is considered an icon of what architectural style?
Post Modernism
Functionalism
International Style
Who is the architect of the Sydney Opera House?
HDM
Jorn Utzon
James Stirling
Richard Alan Meier is an American architect who won the Pritzker Prize in 1984. What is his architectural style?
Modernist
Brutalist
Minimalist
He is a Japanese architect and the 46th Pritzker Prize Laureate.
Shigeru Ban
Toyo Ito
Arata Isozaki
This is the main arena for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games designed by HDM.
(a)
After working under Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, he was a pioneer of brutalist and modernist architecture in India.
Balkrishna Doshi
Zaha Hadid
A major figure in contemporary architecture, pushing the boundaries of design with the use of new technologies and materials to create spaces that were both futuristic and expressive.
Santiago Calatrava
Zaha Hadid
Bjarke Ingels
Described by Piano as a “little vertical city,” this building dominates the London skyline and is one of the world's most recognizable skyscrapers.
The Shard
The Gherkin
The Willis
Pritzker Laureate of 2016
Balkrishna Doshi
RCR
Alejandro Aravena
Shigeru Ban was most recognized for his innovative use of what kind of construction material?
ficem tubes
cardboard tubes
paper tubes
He worked mostly with concrete and steel to produce incredible sculpturous bridges and buildings.
Eero Saarinen
Frank Gehry
Santiago Calatrava
He is known for the creative use of natural light and for structures that follow natural forms of the landscape, rather than disturbing the landscape by making it conform to the constructed space of a building. One of his most signature works is the Ibaraki Kasugaoka Church in Osaka.
Tadao Ando
Toyo Ito
Kenzo Tange
SANAA is an architectural firm founded in 1995 by architects _____ and _____, who were awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2010.
Anne Lacaton
Kazuyo Sejima
Jean-Philippe Vassal
Ryue Nishizawa
According to the Pritzker jury's citation, "his architecture projects an air of optimism, lightness and joy and is infused with both a sense of uniqueness and universality". He won in 2013.
Tadao Ando
Toyo Ito
Kenzo Tange
It is a monument designed by Eero Saarinen to the western expansion of the United States and is dedicated to the American People.
(a)
Alvaro Siza is a Portuguese architect and designer. Beyond the 1950s, his works were inspired by and is an extension of the principles of _____.
modernism
international style
expressionism
He is the "Bad Boy" of American architecture.
Daniel Libeskind
Frank Gehry
Thom Mayne
He is the Father of Furniture Design.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Marcel Breuer
Le Corbusier
The pair had been collaborating for more than 40 years when they received the Pritzker Prize in 2020, the first time the honor was given to two women and the winners of the 2020 RIBA Gold Medal.
Shelley McNamara
Anne Lacaton
Carme Pigem
Yvonne Farell
The Falling Water is renowned for its innovative design that seamlessly blends with the natural surroundings and the waterfall. Its design aligns with Wright's concept of (a) .
Unité d’ Habitation is one of the houses in the housing project series for Le Corbusier that focuses on communal living for all the inhabitants to shop, play, live, and come together in a “ (a) ”.
"Less is more". Who said this dictum?
Rem Koolhaas
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Robert Venturi
The Gherkin, designed by Norman Foster, is formally known as?
10 St Mary's Axe
60 St Louies AX
30 St Mary Axe
Designed by Rem Koolhaas, what is this structure and where is it located?
Hong Kong
Beijing
Shanghai Tower
CCTV HQ
It is recognized as the first postmodern architecture.
Vanna Venturi House
The Guild House
Fire Station Number 4
Teatro Del Mondo and San Cataldo Cemetery are the works of whose famous architect?
Robert Venturi
Cesar Pelli
Aldo Rossi
Drawing from a deep commitment for poetry, philosophy, music and literature, his objective is to design architecture that is distinctive, long-lasting and meaningful.
Bjarke Ingels
James Stirling
Daniel Libeskind
Louvre Abu Dhabi is designed by?
I.M. Pei
Jean Nouvel
Zaha Hadid
Exhibiting an overlay of recycled materials, the facade of this structure by Wang Shu is a paradigm of blending traditional and modern materials. The upper half of the facade showcases an exposed concrete render once encased in bamboo shuttering. The lower half of the facade was developed in collaboration with craftsmen via the Wapan technique, a textured cladding of brick and tile.
Ningbo History Museum
Five Scattered Houses
Ningbo Tengtou Pavilion
He questioned the compositional and theoretical precepts of the first Modern Movement. It can be said that in his time, his architecture was a rebellion against conformity.
Robert Venturi
James Stirling
Aldo Rossi
It is influenced by Le Corbusier’s Philip’s Pavilion and Eero Saarinen’s hockey stadium at Yale University, Kenzo Tange became intrigued with structure and its tensile and geometric potential.
Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Hiroshima Peace Center and Memorial Park
He is a Finnish architect, city planner and furniture designer whose international reputation rests on distinctive blend of modernist refinement, indigenous materials and personal expression in form and detail.
Alvar Aalto
Eero Saarinen
Hans Hollein emerged as a vocal critic of the _____ that dominated much of Modernist architecture in the 1960s.
Expressionism
Functionalism
International Style
RCR Arquitectes were awarded the Pritzker Prize, marking the first time the honour was bestowed on three individuals at one time. In what year were they awarded?
2017
2015
2019
This building is also known officially as the Grande-Duchesse Joséphine Charlotte Concert Hall designed by Christian de Portzamparc located in Luxembourg. What is the other name of this building?
(a)
"Form follows function"
(a)
"Form follows function"
(a)
In 2017, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal undertook the ambitious transformation of this structure, challenging traditional approaches to redevelopment.
Palais de Tokyo
Grand Parc Social Housing
Kevin Roche was commissioned to renovate and expand the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. One of the most notable features of his design is the _____. It offers panoramic views of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline.
Cantor Observation Deck
Cantor Roof Garden
This structure designed by Glenn Murcutt is described as a "sleek and adaptable" shelter that rests lightly on the landscape.
(a)
Mendes da Rocha developed his own distinctive vocabulary. Employing a style that became known as (a) , he used great expanses of concrete in his buildings, managing to create a sense of monumentality without massiveness, Modernism without alienation.
2024 Pritzker Prize Laureate
(a)
