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006_Modern Architecture Quiz Bee

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Modern architecture emerged in response to:

a)

Rococo aesthetics

b)

Gothic revivals

c)

Industrialization and new materials

d)

Renaissance humanism

2.

The guiding principle of modern architecture was:

a)

Decoration is essential

b)

Form follows function

c)

Revival of Gothic arches

d)

Return to symmetry

3.

Which material became central to modern construction?

a)

Timber

b)

Reinforced concrete

c)

Brick

d)

Adobe

4.

The German art and design school central to modernism was:

a)

École des Beaux-Arts

b)

Bauhaus in Weimar/Dessau

c)

Bauhaus

d)

Royal Academy

5.

The Bauhaus emphasized:

a)

Historical revival styles

b)

Unity of art, craft, and technology

c)

Ornament over function

d)

Gothic symbolism

6.

Walter Gropius was the founder of:

a)

De Stijl

b)

International Style

c)

Bauhaus

d)

Postmodernism

7.

The De Stijl movement in the Netherlands is associated with:

a)

Curves and asymmetry

b)

Primary colors and geometric abstraction

c)

Gothic tracery

d)

Rococo elegance

8.

A key figure of De Stijl was:

a)

Gropius

b)

Piet Mondrian

c)

Gaudí

d)

Wright

9.

The architect famous for the dictum “Less is more” was:

a)

Le Corbusier

b)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c)

Frank Lloyd Wright

d)

Richard Rogers

10.

Le Corbusier’s “Five Points of Architecture” included:

a)

Heavy ornament

b)

Pilotis, free plan, free façade, ribbon windows, roof garden

c)

Gothic vaults

d)

Monumental staircases

11.

The International Style emerged during:

a)

18th century

b)

19th century

c)

1920s–1930s

d)

1960s

12.

The International Style emphasized:

a)

Regional identity

b)

Volume over mass, regularity, lack of ornament

c)

Revivalist forms

d)

Symmetrical Gothic arches

13.

Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock popularized the term “International Style” at:

a)

Paris Expo

b)

1932 MoMA Exhibition

c)

Bauhaus opening

d)

Chicago World’s Fair

14.

The Seagram Building in New York was designed by:

a)

Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson

b)

Le Corbusier

c)

Gropius

d)

Gehry

15.

The United Nations Headquarters in New York is an example of:

a)

Brutalism

b)

International Style

c)

Deconstructivism

d)

Expressionism

16.

The “glass box” skyscraper is most associated with:

a)

Rococo

b)

International Style modernism

c)

Romanesque

d)

Baroque

17.

The Villa Savoye (1929–31) in France was designed by:

a)

Le Corbusier

b)

Wright

c)

Mies van der Rohe

d)

Johnson

18.

Modernism rejected:

a)

Technology

b)

Industrial materials

c)

Ornament and historical reference

d)

Rational planning

19.

Which phrase captures the spirit of modern architecture?

a)

“Form follows fantasy”

b)

“More is more”

c)

“Form follows function”

d)

“Style over structure”

20.

An icon of the International Style in Brazil is:

a)

Sydney Opera House

b)

Ministry of Education Building, Rio (Lucio Costa & Le Corbusier)

c)

Guggenheim Bilbao

d)

Sagrada Familia

21.

Brutalism derives its name from the French béton brut, meaning:

a)

Pure beauty

b)

Blocky

c)

Raw concrete

d)

Harsh design

22.

Brutalist architecture emphasized:

a)

Ornament

b)

Exposed materials, bold massing

c)

Symmetry

d)

Iron and glass

23.

Which architect is most associated with Brutalism?

a)

Johnson

b)

Le Corbusier (later works)

c)

Gropius

d)

Wright

24.

Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation in Marseille is a:

a)

Brutalist housing block

b)

Neoclassical villa

c)

Gothic cathedral

d)

Deconstructivist museum

25.

Boston City Hall (1968) is an example of:

a)

Neo-Gothic

b)

Brutalism

c)

Rococo

d)

High-Tech

26.

Mid-century modern architecture is often associated with:

a)

Clean lines, open plans, integration with nature

b)

Gothic tracery

c)

Classical columns

d)

Rococo curves

27.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is noted for:

a)

Integration with natural landscape

b)

Use of steel and glass only

c)

Gothic pointed arches

d)

Monumental stone massing

28.

Wright’s design philosophy was called:

a)

Minimalism

b)

Organic architecture

c)

Functionalism

d)

Postmodernism

29.

The Guggenheim Museum in New York was designed by:

a)

Frank Lloyd Wright

b)

Le Corbusier

c)

Gropius

d)

Gehry

30.

The TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport (1962) is an example of:

a)

Brutalism

b)

Expressionist modernism

c)

International Style

d)

Deconstructivism

31.

High-Tech architecture emerged in the:

a)

1920s

b)

1940s

c)

1970s

d)

1990s

32.

High-Tech buildings often display:

a)

Hidden structures

b)

Exposed structural and mechanical systems

c)

Classical ornament

d)

Minimal decoration

33.

The Centre Pompidou in Paris was designed by:

a)

Gropius

b)

Mies

c)

Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers

d)

Gehry

34.

The Lloyd’s Building in London was designed by:

a)

Richard Rogers

b)

Norman Foster

c)

Renzo Piano

d)

Zaha Hadid

35.

Norman Foster’s HSBC Building in Hong Kong exemplifies:

a)

Gothic Revival

b)

High-Tech architecture

c)

Rococo

d)

Brutalism

36.

High-Tech architecture is sometimes called:

a)

Deconstructivism

b)

Bowellism

c)

Rocaille

d)

Organic

37.

Skyscrapers like John Hancock Tower emphasize:

a)

Stone masonry

b)

Glass curtain walls

c)

Timber construction

d)

Gothic tracery

38.

The concept of “megastructures” in the 1960s–70s aimed at:

a)

Large-scale modular urban structures

b)

Gothic cathedrals

c)

Tiny houses

d)

Villas

39.

Late modernism often featured:

a)

Curving organic forms

b)

Simplified International Style with expressive structure

c)

Gothic revivals

d)

Postmodern ornament

40.

An example of late modernism is:

a)

Hancock Center, Chicago

b)

Versailles Palace

c)

Fallingwater

d)

Pantheon

41.

The phrase “ornament is crime” is associated with:

a)

Le Corbusier

b)

Adolf Loos

c)

Walter Gropius

d)

Frank Lloyd Wright

42.

The Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau in which year?

a)

1915

b)

1920

c)

1925

d)

1932

43.

The Barcelona Pavilion (1929), designed by Mies van der Rohe, is famous for its:

a)

Gothic arches

b)

Minimalist design and luxurious modern materials

c)

Concrete vaults

d)

Postmodern façade

44.

Which material combination became iconic in modernist skyscrapers?

a)

Brick and wood

b)

Steel and glass

c)

Stone and concrete

d)

Iron and timber

45.

The phrase “machine for living in” described architecture by:

a)

Mies van der Rohe

b)

Le Corbusier

c)

Gropius

d)

Saarinen

46.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie houses are noted for:

a)

Gothic ornament

b)

Verticality

c)

Horizontal lines and integration with landscape

d)

Steel glass towers

47.

The Glass House (1949) in Connecticut, by Philip Johnson, was inspired by:

a)

Gothic chapels

b)

Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House

c)

Baroque palaces

d)

Palladian villas

48.

Modern architecture sought to break away from:

a)

Functional planning

b)

Historicist revival styles

c)

Industrial materials

d)

Rational geometry

49.

Which modern architect designed the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp (1954)?

a)

Mies van der Rohe

b)

Gropius

c)

Le Corbusier

d)

Johnson

50.

Modernism’s emphasis on universality often led to criticism for:

a)

Cost efficiency

b)

Technical innovation

c)

Lack of cultural or regional identity

d)

Flexibility in design

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