HISTORY and THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER 1. From what style of architecture were the Chinese pagodas derived? a. Indian b. European c. Muslim d. Japanese 2. The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the__. a. Acroterion b. Prytaneion c. Anthemion d. Parthenon 3. Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself. a. Acroterion b. Anthemion c. Antefix d. Apotheca 4. In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the called _________. a. Narthex b. Apse c. Nave d. Naos 5. Architect of the temple of Zeus, Olympia a. Theron b. Mnesicles c. Libon d. Cossutus 6. The colosseum in Rome also known as the “flavian ampitheater” was commenced by whom and completer by whom?
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LACHICA 7. With regards to relationship of structure to architecture, which of the following describes formal or sculptured structure? a. Uses least amount of material b. Exaggerated elements c. Focuses on novelty of form d. Materials used below maximum loadbearing capacity 8. The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior. a. Frank Lloyd Wright b. Mies Van de Rohe c. Le Corbusier d. William Ruskin 9. Greek architecture was essentially. a. Columnar trabeated b. Domical roof construction c. Helm Roof d. Arch and vault 10. The architect of Pantheon. a. Vitruvius b. Agrippa c. Bernini d. Hadrian 11. He created the Dymaxion House, “the first machine for living.” a. Le Corbusier b. Buckminster Fuller c. Marcel Lajos Breuer d. Louis Sullivan 12. Which of the following indicates the name of a color? a. Hue b. Chroma c. Value d. Intensity 13. “Architecture is Organic” a. Walter Gropius b. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Mies Van de Rohe d. Le Corbusier 14. The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely of marble is ___. a. Column of Diocletian b. Column of Marcus Aurelius Page 1 of 14
HISTORY and THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER c. Trajan’s Column d. Column of Antoninus Pius 15. An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded used in public spaces. a. Anthemion b. Stoa c. Antefix d. Pteroma 16. Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius. a. Mnesicles b. Cossutius c. Theron d. Libon 17. Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument a. Ang Kiukok b. Guillermo Tolentino c. Antonio Guillermo d. Antonio Tolentino 18. Which of the following is a major contribution of Early Christian architecture? a. Exterior peristyle b. Basilican type of cruciform plan c. Column and lintel d. Corbelled arch 19. Mies Van de Rohe first envisioned the all-glass skyscraper in the 1920s. A true genius, he designed a structure that could not be built at that time, but some thirty years later the technology was at hand. The long-held dream of the crystalline tower was finally realized in these famous building, 38 stories of black steel and glass. a. S.R. Crown Hall b. Seagram Building c. Lever House d. Lakeshore Drive Apartment 20. Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks. a. Doric b. Corinthian c. Ionic d. Composite 21. Orientation of the Medieval Church. a. West b. East c. North d. South
LACHICA 22. The dominating personalirt who became an ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance style. a. John Vanbrugh b. William Chambers c. Christopher Wren d. Iñigo Jones 23. The father of modern picture books of Architecture. a. Leon Battista Alberti b. Andrea Palladio c. Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola d. Philibert De L’orme 24. The “Arabesque” surface ornamentation originated from what style of architecture. a. Muslim b. Japanese c. Chinese d. Thai 25. The oldest and most important forum in Rome. a. Imperial Forum b. Forum Romanum c. Forum Vinarium d. Forum Cuppedinis 26. Architect of the National Library, Philippines a. Felipe Mendoza b. Jose Herrera c. Cesar Concio d. Juan Nakpil 27. Architect of Batasang Pambansa a. Gabriel Formoso b. Leandro Locsin c. Felipe Mendoza d. George Ramos 28. The final plan shape of the St.Peter’s Basilica by Carlo Maderna. a. English Cross b. Latin Cross c. Greek Cross d. Frenc Cross 29. Parts of an entablature i. Cornice ii. Frieze iii. Architrave a. iii, i, ii b. i, ii, iii c. i, iii, ii d. ii, i, iii Page 2 of 14
HISTORY and THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER 30. Architects of Hagia Sophia (St.Sophia, Constantinople) a. Cossutius and Mnesicles b. Theron and Libon c. Callicrates and Ictinus d. Anthemius and Isidorus 31. The architect who claim that, “The ultimate of the new architecture was the composite but inseparable work of an art, in which the old dividing line between monumental and decorative elements will have disappeared forever.” a. Le Corbusier b. Walter Gropius c. Mies Van de Rohe d. Frank Lloyd Wright 32. Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin shell construction. a. Carlos Rodriguez b. Francisco Sanchez c. Felix Outerino Candela d. Luis Soria y Mata 33. The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply was. a. Lime b. Marble c. Silica d. Cement 34. Architect of Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila a. George Ramos b. Froilan Hong c. Leandro Locsin d. Gabriel Formoso 35. The architect of Quiapo Church before its restoration. a. Jose Herrera b. Tomas Mapua c. Juan Nakpil d. Cesar Concio 36. This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr. Miguel Murguia, has an unusually large bell which was made from approximately 70 sacks of coins donated by the towns people. a. Panay Cathedral in Capiz b. Las Piñas Cathedral c. Quiapo Church d. Laoag Cathedral
LACHICA 37. Which historic style of architecture first introduced the clerestory? a. Greek b. Egyptian c. Roman d. West Asiatic 38. The Hot room of the Thermae a. Unctuaria b. Calidarium c. Tepidarium d. Sudatorium 39. A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work. a. Opus Mixtum b. Opus Reticulatum c. Opus Tesselatum d. Opus Incertum 40. With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement,the Romans achieved huge interiors with the.. a. Helm Roof b. Domical roof construction c. Columnar trabeated d. Arch and vault 41. Buddhist architecture shown in rock-cut temples with lavishly carved interiors is a characteristic feature of what style of architecture? a. Indian b. Filipino c. Chinese d. Japanese 42. How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral? a. 176 b. 168 c. 186 d. 167 43. The first plan shape of the St.Peter’s Basilica by Bramante. a. Greek Cross b. Latin Cross c. Spanish Cross d. Roman Cross Page 3 of 14
HISTORY and THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER 44. Public buildings are important structures in Greek architecture. What do you call the town square used as center of Greek social and business life? a. Tenemos b. Stoa c. Propylae d. Agora 45. He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter’s Basilica. a. Bernini b. Agrippa c. Hadrian d. Vitruvius 46. Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as: a. Tomb of Agamemnon b. Tomb of Clytemnestra c. Thersilion, Megapolis d. Mausoleum, Helicarnassos 47. Which of the following is true about Egyptian pyramids and Babylonian ziggurats? a. Pyramids have square plans, while plans of ziggurats are rectangular b. Pyramids are sun-dried bricks faced with kiln-burnt bricks, while ziggurats use masonry, huge blocks of stone c. Both pyramids and ziggurats have square plans d. Pyramids are used as temple observatories, while ziggurats are royal tombs 48. Which construction system permit great spans of infinite variety of shapes of concrete, or steel combined with glass or plastic? a. Frame construction b. Thin shell construction c. Space frame d. Suspension system 49. Designer of Taj Mahal a. Shah Reza b. Shah Naser c. Shah Jahan d. Shah Jalan 50. What is referred to as written record of man’s effort to build beautifully? a. History of architecture b. Pre-historic architecture
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55. The dressing room of thermae. a. Calidarium b. Apodyteria c. Unctuaria d. Sudatorium 56. Forming the imposing entrance to the Acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the a. Pteroma b. Stoa c. Propylaea d. Parthenon 57. The sacred enclosure found in the highest part of a Greek city is called: a. Corps de Logis b. Temenos c. Pteroma d. Peribolas 58. Conceptualized the Corinthian capital. a. Callimachus b. Bernini c. Phidias d. Ptolemy III 59. Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum Page 4 of 14
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65. Architect of SM Megamall a. Jose Siao Ling b. Antonio Sin Diong c. Gilbert Yu d. Jonathan Gan 66. Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines a. William Cosculluela b. Froilan Hong c. George Ramos d. Gabriel Formoso 67. Which of the following indicates of a color? a. Value b. Intensity
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c. Hue d. Chroma A kindred type to the theater a. Podium b. Odeion c. Pinacotheca d. Epidauros Which of the following is a contribution of Byzantine architecture? a. Use of conical timber roof over domes b. Use of domes on pendentives c. Interior peristyle d. Triumphal arch What is the difference between Chinese and Japanese pagodas? a. Japanese pagodas are mostly four-storeyed; Chinese are three to seven b. Chinese pagodas are polygonal; Japanese are square in plan c. Japanese pagodas plans are polygonal; Chinese are square d. Chinese pagodas are mostly five-storeyed; Japanese are three to fifteen The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west a. Trier Cathedral b. Tournai Cathedral c. Mamberg Cathedral d. Worms Cathedral Master sculptor of the Parthenon. a. Ptolemy III b. Phidias c. Bernini d. Callimachus Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium a. Juan Nakpil b. Jose Herrera c. Cesar Concio d. Tomas Mapua Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel a. Welton Becket b. Inigo Jones c. Daniel Burnham d. Erich Mendelson In modern Muslim mosques, which of the following features are required to be applied? a. Minarets and domes b. Pulpit c. Niche Page 5 of 14
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d. 11 The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window a. Tracery b. Cavetto c. Embrasures d. Crenel First president and founder of PAS a. Cesar Concio b. Jose Herrera c. Felipe Mendoza d. Juan Nakpil Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda a. Hexagonal b. Square c. Octagonal d. Rectangular Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda a. Triangula b. Rectangle c. Round d. Square The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically-elected council is called: a. Thersihon b. Prytaneion c. Diathyros d. Bouleuterion It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was single room dwelling elevated at 1.50 meters from the ground; the floor were made of hard wool like narra which rested on 3 floor joist which in turn were supported by transverse girders. a. Bontoc b. Kalinga c. Kankanay d. Badjao Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre, this church in Rizal whose design depicts the heavy influence in Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure. a. Antipolo Church b. Jala-jala Cathedral c. Angono Bhurch d. Morong Church From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear. Page 6 of 14
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a. Dipteral b. Amphi-Prostyle c. Tympanum d. Astylar The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan but owes it size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. Built from the 12th dynasty to the Ptolemic period. a. Temple of Queen Hatshepsut b. Great temple of Ammon, Karnak c. The great temple of Abu-Simbel d. Temple of Ramsesseum, Thebes An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tile that cover the joints of the flat tiles. a. Apotheca b. Anthemion c. Antefix d. Acroterion What do you call the long colonnaded building used around public places and as shelters at religious shrines in Greek architecture? a. Stoa b. Agora c. Propylaea d. Peristyle The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek city. a. Apotheca b. Acropolis c. Parthenon d. Pantheon A style in architecture Italy I the second half of the 16th century and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Europe, It uses classical elements in an unconventional manner. a. Palladianism b. Illusionism c. Abstract d. Mannerism Architect of GSIS Building, Roxas Boulevard a. Gabriel Formoso b. Froilan Hong c. Felipe Palafox d. George Ramos In an ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any knid but especially for storing wine. a. Anthemion
LACHICA b. Apotheca c. Antefix d. Acroterion 98. A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect a. Opus Mixtum b. Opus Quadratum c. Opus Incertum d. Opus Reticulatum 99. What historic style of architecture contributed the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture? a. Greek b. Byzantine c. Egyptian d. Early Christian 100. Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the a. South b. North c. East d. West 1. What is the purpose of the disks found on the tree trunks where the Ifugao house stands? Protection against rats 2. His design for the Bauhaus School, Dessau Germany (1925) was the first example of the new international style architecture. Walter Gropius 3. The leader of the Chicago school of architecture and a pioneer in skyscraper design. The Auditorium Building, Chicago (1887) was his first major work together with Dankmar Adler. Louis Sullivan 4. Hagia Sophia is the finest remaining of Byzantine Architecture 5. In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun-dried bricks known as. Ziggurats 6. A Gothic Cathedral designed by Master Gerhard who, thou no doubt German, was thoroughly conversant with the contemporary French Gothic. The cathedral was consecrated in 1322, by which time designs for the west front had already been prepared. Cologne Cathedral Page 7 of 14
HISTORY and THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER 7. The first all iron church in Asia. San Sebastian Church 8. What historic style of architecture contributed to the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian “Orders of Architecture”? Greek 9. Stupa or temples cut in rock formation is a contribution of what style of architecture. Indian 10. What invention brought about modern high-rise building? Elevator 11. A recess in a wall (interior or exterior), especially for a statue and usually curved at the back. Niche 12. From what style of architecture were the Chinese pagodas derived? Indian 13. The traditional Maranao house for the ordinary members of the community is the Walay 14. What is referred to as the “intramuros of the North” which is the third oldest settlement founded by Spaniards and contains Castillan houses built in the 16th century. Vigan 15. One of the most controversial architect who was identified as one of the New York five and the first who became known for a series of private houses based on renowned themes of Le Corbusier. One of his work is the Binondo Tower in Sta. Cruz, Manila. Michael Graves 16. The dry or sweating room in the thermae. Sudatorium 17. Greek architecture was essentially. Columnar trabeated 18. The hot room of the thermae. Calidarium 19. Space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple. Pteroma 20. One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without cross-arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building. Nea Moni 21. A roman house with a central patio. Atrium House 22. Council house in Greece. Bouleuterion 23. A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces. Balneum
LACHICA 24. Space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from teh body of the church called. Cancelli 25. Finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the “Tomb of Agamemnon”. Treasury of Atreus 26. Senate house of the Greeks. Prytaneion 27. Sleeping room of the megaron. Thalamus 28. Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower. John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood 29. Smallest cathedral in the world (Byzantine Period) Little Metropole Cathedral, Athens 30. First school which offered architecture in the Philippines. Liceo de Manila 31. Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel. Welton Becket 32. Architect of the Pantheon. Agrippa 33. Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympia. Cossutius 34. Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes. Opus Tesselatum 35. Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria. Ptolemy III 36. Most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theatres. Epidauros 37. A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work. Opus incertum 38. Dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian Renaissance style. Inigo Jones 39. Type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints. Opus Quadratum 40. Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. Libon 41. Conceptualized the Corinthian Capital. Callimachus 42. Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines. George Ramos 43. Type of roman wall facing with a net-like effect. Opus Recticulatum 44. Architects of the Hagia Sophia (St. Sophia, Constantinople). Anthemius and Isidorus 45. He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter’s Basilica. Bernini Page 8 of 14
HISTORY and THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER 46. First plan shape of the St. Peter’s Basilica by Bramante. Greek Cross 47. Raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian Churches. Bema 48. In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into the transept. Bema 49. First president and founder of PAS. Juan Nakpil 50. On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and gospel are called. Ambo 51. The final plan shape of the St. Peter’s Basilica by Carlo Maderna. Latin cross 52. Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the Forum 53. In greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is Naos 54. Expressionist architect. Erich Mendelsohn 55. Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Juan Nakpil 56. Architect of GSIS Building, Roxas Boulevard. George Ramos 57. From the greek temples, a temple that has porticoes of columns at the front and rear. Amphi-Prostyle 58. Architect of the Batasang Pambansa. Felipe Mendoza 59. Architect of the National Library, Philippines. Felipe Mendoza 60. Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas de Madre, this church in Rizal whose design depcts the heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure. Morong Church 61. Cubicula or bedroom is from what architecture. Roman 62. Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda. Octagonal 63. Amphitheaters are used for Gladitorial Contests 64. Triangular piece of wall above the entablature. Pediment 65. Architecture of the curved line is known as Baroque 66. How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral. 176
LACHICA 67. Usual number of stories for A Chinese Pagoda. 13 68. Upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles. Antefix 69. In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine. Apotheca 70. Space between the colonnade and naos wall in Greek temple. Pteroma 71. Open court in an Italian palazzo. Cortel 72. Building in the Acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the Parthenon 73. Fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek city. Acropolis 74. Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls. Marble 75. Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself. Acroterion 76. Filipino architect whose philosophy is the “structure must be well oriented” Caesar Homer Concio 77. Female statues with baskets serving as columns. Canephora 78. Highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh. Pyramid of Khufu 79. Architect of TWA airport. Eero Saarinen 80. Compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture. Masu-gumi 81. A large apsidal extension of hte interior volume of a church. Exedra 82. Not among the three pyramids in Gizeh. Pyramid of Djoser 83. Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo. Carlos Santos Viola 84. Plan shape of Chinese Pagoda. Octagonal 85. Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art. Walter Gropius Page 9 of 14
HISTORY and THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER 86. Decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue. Tabernacle 87. Another term for crenel or internal between merlon of a battlement. Embrasures 88. King Zoser’s architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty. Imhotep 89. “A house is like a flower pot” Richard Josef Neutra 90. “Modern architecture need not be western” Kenzo Tange 91. Less is more. Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe 92. A house is a house. Louis Kahn 93. Architecture is ht will of an epoch translated into space. Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe 94. Form follows function. Louis Sullivan 95. But the building’s identity resided in the ornament. Louis Sullivan 96. The city must be subject to growth, decay and renewal. Kenzo Tange 97. A bridge is like a house. Robert Maillart 98. Architectural-form equals social form. Eliel Saarinen 99. Each new situation requires a new architecture. Jean Nouvel 100. Art and architecture, the new unity. Walter Gropius 101. Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two. Tadao Ando 102. Form does not necessarily follow function. Antonio Gaudi 103. God is in the details. Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe 104. Architecture is invention. Oscar Niemeyer 105. Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art. Alvar Aalto 106. Cube within a cube. Le Corbusier
LACHICA 107. The house is a machine for living in. Le Corbusier 108. Less is a bore. Robert Venturi 109. Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins. Van der Rohe 110. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. Daniel Burnham 111. Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood. Daniel Burnham 112. Function influence but does not dictate form. Eero Saarinen 113. Modern architecture need not to be western. Kenzo Tange 114. All architects want to live beyond their deaths. Philip Johnson 115. Architecture must meet three requirements: strength, beauty and utility. Marcus Vitruvius Polio 116. Every great architect is necessary a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age. Frank Lloyd Wright 117. Forms accommodate function. Robert Venturi 118. It is better to be good than to be original. Mies van der Rohe 119. Architecture or revolution. Le Corbusier 120. Architecture is organic. Frank Lloyd Wright 121. All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable. Frank Lloyd Wright 122. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes... FLW 123. “Think simple” as my old master used to say meaning reduce the whole of its parts into hte simplest terms, getting back to first principles. FLW 124. An idea is salvation by imagination. FLW 125. Mother art is architecture. FLW Page 10 of 14
HISTORY and THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER 126. Architecture arouses sentiments in man. Adolf Loos 127. We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all other functions. Alvar Aalto 128. When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. Tadao Ando 129. Nothing requires the architect’s care more than the due proportions of the building. Vitruvius 130. Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic. Antonio Gaudi 131. The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. Adolf Loos 132. Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future. Kenzo Tange 133. I don’t believe in morality in architecture. Michael Graves 134. It seems fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. John Ruskin 135. Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort expressed in organic simplicity. FLW 136. Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. FLW 137. Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. FLW 138. Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became. Louis Kahn 139. To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects. Le Corbusier
LACHICA 140. Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to give it the human content that it lacks, we must participate in the political struggle. Oscar Niemeyer 141. I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. Tadao Ando 142. Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. ‘the client made me do this.’ ‘The city made me do this’ ‘Oh, the budget.’ I don’t believe that anymore. Frank Gehry 143. The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture. Tadao Ando 144. Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul. Louis Kahn 145. All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it’s difficult to quantify the attachment. Tadao Ando 146. Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts. Vitruvius 147. Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art. Adolf Loos 148. I like to play with architecture! It’s my favourite game. Jean Nouvel 149. I think architecture has to be a gift. Jean Nouvel Page 11 of 14
HISTORY and THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER 150. There is powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Kenzo Tange
1) "Function influence but does not dictate form" B. EERO SAARINEN 2. "Architectural-form equals social-form" C. ELIEL SAARINEN 3. "Form does not necessarily follow function" A. ANTONIO GAUNDI 4. "Form follows function" A. Frank Lloyd Wright B. Antonio Gaudi C. Eliel Saarinen D. NONE 5. “Ornament is a crime and all ornamentation must be rejected” C. ADOLF LOOS 6. "Form and Function is One" D. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 7. Art and Architecture, the new “UNITY” B. WALTER GROPIUS 8. "Architecture is the reaching out for the truth" B. LOUIS KAHN 9. "A house is a house" C. LOUIS KHAN 10. "Cube within a cube" C. LE CORBUSIER 11. Created the dymaxion house,the first machine for living? C. BUCKMINSTER FULLER 12. "The house is a machine for living in" B. LE CORBUSIER 13. "A bridge is like a house" C. ROBERT MAILLART 14. "Less is more" C. LUDWIG MIES VAN DE ROHE 15. "Less is a bore" A. ROBERT VENTURI 16. "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood" D. DANIEL BURNHAM 17. "Form follows function" D. LOUIS SULLIVAN 18. "Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space" B. LUDWIG MIES VAN DE ROHE
LACHICA 19. "Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins" A. LUDWIG MIES VAN DE ROHE 20. "Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die" B. DANIEL BURNHAM 21. Modern architecture "need not" to be Western. B. KENZO TANGE 22."You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build house and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly, you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: 'This is beautiful". That is architecture. Art enters in. B. Le corbusier 23. "All architects want to live beyond their deaths" B. PHILIP JOHNSON 24. "Architecture must meet 3 requirements: strength, beauty, and unity" D. MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLIO 25. "Every great architect is- necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age" A. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 26. The Architect who is known to be the "Father of Fantastic Architecture" B. ANTONIO GAUDI 27. He was a Japanese Architect, and a winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for Architecture and is one of the most significant architects of the 20th century. B. MODERN ARCHITECTURE NEED NOT TO BE WESTERN 28 " I believe that people make natural association with forms, color and the composition of elements while decoration and detailing help communicate with buildings purpose". B. WALTER GROPIUS 29. "Chairs are architecture, sofas are bourgeois" B. LE CORBUSIER 30. This Architect was inspired in his early stage from this famous Swiss Architect known for his works such as Unite Habitation' A. LUDWIG MIES VAN DE ROHE 30. Architect who advocated the “organic architecture” and envisioned the “Broadacre city” for the future? A. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 31. “Design as if you were a child” - famous axiom by? B. MICHAEL GRAVES Page 12 of 14
HISTORY and THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER
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Q.1) Which of the following is a contribution of byzantine architecture? A. Use of domes on pendetives (answer) B. Use of conical timber roof over domes C. Triumphal arch D. Interior peristyle Q.2) From what style of architecture were the Chinese pagodas derived? A. Muslim B. Indian (answer) C. Japanese D. European Q.3)
3. Roof garden 4. Open planning 5. Cube form elevated on stilts or columns were adopted by Le Corbusier in his Villa Savoye A. 2, 4, 5 B. 3, 4, 5 C. 1, 2, 3 D. All listed principles (answer) Q.5) With regards to relationship of structure to architecture, which of the following describes formal or sculptured structure? A. Uses least amount of material B. Focuses on novelty of form C. Materials used below maximum load-bearing capacity D. Exaggerated elements (answer) Q.6) Which of the following is a major contribution of Early Christian architecture? A. Column and lintel B. Exterior peristyle C. Basilican type of cruciform plan (correct answer) D. Corbelled arch Q.7) What do you call the long colonnaded building used around public places and as shelters at religious shrines in Greek architecture? A. Propylae B. Stoa (answer) C. Peristyle D. Agora
Mies van der Rohe first envisioned the all-glass skyscraper in the 1920s. A true genius, he designed a structure that could not be built at that time, but some thirty years later the technology was at hand. The long-held dream of the crystalline tower was finally realized in these famous building, 38 stories of black steel and glass. A. Lever House B. Seagram Building (answer) C. Lakeshore Drive Apartment D. S.R. Crown Hall Q.4) Which of the following principles: 1. Frameworks structurally independent walls 2. Free-standing façade
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Q.8) Which of the following is true about Egyptian pyramids and Babylonian ziggurats? A. Pyramids are used as temple observatories, while ziggurats are royal tombs B. Pyramids are sun-dried bricks faced with kilnburnt bricks, while ziggurats use masonry, huge blocks of stone C. Pyramids have square plans, while plans of ziggurats are rectangular (answer) D. Both pyramids and ziggurats have square plans Q.9) What is the difference between Chinese and Japanese pagodas? A. Chinese pagodas are polygonal; Japanese are square in plan (answer) B. Chinese pagodas are mostly five-storeyed; Japanese are three to fifteen C. Japanese pagodas plans are polygonal; Chinese are square
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D. Japanese pagodas are mostly four-storeyed; Chinese are three to seven Q.10) Which of the following represent the primary colors? A. Green, orange, violet B. Red, yellow, green C. Blue, yellow, violet D. Red, yellow, blue (answer) Q.11) What art principle shows the relationships between the various parts of an object/structure/groups of objects and structures? A. Size B. Volume C. Proportion (answer) D. Scale
D. China (your answer) Q.16) Which construction system permit great spans of infinite variety of shapes of concrete, or steel combined with glass or plastic? A. Space frame (correct answer) B. Thin shell construction C. Frame construction (your answer) D. Suspension system Q.17) In modern Muslim mosques, which of the following features are required to be applied? A. Niche B. Pulpit C. Minarets and domes D. All listed items (your answer) Q.18)
Q.12) What historic style of architecture contributed the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian “Orders of Architecture? A. Early Christian B. Byzantine C. Greek (your answer) D. Egyptian Q.13) What do you call the tool in architecture which organizes space or spatial composition related to function? A. Space planning (your answer) B. Space articulation C. Functional interrelationship diagram (correct answer) D. Territoriality Q.14) What manifestation in a structure that identifies it as a work of architecture shows the adequate scheme or structural arrangement, effective choice of materials, and effective construction system? A. Structural stability (your answer) B. Aesthetic sense of beauty C. Economic quality D. Utility
What type of architectural character is derived through the A. Personality (your answer) B. Function (correct answer) C. Association D. Materials
Q.19) The “Arabesque” surface ornamentation originated from what style of architecture A. Muslim (your answer) B. Chinese C. Japanese D. Thai Q.20) What is the principal type of building in Muslim Architecture? A. Mosque (your answer) B. Mausoleum C. Temple D. Church Q.21) Which historic style of architecture first introduced the clerestory? A. Egyptian (correct answer) B. Roman (your answer) C. Greek D. West Asiatic
Q.15) Toranas or gateways are characteristic feature of what style of architecture? A. Japanese B. Indian (correct answer) C. Filipino
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