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Section 1
(50 cards)
Anthemion
Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.
Pteroma
"The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple."
Refectory
The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college.
Cornice, frieze, architrave
"Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom. i. Cornice ii. Frieze iii.Architrave"
Stoa
"An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places."
Wrestling
What sporting event takes place in the Palaestra?
Acroterion
"Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself."
Columnar trabeated
Greek architecture was essentially.
Zaguan
"Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is where the carriages and floats are kept."
Composite
"Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks."
Callicrates and Ictinus
Architects of the Parthenon.
Circus
"Roman building which is like the hippodrome of the Greek."
Square
Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda.
Narthex
A long arcaded entrance porch in an early Christian church.
176
"How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral?"
Domical roof construction
"From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using."
Cortel
The open court in an Italian palazzo.
Acropolis
The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.
Pendentive
"A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the poly-gonal plan of its supporting structure."
Roman
"cubicula" or bedroom is from what architecture.
Tracery
"The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window."
Eustyle
Intercolumniation of 2.25 diameters.
13..
Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda.
Cha-sit-su
Japanese tea house
Nave
"The principal or central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the choir orchancel and usually flanked by aisles."
Dapogan
"In the kitchen of the bahay kubo, the table on top of which is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove or kalan is known as ___."
Lamin
"The tower atop the torogan where the princess and her ladies in waiting hide during occasions."
Baroque
The architecture of the curved line is known as ___.
Pantheon
"The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome."
Systyle
Intercolumniation of 2 diameters.
Pediment
Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.
Antefix
"An 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."
Stadium
A foot race course in the cities.
Bilik
"The emergency hideout found directly behind the headboard of the Sultan's bed."
Areostyle
Intercolumniation of 4 diameters.
Propylaea
"Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the."
Colosseum
Roman building for which gladiatorial battles took place.
Arch and vault
"With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the __________."
1.5 Diameters
Pycnostyle intercolumniation has how many diameters?
Stereobate
The lowest step in the crepidoma.
Gladiatorial Contests
Amphitheaters are used for ___.
Stylobate
The uppermost step in the crepidoma.
Marble
"Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls."
Anthemion
The characteristic of Greek ornament.
Apotheca
"In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine."
Octagonal
Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.
Rameses I
"The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty."
Parthenon
"The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the."
3 Diameters
Diastyle intercolumniation has how many diameters.
Marble
"The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was."
Section 2
(50 cards)
Chartres Cathedral
Finest example of French-Gothic architecture
Tumuli
"Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons."
Art Noveau
"What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?"
Tabernacle
"A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue."
Bale
Ifugao house (southern strain).
Mnesicles
Architect of the famous Propylaea, Acropolis.
Baldachino
"An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church."
Opus Incertum
"A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work."
Tokonama
"A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art."
Hagia Sophia
"The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome."
Opus Mixtum
"A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks."
Pyramid of Khufu
The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh
Van Alen
The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.
Niche
A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items.
Opus Tesselatum
"Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes."
Stupa
Domical mound containing a relic.
Opus Recticulatum
A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect
Louis Sullivan
"Form follows function".
Amenemhat I
"In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who consolidate the administrative system, made a survey of the country, set boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful works."
Console
"A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap."
Carlos Santos Viola
Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo.
Walter Gropius
Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art.
William Coscolluela
Architect of Robinson's Galleria
Kenzo Tange
"Modern architecture need not be western".
Prytaneion
Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture
Epidauros
"The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters."
Dipteral
"Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos."
Pinacotheca
A Greek building that contains painted pictures.
Odeion
A kindred type to the theater.
Octagonal
Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.
Cavetto
A concave molding approximately quarter round.
Caesar Homer Concio
"A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the structure must be well oriented'."
Richard Josef Neutra
"A house is like a flower pot"
Bartizan
A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the castle.
Eero Saarinen
Architect of TWA airport.
Imhotep
King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty.
Senusret I
Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis.
Exedra
"A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church."
Jugendstijl
"Art Noveau is known as the international style, in Germany it is known as ___."
Masu-gumi
A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture.
Mudejar
"A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century architecture."
Khufu
Not among the three pyramids in Gizeh
Masjid
A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for Prostration
Doric
"The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps."
Apse
"A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an altar."
Pyramid of Zoser
The world's first large-scale monument in stone.
Canephora
Female statues with baskets serving as columns.
Erich Mendelsohn
Architect of the Einstein Tower.
Opus Quadratum
"A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints."
Embrasures
"Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement."
Section 3
(50 cards)
Populous
Architect of the Philippine Arena?
Maqsura
In Islamic architecture, it is the sanctuary or praying chamber in a mosque. Sometimes enclosed with a screen of lattice work.
Masjid
A type of mosque that is open to the public.
Baldochino
Canopy of the altar.
Juan Arellano
Architect of Legislative Building (National Museum)
Saracenic architecture
From what style did Muslim architects pattern their structures?
Juan Arellano
Architect of Manila Central Post Office
Le Corbusier
Who is Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris?
Machu Picchu
The best preserved Incan city structure
Jose Zaragoza
Phillipine National artist declared on 2014?
Otto Wagner
Who is the architect of the Austrian Postal Savings building?
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Who won the design competition for the set of bronze doors of the Baptisery of the Cathedral in Florence?
Juan Nakpil
Architect responsible for the addition of the dome and second belfry of the Quiapo Church.
Sahn
What is a courtyard in Islamic architecture? (It is a common element in traditional mosques, religious buildings and residences throughout the Arab world.)
Art Deco
The Chrysler building is a classic example of what architectural style?
Mosque
It is where Muslims pray.
Jose Maria Zaragosa
Architect of Meralco Building
Leandro Locsin
Architect of Folk Arts Theatre
Vigan
Considered as the Intramuros of the North.
IM Pei
Architect of the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.
Parmeniskos (It was under the reign of Ptolemy III that is was built)
Who was the architect of the Serapeum of Alexandria?
Teofilo Vasquez
Architect of the UAP National Headquarters
IM Pei
Architect of the Bank of China.
Hagia Sophia
The structure that is said to be the epitome of Byzantine architecture
Juggendstijl
What is art noveau in Germany called?
Dikka
In Islamic Architecture, it is a tribune raised upon colimns from which the Koran is recited and prayers are intoned by the Imam.
Sostratus
Who was the architect of the Lighthouse/Pharos of Alexandria?
IM Pei
The architect of "Essensa", one of the premier high rise residential condominiums in Bonifacio Global City.
Minarets
What is the most striking feature of Muslim Architecture?
Sagrada Familia
Art Noveau inspired structure by Antonio Gaudi that remains to be unfinished. Located in Spain.
Texas Commerce Tower
The JP Morgan Chase tower is originally known as __________?
Cesar Pelli
Architect of the Petronas Tower.
Robert Venturi
Architect of the Seattle Museum, 1991
Santiago Calatrava
Who designed the Auditorio de Tenerife? Or presently known as Adan Martin.
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Who is the architect of the Farnsworth house?
Gopuram
Indian/hindu gateway
Juan Arellano
Architect of the Metropolitan Theatre.
Carlos Arguelles
Who designed the Philamlife Building located at United Nations Avenue in Manila?
Yolanda Reyes
First woman national architect to be elected president of the UAP.
Capiz shells
Raw natural material that traditional Filipino Architecture used as motifs in the design of their home?
Felipe Mendoza
Founder of Batasang Pambansa
William Van Alen
Architect of Chrysler Building
Modern International
What architectural style did the architect of the Farnsworth house apply in desiging the residence?
Torana
Buddhist gateway
Frank Lloyd Wright
Who was the architect of the Robie House?
IM Pei
Architect of the Louvre pyramid.
Katig
What is used to balance the Tawi-Tawi boat when it is on water?
Zaha Hadid
Pritzker Prize Awardee of 2004
Angkor Wat
What is the largest temple in the world?
Dosseret block
Thick abacus of byzantine capital.
Section 4
(50 cards)
IM Pei
Architect of Texas Commerce Tower.
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Who said "Less is more"?
Cass Gilbert
Who was the architect of the Cathedral of Commerce?
Le Corbusier
Who formulated a set of architectural principles known as The Five Points of Architecture?
Richard Josef Neutra
Who said "A house is like a flower pot"?
Casa Mila
The last civil work of Antonio Gaudi. Popularly known as La Pedrera meaning the Quarry. Declared a UNESCO heritage site in 1984
Baroque
Intoduced thin shell construction using reinforced concrete.
Renzo Piano
The architect of the Shard in London.
Robert Venturi
"Less is a bore"
Norman Foster
Architect of Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong
Antonio Gaudi
Who designed the Sagrada Familia?
Titanium
What material was used in the facade of the Gughenheim Museum in Bilbao?
Woolworth Building
Dubbed the "Cathedral of Commerce" due to the many medieval style ornaments that embellish the building.
Philip Johnson
Architect of the Sony Center
Sir Norman Foster
Architect of the Chek Lap Kok Airport where natural light, tensioned membrane and anthropometrically correct dimensions were emphasized.
Renzo Piano
Architect of the Tjibao Cultural Center.
William Lamb
Architect of the Empire State Building.
Baroque
The architectural style used for the Paoay Church
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Who said "God is in the details"?
Frank Gehry
Architect of the Guggenheim Museum at Bilbao.
Philip Johnson
1979 Pritzker Awardee
Le corbusier
Who said "The house is a machine to live in"?
Marcel Breuer
The ironic term "Maximum Simplicity" is attributed to _________?
Brutalism
Architectural style characterized by bold forms, harsh proportions, and rough materials such as exposed concrete, steel and wood.
Raymond Hood
Who is the architect of the Daily News Building located in Manhattan, New York? (It became a National Historic Landmark in 1988)
Casa Batllo
Work of Antonio Gaudi that has an undulating facade decorated with a colorful mosaic of broken ceramic tiles, the roof is arched and has a unique chimney.
Pyramid
Structure whose sides were made to face the four cardinal points.
Auguste Perret
Who pioneered "Beton Brut"?
Le Corbusier
Who popularized "Beton Brut"?
Kenzo Tange
Who said "Modern Architecture need not be western"?
Sun shade
What is the function of the brise soleil?
Jorn Utzon
Architect of the Sydney Opera House
Benjamin Morris
Architect of the Bank of New York.
Ryugyong Hotel
Voted the "Worst Building in the History of Mankind". Found in north Korea. It is also known as 105 building.
Hieroglyphics
Characteristic wall ornament of the egyptians
Renzo Piano
Architect of the New York Times Building.
Eero Saarinen
Architect of TWA Airport.
Eero Saarinen
Architect of Dulles Airport
Tomas Mapua
Who was the first Filipino architect?
Caesar Homer Concio
Who is the Filipino architect who stated that "the structure must be well oriented"?
Leandro Locsin
Architect of the Chapel of the Holy Sacrifice.
Le Corbusier
Architect of Villa Savoye
Eugene Fressinnet
Known for Prestressed Concrete.
Old New Synagogue
World's oldest "active" synagogue
Ulm Minster
World's tallest church
White Box Architecture
In the 1920's, Le Corbusier was known for promoting this Architectural Style.
Beton Brut
Architectural concrete left unfinished or roughly finished after pouring and intentionally left exposed visually.
Minoru Yamasaki
Who designed the World Trade Center in New York?
Walter Gropius
Founder of Bahaus School
Le Corbusier
Architect of the Carpenter Center.
Section 5
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Tympanum
The triangular surface bounded by the sloping and horizontal cornices of a pediment.
Spur
The buttress which catches the thrusts of the main vaults where they are concentrated in the pockets above columned pillars
Tuscan
The Etruscans invented what column?
Pinnacle
The buttress which were placed on the top of the spur buttress to help by their weight to drive the oblique thrusts more steeply down to earth is called
Ancones
Consoles on either side of a doorway supporting a cornice
insula
A multi-story tenement housing for workers
Deinocrates
The designer of The temple of Artemis, Ephesus. Also called the Hellinistic temple.
acanthus scroll
The special characteristic of the Roman ornament
Diazoma
The tier of seats in the Greek theatre are separated by?
Columbaria
Niches, similar to pigeon-holes formed in the rock where ashes of the dead, placed in an urn, were deposited.
Aqueduct
The arched waterways erected to supply most parts of Rome with water
Opus reticulatum
The wall facing developed by the Romans which is made of rectangular, net-like stone work
trachelion
The continuation of the fluted shaft in the Greek Doric column
Opus tesselatum
Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes
History Geography Geology Climate Society Religion
Factors affecting the styles of architecture (6)
Forum Maximus
The oldest and most important example of a Roman forum
Hypostyle hall
In egyptian temples, a pillared hall in which the roof rests on columns
Theron
Designer of Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum
1/5
Entablature height of the Corinthian order based on the height of order
Mnesicles
The architect of the Erectheion
Loculi
Recesses for the corpses sealed with a front slab inscribed with the name of the dead
Ictinus and Callicratus
The architects of the Parthenon
Opus spicatum
Marble mosaic pattern used on the floor
Opus testaceum
The wall facing developed by the Romans which is made of brick facing with stones cut in triangular form
Domus
Private house of the Romans
Cyrtostyle
A circular projecting portico
Opus quadratum
The wall facing developed by Romans which is made of recctangular blocks of stone, with or without mortar joints but frequently secured with dowels or cramps
Unctuaria
Room containing the ungents and oils in the thermae
4-6.5D
Proportion of a Greek Doric column
Hypotrachelion
The shaft of the Greek Doric order terminates where?
Locus
A Roman fountain designed with sprouting jets
Ziggurat
Structure whose corners were made to face the four cardinal points
Apodyteria
The dressing room in the thermae
Pheidias
The master sculptor of the Parthenon
3 naos and Atlantes figures
The temple of Zeus, Agrigentum, second largest Greek temple has an unusual feature. What is it?
Caryatid Porch
The Erectheion, Athens which stands on the north of the Parthenon has an unusual feature which is the?
10D
Proportion of a Greek Corinthian column
Acroteria
Blocks resting on the vertex and lower extremities of the pediment to support atatuary or ornament
Doric
The Greek order that do not have a base
Callicrates
The architect of the Temple of Nike Apteros, Athens
Satyros and Pythias
Designers of The Mausoleum, Helicarnassus. Most famous of all tombs.
1/4
Entablature height of the Doric order based on the height of order
Polycleitos
The designer of the Theatre of Epidauros, the most beautiful and best preserved Greek theatre.
1/2
Entablature height of the Ionic order based on the height of order
Clysydra
A Greek water clock or instrument for measuring the discharge of water through a small opening.
peribolus
The wall or colonnade enclosing the temenos
Scopas
The master sculptor of The temple of Artemis, Ephesus. Also called the Hellinistic temple.
9D
Proportion of a Greek Ionic column
Waggon-Headed Vault
The vault that is carried throughout its length on the two parallel walls of a rectangular apartment
Sudatorium
Dry sweating room in the thermae
Section 6
(50 cards)
lake dwelling
A dwelling, esp. of prehistoric times, built on piles or other supports over the water of a lake.
House
A building in which people live
Cromlech
Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground in circular forms.
Chinese architecture
The indigenous architecture of a vast country in eastern Asia whose civilization has continually evolved and survived longer than any other nation in the world.
wigwam
An American Indian dwelling, usually of round or oval shape, formed of poles overlaid with bark, rush mats or animal skins.
Stone Age
Earliest known period of human culture, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age and characterized bu the use of stone implements and weapons.
jian
A standard unit of space in Chinese architecture marked by adjacent frame supports. The spatial unit serves as basis for the modular structure of a Chinese city.
totem pole
A pole or post carved and painted with totemic figures, erected by Indians of the northwest coast of North America, esp, in front of their houses.
Confucianism
A philosophy that dominated China until the early 20th century, an ethical system based on the teachings of Confucius. Love for humanity, family and spirits of one's ancestors.
lingtai
spirit altar: a raised astronomical observatory in Chinese architecture, usually the central, circular upper story of the mingtang.
Fertile Crescent
An agricultural region arching from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea in the west to Iraq in the east, the location of humankind's earliest cultures.
Bronze Age
A period of human history that followed the Stone Age, characterized by the use of bronze implements.
tepee
A tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
sod house
A house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used esp. by settlers on the Great Plains when timber was scarce.
wetu
A temporary domed hut of red cedar and grass, used by northeastern North American tribes,
Tumulus
Dominant tomb type in the prehistoric age, characterized by corbelled stone covered by earth.
Zhou
Chinese dynasty marked by the division of China into separate feudal states, and the emergence of Confucianism and Taoism, which gave thrust to all subsequent Chinese culture.
igloo
An Eskimo house, usually built of blocks of hard snow or ice in the shape of a dome, or when permanent, of sod, wood or stone.
longhouse
A communal dwelling characteristic of many early cultures, esp. that of the Iroquois and various other North American India peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 30.5 m in length.
plank house
A large, usually rectangular house constructed of timber planks, built and used by Indians and less frequently by Eskimos.
Cardinal points
Orientation of prehistoric architectures faces ________.
Taoism
Chinese philosophy and religion based on the teaching of Lao-tzu, emphasizing the life of simplicity, and non interference with the course of natural events in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
Great Wall of China
A fortified wall commenced under the Zhou dynasty to protect China against nomads from the north and serve as a means of communication.
Neolithic
Last phase of the Stone Age, characterization by the cultivation of grain crops, domestication of animals. From 'Neo' + 'Lithos'
Yang-shao
A Neolithic culture in China centered around the fertile plains of the Yellow RIver characterized by pit dwellings and fine pottery painted in geometric designs.
1.500 mi
Total length of the Great Wall of China (in miles)
totem
An animal, plant, or natural object serving as an emblem of a family or clan by virtue of an ancestral relationship.
Shang
A Chinese dynasty that marked the introduction of writing, and a mastery of bronze casting
mesa
A natural flat-topped elevation with one or more clifflike sides, common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
yurt
A circular, tentlike dwelling of the mongol nomads of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or animal skins.
Paleolithic
Means Old stone, first part of prehistoric age
Yin-yan
In Chinese philosophy and religion, the interaction of two opposing and complementary principles - one that is feminine, dark and negative (yin) and the other that is masculine, bright and positive (yang) - that influences the destinies of creatures and things.
mingtang
Bright hall: a ritual structure in Chinese architecture that serves as the symbolic center of imperial power.
hogan
A Navaho Indian dwelling constructed usually of earth and logs and covered with mad and sod.
pit dwelling
A primitive form of shelter consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
hut
A small, simple dwelling or shelter, esp. one made of natural materials.
kiva
A large underground or partly underground chamber in a Pueblo Indian village, used by the men for religious ceremonies or councils.
shelter
Something beneath, behind or within which a person is protected from storms or other adverse conditions.
pueblo
A communal dwelling and defensive structure of the Pueblo Indians of the southwestern US, built of adobe or stone, typically many-stories and terraced, with entry through the flat roofs of the chambers by ladder.
Catal Huyuk
A Neolithic settlement in Anatolia. One of the world's earliest cities. It had mud-brick fortifications and houses, frescoed shrines, a fully developed agriculture.
Mesopotamia
An ancient region in western Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers occupied successively by SBAPS.
Xia
A legendary dynasty in China
Dolmen
Tomb of standing stone usually capped with a large horizontal slab
Megalithic
Type of construction that uses large stones
biyong
Jade ring moat: a ritual structure in Chinese architecture enclosing a space in the shape of a flat jade ceremonial disk.
Menhir
A single, large upright monolith, sometimes in parallel rows reaching several miles.
Harappa
Bronze Age culture that flourishes in the Indus Valley
trullo
A circular stone shelter of the Apulia region of southern Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry, usually whitewashed and painted with figures or symbols.
Prehistoric
Existing in the time prior to the recording of human events.
Kerloas menhir
The tallest menhir in Brittany at 9.5m high.
Section 7
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Eridu, Uruk and Ur
The cities of Sumer? (3)
Lotus, Papyrus and Palm capitals
Types of Egyptian capitals (3)
Hypaethral court
[Egypt] Part of the temple that is open to the sky
Sumer
Which civilization is one of the earliest cities with a fortified wall?
Grapes
In Egyptian decoration, this symbolized eternity.
Batter wall
Type of wall that diminishes in width towards the top
Bent pyramid at Seneferu
Best example of Egyptian bent pyramid
Step Pyramid of Zoser
Best example of Egyptian step pyramid
Temple of Hatshepsut
[Egypt] Temple with 3 tiers, seemingly carved out of the rock; built by Senenmut
9-10D
Egyptian obelisk height in proportion to its diameter?
Mortuary temples
[Egypt] Temples made for the pharoahs
Pylon
[Egyptian] Monumental gateway to the temple consisting of slanting walls flanking the entrance portal.
Cult temples
[Egypt] Temples in honor of their gods.
Zhou dynasty
Chinese dynasty that commenced the construction of the Great Wall.
Rock-cut/ Rock-hewn
Egyptian tombs built for noblemen, but not royalty; to keep thieves away
9-24m
Width of batter walls used in Egyptian Architecture
Hammurabi Code
Law used as basis for the planned city of Babylon,
Qin
Chinese dynasty marked by the emergence of a centralized government and the construction of much of the Great Wall.
Babylonians
Civilization that conceptualized the number "0".
Columnar and trabeated
[Construction system] Egyptian Architecture
Hypostyle Hall
[Egypt] part of the temple on which the roof rests; portrays a marsh in the beginning of time; literally means "under columns"
Stelae
The inscription tablet in a Mastaba is called ___________.
Serdab
The offering table in a Mastaba is called ________.
Seraguo
The palace proper of an Assyrian Palace?
Electrum
Mixture of silver and gold; material capping the obelisks of Egypt.
Step, Slope, Bend
Types of Egyptian pyramids (3)
Gate of Ishtar
In Babylonian architecture, the gates that were dedicated to the gods.
Pyramids Giza
Finest true Egyptian Pyramids
Senenmut
Built the Temple of Hatshepsut
SBAPS (Sumer, Babylonian, Assyria, Persia, Sassanian)
Civilizations that originated in Mesopotamia?
Assyrian
In Mesopotamian culture, which civilization uses winged bulls, glazed bricks and murals?
Seven Stages
How many stages do the Assyrian Ziggurats have?
Tao
The Way: in Chinese religion, the creative principle that order the universe.
Mammisi temple
Is considered to be the prototype of Greek temples
The faces of the pyramids orient towards the cardinal points
What area of a pyramid is oriented towards the cardinal points?
Obelisk
Upright stone square in plan, with an electrum-capped pyramidion on top, symbolizing the sun god Heliopolis; comes in pairs
Nile River
Travel and trade route in Egypt
Mesopotamia
Near East architecture is generally architecture that started from which area?
Amon-ra
Sun god of the Egyptians
Scarab
In Egyptian decoration, this symbolized resurrection.
Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak
[Egypt] Greatest example of a temple (cult temple)
Corners
What area of a ziggurat is oriented towards the cardinal points?
Great temple of Abu-Simbel
An example of a rock-cut temple, with 4 collosal statues of Ramses
mud-bricks
Material used by Sumerians in their buildings.
Pyramids
Massive funerary structure of stone or brick with square plan and four sloping triangular sides meeting at the apex.
Ziggurats
Artificial mountains, tiered with rectangular stages and a temple at the summit.
Arcuated
[Sumerian] Type of construction
Mastaba
Rectangular, flat-topped funerary mound; with a battered side, covering a burial chamber below ground.
Khufu
Largest pyramid in the Giza complex.
Palace of Sargon
Notable Assyrian palace?
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Khan
Service chambers in an Assyrian palace
Libon
Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.
Marcel Lajos Breuer
Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-Plan.
Juan Nakpil
Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Agrippa
The architect of the Pantheon.
Ptolemy III
Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria.
Guillermo Tolentino
Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.
George Ramos
G.S.I.S. Building, Roxas Boulevard.
Anthemius and Isidorus
"Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia, Constantinople)"
Amphi-Prostyle
"From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear."
Le Corbusier
"A house is a machine to live in".
Bernini
He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter's Basilica.
Hundred Column Hall
Famous term for the Hypostyle hall of Xerxes.
Gabriel Formoso
Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.
John Ruskin and William Moris
Founders of the "Art Noveau".
Eliel Saarinen
Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower.
Buckminster Fuller
"He created the Dymaxion House, ""the first machine for living""."
Megaron
An Anatolian house that has its entrance at the end.
Juan Nakpil
First president and founder of PAS.
Morong Church
"Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre, this church in Rizal whose design depicts the heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure."
Antonio Sin Diong
Architect of SM Megamall.
Persepolis
Literally means "City of Persia"; this is where you will most like;y find bull-capped columns
Jose Herrera
First elected U.A.P. president.
Callimachus
Conceptualized the Corinthian capital.
Shah Jahan
Designer of the Taj Mahal.
Welton Becket
Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel.
Juan Nakpil
Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.
Thothmes I
"Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?"
Iñigo Jones
"The dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance style."
Hennevique
Invented reinforced concrete in France.
Felix Outerino Candela
"Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin shell construction."
Panay Cathedral in Capiz
"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."
Mnesicles
Architect of the Erechtheion.
Bema
"A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian churches."
Theron
Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum
Minoru Yamasaki
Architect of the World Trade Center.
Phidias
Master sculptor of the Parthenon.
Erich Mendelsohn
Expressionist Architect.
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Architecture is Organic".
George Ramos
Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines.
Naos
In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the ___.
Cella
Corresponds to the Greek naos.
Persian
Mesopotamian civilization that first introduced the use of column.
Felipe Mendoza
Architect of the National Library, Philippines.
Felipe Mendoza
Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.
Haram
Private chambers in an Assyrian palace
Juan Nakpil
The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration.
Apadana
A large hypostyle hall in Persian architecture; especially in Persepolis
Juan Nakpil
Designer of the Bonifacio Monument.
Cossutius
"Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius."
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Domus
The private house of the Romans.
Megaron
Principal room of Anatolian House
Naos
The principal chamber in a Greek temple containing the statue of deity.
Apse
"In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church called ___."
Voussoirs
Truncated wedge-blocks forming an arc
Forum Romanum
The oldest and most important forum in Rome.
Apodyteria
The dressing room of the Thermae.
Little Metropole Cathedral, Athens
Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)
Tepidarium
The warm room in the Thermae
Greek Cross
"The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante."
Centralized
Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.
Ambo
"On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are"
Menhir
"A megalithic structure consisting of several large stones set on end with a large covering slab "
Cancelli
"The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the church called ___."
Forum
Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the ___.
Order
"It consists of the upright column or support including the capital, base, if any, and the horizontal entablature or part supported. "
Nea Moni
"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."
Pylon
"Monumental gateway to an Egyptian temple consisting with slanting walls flanking the entrance portal "
Baldachino
A canopy supported by columns generally placed over an altar or tomb.
Crepidoma
The steps forming the base of a columned Greek temple
Circus Maximus
The oldest circus in Rome.
Xerxes
Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'?
Calidarium
The Hot room of the Thermae
Velarium
"A great awning drawn over roman theatres and amphitheatres to protect spectators against the sun "
Worms Cathedral
"The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west ends."
Narthex
A long arcaded entrance porch to a Christian Basilican Church.
Bema
"In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into the transept, this is the ___."
Insulae
Roman apartment blocks
South
Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___.
Liceo de Manila
First school which offered architecture in the Philippines
Cenotaph
A monument erected in memory of one not interned in or under it
Insulae
Roman apartment block that rose four or more storey high
Treasury of Atreus
"The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon'."
Atrium House
A roman house with a central patio.
Gymnaceum
That part of a Greek house or Byzantine Church reserved for women
Villa
Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site
Rayonnant
"A period in Gothic Architecture in France characterized by circular windows with wheel tracery "
Thalamus
The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.
Vespasian / Domitian
"The colosseum in Rome also known as the ""flavian amphitheater"" was commenced by whom and completed by whom?"
Balneum
A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.
Sudatorium
The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
Thermae
Dry sweating room with apodyteila or dressing room and unctuaria or for oils.
Bouleuterion
The council house in Greece.
Latin Cross
"The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderna."
Unctuaria
The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.
West
Orientation of the Medieval Church
West door
A rose or wheel window of the Romanesque Church was of ten placed over the
Royal pyramids
"A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a square base and four sloping triangular sides meeting at the apex; used mainly in ancient Egypt. "
East
Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___.
Prytaneion
The senate house of the Greeks.
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Plough
Projecting ornament at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat.
finial
Term applied to a tower crowned by a spire.
retablo
A ledge or shelf behind an altar for holding vases or candles.
Alocabaca, Portugal
Finest or Romanesque castles in Spain is at ____
James Hoban
Architect of the White House, D.C.
fortification
A civil settlement under the protection of a castle.
Antonio Gaudi
Architect of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
Helm Roof
"Type of roof in which 4 faces rest diagonally between the gables and converge at the top "
sober & dignified
General characteristic of the Romanesque empire was
battlement
"A parapet having a series of indentions or embrasures, between which are raised portions known as merlons "
pilaster strips
"A rectangular feature in the shape of a pillar, but projecting only about one sixth of its breath from wall "
Steve church
A Scandinavian wooden church with vertical planks forming the walls
Islamic
Architectural style characterized by Friezes and Crestings
Portugal
"Is well endowed with medieval military achre and grand castles are particularly numerous in castle "
transept
" A circular or polygonal apse when surrounded by an ambulatory of which are chapels. "
Muenzzin
Man who leads the congregation at a prayer
Altars
A secluded place
Renaissance
"A movement which begun in Italy in the 15th century created a break in the continuous revolution of European times. "
Florence Cathedral
The largest medieval cathedral and is somewhat German in character in north Italy.
Kibla
Sacred enclosure found at walls of Damascus great mosque
Alexander
"The first Frankish king who became roman emperor, was crowned in 800 at Rome by the pope, and ruled over the franks, which included central Germany and northern France "
merlons
"The upstanding part of an embattled parapet, between two crenels/ embrasure openings. "
Fortress
Sited and designed to secure the routes from coastal ports to Jerusalem
campanile
Is a circular tower 16 m ( 52 ft. ) in diameter rising in 8 stories of encircling arcades.
bailey
"A squared timber used in bldg. construction or a low ridge of earth that marks a boundary line "
mouldings
Leafed ornament.
ambrogio
"Roughly carved of men and beasts used as support columns of projecting porches and of bishops throne. "
Rustication
"A method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints, principally employed in Renaissance building. "
Palladian
In renaissance archre, which is logically staid and serene architectural style?
Church bldgs.
"The most important of the distinctive characteristics of mature Spanish Romanesque architecture "
Camber
"A slight convex curvature built into truss or beam to compensate for any anticipated deflection so that it will have no sag when under load. "
Masjid
A mosque principal place of worship, or use of the bldg. for Friday prayers
Carlos Baretto
Second Filipino registered architect after the well-known Tomas Mapua
Shah-Jehan
"Erected to the memory of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal, it was the culminating work in the life of the emperor. "
Castle
Secular architecture
Cluniac
"In Romanesque arch're a period where an order founded by St. Bruno in 1806 is notably severe and adorned "
cimborio
The screen/ ornamental work rising behind the altar.
kibla
Originally the minaret of the mosque.
sixtite
Vaulting compartment into six parts known as
Sir Joseph Paxton
Designer of the Crystal Palace, London
buttress
"An arch starting from a detached pier and abutting against a wall to take the thrust of the vaulting. "
machicolations
"A projecting wall or parapet allowing floor openings, through w/c molten lead, pitch, stones were dropped only on an enemy below. "
West minister abbey
Single and most important building in Britain.
crocket
"A projection block or spur of stone carried with foliage to decorate the raking lines formed by angles of spires and canopies. "
crypt
"A space entirely or partly under a building in churches generally beneath the chancel and used for burial in early times. "
presbytery
"The actual sanctuary of a church beyond the choir and occupied only by the officiating clergy. "
tudor
"An architectural style which in its period is the English equivalent of the high gothic of northern France first pointed. "
domestic
"Architecture was marked by copy roofs which frequently had more storey than the walls, and were provided with dormer windows to make through current of air for their use as a drying ground for the large monthly wash "
pantry
A room, where food is stored in a manor house.
tracery
Vertical tracery members dividing windows into different numbers of lights.
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Reliquary
A light portable receptacle for sacred relics
Buckminster Fuller
"One of the world's 1st futurist and global thinkers. His 1927 decision to work always and only for all humanity led him to address the largest global problems of poverty,disease and homelessness. "
Erich Mendelsohn
"His first designs were drawings of fantastic architectural visions in steel and glass as well as costume and poster design. "
cella
The sanctuary of a classical temple, containing the cult statue of the God.
Brunelleschi
Famous architect in Florence renaissance archre.
Robert Adam
"An important Scottish architect who was particularly known for his interiors based on classical decoration. "
Yamasaki and Roth
Arch of the famous Twin Tower World Trade Center.
Buckminster Fuller
"He was the architect in his time that receives his license as award at his 60's or at the age of 60 yrs. old. "
newel
"Central shaft of a circular staircase also applied to the post in which the handrail is framed. "
Donato Bramante
Known architect in early renaissance.
polychromy
"A term originally applied to the art of decorative painting in many colors, extended to the coloring of sculpture to enhance naturalism, also described to the application of variegated materials to achieve brilliant or striking effects "
nymphaneum
"A room decorated with plants, sculpture and fountains (often decorated with nymphs) and intended for relaxation. "
Tomas Mapua
"Received the "Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinanagan "award for the city of manila, who is the architect? "
pulpitum
A stone gallery over the entrance to the choir of a cathedral or church.
Antonio Gaudi
"Spanish architects, one of the most creative practitioners of his art in modern times.His style is often described as a blend of neo-gothic and art nouveau, but is also has surrealist and cubist elements. "
Rustication
"A method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints, principally employed in renaissance buildings "
strapwork
"A type of relief ornament or cresting resembling studded leather straps, arranged in geometrical and sometimes interlaced patterns; much used in the early renaissance archre in England. "
viharas
A stupa in a form of a corn cob.
intercolumnation
Space between the columns.
Peter Behrens
"He was called "Masters master" where his students are architects like Gropius, Breuer and Van de Rohe "
Francisco Manosa
"He has actively promoted the use of native architectural forms and indigenous nationals such as bamboo and thatch, in the creation of a distinctively Filipino architecture. "
fretwork
"An ornament in classic or renaissance archre consisting of an assembly of straight lines intersecting at right angles of various patterns. Also called key pattern "
pailou
Chinese monumental gateway.
rocaile
France generally describe rococo as
Frank Gehry
"In 1989 he received the prtzker prize commonly referred to as "The Noble of Architecture" the loftiest recognition. It is a lifetime achievement award granted to living architect whose body of work represents a superlative contribution to the field. "
wreath
"A twisted band, garland or chaplet, representing flowers, fruits, leaves often used in decoration. "
Gustave Eiffel
"Afterwards became deeply involved in the design and building of French railways and bridges. He worked on structures such as bridge across the Garonne River, train stations at Toulouse and again in France. "
expressionism
"The selection of elements from diverse styles for architectural decorative designs,particularly during the 2nd half of the 19th century in Europe and USA. "
Francisco Manosa
Architect who leads the development of the 'Quezon Memorial Circle" in Quezon City.
Burma
Also known as Siam (before 1993) and was named, meaning "land of the free"
transom
Horizontal divisions or crossbars of windows.
Francisco Manosa
"In his practice he explores the use of indigenous materials infused with current technological trends to bring a new dimension in designs. "
skylight
"The central rounded of a pattern or ornament, an oculus, one at the summit of a dome. "
Buckminster Fuller
Starting with holes" belongs to architect
Mullion
Vertical members dividing windows into different numbers of lights.
Lucio Costa
French-born, Brazilian architect and urban planner. This famous axiom "Each one sees whatever he wishes to see" belongs to,
reja
"A vertical steel support cast iron was used until relatively cheap steel became available. "
Kahn, Louis
"Much of his works has been described as post modern, since he rejected the excessive abstractionism of architects such as Le Corbusier and strove instead to incorporate the valid elements of older style. "
984 ft.
Eiffel tower I Paris stands.
pitakat-taik
Burma's term for monasteries.
eyebrow
"A long dormer on the slope of a roof, it has no sides, the roofing being carried in a nave line. "
cherubin
"One of the winged heavenly beings that support the throne of god or act as guardian spirits, or chubby, rosy- faced child with wings. "
Louis Henry Sullivan
"One of the pioneers of the modern movement in American architecture. Work auditorium building, U.S. "
shwe dagon pagoda
"Reflects Burma's cultural connections with China and India, built over older foundations (16th-17th century) at Rangoon. "
scroll
"An ornament consisting of a spirally wound band, either as a running ornament or as a terminal. "
Charles Mackintosh
"Scottish architect and designer who was prominent in the arts and crafts movement in Great Britain. "
antiquarian
"The phase in western European renaissance archre 1750-1830, when renewed inspiration was sought from ancient Greek and roman architecture "
mannerists
"A term coined to describe the characteristics of the output of Italian renaissance architects of the period 1530-1600. Characterized by unconventional use of classical elements "
Piano Noble
"The principal floor of an Italian palace, raised one floor above ground level and containing the principal social apartments. "
Alexandre Gustav Eiffel
"Is the most famous for the eye catching tower he constructed in Paris for the exposition universally of 1889 work of Eiffel tower. "
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Agrippa
"In Roman Architecture, The Pantheon (AD C118-28), A monument of imperial Rome, revived the use of brick and concrete in temple architecture. It is symmetry is enchanced by its hemispherical dome, Who is the architect of this historical monument? (he is the son in law of Augustus.)"
Aokum
A caulking material made from old hemp rope fibers that have been treated with tar.
Ivatan's Rakuh
"In Philippine Architecture, Being Isolated and wind frequented area. The Batanes Islands, exhibit the most different of all traditional Architecture in the Phil. The house is built solidly on all sides, made of a meter thick rubble work, covered by thick thatch roofing to withstand gales which frequent the area. What is the name of this unique house?"
Richard Meier
"One of his stylish choice which are circles and squares were used in his design solutions. "
hierogyphics
"For Egyptian Architecture design, due to excessive sunshine, there was no need for windows, the massive unbroken walls provided the surface for ________________."
Colosseum
"In Roman Architecture, It was built AD 72-82 in Rome Italy, It is the largest Roman Amphitheater, A four storey, elliptical structure that seated about 50,000 spectators. The exterior façade was embellished with superimposed Doric, ionic and Corinthian columns."
le Corbusier
The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior.
Lao Tze
"For the Creation of Space ____________a Chinese Philosopher, said, "The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.""
Federico Ilustre
The Filipino Architect Who Designed the 66Meters(217 ft') height Pylons Quezon Memorial Circle.
Temenos
"The sacred enclosure fond in the highest part of a Greek city is called:"
Manila Metropolitan Theatre
"The ___________________ is an art deco building designed by the Filipino Architect Juan M. de Guzman Arellano, and built in 1935. During the liberation of Manila by the Americans in 1945, the theatre was totally destroyed. After reconstruction by the Americans it gradually fell into disuse in the 1960's. In the following decade it was meticulously restored but again fell into decay. Recently a bus station has been constructed at the back of the theatre. The City of Manila is planning a renovation of this once magnificent building. "
Finial
"Is an architectural device, typically carved in stone and employed to decoratively emphasize the apex of a gable, or any of various distinctive ornaments at the top, end, or corner of a building or structure."
Plinth
The base or platform upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument, or structure rests.
Kankanay
"It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single room dwelling elevated at 1.50 meters from the ground; the floor were made of hard wood like narra which rested on 3 floor joist which in turn were supported by transverse girders."
Mies van de Rohe
"He paid great attention to the detailing of the structure, which he attributed to his father's teachings about craftsmanship. "
Robert Mills
"The Washington D.C. monument. The tapering shaft contained in a Greek style temple, the obelisk is the only remnant of the original blueprint that remains. It was designed in the year 1812 by the American Architect, What is the name of this Architect?"
Torogan House
"In Philippine Architecture, It is considered the home of the Sultans. Carved on the wooden posts in the niyaga, a stylized mytical snake design can be found. It is the traditional residence of the reigning Sultan of Maranaw people and his family."
Bouleuterion
"The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically-elected council is called:"
Le Corbusier
"The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior"
Le Corbusier
A house is a machine to live in" philosophy belongs to
Caryatid
"(Greek Architecture) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head."
Lucio Costa
Father of modern architectural movement in Brazil.
Ten books of Architecture by Marcus Vitruvius
"The man of learning... can fearlessly look down upon the troublesome accidents of fortune. But he who thinks himself entrenched in defense not of learning but of luck, moves one slippery path, struggling though life unsteadily and insecurely.""
Eisodos
"is a term used for Ancient Greek Plays in order to describe any of two passageways leading into the orchestra, between theatron and skenê (also known as the parodos)."
Telamon
The later male counterpart of the caryatid and the name refers to the legend of Atlas,
Epidaurus Theater
"In Greek Architecture, The __________ theater designed (c.350 BC) by Polyclitus. It is among the largest and best preserved ancient theaters in Greece. The circular construction and the pitch of the seats, where held close to 14,000 spectators, permit nearly perfect acoustics."
Kenzo Tange
A city is subjected to growth, delay and rebuilt"
Prytaneion
"The building that serve as a senate house for the chief dignitaries of the city and as a palace where distinguished visitors and citizens might be entertained."
Mannerism
"A style in the 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."
Cromlech
"Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground in circular form."
Nervi, Pier Luigi
"His solutions to building problem were always direct, transmitting to the ground by the shortest path the stresses developed within the structures. "
Crepidoma
"Is an architectural term related to ancient Greek buildings, is the platform of, usually, three levels upon which the superstructure of the building is erected. The levels typically decrease in size incrementally, forming a series of steps along all or some sides of the building."
Sir Christopher Wren
"An English Architect who prepared plan for London i.e., St. Peter 's and St. Paul Cathedral; Proposed a Network of Avenues connecting the main features of London."
Gargoyle
A waterspout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely(Sculpture).
Archivolt
"Is an ornamental molding or band following the curve of the underside of an arch, It is composed of bands of ornamental moldings (or other architectural elements) surrounding an arched opening,"
Trajans forum
"In Roman Architecture, It was built AD 112, It was designed by Apollodorous of Damascus for Emperor Trajan, it is often considered the most magnificent and architecturally most pleasing."
Decorated style
"It is the third phase of English-Gothic Architecture where elaborated ornamental vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques."
Tomb of Agamemnon
"Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as:"
Obelisk
A monumental, four-sided stone shaft, usually monolithic and tapering to a pyramidal tip.
Walter Gropius
"The architect who claimed that: "The ultimate goal of the new architecture was the composite but inseparable work of an art, in which the old diving line between monumental and decorative elements will have disappeared forever.""
G.F.& Partners
"The Golden Empire Tower-( 1322 Roxas Boulevard) is the tallest building along the boulevard and one of the highest residential condominium in the world. The one with the golden glass facing Manila Bay and United States Embassy compound in Manila. Who is the Filipino Architect of this famous residential condominium?"
Elysee Palace
"In France, It is the official residence of President of France, It was built in 1718 by Claude Mollet for Henry de la Tour d' Auvergne"
Andrea Palladio
The father of modern picture books of Architecture
Parthenon
"In Greek Architecture, It is the largest building atop the Athenian Acropolis, It is a temple dedicated to Athena (The warrior of maiden) It is a Doric building, and made entirely of white pentelic marble and surrounded by freestanding column."
Reims Cathedral
"What is the name of the Cathedral in France that was designed by Jean d' Orbais.("
Trajan's Column
"The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely f marble is;"
Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak
"The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan but owes its size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. Built from the 12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic period."
Monument
"Is a statue, building, or other edifice created to commemorate a person or important event. They are frequently used to improve the appearance of a city or location."
Queen Anne style
"It is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870's and the 1880's in England and the USA and actually based on country house and cottage Elizabeth architecture which was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English Renaissance and colonial elements in the USA:"
Oscar Niemeyer
His contributions where the advocacy of the idea of planning rooms by volume.
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Pyramid
A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a square base and four sloping triangular sides meeting at the apex
Chromlech
Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground in circular form
Jacobean Architecture
"ENGLISH ARCH'L & DECORATIVE STYLE OF THE EARLY 17th CENT. , ADAPTING THE ELIZABETHAN STYLE TO CONTINENATL RENAISSANCE INLUENCES; NAMED AFTER JAMES I "
Baroque
"IS CHARACTERIZED BY INTERPRETATION OF OVAL SPACES, CURVED SURFACES, & CONSPICUOUS USE DECORATION, ACULPTURE & COLOR. ITS LAST PHASE IS CALLED "ROCOCO BOLD, OPULENT & IMPRESSIVE TYPE OF ARCH'RE. "
Stupa
Domical mounds which grouped with their rails, gateways, professional paths and crowning umbrella came to be known as symbols of the universe; a Buddhist shrine, temple, or pagoda that houses a relic or marks the location of an auspicious event.
Elizabethan Architecture
"THE TRANSITIONAL STYLE BETWEEN GOTHIC & RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND, NAMED AFTER ELIZABETH I; MAINLY COUNTRY HOUSES, CHARATERIZED BY LARGED MILLIONED WINDOWS & STRAPWORK ORNAMENTATION "
Voussoirs
Any of the pieces, in the shape of a truncated wedge, which form an arch or a vault. A wedge-shaped stone: a wedge-shaped brick or stone used to form the curved parts of an arch or vault
Engr's & Archt. Law Act 2986
"It was the first law passed by the national assembly in 1921 where the maestros de obra or the master builders are required to register as architects? "
Firewall; Fireblock
"A ____________ is a ___________ which extends vertically from lowest portion of the wall which adjoins two living units up to a minimum height of 0.30 meters above the highest portion of the roof and extends horizontally 0.30 meters beyond the outermost edge of the abutting living units? "
Rayonant
CHARACTERIZED BY RADIATING LINES OF TRACERY
"TRANSITIONAL STYLE IN ARCH'RE & THE ARTS IN THE LATE 16th. CENT, CHARATERIZED IN ARCH'RE BY UNCOVENTIONAL USE OF CLASSICAL ELEMENTS. "
"TRANSITIONAL STYLE IN ARCH'RE & THE ARTS IN THE LATE 16th. CENT, CHARATERIZED IN ARCH'RE BY UNCOVENTIONAL USE OF CLASSICAL ELEMENTS. "
Gothic Architecture
"CHARACTERIZED BY POINTED ARCH, THE GRADUAL REDUCTION OF THE WALLS TO A SYSTEM OF RICHLY DECORATED FENESTRATION"
Kankanay
It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single room dwelling elevated at 1.50 meters from the ground; the floor were made of hard wood like narra which rested on 3 floor joist which in turn were supported by transverse girders
Hieroglyphics
Pictorial representation of religious ritual, historic events and daily pursuits
Palladianism
"MODE OF BLDG FOLLOWING THE STRICT ROMAN FORMS, A SET FORTH IN THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE ITALIAN REN. ARCH'T.ANDREA PALLADIO (1508-1580). STYLE BASED ON A CLOSED STUDY OF ANTIQUITY. "
prytaneion
The building that serve as a senate house for the chief dignitaries of the city and as a palace where distinguished visitors and citizens might be entertained
Unite d Habitation
"Le Corbusier planned a high density building that was a "super building" that contained 337 dwellings in only acres of land. What is the structure that supposed to be located in Marseilles? "
Sphinx
Mythical monsters each with the body of a lion and a head of a man, hawk, ram or woman possessed
Flamboyant
CHARATERIZED BYFLOWING A FLAME-LIKE TRACERY.
Bouleuterion
The Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically-elected council is called
Trajans Column
The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely if marble is
Tomb of Agamemnon
Tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as
Palladianism
A revival style based on the buildings and publications of the 6th century architect marked by ancient Roman Architectural forms
Renaissance Architecture
"CHARACTERIZED BY THE USE OF THE CLASSICAL ORDERS, ROUND ARCHES, and SYMMETRICAL COMPOSITION."
Dolmen
An ancient structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone
Le Corbusier
"The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior. "
Obelisk
Huge monoliths, square on plan and tapering to an electrum-capped (alloy of silver & gold) "pyra-midion" at the summit, which was the sacred part. The four sides are cut with hieroglyphics
Egyptian Architecture
"TS MOST OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS ARE ITS MASSIVE FUNERARY MONUMENTS & TEMPLES BUILT OF STONE FOR PERMANENCE, FEATURING ONLY POST-AND-LINTEL CONSTRUCTION & CORBEL VAULTS W/ OUT ARCHES & VAULTING "
Picturesque Architecture
"TERM IN A SPECIALIZED SENSE TO DESCRIBE ONE OF THE ATTITUDES OF TASTE TOWARDDS ARCH'RE & LANDSCAPE GARDENING IN THE LATE 18th & EARLY 19th CENT. BLDG'S & LANDSCAPE WERE TO HAVE THE CONTROLLED INFORMALITY OF A PICTURE. "
Sir Christopher Wren
"An English Architect who prepared plan for London i.e., St. Peter 's and St. Paul Cathedral; Proposed a Network of Avenues connecting the main features of London. "
Stonehenge
Consists of a complex of "sarsen" (any of the many large sedimentary rocks that have been broken into blocks by frost action and are found scattered across the chalk downs of southern England )stones and smaller blue stones set in a circle and connected by lintels
Romanesque Architecture
"CHARACTERIZED BY CLEAR PLANS, MASSIVE ARTICULATED WALL STRUCTURES, ROUND ARCHES, & POWERFUL VAULTS"
10 books of architecture by Vitruvius
""The man of learning... can fearlessly look down upon the troublesome accidents of fortune. But he who thinks himself entrenched in defense not of learning but of luck, moves one slippery path, struggling though life unsteadily and insecurely." "
Queen anne Style
It is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870's and the 1880's in England and the USA and actually based on country house and cottage Elizabeth architecture which was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English Renaissance and colonial elements in the USA
Decorated Style
It is the third phase of English-Gothic Architecture where elaborated ornamental vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques
Batter
Inward inclination or slope of an outward wall
Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak
The Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan but owes its size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. Built from the 12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic period
Cella
The sanctuary of a classical temple, containing the cult statue of the god
Andrea Palladio
"The father of modern picture books of Architecture "
Medieval Organic City
Early type of settlement in America taken after the "baug" (military town) and "fauborg" (citizen's town) of the medieval ages
Mastaba
An ancient Egyptian rectangular, flat-topped funerary mound with battered (sloping) sides covering a burial chamber blow ground
Ziggurat
Artificial Mountains made up of tiered (layered), rectangular stages which rose in number from one to seven
Temenos
"The sacred enclosure fond in the highest part of a Greek city is called: "
"SIVERSMITH-LIKE"; THE RICHLY DECORATIVE STYLE OF THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE. "
"SIVERSMITH-LIKE"; THE RICHLY DECORATIVE STYLE OF THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE. "
Antiquarian
"THE PHASE IN WESTERN EUROPIAN RENASSAINCE ARCH'RE 1750-1830, WHEN RENED INSPIRATION WAS SOUGHT FROM ANCIENT GREEK & ROMAN ARCH'RE ( NEO CLASSICAL) "
Walter Gropius
"The architect who claimed that: "The ultimate goal of the new architecture was the composite but inseparable work of an art, in which the old diving line between monumental and decorative elements will have disappeared forever." "
Cavaea
??? on natural rocks in a Greek theater is called
Gregorian Architecture
"THE PREVAILING STYLE OF THE 18th CENT. IN GREAT BRITAIN & THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES, SO NAMED AFTER GEORGE I, II, III, BUT NOT INCLUDE GEORGE IV. DERIVED FROM CLASSICAL, RENAISSANCE, & BAROQUE FORMS. "
Rococco
"( FR. ROCALLE - ROCKWORK) A TERM APPLIED TO TYPE OF RENAISSANCE ORNAMENT IN W/C ROCK-LIKE FORMS, FANTASTIC SCROLLS, & CRIMPED SHELLS ARE WORK UP TOGETHER IN A PRO- FUSION & COMFUSION OF DETAIL OFTEN W/ OUT ORGANIC COHERENCE BUT PRESENTING A LAVISH DISPLAY OF DECORATION. "
Exedra
In ancient Greece/ Rome, a room or covered area or open on one side used as a meeting place; architecture history conversation room: a room for relaxation or conversation, especially a semicircular recess in a larger hall with a continuous bench along the wall; furniture long curved outdoor bench: a long curved or semicircular outdoor bench, usually with a high back; architecture recess: any kind of recess or niche (technical)
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Fortress
a large fortified (armed) place; a fort often including a town; any place of security.
Minaret
a tall tower in, or continuous to a mosque arch stairs leading up to one or more balconies from which the faithful are called to prayer
Arris
The sharp edge formed by the meeting of two surface usually in DORIC columns
Baldachino
A canopy supported by columns generally placed over an altar or tomb. Also known as "CIBORIUM".
Coffers
Sunk panels, caissons or lacunaria formed in ceilings, vaults or domes; sunken panel in a ceiling: a decorative sunken panel in a ceiling
Pinaccle
A turret (small rounded tower) or part of a building elevated above the main building. architecture pointed ornament: a pointed ornament on top of a buttress or parapet
Flutes
The vertical channeling on the shaft of a column; architecture: groove in column: a groove running down an architectural column
Ambo
A raised pulpit on either side of a Basilican church from which the epistle of a gospel were read
Mosaic
Decorative surfaces formed by small cubes of stones, glass & marble
Dome
A vault having a circular plan, and usually in the form of a sphere portion, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions
Butress
A mass of masonry built against a wall to resist the pressure of an arch & vault.
Fresco
A term originally applied painting on a wall while the plaster is wet and is not in oil colors. painting done on fresh plaster: a painting on a wall or ceiling made by brushing watercolors onto fresh damp plaster, or onto partly dry plaster
Triumphal Arch
These are arches erected to emperors and generals commemorating victorious campaigns; has one or three openings. Such arches were adorned with appropriate bas-reliefs (flat sculpture; slightly projecting) and usually carried grit-bronze statuary (statues considered collectively) on an attic storey and having a dedicatory inscription in its face
Font
a basin usually of stone which holds the water for baptism.
Bema
A raised stage in a Basilican church reserved for the clergy
Corbel
A block of stone, often elaborately carved or moulded, projected from a wall, supporting the beams of a roof, floor or vault.
Arcade
A range of arches supported on piers or columns attached to or detached from the wall.
Plinth
The lowest square member of the base of a column
Apse
The circular or multi-angular termination of a church sanctuary. A rounded projection of a building
Kiosk
A small pavilion, usually open - built in gardens & parks.
Nave
The principal or central longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the CHANCEL (area of church near altar: an area of a church near the altar for the use of clergy and choir, often separated from the nave by a screen or steps) usually flanked by aisles of less height
Pediment
A triangular piece of wall above the entablature enclosed by raking cornices; architecture gable on colonnade: a broad triangular or segmental gable surmounting a colonnade as the major part of a facade
Mosque
An inward-looking building whose prime purpose is for contemplation & prayer. A space without object of adoration. (Muslim)
Vault
an arch covering in stone or brick over any building; architecture arched ceiling: an arched structure of stone, brick, wood, or plaster that forms a ceiling or roof; a room with arched ceiling: a room, especially an underground room, with an arched ceiling
Atlantes
Carved male figures serving as pillars also called TELAMONES; architecture figure of man used as support: a figure of a man, either standing or kneeling, used as a support for the upper part of a classical building
Atrium
An approach or an open forecourt surrounded by arcades in a Basilican church.
Caryatids
Sculptures female figures used as columns or supports
Daado
the portion of a pedestal between its base and cornice. A term also applied to the lower portions of walls when decorated separately.
Mausolleum
A term applied to monumental tombs. They consisted of large cylindrical blocks, often on a quadrangular podium, topped with a conical crown of earth or stone.
Fillets
a small flat band between mouldings to separate them from each other. architecture flat narrow moulding: a raised or sunken ornamental surface set between larger surfaces
Picturesqueness
Term in a specialized sense to describe one of the attitudes of taste towards architecture and landscape gardening in the late 18th and early 19th century; very attractive: visually pleasing enough to be the subject of a painting or photograph
baptisteries
A building or a part of a church in which baptism is administered
Chamfer
A diagonal cutting of an arris formed by two surfaces at an angle
Aquaducts
A roman structure where immense quantities of water were required for the great thermae and for public fountains, and for domestic supply for the large population; a channel for water: a pipe or channel for moving water to a lower level, often across a great distance
Entasis
A swelling or curving outwards along the outline of a column shaft, designed to counteract the optical illusion which gives a shaft bounded by straight lines the appearance of curving inwards; a bulge in architectural column: a slight bulge in the shaft of a column, designed to counter the visual impression of concavity that a perfectly straight column would give
Aisle
A longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by arcades or the like.
Thermae
Palatial public baths of Imperial Rome raised on a high platform; hot springs: hot springs or baths, especially the public baths of ancient Rome
Eclectic
An adjective used to describe an artist who selects forms and ideas from different periods or countries and combines them to produce a harmonious whole.
Forum
Corresponds (links) to the Agora in a Greek city was a central open space, used a public meeting space, market or rendezvous for political demonstrations.
Narthex
A long arcaded entrance porch to a Christian Basilican Church
Colosseum
Elliptical Amphitheatres are characteristically Roman buildings found in every important settlement, used to display of mortal combats (gladiatorial)
Soffit
The exposed undersurface of any overhead component of a building such as an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, lintel or vault. bottom surface: the underside of a structural component of a building, for example the underside of a roof overhang or the inner curve of an arch
Stoa
A long colonnaded building, served many purposes, used around public places and as shelter at religious shrines; an ancient covered walkway: in ancient Greece, a covered walkway, usually with a row of columns on one side and a wall on the other
Squinch
A small arch or bracket built across each angle of a square or polygonal structure to form an octagon or other appropriate base for a dome or a spire. An interior supporting part of a tower: an arch, corbelling, or lintel built across the upper inside corner of a square tower to support the weight of a spire or other structure above
Mayan Temple Pyramid
Pre-Columbian edifice dedicated to the service or worship of their god which is made of stones entered by a single door to a very steep single flight of steps, above it rises a high stone roof
Abacus
A slab forming the crowning member of a column
Groins
Line of intersection of cross-vaults
Pendentive
the term applied to the triangular curved overhanging surface by means of which a circular dome is supported over a square or polygonal compartment. a sloping triangular piece of vaulting between the arches that support a dome and its rim
Sarcophagus
Taken from a tomb chamber, or the ornamental treatment given to a stone coffin hewn out of one block of marble and with sculptures, figures and festoons (garland) of a late period, surmounted by lids like roofs terminating in scrolls. stone coffin: an ancient stone or marble coffin, often decorated with sculpture and inscriptions
Agora
Town square, was the center of social and business life, around which were stoas, or colonnaded porticoes, temples, markets, public buildings, monuments, shrines.
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Chancel
The space about the altar of a church, usually separated by a screen for the clergy and other officials, usually referred to as the "choir
Monastery
A building complex of a certain English order or a self-contained community used by monks
Doge's Hall
(BRITISH) The hall built or used by medieval association as of merchants and tradesmen, organized to maintain standards that constituted a governing body. (Doge = Italian renaissance chief magistrate)
Chatris
An umbrella shaped copula.
Verandah
A covered porch (porch-roofed exterior of a room) or balcony (balcony- a platform projecting from an interior or exterior wall of a building) extending along the outside of a building, planned for summer leisure.
Podium
The high platform on which temples were generally placed (in general, any elevate platform). A foundation wall: a low wall forming a foundation or base, for example for a colonnade
Spandrel
The triangular space enclosed by the curve of an arch, a vertical line from its springing, a horizontal line through its apex. A space between one arch or another. Space between two arches and a cornice
Iconostasis
a screen in a Greek orthodox church on which icons or (sacred images), pictures, are placed separating the chancel from the space, open to the laity. An altar screen decorated with icons: a screen on which icons are mounted, used in Eastern Orthodox churches to separate the area around the altar from the main part of the church
Mullions
Vertical tracery members dividing windows into different numbers of light. A vertical window divider: a vertical piece of stone, metal, or wood that divides the panes of a window or the panels of a screen
Boss
(Lump or knob) or projecting ornament at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat.
Spire
The tapering termination of a tower in Gothic churches
Niche
a (shell) or a recess in a wall, hallowed like a shell for a statue or ornament.
baroque
In France, anything extravagantly ornamented, so ornate as to be in bad taste, a style of art and architecture in Italy in the 17th to 18th century.
Newel
The central shaft of a circular staircase. Also applied to the post in which the handrail is framed.
Refectory
The dining hall of a monastery, convent or college
Fleche
A slender wooden spire rising from a roof. A slender church spire: a slender spire, especially one that emerges from the roof of a church at the point where the ridges intersect.
Larder
A room where food is stored; a pantry ( a walk-in cupboard); a cupboard
Pavillion
(little house for pleasure & recreation). A prominent structure, generally distinctive in character.
Coisters
Covered passages around an open space or "Garth", connecting the church to the chapter house; a small courtyard or enclosed space
Cupola
A spherical roof, (a dome-shaped roof) placed like an inverted cup over a circular square or multi-angular apartment. A dome on roof: a small dome on a roof, sometimes made of glass and providing natural light inside
Cimborio
Special term for a lantern or raised structure above a roof admitting light into the interior
Crypt
A space entirely or partly under a building; in churches, generally beneath the chancel and used for burial in earlier times. An underground chamber: an underground room or vault, often below a church, used as a burial chamber or chapel, or for storing religious artifacts
Cenotaph
An empty tomb. A monument erected in memory of one not interred in or under it.
Pantry
A serving room between kitchen and dining room, or a room for storage of food supplies
Doge's Palace
The chief magistrate's buildings, in the former republic of Venice & Genoa.
Turret
small towers, often containing stairs, and forming special features in medieval buildings.
Console
A "BRACKET": is a projecting member to support a weight generally formed with scrolls or volute when carrying the upper member of the cornice
Wardrobe
- A room for storage of garments
Oriel Window
A bay window especially cantilevered or corbelled out from the face of the wall by means of projecting stones.
Entablature
The entire construction of a classical temple or the like, between the columns and the eaves usually composed of an architrave, frieze, and a cornice.
Vestibule
An ante-room to a larger apartment of a building; An entrance hall: a small room or hall between an outer door and the main part of a building
Ogee
A double curve, resembling the letter "S", formed by the union of a curve and a convex line
Arabesque
Geometrical ornaments due to absence of human and animal statues; an ornate design
Baluster
One of a number of short vertical members often circular in section used to support a stair handrail or a coping (wall's capping surface).
Camber
A slight convex curvature built into a truss or beam to compensate for an anticipated deflection so that it will gave no sag when under load.
Rococo
a term applied to a type of Renaissance ornament in which rock-like forms fantastic scrolls, and 'crimped' folded or pressed together) shells (are worked up together in a profusion and confusion of detail often without organic coherence but presenting a lavish display of decoration; Any excessively ornate or fancy style; A style of architecture and the decorative arts characterized by intricate ornamentation that was popular throughout Europe in the early 18th century.
Belfry
A tower not connected with "Bell". A term applied to the upper room in a tower in which the bells are hung.
Keystone
The central stone of a semi-circular arch, sometimes sculptured.
Rib & Panel
Vaulting in Romanesque in which a framework of ribs supported thin stone panels. The new method consisted in designing the profile of the transverse (crosswise or at right angle with something), longitudinal and diagonal ribs to which the form of the panels was adopted
Scroll
An ornament consisting of a spirally wound band, either as a running ornament or as a terminal, like the volutes of the ionic capital.
Piazza
A public open space in Byzantine architecture, surrounded by buildings
Steeple
The term applied to a tower crowned by a spire
Pilaster Strip
Is a rectangular feature in the shape of a pillar, but projecting only about one sixth of its breadth (distance from side to side) from the wall.
Stellar Vault
A vault in which the ribs compose a "star-shaped" pattern
Tracery
- The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a gothic window.
Harem
Women's or private quarters of a house or place in Islamic architecture.
Palazzo
An Italian impressive building or private building
Quoins
An eternal solid angle of a wall or the like. One of the stones forming it, corner stone (Renaissance) A block forming a corner: a stone block used to form a quoin, especially when it is different, for example in size or material, from the other blocks or bricks in the wall
Chateau
A castle in a French-speaking country or a stately residence. A French castle: a castle or large house in France, often one that has a vineyard attached and gives its name to wine produced there
Transept
The part of a cruciform church, projecting at right angles to the main building. Wings of church: the part of a cross-shaped church that runs at right angles to the long central part (nave)
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Heraldic
A coat of arms; connected with heraldry or heralds: belonging or relating to heraldry or heralds
Torus
a large convex moulding used principally in the bases of columns.
Pai Lou
A Chinese ceremonial gateway erected in memory of an eminent person
Churrigueresque
An expression of Spanish baroque architecture and sculpture, a recurrent feature was the richly garlanded spiral columns. [flamboyant-showy; brightly colored; highly decorated ornamentation]
Belvedere
An open-roofed gallery in an upper storey built for giving a view of the scenery.
Mansard
A roof having a double slope on four sides; the lower slope being much steeper and the flatter upper portion. Also known as the gambrel roof.
Bay Window
The window of a protruded bay or the windowed bay itself. A protruding window: a rounded or three-sided window that sticks out from an outside wall and forms a recess on the inside
Rarhs
Rock-cut temples in India
Terracotta
Earth-baked (unglazed) or burnt in moulds. For use in construction, harder in quality than brick. [brownish red color]
Space Frame
A structural system consisting of trusses in two directions rigidly connected at their intersections. A rectangular shape is formed where the top and bottom chords of the trusses are directly above & below one another.
Hermes
A bust (sculpture of head & shoulders) on a square pedestal instead of a human body, used in classic times to mark boundaries on highways, and used decoratively in Renaissance times.
Helm Roof
Bulbous termination to the top of a tower, found principally in Central & Eastern Europe
Wata Dage
Outstanding architectural creation in Sri Lanka which is a circular relic house built in stone and brick.
Architectonic
Relating or conforming to technical architectural principles.
Intercolumnation
The space between two columns
Faience
A glazed earth ware originally made in Italy; pottery with colored glaze: earthenware decorated with colored opaque metallic glazes (often used before a noun)
Mullions
Vertical members dividing windows into different number of lights
Fenestration
The arrangement and design of windows in a building
Salon
In Renaissance, a room used primarily for exhibition of art objects, or a drawing room;[grand sitting room; social gathering of intellectuals; art exhibition or gallery]
Tabernacle
A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue or an icon.
Nymphaeum
A room decorated with plants, sculpture and fountains (often decorated with beautiful Maiden living in Rivers, trees) and intended for relaxation. [nymph: a spirit or a minor goddess of nature; or a beautiful young woman]
Patio
A Spanish arcaded or colonnaded yard; a paved area outside a house: a paved area adjoining a house, used for outdoor dining, growing plants in containers, and recreation. A roofless courtyard: a roofless inner courtyard typical of a Spanish-style house
bauhaus
a school founded by Gropius in 1919, developing a form of training intended to relate art and architecture to technology and the practical needs of human life.
Pagoda
Most typical Chinese building, usually octagonal in plan, odd number o stories usually 9 or 13 storeys and repeated roofs, highly colored and with upturned eaves, slopes to each storey.
Great Wall
Most famous of ancient Chinese building undertakings. It snakes, loops, and doubles back on itself. Meandering across valleys, plains, scaling mountains, plunging into deep gorges and leaping raging rivers of 3,700 miles.
Bungallow
One storey with low-overhanging roof and broad front porch. Unpretentious style often rambling spread out floor plan, more expensive to build; lightweight tropical house: a simply-built one-storey house with a veranda and a wide, gently sloping roof in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific
Stambas / Laths
Monumental pillars standing free without any structural function, with circular or octagonal shafts with inscriptions carved in it. The capital was bell-shaped and crowned with animal supported bearing the Buddhist will of Law.
Baloon Framing
a type of timber framing in America about 1820s wherein it owes its strength to the walls, roof acting as diaphragms, and not on the post. It is an extension of the roof.
Dormer
A window in a sloping roof usually that of a sleeping apartment. A window projecting from roof: a window for a room within the roof space that is built out at right angles to the main roof and has its own gable
Candelabra
A movable candle lamp-stand with central shaft, and often branches or decorative representation thereof; a branching light fitting: a large decorative candle holder with several arms or branches, or a similarly shaped electric light fitting
Wreath
A twisted band, garland or chaplet, representing flowers, fruits leaves, often used in decoration; A circular arrangement of flowers: a circular arrangement of flowers and greenery placed as a memorial on a grave, hung up as a decoration, or put on somebody's head as a sign of honor; a representation of wreath: a representation of a circular arrangement of flowers, vines, or other things, for example in a carving or on a coat of arms; [headdress; garland; laurel]
Bonsai
A dwarf tree which is a perfect reflection of Japanese culture
Pulpit
An elevated enclosed stand in a CHURCH in which the preacher stands
Lantern
A construction such as a tower, at the crossing of a church rising above the neighboring roofs and glazed at the sides
Antillan House
An elegant two storey, rectangular town house with a massive stone first floor, and a light and airy second floor, mother-of-pearl or "capiz" windows and picturesque wide tile roof. Entrance is of Heavy plank door with wrought iron or brass nails, sturdy balustrades of wood or iron grilles below windows to let in cool air.
Art Noveau
An art free from any historical style characterized by forms of nature for ornamentation in the façade aptly called for the floral design.
Finial
An ornate iron grille, or screen, a characteristic feature of Spanish Church interiors; An architectural decoration: a carved decoration at the top of a gable, spire, or arched structure
Transom
The horizontal divisions or crossbars of windows.
Pedestal
A support for a column statue or a vase, it usually consists of a base. "Die" or Dado, and a cornice or cap mould
Tudor Revival
Picturesque composition built in America since 1980. Hall timbering and massive medieval chimney. Identified by prominent gables and large expansive windows with small panes.
Modilions
Also called 'brackets" or "consoles" or "ancones". It is a projecting member to support a weight. generally formed with scrolls or volutes which carry the upper member of a cornice (a projecting moulding at the top of a wall or at where the wall & ceiling meets); also a bracket in Corinthian order: a small curved ornamental bracket under the corona of a Corinthian or Composite column
Finial
Also called "key pattern" the upper portion of the pinnacle [pinnacle: pointed ornament: a pointed ornament on top of a buttress or parapet]; an architectural decoration: a carved decoration at the top of a gable, spire, or arched structure
Cherubs
One of the winged heavenly beings that support the throne of God or act as guardian spirits, or Chubby, a rosy-faced child with wings
Ambulatory
(to walk) the cloister (covered walkway around a courtyard) or covered passage around the east end of the church, behind the altar.
Belvedere
A roofed but open-sided structure affording an extensive view, usually located at the rooftop of a dwelling but sometimes an independent building or an eminence (a hill) on a formal garden; a building with fine view: a building or part of a building positioned to offer a fine view of the surrounding area
Fretwork
(grating: metal grille) an ornament in classic or renaissance architecture consisting of an assembly of straight lines intersecting at right angles, and of various patterns.
Dais
a raised platform reserved for the seating of speakers and dignitaries; a raised platform: a raised platform at the end of a hall or large room. [podium, platform, pulpit, stage]
Strapwork
A type of relief ornament or cresting [cresting: a decorative roof ridge: an ornamental ridge on a roof ] resembling the studded leather straps arranged in geometrical and sometimes interlaced patterns much used in the early renaissance architecture of England.
Gallery
A communicating passage or wide corridor for pictures and statues. An upper storey for seats in a church
Plateresque Architecture
Phase of the early period of Spanish architecture of the later 15th and early 16th century, an intricate style named after its likeness to silverwork; elaborately decorated: relating to a heavily decorated architectural style fashionable in 16th-century Spain, reminiscent of elaborate silverware
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Irrimoya Gable
Japanese dominant roofs characterized by their exquisite curvature, and are supported upon a succession of simple or compound brackets. The upper part of the roof is terminated by a gable placed vertically above the end walls, while the lower part of the main roof is carried round the ends of the building in a hipped form.
Egyptian Architecture
2. Columns & Capitals from vegetable origins
Prehistoric Period
3. Rocks on top of each other
Themenos
acropolis, sacred enclosure
Circus Maximus
largest circus in Rome
Pinacotheca
bldg that holds painting
Ifugao/ Bontoc House
Cordillera one room house on four wooden posts with an animal or insect barrier and a pyramidal roof Cogon grass built without nails
Stoa
patio (Spanish outdoor living or dining);VERANDAH (a porch or balcony for summer leisure); LOGGIA
Gazebo
These are garden rooms.
Boss/ Groin
Boss (vaulted or flat); groin (vaulted only)
Pinacle
Pinnacle(highest point); fleche (a church spire); spire (tapering termination of a gothic church tower); finial (a design at the top of a spire)
Tea House
In Japan, a structure where the appreciation of the arts and flower arrangement, with drinking ceremony is done
Torii
Shinto temples (Shinto-Japanese religion) are characterized by this gateway formed by upright posts supporting two or more horizontal beams
Prehistoric Period
5. animal skins
Mesopotamian Architecture
2. Roofs flat outside
Serdab
statue chamber
Egyptian Architecture
3. Papyrus Buds, Lotus Flower walls of mud brick, thick & 9M high
Pre columbian Architecure
1. Temple pyramids are approached by a single steep flight of steps.
maranao House
Lowlands area house with pithed roof, made of bamboo poles, thatch roof with woven slit canes for walls and split bamboo slats flooring
Dromos
tholos passageway
Mesopotamian Architecture
1. Abundance of clay-provided bricks
Mesopotamian Architecture
4. Houses of one room, entered by a single door & without windows
God Horus
Great Sphinx at Gizeh
Ivatan House
Made of 0.75 m. thick stone of lime wall with thick thatched roof made of several layers of cogon and held together by seasoned sticks or reeds and rattan to withstand fiercest typhoons in the north
Loggia
An arcade of roofed gallery built into or projecting from the side of a building particularly one overlooking an open court. A covered balcony and walkway: a covered open-sided walkway, often with arches, along one side of a building
Theatre of Dionysus
" prototype Greek Thetre - largest for 30,000 people "
Prehistoric Period
1. Temporary shelter from perishable materials
Glypthoteca
bldg that hold sculpture
Forum Romanum
oldest & most important bldg in Rome
Nipa House
A house with a prow-like (front of ship) majestic roof, the polychrome, extravagant wooden carvings derived from the Malay Mythical bird the "Sari Manok" The silken Muslim canopies in the Interiors. The protruding ends of floor beams are decorated with intricate carvings
Egyptian Architecture
1. Battered or sloping outside walls
Partenon
"largest - geatest example of greek architecture - archt. Ictinus - master sculptor- Callicrates - Doric temple - naos- made of gold and ivory - holds the statue of Athena "
Prehistoric Period
2. Caves
Pre columbian Architecure
2. Stone [finely dressed, carved, or laid as roughly dressed rubble] was employed for all important buildings
Ken
Intercolumniation is regulated by this standard of Japanese measurement, which is divided into 20 parts called minutes and each minute being again divided into 20 parts or seconds of space.
Trompel o Eil
"Fool the eye" - are paintings adorning everything from cabinets to cupboards, fire screen to dishwashers. This creates an illusion of space. A make-believe doorway for example extends a hall. A glass cabinet or door is painted with cows and chicken and make-believe or create an outdoor scene.
Forum of Trajan
largest forum in Rome
Prehistoric Period
4. Hard-packed snow blocks
Quoins / Squinch
Quoins (just a corner stone) vs. squinch (structural arch to support a dome)
Lacunaria
coffer, ceiling
Egyptian Architecture
4. Unbroken massive walls adorned with hieroglyphics
Mesopotamian Architecture
3. Architecture was arcuated winged deity and winged human headed lion used as décor
Propylaea
gateway to greek temple
Egyptian Architects
"Senusurets- built the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis Amenemhat I- founded the great temple at Karnak Thothmes I- began the additions to the temple of Amnon Karnak Amenophis III- built the famous Colossi of Memnon Rameses I- began the hypostyle hall at Karnak Seti I- built the temple at Abu- Simber Ptolemy II- built the pharos of Light House Ptolemy III- founded the Great Seradeum at Alexandria "
Peroma
space bet naos wall and column
The Great Temple of Arnak
(greatest example of Egyptian temple)
Country House
A house composed of natural materials. It is an eclectic and organic look that grows and changes with antiques and a clutter of different collections, made of rough plaster, old beams, wood framed windows and slate or brick floors. A house in the country: a large house in the country, often with a large area of land attached
Pinacle
Turret(medieval) ; minaret (Islamic);steeple (church tower & spire)(term use for spire crowned towers)
Art Deco
1930s modernist's style of art inspired by mechanical forms and chiefly distinguished by geometrical shapes, bold color schemes and symmetrical designs, suitable for mass production
Thalamus
sleeping room, megaron
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Renaissance Architecture
1. Rusticated masonry, (rough masonry)
Renaissance Architecture
5. rococo
Greek Architecture
5. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian [orders of columns]
Byzantine Architecture
2. Tomb & baptisteries by means of "pendentives"
Romanesque Architecture
2. plaster strips, arcades, rose windows,
Early christian Architecture
4. separate buildings used for baptism or baptisteries
Renaissance Architecture
2. Quoins, Balusters
Greek Architecture
4. optical illusions were corrected, in Greek Temples
Romanesque Architecture
4. Formal massing depends on the grouping of towers and the projection of transepts & choir.
Islamic Architecture
1. Bulbous or onion dome
Gothic Architecture
5. variety of open roofs (trussed, tie-beam, collar)
Greek Architecture
1. Columnar & trabeated (have horizontal beams rather than archs)
Gothic Architecture
2. buttress, flying buttress
Modern International
1. Free-standing glass sheath suspended on a framework across the face of the building or curtain wall.
Britain Architecture
1. Picturesque values
Romanesque Architecture
1. Ribbed & panel, cross vaults;
Early christian Architecture
2. Basilican Churches have 3 to 5 aisles, covered by a simple timber roof
Britain Architecture
5. Taller buildings were designed due to concrete & cast iron frames.
Greek Architecture
3. Ceilings sometimes omitted
American Architecture
2. Baloon frame was introduced
American Architecture
1. Neo-classic & Greek revival was followed
Islamic Architecture
5. painted arch
Byzantine Architecture
1. Novel development of the Dome to cover polygonal and square plans of churches
Early christian Architecture
1. Widely Spaced Columns carrying semi-circular arches
Continental Europe
1. Repetition of standard bays, both plan & elevation, an affinity (similarity) with bay system, programmatically adopted with the introduction of iron construction
Renaissance Architecture
4. pediments one within the other
Romanesque Architecture
3. Sober (serious/ not fanciful)& dignified style
Gothic Architecture
4. rose & lancet windows ploughshare twist
Gothic Architecture
1. Pointed arch
Britain Architecture
2. Reflected in the predilection (liking) for highly textured, colorful materials, asymmetry & informality.
Islamic Architecture
4. cresting: decorative roof ridge: an ornamental ridge on a roof
Greek Architecture
2. Wooden roofs were untrussed
Britain Architecture
7. Railroad systems, central heating & elevator or lift
3. Concrete is now used [composition of lime, sand, pozzolana & broken bricks or small stones.
3. Concrete is now used [composition of lime, sand, pozzolana & broken bricks or small stones.
Byzantine Architecture
3. 'Fresco" decoration using marble & mosaic
Roman Architecture
1. The arch & the vault was developed
Islamic Architecture
3. stalactite moulding
Islamic Architecture
2. Minarets
American Architecture
3. The skyscraper was contributed related to metal frame construction
Early christian Architecture
3. Mosaic decoration added internally
Britain Architecture
3. palazzo style was a triumph of national ecclesiasticism
Britain Architecture
6. New materials were used due to the effect of canals
Gothic Architecture
3. gargoyles, decorated vaulting
Renaissance Architecture
6. baroque style
Roman Architecture
2. Two orders of architecture added [Tuscan & Composite]
Renaissance Architecture
3. domes or raised drums
Britain Architecture
4. New functions & techniques produced new forms
Renaissance Architecture
8. salon
American Architecture
4. The non-load-bearing curtain wall & the elevator
Renaissance Architecture
7. mansard roof
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Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
3. Religious buildings overlaid with ornamentation of Chinese characters, surfaces often finished with porcelain tile
Sri Lanka
3. Architecture of wood, with high pitched roofs, with wide eaves, slightly curved, finished with small flat shingles and terra cotta tiles.
Japan
2. Dominant roofs characterized by their exquisite (beautiful/superb) curvature, supported by a succession of brackets
Japan
5. Love of nature: using stone, lantern & bonsai.
Egyptian Buildings
"2. Pyramids, Pyramid of King Zoser Architect: Imhotep earliest pyramidal structure of the ancient world, the Step Pyramid (c.2630 BC) of King Zoser at Saqqara, Egypt consist of six terraces of receding sizes with a one staba The Great Pyramid the Pyramid of Khufu is the largest in the world, measuring 230m (756 ft) "
China
5. Column brackets are decorated with birds, flowers and dragons.
Pre Historic Period - Structures
6. igloos
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
4. Windows have intricate lattice screens and roof have red curved tiles, metal gutters and projecting cornice and fancifully decorated with carving, embossing, tinkling bells and hanging lamps.
India / pakistan
6. The female form in its voluptuous (sensual) form is often used
Japan
3. Upper part of the roof is terminated by a gable placed vertically above the end walls
Sri Lanka
4. Windows with lacquered wood bars, carved timber doorways, ornamental metalwork door furniture, painted walls.
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
5. multi-leveled overlapping timber roofs
Japan
1. Light and delicate timber construction is refined by a minute carving & decoration
India / pakistan
5. Various BAS reliefs depicting scenes of daily life and story of Buddha
Egyptian Buildings
1. Sphinx,
Egyptian Buildings
3. Obelisks,
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
7. Doors and window shutters are of carved wood, lacquered in black and gold.
Modern International
4. Steel is used in space-frame
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
5. The monastery is fortress-like sited on hill tops.
India / pakistan
4. The TORUS moulding is used
Philippines
1. Use of indigenous (natural) materials for houses like bamboo, palm leaves, sturdy wooden posts, carved wooden sidings, cogon grass roof.
India / pakistan
1. Hindu worship is an individual act
Pre Historic Period - Structures
4. tents,
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
2. Using stone without mortar fitted perfectly and numerous colossal towers
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
6. Pillars and beams are painted "yellow or red" and "painted silks" hang from the roof.
China
2. Roofs one on top of the other using S-shape enameled tiles.
China
4. Use of bright colors
India / pakistan
3. Mouldings have BULBOUS character
Philippines
4. Coconut shell & wood design.
Philippines
5. Much use of galvanized iron sheet for roofing
China
3. Roof framing in "rectangle" and not triangle.
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
1. Cupola Roofs (dome shaped roof or dome on roof), spanning with arched squinches, the square chamber angles, lantern roof and coffered dome, an elaborate system of hexagon, each containing the statue of Buddha
Pre Historic Period - Structures
5. Stonehenge, England
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
2. The "SIKHARA" & "PAGODA" temples survive.
Pre Historic Period - Structures
2. huts,
Sri Lanka
1. Rock Temples, with square or octagonal pillars
China
1. Roof ridges are laden with elaborate ornamental cresting and the up-tilted angles are adorned with fantastic dragons and grotesque ornament.(distorted bizarre)
Sri Lanka
2. A circular relic house (wata-dage) built in stone & brick is an outstanding architectural creation.
Philippines
2. Spanish-style high-pitched roofs,
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
4. Walls are white stucco, (wall plaster)
Philippines
3. Capiz shell windows, barandillas, balconies,
India / pakistan
2. Buddhist religious buildings or shrines took the form of STUPAS (Buddhist shrine or pagoda), and are designed for congregational use.
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
6. Gables and bargeboard decorated with Hindu iconography.
Modern International
2. Art Noveau and Bauhaus was developed
Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet
3. A monumental pillar generally supporting a metal superstructure adorned with mystic symbols, groups of divinities and portraits statuary of royalties.
Modern International
3. Enormous Spans unobstructed were at length achieved with concrete.
Pre Historic Period - Structures
3. caves,
Pre Historic Period - Structures
1. Beehives,
Japan
4. Rooms are regulated by a "KEN" Tatami mats.
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
1. Stepped Temple Pyramid, terraced on a hill
Section 20
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Egyptian Buildings
7. Temple of Khons,
Islamic Buildings
5. Tomb of Humayun, Delhi
Greek Buildings
"2. Parthenon-temple, Architect: Itchinus and Callicrates with Phidias Location: Athens, Greece Style: Ancient Greek Doric on the historic Acropolis. Doric exemplar "
Romanesque Buildings
6. chateus, Manor houses
Byzantine Structures
2. St. Mark, Venice
Early Christian Structures
2. Baptisteries
Greek Buildings
4. ODEION theatre,
Romanesque Buildings
5. Castles, fortifications,
Islamic Buildings
2. Damascus & Cordoba,
Roman Buildings
"6. Colosseum Coemeteria, Colosseum 70 - 82 Architect: Vespacian and Domitian Location: Rome, Italy Style: Ancient Roman three-quarter columns and entablatures, Doric in the first story, Ionic in the second, and Corinthian in the third, face the three tiers of arcades largest Roman Amphitheater designed to hold 50,000 spectators had approximately eighty entrances so crowds could arrive and leave easily and quickly "
Greek Buildings
1. Acropolis,
Gothic Buildings
3. King's College,
Roman Buildings
3. Basilicas
Ancient near East (mesopotamia) Buildings
1. Ziggurat of Ur,
Pre Columbian Bldgs (Maya, Aztec, Peru, Mexico)
2. Citadel Teotihuacan,
Roman Buildings
8. gateways,
Egyptian Buildings
5. Great Temple,
Roman Buildings
5. Amphitheatres,
Roman Buildings
4. Thermae,
Ancient near East (mesopotamia) Buildings
3. hall of the hundred columns
Gothic Buildings
5. Skippers house @ Ghent
Romanesque Buildings
2. Maggiore Monastery,
Gothic Buildings
4. Canterbury Town Halls,
Roman Buildings
"1. The Pantheon 118 - 126 Architect: Acrippa Location: Rome, Italy Style: Ancient Roman great domed hall with oculus oculus - a single circular opening one of the great spiritual buildings of the world it was built as a Roman temple and later consecrated as a Catholic Church revived the use of brick and concrete in temple Architecture "
Islamic Buildings
4. Taj mahal mausoleum @ Agra
Egyptian Buildings
"6. Abu-Simbel, dedicated chieftly to Re-Harakhti, God of the rising sun built during the reign of Ramses II (1304 - 1237 BC) "
Greek Buildings
6. Mausoleum Sarcophagus,
Romanesque Buildings
3. Leaning Tower,
Pre Columbian Bldgs (Maya, Aztec, Peru, Mexico)
3. Temple of the Giant Jaguar,
Roman Buildings
7. Triumphal arch,
Gothic Buildings
1. Notre Dame Cathedral,
Greek Buildings
5. stoa, - ancient covered walkway, usually with a wall on one side and a row of columns at the other
Roman Buildings
9. aqueducts
Ancient near East (mesopotamia) Buildings
2. persepolis,
Islamic Buildings
1. The great mosques,
Greek Buildings
3. Agora,
Early Christian Structures
1. Basilican Churches,
Romanesque Buildings
1. St, Zeno,
Romanesque Buildings
4. Cathedral & Baptistery of Pisa,
Byzantine Structures
1. St. Sophia, Constantinople
Egyptian Buildings
4. Mastaba Tombs,
Greek Buildings
"Epidaurus Theater Architect: Polykleitos Location: Epidauros, or Epidhavros, Greece Style: Ancient Greek and the quality of its acoustics make the Epidaurus theatre one of the great architectural achievements of the fourth century. the largest and best preserved ancient theaters in Greece. can accommodate 14,000 spectators. "
Greek Buildings
7. open hillside theatres
Gothic Buildings
2. Paris Canterbury Cathedral,
Pre Columbian Bldgs (Maya, Aztec, Peru, Mexico)
1. Temple Pyramid of the Sun,
Roman Buildings
"2. Forums,Trajan's Forum 100 - 112 Architect: Apollodorus of Damascus Location: Rome, Italy Style: Roman composed of an arc of arched arcade most magnificent and architecturally most pleasing largest known forums "
Islamic Buildings
3. Kiosk @ Istanbul
Pre Columbian Bldgs (Maya, Aztec, Peru, Mexico)
4. Great Plaza of Tenochtitlan Machu Picchu, Peru
Egyptian Buildings
"7. Temple of Luxor - or Southern Sanctuary at Luxor, Egypt, 18th dynasty king dedicated to Amon-Re, king of the Gods built of sandstone for the quarries of Gebel Silsila "
Greek Buildings
"Erectheum _ Architect: Mnesicles Location: Athens, Greece Style: Ancient Greek, Ionic has Caryatid Porch with figural columns. On the Acropolis, uses grade change. "
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English architecture
"Glasgow School of Art 1897 to 1909 Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh Location: Glasgow, England Building type: college Construction system: bearing masonry Style: art and crafts, art nouveau "
French Architecture
"Pompidou Centre 1972 to 1976 Architect: Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano Location: Paris, France Building Type: modern art museum Construction system: high-tech steel and glass Style: High-tech modern a cost of $100,000,000, with an average attendance of approximately seven million people a year massive structural expressionist cast exoskeleton, ""exterior"" escalators enclosed in transparent tube "
Rennaissance Buildings
4. Palais du louvre,
French Architecture
"Eiffel Tower 1887 to 1889 Architect: Gustave Eiffel Location: Paris, France Building Type: exposition observation tower Construction system: exposed iron Style: Victorian Structural Expressionist dominates the sky line of Paris one of the most famous landmarks in the world built for the Paris Exposition of 1889 "
Modern International
1. Salginatobel Bridge,
American Structures
4. English Country Houses
English architecture
"Salisbury Cathedral 1220 to 1258 Location: Salisbury, England Building type: Cathedral (church, temple) Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone Style: English Gothic Cathedral of Saint Mary an outstanding example of the Early English architectural style tallest in England 404ft (123m) use of Purbeck marble to create a strongly coloured "
French Architecture
"Hotel de Invalides Napoleons tomb is within the structure founded by Louis XIV for disabled soldiers late 17th century "
Rennaissance Buildings
7. Guild Houses @ Brussels
English architecture
"Chiswick House 1729 Architect: Lord Burlington Location: Chiswick, England Building type: large house Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Palladian also known as "Burlington House" "
Britain Buildings
4. Red House, Kent
French Architecture
"Arc de Triomphe Napoleon, the French emperor decided to build a very big arch of triumph, which stands at the top of the Champs Elysees "
American Structures
"Golden Gate Bridge 1933 to 1937 Architect: Joseph Strauss Location: San Francisco, California Building type: suspension bridge Construction system: steel frame, steel cables Styles: Structural Modern with some Art Deco details one of the longest bridge in the world a powerful and elegant human structure in an equally beautiful natural location overall bridge length of 9266 feet, or 2824 meters bridge main span length of 4200 feet, or 1280 meters "
Rennaissance Buildings
3. Cathedral Vatican,
French Architecture
"Elysee Palace 1718 Architect: Claude Mollet official residence of the president of France "
French Architecture
"Sorbonne most famous building at the University of Paris "
American Structures
"Washington Monument Architect: Robert Mills Location: Washington, D.C. Style: Neo-Egyptian the obelisk is the only remnant of the original blue print that remains with George Marsh, competition 1836. standard Egyptian proportion of 10:1 height to base "
English architecture
"Durham Cathedral 1093 to 1280 Location: Durham, England Building type: church, cathedral Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone Style: Romanesque one of the most impressive Norman Romanesque style in Europe had a reciprocal influence on the architecture of Normady the rib vault covering of Durham Cathedral is the oldest example that has survived "
French Architecture
"Chartres Cathedral 1194 to 1260 Location: Chartres, France Building type: cathedral Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Gothic exemplar the elevation was in three tiers as it had no gallery and the vaulting was quadripartite, which eliminated the need for alternating supports supreme monument of High Gothic art and architecture "
Rennaissance Buildings
1. Palazzo Ricardi @ Florence,
American Structures
"1. the White House Architect: James Hoban Location: Washington, D.C. Date: 1793 to 1801, burned 1814, porticos 1824 to1829 Style: Georgian Neoclassical official residence of the president of the United States of America, for the last 200 years "
Continental Europe Buildings
3. Paris Opera House,
English architecture
"Buckingham Palace Architect: sir George Goring built during the reign of king James I "
English architecture
"Saint Paul's Cathedral 1675 to 1710 Architect: Sir Christopher Wren Location: London, England Building type: church Construction system: masonry, brick, timber and cut stone Style: Late renaissance to Baroque the dome peaks at 366 feet above pavement a masterpiece of Baroque architecture largest cathedral in England "
Britain Buildings
1. Westminster New Palace (House of Parliament), London
French Architecture
"Rheims Cathedral one of the greatest monument of Gothic art and architecture construction commerced by Jean d'Orbais and was completed by Robert de Coucy a work of remarkable unity and harmony "
Rennaissance Buildings
5. Paris Chateu Maisons,
Britain Buildings
2. Crystal Palace, London [???]
Modern International
2. Einstein Tower, Eirch Mendelsohn
English architecture
"Queen's House 1616 to 1635 Architect: Inigo Jones - the greatest of English Classical architect Location: Greenwich, England Building type: large house Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Palladian, Late English Renaissance was built by Jones for Anne of Denmark, wife of James I "
American Structures
"National Gallery of Art Architect: John Russel Pope houses one of the finest collections of painting, sculptures, and graphic arts in the world "
French Architecture
"Paris Opera House 1857 to 1874 Architect: Charles Garnier Location: Paris, France Building type: theater, opera house Construction system: masonry, cut stone Style: Neo-Baroque polychrome façade, opulent staircase commission by competition masterpiece of 19th century architecture one of the largest and most opulent theaters in the world false ceiling painted by Marc Chagall "
English architecture
"Westminster Palace 1836 to 1868 Architect: Sir Charles Barry Location: London Building type: seat of government, government center Construction system: cut stone bearing masonry Style: English Gothic Revival Big Ben: the clock tower best known is a great symbol of London originally seat of kings as a royal residence "
American Structures
5. Bungalows
Continental Europe Buildings
2. New louvre,
French Architecture
"Palais Royal commissioned by Cardinal Richeliev original name is Palais Cardinal 17th century Daniel Buren: stripped columns "
French Architecture
"Notre Dame de Paris 1163 to 1250 Architect: Maurice de Sully Location: Paris, France Building Type: church, cathedral Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone Style: Early Gothic one of the most celebrated Gothic cathedrals in France twin towers marking the entrance probably the most famous image in French Gothic art "
French Architecture
"The Louvre 1546 to 1878 Architect: Pierre Lescot Location: Paris, France Building type: palace, art museum Construction system: cut stone bearing masonry Style: French Renaissance also designed by Catherine de Medici, J.A. du Cerceau II, Claude Perrault, etc. I.M. Pei: design the glass pyramid, which serves as the main public entrance "
American Structures
3. Boston Empire State Building,
Rennaissance Buildings
6. St Paul's Cathedral, London,
French Architecture
"La Madeleine Architect: Napoleon I church of Ste. Marie Madeleine constructed as a church in 1842 surrounded by 52 Corinthian columns "
English architecture
"British Museum 1823 to 1847 Architect: Sir Robert Smirke Location: London, England Building type: art and historical museum, library Construction system: masonry, cut stone Style: Victorian Ionic façade, Classical Revival Includes one of the world's great library rooms. Glazed roof over restored courtyard by Norman Foster "
Continental Europe Buildings
1. Eiffel tower, [???]
American Structures
"Saint Patrick's Cathedral Architect: James Renwick Location: New York shaped like a Latin cross the largest Roman Catholic Cathedral in the United States designed in a Gothic Revival materials at English and French Gothic Style "
Britain Buildings
5. Cathedral @ Guildford
Continental Europe Buildings
4. Paris & cologne.
American Structures
"2. Capitol of the United States Architects: Thornton-Latrobe-Bulfinch Location: Washington, D.C. Date: 1793 to 1830 Style: Neoclassical meeting place of the U.S. Congress, the national assembly of the United States of America, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate "
Britain Buildings
3. University Museum, Oxford
Rennaissance Buildings
2. St. Peter's PIAZZA,
English architecture
"Somerset House 1776 to 1786 Architect: William Chambers Location: London, England Building type: government offices and art school Construction system: cut stone masonry Style: Neoclassical Home of Royal Academy of the Arts. Corinthian orders above arched courtyard apertures, rusticated base "
Section 22
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Real Fuerza de Santiago (Fort Santiago)
"shrine of freedom", designed by Father Antonio Cedeno, with Diego Jordan as engineer
Functionalism
"Cubist style developed in Germany and Austria (1900s).CHARACTERISTICS: Devoid of ornamentation Symmetrical/Assymetrical plans Overlapping & intersecting 2-dimensional planes that enclose 3-dimensional space. Pure color like white & grey of exterior walls. Distribution of wall to window space is approximately equal. "
Hagia Sofia
" 532 to 537 Architect: Isidoros and Anthemios Location: Istanbul, Turkey Building type: church Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Byzantine a tremendous domed space built as the new Cathedral of Constantinople by the Emperor Justinian a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture additional minarets when the church became a mosque "
Gladiatorial Contests
Amphitheaters are used for ___.
Post War Architecture
" - mediocre design, uncontrolled and hasty rebuilding only resurrected old designs - commercial building drew inspiration from contemporary architecture in the West - development of community planning - BUNGALOW - introduced in 1948; one-storey house with wide picture windows, a lanai and a carport for up to three cars - modern architecture with a renewed interest in Filipino motifs a. use of pointed roofs, lattices, screens, wood carvings b. architecture of LEANDRO LOCSIN and FRANCISCO MANOSA "
Alhambra
" 1338 to 1390 Location: Granada, Spain Building type: palace Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Moorish (Islamic) palace of Nasrid Dynasty the most beautiful remaining example of Western Islamic Architecture built as a cathedral in the mid-1200's "hall of justice": noted from its elaborate stalactite (maqarnas) decoration "
Utilitarianism
"Sought for solutions for alternative cheap forms of construction in timber, brick & metal. Initiated by British (pre-fab. Architecture) A design of something Auspicious. Other definitions: Refers to low-cost housing Pre-Fabricated unit "
Modern International
7. Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd wright
Sober and dignified
The architectural character of the Romanesque architecture is.
Columnar trabeated
Greek architecture was essentially.
The Arts & Crafts Movement
"movement for aesthetic and moral crusade - escape FROM THE Industrial World - John Ruskin(1819-1900) and William Morris(1834-1896) were THE key figures"
Krak des Chevaliers
" 1150 to 1250 Location: Syria Building type: fort Style: Medieval crusader castle the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world "
Futurism
"Movement in 20th Century, art that represented the revolutionary effort of young Italian Concrete, steel and glass Advocators: Jim Slade and Robert Colley. an architects. The architecture of reinforced concrete iron and glass. Calculation of audacity and simplicity Capable of expressing "tangible miracles." Inspired by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. "
Modern International
5. Falling Water, Frank Lloyd Wright
American Period
"1. a "regime" of reinforced concrete and galvanized iron 2. Neo-Classical styles 3. DANIEL BURNHAM - commissioned by Gov. General W.H. Taft to draft the Master Plan for Manila and government buildings (Agri-Finance Building, Senate Building, among others) 4. MASTER BUILDERS ("maestro de obras") acquired title either from practical experience or completed academic training of Master Builder's course 5. LICEO DE MANILA - first school to open three year course in architecture 6. TOMAS MAPUA - first licensed architect; established the second school (followed by UST and Adamson) 7. MASONIC TEMPLE, Escolta - first multi-storey reinforced concrete building in the Philippines 8. CHALET - suburban house; simple design with verandah in front or around the house; middle-class 9. 1930's - continued urban development; emergence of multi-storey, multi-family dwellings and commercial structures; distinct simplification of lines, emphasis on verticality; other architects contradicted the trend by putting horizontal strips of glass window "
Marble
Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls.
Neo-expressionism
"Out view in w/c the major activities or environmental factor was employed in the structure in a non-intellectual manner. CHARACTERISTICS: Continuity of forms rather than proportionality and geometric terms/means. Tendency to avoid rectangular forms. Tends to individual sensibility. "
Cheops
The great pyramid at Gizeh was built during the 4th dynasty by.
Marble
The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was.
Acropolis
The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.
Temple of Heaven
" Location: China 700 acre enclosure built by the Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle (Yung-Io) means "Perpetual Help" "
Propylaea
Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles
Pisa Cathedral
" 103 to 1350 Location: Pisa, Italy Building type: church complex Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone, white marble Style: Romanesque ""Pisa Cathedral with Baptistery, Campanile and Campo Santo, together form one of the most famous building groups in the world the cathedral complex includes the famous Leaning Tower, La Torre Pendente white marble with colonnaded facades "
Pteroma
The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple.
Modern International
3. Chapel of Notre Dame, Le Corbusier
Pantheon
The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome.
Stoa
An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places.
Parthenon
The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the.
Intramuros
famous walled city within a city; seven gates; completed 1872; made of bricks and hard adobe from the Pasig River quarries; wall are 45 ft thick and rise 25 ft above the moat; structures inside the city include:
Elisha Graves Otis
developed the first safe passenger elevator. In addition to this, was the development of techniques for manufacturing rolled steel
Casa Mila
" 1905 to 1910 Architect: Antonio Gaudi Location: Barcelona, Spain Building type: multifamily housing Construction system: masonry and concrete Style: Art Nouveau expressionistic, fantastic, organic forms in undulating facade and roof line light court it could be compared with the steep cliff walls in which African tribes build their cave-like dwellings "
St. Sophia, Constantinople
The finest and remaining example of Byzantine architecture.
Florence Cathedral
" 1296 to 1462 Architect: Arnolfo di Cambio Location: Florence, Italy Building type: domed church, cathedral Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Italian Romanesque 1296: Cathedral begun on design by Arnolfo di Cambio 1357: Project continued on a modified plan by Francesco Talenti 1366-7: Talenti's definitive design emerged calling for an enormous octagonal dome 1418: competition for construction of dome. 1420: technical solution for vaulting proposed by Brunelleschi approved and construction begun The Duomo - dome added by Brunelleschi 1436— church consecrated "
Constructivism
"Non-representational style of art w/c uses modern industrial materials: plastic & glass. Ideal abstract art movement arose in Europe & Russia (1913-1920) Based on the idea: Art is an absolute entity, whose origin lie in the mind & whose forms are unrelated to objects of visible world. Concept of art: includes painting & sculpture. "
Cathedral of Siena
" Location: Southern Italy incorporated Gothic elements in a strongly Mediterranean design "
Late Spanish Period
"1. roofs at 45 degrees gradient or less 2. use of bricks, limestone, hardwood, capiz shells (G.I. sheets and clay tiles or "tisa" were imported) 3. elaborate lace-like grillwork (1870's) 4. transoms with floral and foliate scroll work (1890's) 5. 1890's Art Nouveau brought swirling vines and flowers for staircase balustrades, etched or colored glass panels replaced capiz 6. emergence of Filipino and foreign architects working in the Philippines a. FELIX ROXAS - first Filipino architect; served as architect to the Manila government; studied in England and Spain b. JUAN HERVAS - a Catalan who was one of the Spanish architects invited to reconstruct Manila after the earthquake of 1863 and 1880 7. churches a. Sto. Domingo Church, Intramuros b. San Ignacio, Intramuros - first church designed by a Filipino architect c. San Sebastian Church, Manila - only Gothic church in the Philippines 8. brides a. Fuente de Espana - first bridge to span the Pasig River linking Intramuros and Binondo b. Colgante Bridge - suspension bridge; only for pedestrians; framework of iron imported from England "
Arch and vault
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the.
Modern International
6. Dulles International Airport, Eero saarinen
Modern International
8. Sydney opera House, Jorn Utzon
The Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali,
, first built in the 13th century and reconstructed in 1906-1909, is the largest clay building in the world.
Antefix (Antefixae)
An 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.
Casa Batllo
" 1905 to 1907 Architect: Antonio Gaudi Location: Barcelona, Spain Building type: apartment building Construction system: concrete Style: Expressionist or Art Nouveau uses animal styles al through-out the structure "
Sagrada Familia
" 1882 to 1926 Architect: Antonio Gaudi Location: Barcelona, Spain Building type: church Construction system: masonry Style: Expressionist Church of the Holy Family uncompleted during Gaudi's lifetime crowned by four spires "
Rameses 1
The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.
Composite
Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks.
Pyramid
In Egyptian architecture, the tomb of the pharaohs is the.
Modern International
4. Johnson Wax Building, Frank Lloyd Wright
Domical roof construction
From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using.
Modern International
9. Geodesic dome, Buckminster Fuller
Ecclectism
architecture OF THE borrowing and OF free selection
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Caesar Homer Concio
A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the structure must be well oriented'.
Cambodian
From what architecture is the Angkor Vat?
Stupa
Domical mound containing a relic.
Pyramid of Khufu
The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh
Visayan
Sarimanok is a décor reflecting the culture of the ___.
Bartizan
A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the castle.
Amenemhat I
In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who consolidate the administrative system, made a survey of the country, set boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful works.
Pyramid of Zoser
The world's first large-scale monument in stone.
Cha-sit-su
Japanese tea house.
Tracery
The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window.
Masu-gumi
A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture.
Van Alen
The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.
Pinnacle
What is not required as a feature in modern Muslim mosque.
Agra
Taj Mahal temple is located in ___.
Embrasures
Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement.
Richard Josef Neutra
"A house is like a flower pot"
Masjid
A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for prostration.
Erich Mendelsohn
Architect of the Einstein Tower.
Marble
The use of ___ for facing walls distinguishes Romanesque architecture in Italy from that of the rest of Europe.
Acroterion / Acroterium
Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself.
William Cosculluela
Architect of Robinson's Galleria
Sarcophagus
Richly carved coffins of Greece and Mesopotamia.
Bale
Ifugao house (southern strain).
Canephora
Female statues with baskets serving as columns.
Carlos Santos Viola
Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo.
Greek
The Parthenon is from what architecture.
Walter Gropius
Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art.
Baroque
The architecture of the curved line is known as ___.
Art Noveau
What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?
Pisa
The outstanding group of Romanesque is found in ___.
Tumuli
Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons.
Apse
A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an altar.
Greek
Caryatid porch is from what architecture?
Cortel
The open court in an Italian palazzo.
Prytaneion
Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture
Anthemion
Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.
Cavetto
A concave molding approximately quarter round.
Helm Roof
A roof in which 4 faces rests diagonally between the gables and converge at the roof.
Pyramid
Tomb of the pharaohs.
Groin Vault
A vault created when two barrel vaults intersect at the right angles.
Doric
The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps.
Anthemion
The characteristic of Greek ornament.
Apotheca
In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine.
Senusret I
Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis.
Dipteral
Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos.
Ziggurat
In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun-dried bricks.
Heb-sed
Jubilee festivals of the pharaohs.
Refectory
The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college.
Basilica
A hall built in Roman Empire for the administration of justice.
Baroque for of Ornamentation
Major contribution of the Renaissance Architecture.
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How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral?
Tomas Mapua
First registered architect in the Philippines.
Juan Nakpil
First president and founder of PAS.
Eclecticism
Different historical styles combined.
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Less is more.
Arch
Structure of wedge-shaped blocks over an opening.
Pagoda
A multi-storied shrine like towers, originally a Buddhist monument of diminishing size with corbelled cornice and moldings.
Saracenic Architecture
Taj Mahal is a building example of what architecture.
Forum
The public square of imperial Rome.
U.S. / English Renaissance
Elizabethan Architecture is from what architecture.
Bouleuterion
The council house in Greece.
Kenzo Tange
"Modern architecture need not be western".
Console
A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap.
Cheops / Chefren/ Mykerinos
The three pyramids in Gizeh
Eero Saarinen
Architect of TWA airport.
Imhotep
King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty.
Alvar Aalto
Architect and furniture designer.
Agora
Greek equivalent of the Roman forum, a place of open air assembly or market.
Jugendstijl
Art Noveau is known as the international style, in Germany it is known as ___.
Kaufman House
The falling water by Frank Lloyd Wright is also known as ___.
Atrium House
A roman house with a central patio.
Echinus
The convex projecting molding of eccentric curve supporting the abacus of a Doric capital.
Entasis
A slight vertical curvature in the shaft of a column.
Crypt
The tomb beneath a church.
Romanesque
Revival of classical Roman style
Acanthus
A plant whose leaves form the lower portions of the Corinthian capital.
Greek
Agora is from what architecture?
Palace of Persepolis
The xerxes hall of hundred columns was introduced during the Mesopotamian architecture, which palace was it used.
Aljibe
The cistern storage of collected rainwater underneath the azotea of the bahay na bato.
Villa
Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site.
Crenel
Embrasures.
Triforium
The space between the sloping roof over the aisle and the aisle vaulting, so also called a blind story.
Liceo de Manila
First school which offered architecture in the Philippines.
Ziggurat
Sacred artificial mountains of Babylon and Assyria.
Baroque
The very ornate style of architecture developed in the later renaissance period.
Roman
"cubicula" or bedroom is from what architecture.
Romanesque
The style emerging in western Europe in the early 11th century, based on Roman and Byzantine elements, and powerful vaults, and lasting until the advent of Gothic architecture.characterized by massive articulated wall structures, round arches,
Cenotaphs
Memorial monuments of persons buried elsewhere in Roman architecture.
Naos
In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the ___.
Tussel House
Art Noveau style first appeared in what structure.
Impluvium
A shallow cistern or drain area in the center of a house.
Bema
A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian churches.
Crepidoma
From the Greek forms of temple, the three where it lies is known as ___.
Astylar
A faced without columns or pilaster in renaissance architecture.
S-tiles
Pantiles used for Chinese roofings.
Welton Becket
Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel.
Balance
Formal architecture, one of the principles of composition.
Chartres Cathedral
Finest example of French-Gothic architecture
Felipe Mendoza
Architect of the national library, Philippines.
Amphi-Prostyle
From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear.
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13
Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda.
Atlantes
The Greek male statues used as columns.
Seraglio
The palace proper in Assyrian palaces.
Baldachino
An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church.
Entablature
In classical architecture, the elaborated beam member carried by the columns.
Pyramid
Structure whose sides are made to face the four cardinal points.
Harem
Private family apartments in Assyrian palaces.
Tokonama
A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art.
Capital
The crowning member of a column.
Great Temple, Abu Simbel
The most stupendous and impressive of the rock-cut-temples.
Exedra
A recessed or alcove with raised seats where disputes took place.
Bayon
The Buddhist temple in ancient Cambodia which feature four faces of the compassionate Buddha.
Cult Temple
Egyptian temples for the popular worship of the ancient and the mysterious gods.
Frigidarium
The cold section of a Roman Bath.
Octagonal
Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.
Mudejar
architecture.
Persian
The use of monsters in doorways is prevalent in what architecture?
Architrave
In the classical order, the lowest part or member of the entablature; the beam that spans from column to column.
Clerestory
A windowed wall that rises above the roof of adjacent walls that admit light into the interior.
Tabernacle
A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue.
Mnesicles
Architect of the famous propylaea, Acropolis.
Great Temple, Abu Simbel
The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II is carved in the pylon of the ___.
Mortuary Temple
Egyptian temples for ministrations to deified pharaohs.
Pediment
Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.
Cantharus
A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the atrium of an early Christian basilica.
Narthex
A long arcaded entrance porch in an early Christian church.
Palm, Lotus, and Papyrus
Favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians.
Peripteral
A single line of columns surrounding the Naos.
Chancel
A low screen wall enclosing the choir in early Christian church.
Minaret
A tower in the Muslim Mosque used to call people to prayer.
Tympanum
The triangular or segmental space enclosed by a pediment or arch.
Niche
A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items.
Hagia Sophia
The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome.
Abacus
A slab forming the crowning member of the capital.
Ambulatory
The covered walk of an atrium.
Pendentive
A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan of its supporting structure.
Crocket
Projecting blocks of stone carved with foliage, typical in Gothic architecture.
Square
Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda.
Lacunaria
Coffers, sunken panels in the ceiling.
Barasoain Church
This church in the Philippines is the seat of the Malolos Congress.
Mudejar
A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century
Ziggurat
Holy mountains.
Nave
The principal or central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the choir or chancel and usually flanked by aisles.
Plinth
A rectangular or square slab supporting the column at the base.
Mortuary and Cult Temples
Two main classes of temples in Egyptian Architecture.
Cornice, Frieze, Architrave
Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom.
Ziggurat
Structure whose corners are made to face the four cardinal points.
Module
A standard, usually of length, by which the proportions of a building are determined.
Exedra
A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church.
Arcade
A line of counterthrusting arches on columns or piers.
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Treasury of Atreus
The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon'.
Odeion
A kindred type to the theater.
Gymnasium
In Greek, it is the Roman prototype of the Thermae.
Salientes
Spouting jets in Roman fountain.
Artaxerxes
Who completed the 'hall of hundred columns'?
Podium
Roman rectangular temples stood on a ___.
Pronaos, Naos, and Epinaos
The three chamber of a Greek temple.
Domus
The private house of the Romans.
Intercolumniation
The clear space in between columns.
In Antis
A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front.
Vespasian / Domitian
The colosseum in Rome also known as the "flavian amphitheater" was commenced by whom and completed by whom?
Forum Romanum
The oldest and most important forum in Rome.
Gymnasium
A building in Greek and Roman for exercises or physical activities.
Amphi-Antis
A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front and rear.
Callicrates and Ictinus
Architects of the Parthenon.
Sculptured Reliefs
Greek sculptures may be classified as "architectural sculpture, free standing statuary,
Epidauros
The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters.
House #33
One of the best examples of a surviving megaron type of Greek domestic building.
Peribolus
The wall or colonnade enclosing the Temenos
Theron
Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum
Doric
Greek order that has no base.
Pinacotheca
A Greek building that contains painted pictures.
Areostyle
Intercolumniation of 4 diameters.
18
Both the regula and the mutule has guttae numbering a total of ___.
Pantheon
The finest of all illustrations of Roman construction.
Colosseum
Roman building for which gladiatorial battles took place.
Systyle
Intercolumniation of 2 diameters.
Clepsydra
A water clock or an instrument for measuring time by the use of water.
Eustyle
Intercolumniation of 2.25 diameters.
Circus Maximus
The oldest circus in Rome.
Tuscan and Composite
What orders did the Etruscans and the Romans add making 5 in all?
stadium
A foot race course in the cities.
Lacus
In Roman fountains, the large basin of water.
Circus
Roman building which is a prototype of the hippodrome of the Greek.
Libon
Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.
1.5 Diameters
Pycnostyle intercolumniation has how many diameters?
Phidias
Master sculptor of the Parthenon.
Stereobate
The lowest step in the crepidoma.
Stylobate
The uppermost step in the crepidoma.
Prostyle
Temple with a portico of columns arranged in front.
Key Pattern
The Corona is usually painted with the ___.
Cossutius
Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius.
Cyma Reversa
The water-leaf and tongue is a usual ornament found in the ___.
4-horse Chariot
A quadrigas is a ___.
Bird's Beak
The molding that is often found in the Doric Order.
Use of Concrete
What allowed the Romans to build vaults of a magnitude never equaled till the birth of steel for buildings.
Mnesicles
Architect of the Erechtheion.
3 Diameters
Diastyle intercolumniation has how many diameters.
Xerxes
Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'?
Wrestling
What sporting event takes place in the Palaestra?
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Centralized
Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.
George Ramos
Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines.
West
Orientation of the Medieval Church.
Opus Mixtum
A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks.
Sudatorium
The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
Termini
Figures of which the upper parts alone are carved, the rest running into a parallelopiped or diminishing pedestal.
Frigidarium
The cold or unheated pool in the Thermae.
Basilica
A Roman structure used as hall of justice and commercial exchanges.
Cloisters
the covered passage around an open space or garth, connecting the church to the chapter
Anthemius and Isidorus
Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia, Constantinople)
Statues
The iconoclastic movement during the Byzantine period forbade the use of ___.
Fret
A type of ornament in classic or renaissance architecture consisting of an assemblage of straight lines intersecting at right angles, and of various patterns.
Bepidales
Roman large square tiles.
Louis Sullivan
"Form follows function".
Little Metropole Cath., Athens
Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)
Rock-Hewn Tombs
Tombs built for the Egyptian nobility rather than the royalty.
Cloisters
house, refectory and other parts of the monastery.
Forum
Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the ___.
Bema
In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into the transept, this is the ___.
Choragic Monument
A type of monument erected to support a tripod, as a prize for athletic exercises or
Cancelli
The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the church called ___.
Choragic Monument
musical competitions in Greek festivals.
Apse
In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church
East
Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___.
Opus Tesselatum
Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes.
South
Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___.
Opus Recticulatum
A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect.
Opus Quadratum
A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints.
Buckminster Fuller
He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for living".
St. Sophia, Constantinople
The supreme monument of Byzantine architecture.
Callimachus
Conceptualized the Corinthian capital.
Nea Moni
One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without
Calidarium
The Hot room of the Thermae.
Opus Incertum
A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work.
Timber-enframed Portal
The origin of the door architrave.
Tepidarium
The warm room in the Thermae.
Ambo
On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are
Insula
Roman apartment blocks.
Unctuaria
The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.
Etruscans
The atrium type of house originated with the ___.
Ptolemy III
Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria.
Hypostyle Hall
A pillared hall in which the roofs rests on the column in Egyptian temples.
Nea Moni
cross-arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building.
Thalamus
The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.
Iñigo Jones
The dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance
Nymphaeum
A building in classic architecture decorated with flowers and plants with water for the purpose of relaxation.
Thothmes I
Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?
Renaissance
!5th to 18th century architecture.
Lantern
A tower raised above a roof pierced to admit light.
Apodyteria
The dressing room of the Thermae.
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Hypotrachelion
In the Doric Order, the shaft terminates in the ___.
Greek
The Erechtheion of Mnesicles is from what architecture?
Papyrus
The Egyptian Ornament symbolizing fertility.
Falig
The granary in traditional Bontoc House.
Eliel Saarinen
Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower.
Cathedral
The term applied to the Episcopal church of the diocese and also the important structure of the Gothic period.
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Architecture is Organic".
Bernini
He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter's Basilica.
Greek Cross
The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante.
Cella
Corresponds to the Greek naos.
Herms
Like Caryatids and Atlantes, this is a three-quarter length figures.
Greek
From what architecture is the Stoa?
Roman
The Pantheon is from what architecture.
Dispensa
Used as food storage in the Bahay na Bato.
Erich Mendelsohn
Expressionist Architect.
Hennevique
Invented reinforced concrete in France.
Juan Nakpil
Designer of the Bonifacio Monument.
Ionic
In what Order is the temple of Nike Apteros, Athens.
Jose Herrera
First elected U.A.P. president.
Neo-Classism
Return in the use of Roman Orders in modern age.
Terms
This is a pedestal with human, animal, or mythological creatures at the top.
Triglyph
The large element in the frieze.
Agrippa
The architect of the Pantheon.
Worms Cathedral
The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west
Doric
In what Order is the Parthenon.
Ornamental Arcades
The prominent feature of the facades in Romanesque Central Italy.
Le Corbusier
"A is a machine to live in".
Juan Nakpil
Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Prytaneion
The senate house of the Greeks.
Balneum
A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.
John Ruskin and William Moris
Founders of the "Art Noveau".
Temple of Nike Apteros, Athens
This temple is dedicated to 'Wingless Victory'.
Guillermo Tolentino
Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.
Juan Nakpil
The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration.
Minoru Yamasaki
Architect of the World Trade Center.
Madrassah
A small payer house in Egyptian architecture.
Moscow
Where "Constructivism" originated?
Parti
Scheme or solution of a problem in architecture.
Felix Outerino Candela
Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin shell construction.
Balteus
The part of the Corinthian capital without flower.
Acanthus and Dolphin
In the Cyma Reversa molding of the Romans, what ornaments are usually found?
Latin Cross
The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderna.
Tower of the Winds, Athens
This structure in Greece was erected by Andronikos Cyrrhestes for measuring time by means of a clepsydra internally and sun dial externally.
Cult Temple
Egyptian Temple for popular worship of the ancient and mysterious gods.
Eclecticism
Combination of the new art and the graphing of the old art.
Felipe Mendoza
Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.
Marcel Lajos Breuer
Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-Plan.
George Ramos
Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.
Telamones or Atlantes
Male counterpart of the Caryatids.
Shah Jahan
Designer of the Taj Mahal.
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Azotea
The flat, open terrace open to the toilet, bath, and kitchen areas and also used as a laundry and drying space and service area for the servants.
Gabriel Formoso
Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.
Bilik
The emergency hideout found directly behind the neadboard of the Sultan's bed.
Adolf Loos
Ornament is a crime
Dapogan
In the kitchen of the bahay kubo, the table on top of which is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove or kalan is known as ___.
Frank Loyd Wright
Price Tower, Oklahoma
Barma & Posnik
St.Basil Cathedral, Russia
Eero Saarinen
TWA KENNEDY AIRPORT, NY
Leandro Locsin
CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES
Philip Jhonson
Glass House, New Caanan, Connecticut
Manuel manosa
SAN MIGUEL CORP. BUILDING
George Ramos
G.S.I.S. Building, Roxas Boulevard.
Erich Mendelson
EINSTEIN TOWER
Antonio Gaudi
Sagrada Familia, Spain
Robert Venturi
Less is Bore / "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture"
Louis Sullivan
"Form follows function"
SOM
LEVER HOUSE - was one of the earliest steel and glass office towers and the first such tower in New York City.
Zaguan
Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is where the carriages and floats are kept.
CC. de cstro
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES
Frank Loyd Wright
SOLOMON GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Walter Gropius
"Art and Architecture, the new unity"
Lao Tse
The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in
Philip Jhonson
AT&T BLDG, NY
Cass Gilbert
Woolworth Building, NY
Francisco Bobby Manosa
TAHANANG FILIPINO/ COCONUT PALACE
Robert Mailart
"A bridge is like a house"
IM pei
BANK OF CHINA, HK
EERo Saarinen
FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM
Maurice de Sully
"Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France - OLDEST CATHEDRAL IN FRANCE-EARLY GOTHIC "
Antonio Gaudi
"Form does not necessarily follow function"
Marcus Vitruvius
RCHITECTURE MUST MEET 3 REQUIREMENTS: STENGTH, BEAUTY, UNITY
Willian Van Allen
CHRYSLER BUILDING, NY
Jorn Utzon
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Louis Khan
" "A house is a house" "
Lamin
The tower atop the torogan where the princess and her ladies in waiting hide during occasions.
Antonio Gaudi
Casa Batllo, Barcelona Spain
Bruce Graham & SOM
John Hancock Center, Chicago Illinois
Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe
Formulated "Cubism and Futurism
Panay Capiz
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.
Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe
"Less is more"
Antonio Sin Diong
Architect of SM Megamall.
Buckminster Fuller
GEODESIC DOME
Joseph Paxton
Crystal Palace, England
Walter Gropius
BAUHAUS BLDG, GERMANY
Frank Loyd Wright
Less is more only when more is too much
Le corbusuier
CHAPEL OF NOTRE DAME
Kenzo tange
MODERN ARCHITECTURE NEED NOT BE WESTERN
Le corbusier
"Cube within a cube"
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, BRAZIL
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, BRAZIL
Morong Church
Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre, this church in Rizal whose design depicts the heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure.
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Robert Charles Venturi
"American architect and teacher, one of the most influential architectural theorists of the late 20th century. PHILOSOPHIES: " We promote an architecture responsive to the complexities and contradictions of the modern experience. The particularities of context, the varieties of the user's taste; Culture & the symbolic & decorative dictates of the program." " Less is Bore" "More is More" " Modern movement was almost right" WORKS: Walker & Dunlop Office Building Transportation Square, Washington Master Plan & Uraban Design of California City Convention Center, Conversion plan Canada West Mount Airy Clustered Housing Plan Philadelphia "
Cesar Pelli
"Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur "
Frank Loyd Wright
American architect, who was a pioneer of the modern style. He is considered one of the greatest figures in 20th-century architecture.
Philip Jhonson
"At & T Building, NY "
Eero Saarinen
"Finnish-American architect and designer, son of Eliel Saarinen and one of the leading architects of the mid-20th century. PHILOSOPHIES: " Function influences but does not dictate form." "Spiritual function is inseparable from practical function." "Architecture is not just to fulfill man's belief in the nobility of his exsistence on earth." WORKS: Saint Louis Jefferson National Expansion Memorial The General Motors Technical Center, Warren Michigan:1948-1956 Air Force Acadaemy U.S. Embassy in London The Chapel & Kresge Auditorium, Massachussetts Institute of Technology T.W.A. Terminal, Kennedy Terminal, N.Y. - In a for m of bird about to fly. T.J. Watson Research Center, York Town, N.Y. The Chapel of Concordia Senior College. Gateway Arch, St. Louis "
Le corbusuier
Notre Dame du Haut or Ronchamp, France
Michael graves
"Portland Building, Oregon "
Reem Koolhaas
"CCTV China "
Antonio Gaudi
"Sagrada de Familia "
Peter Eissenman
"Max Reinhardt House, Germany "
Louis Khan
"Salk Institute, California "
Eero Saarinen
"TWA Terminal "
Auguste Perret
"Notre Dame du Raincy, France "
Charles Rennie Macintiosh
"Glasgow School of Art "
Jorn Utzon
"Sydney Opera House "
Frank Loyd Wright
"Taliesin West, Arizona "
Moshe Safdie
"Habitat 67, Montreal "
Renzo Piano
"Tjibao Cultural Center, New Caledonia "
Benjamin Latrobe
"US Capitol, Washington DC "
Kenzo Tange
" Japanese architect, the most prominent modern architect of the country. In his designs for public buildings, has reconciled 20th-century Western styles and materials with traditional Japanese forms. Furyu Anti realist attitude, anti action element in the Japanese life. PHILOSOPHIES: " Modern Architecture need not be Western." " The city must be subjected to growth, decay and renewal." "
Perret Auguste
"French architect, one of the most important pioneers of the modern French style. Advocator of reinforced concrete architecture. THEORIES: " The truth is indispensable in architecture & every architecture lie courrupts." " Any project is bad if it is more difficult or more complicated to construct the necessary." WORKS: The Temple Tower 1889, Exposition Universale in Paris The Apartment Building Rue FranklinFrench Legation, Istanbul Theatre Des Champs, Lysees - redesigning, original by Van del Velde Notre Dame Church, Paris Palace of the League of Nations, Geneva Eiffel Monument, Paris Palace of the Soviets, Moscow "
Joseph Paxton
"Chrystal Palace "
Kenzo tange
"Fuji TV Headquarters "
Norman Foster
"London City Hall "
Louis Sullivan
"Auditorium Building, Chicago "
Eliel Saarinen
"Helsinki Railway Station "
Oscar Niemeyer
"Catedral de Brasilia "
Paul Rudolph
"Lippo Building , Hong Kong "
Le corbusuier
"professional name of Charles Édouard Jeanneret (1887-1965), Swiss-French architect, painter, and writer, who had a major effect on the development of modern architecture. PHILOSOPHY: " The house is a machine to live in." WORKS: Palace of the League of Nations, Geneva (1927-1928) The Swiss Building at the Cité Universitaire, Paris (1931-1932); Unité d'Habitation (1946-1952) an apartment house in Marseille, France; Notre Dame du Haut (1950-1955) a pilgrimage church in Ronchamp, France High Court Buildings (1952-1956) Chandìgarh, India "
Daniel Libeskind
"Jewish Museum, Berlin "
Alvar Aalto
"Sanatorio di Paimo, Finland "
Philip Webb
"Red House, England "
Frei Otto
"Munich Olympic Stadium "
Daniel Burnham
"Flatiron Building, NY "
Adolf Loos
"House of Michealerplatz, Vienna "
Mies van de Rohe
"Seagram Building "
Ieoh Ming Pei
"Bank of China, Hong Kong "
Frank Gehry
"Jay Pritzker Pavilion, USA "
Louis Khan
"(1901-1974), American architect and teacher, whose original, powerful designs in brick and concrete won him a prominent place in 20th-century architecture. Highly ordered sequence of space & noble structural systems. PHILOSOPHY: " Searching for a materials want to be." WORKS: Yale Art Gallery w/ Douglas Orr Alfred Newton Richard's Medical Center "
Marcel Brever
"Italian architect Member of Bauhaus Popularized the Tubular steel cantilever chair"
Felix Candela
"Los Manantiales, Mexico "
Mies van de Rohe
"German-American architect, the leading and most influential exponent of the glass and steel architecture of the 20th-century International Style. Skin and bone construction. "
Fumihiko Maki
"Tokyo, Japan "
Le corbusuier
"Unite d' Habitacion, France "
Pier Luigi Nervi
"Turin Exhibition Hall "
Eliel Saarinen
"Finnish-American architect, who strongly influenced modern architecture. Popular w/ railway station designs especially in Europe. 2nd place in the Chicago Tribune Tower PHILOSOPHY: " Beauty grows from the necessity not from repetition of formulas." WORKS: Cranbook School, Michigan Christ Church, Minneapolis Helsinki Railroad Station, Finland National Museum Finland "
"American architect, born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated at Harvard University in the classics and later in architecture The architect who equated with an exhibition of modern architecture (1932) Invented the 'International Style' Father figure of 'Post Modernism.' INTERNATIONAL STYLE Volume rather than mass. Regularity rather than axial symmetry Prescribing arbitrarily applied decorations. WORKS: Glass hose, Connecticut Seagram Building, N.Y. (w/Mies Van Der Rohe) Theatre of the Dance, Lincoln Center Williams Proctor Museum, N.Y. Art Gallery for the University of Nebraska Ammon Corter Museum, Texas AT&T Building N.Y. "
"American architect, born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated at Harvard University in the classics and later in architecture The architect who equated with an exhibition of modern architecture (1932) Invented the 'International Style' Father figure of 'Post Modernism.' INTERNATIONAL STYLE Volume rather than mass. Regularity rather than axial symmetry Prescribing arbitrarily applied decorations. WORKS: Glass hose, Connecticut Seagram Building, N.Y. (w/Mies Van Der Rohe) Theatre of the Dance, Lincoln Center Williams Proctor Museum, N.Y. Art Gallery for the University of Nebraska Ammon Corter Museum, Texas AT&T Building N.Y. "
Gustave Eiffel
"Eiffel Tower, Paris "
Pier Luigi Nervi
" Italian architect and engineer, whose technical innovations, particularly in the use of reinforced concrete, made possible aesthetically pleasing solutions to difficult structural problems. Discovered "ferro-cemento" - consist of layers of fine steel mesh sprayed w/ cement mortar & it could be used either for shell construction or for heavier units w/ reinforcing rods inserted between the layers of mortar & mesh. WORKS: Municipal Stadium Florence Fiat Factory, Turin Italian Embassy, Brazilia Papal Audience Hall, Vatican City Australian Embassy, Paris "
Richard Meier
"Jubilee Church, Rome "
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