Buildings & Locations
Formerly known as the Sears Tower, when this skyscraper was completed in 1974 it was the tallest building in the world.
What is the Willis Tower?
Who is Jeanne Gang?
This architectural detail acts as a supporting platform for the structure; usually below grade level.
What is the foundation?
Originating in France, this architectural style in Europe lasted from the mid-12th century to the 16th century. Notable features include pointed arches and flying buttresses.
What is Gothic Architecture?
This triangular architectural tool is used to measure length and transferring measurements at a fixed ratio of length
What is a scale ruler?
This city is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with over 37 million residents, and was renamed from Edo after it became a capital in 1868.
What is Tokyo?
This American Architect is best known for pioneering the Prairie Style, as well as designing the Guggenheim Museum in 1959.
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?
This element is used to cover the joint between an interior wall surface and the floor
What is baseboard?
Emerging in the early 20th century, this style was based upon new technologies, as well as the idea that form should follow function, an embrace of minimalism, and a rejection of ornament.
What is Modern Architecture?
The first most basic geometry you can create in digital and physical drafting. Keyboard shortcut L in AutoCAD
What is Line?
This famous Frank Lloyd Wright house sits on the University of Chicago Campus in Hyde Park.
What is Robie House?
Who is Mies Van Der Rohe?
This ornamental element extrudes from the top of an interior wall
What is crown molding?
This controversial style is characterized by minimalist constructions that showcase the bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design.
What is Brutalist Architecture?
This technical drawing tool can be used for circles or arcs, and has uses in mathematics, drafting, navigation, and other applications.
What is a compass?
Originally designed by Joseph Stauss in 1917 and finished in 1937, this iconic suspension bridge is famously known in movies for being destroyed.
What is The Golden Gate Bridge?
This designer is best known for creating The Matrix and everything in it (including agents and machines)
Who is The Architect?
The part of a wall located directly above the kitchen counter; usually a different material from the rest of the wall.
What is backsplash?
An American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture
What is Shingle Style Architecture?
This common tourist accessory is also used for creating perspective views in Revit.
What is camera?
Originally constructed as a Palace, this building officially opened to the public in the 1790s. Since then it has undergone several renovations and changes, including a famous I.M Pei addition.
What is the Louvre/Louvre Museum?
This British Modernist is best known for structures like Millennium Bridge, The Gherkin, and HSBC Hong Kong
Who is Norman Foster?
The finish located underneath the overhang of a roof.
What is Soffit?
Academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century.
What is Beaux-Arts?
Used for duplicating geometry across a central axis.
What is mirror?