Architectural Features
This feature serves as a reminder to guard against evil and a means to channel rainwater away from the foundation.
What is a gargoyle?
Ictinus contributed to this period of Architecture.
What is Greek and Roman?
This temple to all the gods is in the middle of historic Rome.
What is the Pantheon?
This wonder is the only one still standing today.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
When unmodified by other aesthetic elements, this common construction material leaves the structure with a gray, block-like appearance.
What is concrete?
This refers to the simplest type of Greek column.
What is Doric?
Filippo Brunelleschi contributed to this period of Architecture.
What is Renaissance?
This temple to the Goddess Athena is at the top of a hill in Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
This wonder served a similar function as the Statue of Liberty
What is Colossus of Rhodes?
This soft type of rock is easy to cut and was readily available in Greece.
What is limestone?
This refers to either a wider, load-bearing part of a wall, or a decorative imitation of one.
What is a Pilaster?
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio identified three key principles of Architecture as usefulness, beauty, and this.
What is stability?
Before a modern renovation that added a glass pyramid, this historic Paris building was an example of Renaissance Architecture.
What is the Louvre?
One of the seven ancient wonders served as a beacon to ships visiting this city in northern Africa.
What is Alexandria?
This soft type of rock was readily available in Italy, and can be polished to a shine.
What is marble?
These two elements together support the roofs of Greek temples and are used in many simple buildings today.
What are Post & Beam?
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio was the architect for this Roman Emperor.
Who is Julius Caesar
The U.S. HUD building in Washington, D.C. is an example of this type of Architecture.
What is Bauhaus?
This wonder was located at the site of the Ancient Olympics.
What is the Statue of Zeus?
This material is often the most visible element of a modern skyscraper.
What is glass?
From top to bottom, the three elements of this feature are the cornice, frieze, and architrave.
What is an entablature?
This famous architect designed the Falling Water house in Pennsylvania.
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Ghery designed this museum in Bilbao, Spain.
The Guggenheim
Scholars debate whether this wonder actually existed.
This modern industrial material adds strength and stability, enabling structures that might seem to defy gravity.
What is steel?