Iconic Buildings
This iron lattice tower in Paris, originally built for the 1889 World’s Fair, was once criticized as an eyesore but became a global symbol of France.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This influential American architect reshaped modern architecture with organic design principles, creating iconic works like Fallingwater and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?
What architectural style is the Colosseum?
What is Classic Roman/ Ancient Roman?
A structural element that transfers weight from the roof to the ground, commonly seen in Greek temples.
What is a column?
This modular housing complex in Montreal was designed for the 1967 World Expo. Its stacking configuration creates rooftop terraces.
What is Habitat 67?
A pioneer of modernist architecture, this Swiss-French architect promoted functional design through ideas like the “Five Points of Architecture” and works such as Villa Savoye.
Who is Le Corbusier?
Which architectural style is characterized by flying buttresses, stained glass windows, and pointed arches?
What is Gothic?
A curved architectural element that spans an opening and supports weight above it.
What is an arch?
Designed by Frank Gehry, this MIT building breaks from rigid campus geometry with tilted walls and fragmented forms, embodying deconstructivist architecture.
What is the Ray and Maria Stata Center?
An Iraqi-born British architect whose bold, fluid buildings challenged traditional geometry and helped define parametric design in the 21st century.
Who is Zaha Hadid?
Which architectural style was seen as a ‘return’ to Classical styles?
What is Neoclassicism?
This roofing technique uses intersecting barrel vaults, common in Roman buildings.
What is groin vault?
Designed by Chinese architect Liu Jiakun, this massive urban block in Chengdu blends housing, sports, commerce, and public circulation into a single megastructure.
What is West Village?
Famous for fragmented, sculptural forms, this architect brought global attention to deconstructivism with the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
Who is Frank Gehry?
What style emerged after WWII (characterized by heavy use of concrete)?
What is Brutalism?
A modern method where buildings are supported by a rigid exterior skin instead of interior columns.
What is a curtain wall system?
This small, elevated structure in Japan is built on two thin tree benches and reimagines the traditional tea house and is accessed by a ladder rather than a path.
What is the Fujimori Tea house?
Winner of the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize, this Chinese architect is known for projects such as the West Village in Chengdu and the Luyeyuan Stone Sculpture Art Museum, emphasizing social responsibility, regional identity, and everyday life.
Who is Liu Jiakun?
Where did Baroque architecture originate?
What is Italy?
This Gothic technique channels roof loads through pointed arches and ribbed vaults to allow taller walls and stained glass windows.
What is the flying buttress system?