Architectural styles
What lasted from the late 15th to the late 16th century and is widely considered to have been the Golden Age of the culture. Ruled by the Jagiellonian dynasty, actively participated in the broad European Renaissance. The multinational state experienced a period of cultural growth thanks in part to a century without major wars, aside from conflicts in the sparsely-populated eastern and southern borderlands. The Reformation spread peacefully throughout the country, and living conditions improved, cities grew, and exports of agricultural products enriched the population, especially the nobility (szlachta), who gained dominance in the new political system of Golden Liberty.
Polish Renaissance (not renaissance, unless I feel nice then maybe)
The Imperial Hotel Tokyo is one of the first examples of Mayan revival, who designed it?
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. HE IS THE ONLY ARCHITECT EVER.
What is the world's tallest building, which is built in modern, islamic and neofuturistic styles?
The Burj Khalifa
When was the Cologne Cathedral built?
Double Points: How long did it take to build?
August 12, 1248
800 years (with a break of about 200 years in the middle)
What style is the Palace at Versailles
Double Jeopardy
Baroque
What is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing styles of architecture in most of Europe for the previous two centuries, Renaissance architecture and Baroque architecture, already represented partial revivals of the Classical architecture of ancient Rome and ancient Greek architecture, but the movement aimed to strip away the excesses of Late Baroque and return to a purer and more authentic classical style, adapted to modern purposes.
Neoclassical or Classic Revival, will also take any variation of "i don't know" followed by a ridiculous claim
Who was the primary architect of the Palace at Versailles?
Louis Le Vau
Pas un Vrai Bâtiment in Bordeaux, France is built in which famous style which orginated in Italy in the 15th century and is also known as the age of enlightenment?
1) Pas un Vrai Bâtiment isn't a real building so you're all wrong
2) ...Renaissance
Name one of the nineteen kinds of architects.
400 points for each you name correctly
Commercial, building, audiovisual, restoration, data warehouse, extreme, historic preservation, industrial, interior, landscape, lighting, planning, project, research, residential, retrofit, site, and sustainable design
What Greek god was the god of architecture?
Double Jeopardy
Hephaestus
How many styles of architecture are there?
Name three.
52 not including microstyles
Gothic, classical, Art Nouveau, revivalism, renaissance, Art Deco, islamic, etc.
Who designed Notre-Dame in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Antoine Lassus
La Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona is the most famous example of what two-word architectural style?
What is my favorite style of architecture?
As I'm sure you knew, it's Gothic Revival/Art Deco. If you guessed both, double points, if you missed both -1000 points
Are you having fun?
yes +1200 points
no -2000 points
What is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. Other characteristics of are a sense of dynamism and movement, often given by asymmetry or whiplash lines, and the use of modern materials, particularly iron, glass, ceramics and later concrete, to create unusual forms and larger open spaces. It was popular between 1890 and 1910 during the Belle Époque period, and was a reaction against the academicism, eclecticism and historicism of 19th century architecture and decorative art.
Art Nouveau, obviously
Who designed the Price tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma?
Frank Lloyd Wright
Why was the Taj Mahal built?
It was built as a tomb for the favorite wife of Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal
What is the name of an open central area, usually covered in glass, with tall ceilings which usually stretches multiple floors and was created by Ancient Romans?
Atrium
What architectural style would the Addam's Family prefer?
Double Jeopardy
Gothic :) also come watch the Addam's Family musical I can't promise it will be good but it will happen
which architectural style is categorized as having pointed arches, used for windows, doors, and decorative elements like porches, dormers, or roof gables as well as steeply pitched roofs and front facing gables with delicate wooden trim called vergeboards or bargeboards and became popular in the 17th century?
Gothic Revival (NOT Gothic, it was popular in the 15th century)
Who designed the Guggenheim Museum?
Frank Lloyd Wright
Which Art Deco skyscraper in New York City was designed by Steve, Lamd, and Harmon, and is known for having a secret 600th floor and being climbed by a kaiju.
The Empire State Building
Which style of architecture dominates downtown Tulsa, as well as many other buildings that were built in the 1920s. The popularity of this style in Tulsa is due to it being the style of 'the rich and famous' during the oil boom, so all the people who were recently made rich with oil money wanted to look rich and so they designed their offices and their homes in the style.
Art Deco
What is the name of the fictional architect from a sit-com based in New York City
Double Jeopardy
Ted Moseby from How I Met Your Mother