Australian
The iconic building designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon in the Modern Expressionist Style?
What is the Sydney Opera House?
The Architectural movement that emerged in the late 20th century as a reaction against modernism?
What is Postmodernism?
The theory that suggests form follows function in architecture.
What is Functionalism?
The term for designing buildings that directly respond to the locate climate, weather and environment, specifically breezes, light and change in temperature?
What is Passive design
Going by an alias, a person who will be very upset with you if you get any of the questions in this category wrong?
Who is Streetman (Peter Street)?
The style of Architecture most prominently associated with Australia's oldest buildings?
What is Victorian?
Emerging during the Middle Ages (12th century), originally in France before spreading throughout Europe, this architectural style was famous for pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses and detailed ornamentation.
What is Gothic Style?
The architectural theory that argues for the integration of local cultures, traditions and local climate in architecture, which influenced critical regionalism.
What is Vernacular Architecture?
The term for a design approach that integrates natural building elements into the design?
What is Biophilic Design
The correct way to add a survey file to a project.
What is Linking?
Built in 2005, and located in Victoria, the first Australian building to achieve 6 Star Green Star.
What is Council House 2 (CH2)?
A building that is considered one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture, took almost 200 years to build, is 69 meters tall, with two symmetrical towers, and has extravagant flying buttresses, and which spectacularly caught fire in 2019.
What is Notre-Dame Cathedral?
A phrase popularised by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, advocating for simplicity in design and the idea that the functional aspects of a structure can create its aesthetic appeal.
What is "Less is more"?
The sustainability certification system which has metrics called 'Petals' including such things as Place, Equity and Beauty and is most well known because of its Red List?
What is the Living Building Challenge?
An efficient function for copying specific elements and styles from one project file to another but which will override existing settings of those elements within the current project.
What is Transfer Project Standards?
The traditional housing structure of the Aboriginal people of central Australia?
What is a Humpy / wiltja?
The technology that revolutionised architecture in the 19th century by allowing for the construction of taller buildings.
What is Steel Frame construction?
Wrote a theory based on the following five points of architecture: Pilotis (pillars), roof garden, open floor plan, long windows and open facades.
Who is Le Corbusier?
A Building element that has two specific types: Extensive & Intensive
What is a Green Roof?
A function within Revit that should be used with caution but used at key points within a project to maintain the health and size of the file.
What is Purging?
The architect who designed Australian Parliament House.
Who is Romaldo Giurgola?
The period in which Architecture emerged as a distinct profession, separate from the master builders and craftsmen who had historically been responsible for building design and construction.
What is the Renaissance period?
The theory that suggests architecture should be sympathetic to the human emotional need exploring the physical experience of buildings, building material, and their sensory properties.
What is Phenomenology?
A standardised document produced by a manufacturer that communicates the environmental performance of a product or system, based on a life cycle assessment, providing transparent and comparable information about the environmental impact of products.
What is an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)?
An industry adopted modelling standard that includes the following: geometric information, specific sizes, shapes, and detailed object components. It’s used for producing construction documents and coordinating different disciplines.
What is LOD 300?