Iconic Buildings
Designed in 1935 by Frank Lloyd Wright, this iconic Pennsylvania home appears to float over a waterfall, blending harmoniously with nature through its cantilevered terraces and use of local stone.
What is Fallingwater?
This American architect designed over 1,000 structures during his lifetime, including Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum.
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?
This architecture style is characterized by its emphasis on symmetry, balance, and harmony with nature, incorporating elements like curved roofs, upturned eaves, and courtyards
What is Chinese Architecture?
These colors evoke calm and tranquility in a space
What are cool/netural colors?
This is the strongest building construction material
This airport in Singapore incorporates biophilic design by featuring the world’s tallest indoor waterfall, surrounded by a lush forest and a toroidal glass-and-steel dome.
What is the Jewel?
This self-taught Japanese architect is renowned for his minimalist designs using concrete, light, and nature—hallmarks of his "critical regionalism" approach
Who is Tadao Ando?
This architecture style is characterized by symmetry & proportion, columns, marble, rectangular windows, and is considered a foundational influence on Western architecture.
What is Greek Architecture?
This design approach integrates natural elements like daylight, greenery, and organic forms into built environments to improve well-being.
What is Biophilic Design?
This type of architectural drawing is a vertical cut through a building that reveals interior spaces, structural elements, and hidden construction details.
What is a section drawing?
Completed in 1959 and featuring a spiraling ramp gallery and large atrium, this iconic museum is located in New York.
What is the Guggenheim Museum?
Dubbed the “Queen of the Curve,” this Iraqi-British architect revolutionized design with her futuristic, flowing forms rooted in parametricism.
Who is Zaha Hadid?
A reaction to the rigidity of Modernism, this architectural style embraces ornamentation, historical references, and playful façades, branching into movements like Deconstructivism and High-tech architecture.
What is Postmodernism?
Romans perfected this curved architectural element, which allowed them to build large bridges and aqueducts.
What is the arch?
This London skyscraper earned a notorious nickname after its concave glass façade reflected sunlight so intensely, it melted parts of a parked car.
What is the Walkie Talkie Building/20 Fenchurch Street?
This ancient Roman temple, famous for its massive dome and oculus, is located in Rome and is one of the best-preserved buildings from antiquity.
What is the Pantheon?
This Swiss architect, known for sensory-rich buildings like the Therme Vals, embraces a minimalist, material-driven approach often associated with phenomenology
Who is Peter Zumthor?
This design style, popular from the 1940s to the 1960s, is known for clean lines, organic curves, and integration with nature.
What is Mid-Century Modern?
These materials absorb sounds
What are soft materials (fabric, carpets, wood)?
This architectural style is known for its raw concrete surfaces, simple, blocky geometric shapes, and a focus on functionality over ornamentation.
What is brutalism?
Designed by Peter Zumthor, this minimalist chapel honors a Swiss saint through a dark, charred concrete interior that evokes both a cave and a place of contemplation. 112 tree trunks were used as a mold for its concrete walls and were burned away after pouring, leaving a hollow, charred interior.
What is the Feldkapelle (Bruder Klaus Field Chapel)?
Known for his deconstructivist style, this architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, with its signature flowing titanium curves.
Who is Frank Gehry?
Characterized by organic, sculptural shapes, curved lines, and motifs inspired by leaves, flowers, and insects, this ornate late-19th-century style features intricate mosaics, stained glass, and wrought iron detailing. Hint: Casa Batllo)
What is Art Nouveau?
This seismic protection method involves placing flexible pads made of steel, rubber, and lead beneath a building, allowing the base to move during the earthquake while the building remains steady to help absorb seismic waves and minimize stress on structure
What is base isolation?
This is an architectural view that visually breaks down an object or structure into its component parts by "exploding" it, showing their relationship to each other and how they fit together.
What is the Exploded Axonometric view?