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This architect was an Iraqi and British architect, artist and designer, recognized as a key figure in architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries

Who was Zaha Hadid?

100

This cafe in the Design Building has lattes, sandwiches, and broccoli cheddar soup on Tuesdays

What is Post and Bean?

100

This public university in Amherst is home to the Fine Arts Center, an iconic Brutalist structure designed by Kevin Roche

What is the University of Massachusetts Amherst?

100

This professor is the Undergraduate Program Director of Architecture here at Umass and she is also the advisor for Women in Architecture

Who is Erika Zekos?

100

This country is home to the Parthenon, a temple built in honor of the goddess Athena

What is Greece?

200

This architect built a library at Smith College and designed the Vietnam War Memorial

Who is Maya Lin?

200

This space is used for critiques, big events, and often dance groups

What is the atrium?

200

Built in the 18th century, this Amherst house became a museum dedicated to the reclusive poet who once lived there

What is the Emily Dickinson Museum?

200

This professor is the Graduate Program Director of Architecture here at Umass and currently teaches a section of D1 Studio

Who is Ann Marshall?

200

Known for its organic style, this American architect designed Fallingwater, a house built over a waterfall

Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?

300

The Disney movie Encanto features this girl who rebuilds her house for her family after destroying it

Who is Mirabel?

300

This is (i believe) the biggest room in the Design Building and is primarily used to hold Zube Lectures or large classes (room number)

What is Rm 170?

300

This building on UMass Amherst’s campus, resembling a brick tower, is one of the most recognizable examples of Brutalist architecture in the region

What is the W. E. B. Du Bois Library?

300

This architecture professor currently teaches Junior Year Writing, is an artist, and has a first name that could be used to describe beaches 🏝

Who is Sandy Litchfield?

300

The Burj Khalifa in this city holds the title of the world’s tallest building

What is Dubai?

400

This American architect became the first woman to open her own architecture firm in the United States in 1877

Who is Louise Blanchard Bethune?

400

This is the room we’re in right now! (don’t look please)

What is Rm 225?

400

This architectural firm is located next to GoBerry, the frozen yogurt shop in Amherst Center

Where is Kuhn Riddle Architects?

400

This architecture professor currently teaches D5 and is the advisor to NOMAS

Who is Awino Awino?

400

This architectural drawing type shows a building as if it’s been sliced vertically, revealing internal spatial relationships

What is a section?

500

This up and coming architect is a junior here at Umass and is a vice president of AIAS (i’m so sorry there are no other women in architecture ya’ll would know)

Who is Sofia Belanger?

500

This is the room number of the Computer Lab

What is Rm 260?

500

Located at the heart of Amherst College, this building’s Greek Revival architecture and prominent clock tower make it a campus landmark

What is Johnson Chapel?

500

This architecture professor is the Honors Advisor for architecture students

Who is Ray Mann?

500

This early 20th-century movement, led by Walter Gropius, merged art, craft, and technology in architectural design

What is Bauhaus?

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