Frank Lloyd Wright
Modernism
Antoni Gaudi
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100

FLW worked under this architect, often referred to as "father of skyscrapers"

Who is Louis Sullivan

100

This game which was released in the early 2000s, was first created for the purpose of designing and rating buildings by players of the game.

What is the sims?

100

This city and its surrounding areas are home to Gaudi's work

What is Barcelona?

100

Concrete is made from these three ingredients

What is water, Portland cement, and aggregate?

100

This university was the first to grant a civil engineering degree

What is RPI?

200

Seven people died in 1914 including apprentices, students, Mamah Cheney and Wright's two children as a result of a fire at this FLW property

Taliesin

200

Modernism is referred to as this in France

What is art nouveau?

200

This work of Gaudi is still unfinished, though it still is one of his most well known works

What is the Basílica de la Sagrada Família?

200

These are the five orders of columns in classical architecture

What is Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite?

200

Opened in 1937, it got its name in response to the George Washington Bridge, north of it

What is the Lincoln Tunnel?

300

In this state you can you find FLW's Falling Water?

Pennsylvania 

300

This famous architect is known as the designer of the Batllo House and the Sagrada Familia building.

Who is Antoni Gaudi?

300

These were one of Gaudi's first objects and can be found in Barcelona's Plaça Reia

What are lamp posts?

300

This brick pattern is commonly found around RPI's campus

What is Flemish brick?

300

You must own at least two Guinea Pigs in this European country, owning just one is seen as animal cruelty due to their social nature

What is Switzerland?

400

FLW briefly attended this university

University of Wisconsin 

400

This architect died in the Penn Station bathroom after having a heart attack

Who is Louis Kahn?

400

This artist, coined as one of the inventors of cubism was a bitter rival of Gaudi. Often criticizing much of his work.

Who is Picasso?

400

This study of the human form was created to demonstrate the perfect ratios and proportions found in human anatomy.

What is the Vitruvian man?

400

This celebrity's real name is Peter Gene Hernandez

Who is Bruno Mars?

500

Wright's son followed in his father's footsteps, also becoming an architect. He invented this wooden children's toy. Still used today.

What are Lincoln Logs?

500

This architect designed a clear bathtub allowing those in the rooms below to see the bather's nakedness

Who is Paul Rudolph?

500

Gaudi is known for this form of modernism which is often attributed with ornate detailing, nature-inspired designs, and a desire to break from traditional forms

What is Catalan modernism?

500

This mathematical quotient was often used to create balanced and aesthetically pleasing structures

What is the golden ratio?

500

This planet in the solar system is the only one in our solar system to rotate clockwise on its axis

What is Venus?