Words of an Architect
An exterior wall, or face of a building. The side of a building.
What is a facade?
The strongest shape.
What is a triangle?
The philosophy of architecture which promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world.
What is organic architecture?
The four areas of study used in architecture known as STEM.
What are science, technology, engineering, and mathematics?
Bell tower in Italy that took over 200 years to complete and was built on soft soil.
An outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form of structure of work of art, edifice, or machine to be executed or constructed.
What is design?
The act of being pushed together.
What is compression?
Arguably the most famous residence built by Frank Lloyd Wright.
What is the Fallingwater House?
Anything put in or on something for transportation or conveyance; freight; cargo.
What is a load.
Building in New York City that held the record at one time for the largest building in the world.
What is the Empire State Building.
A carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building typically acting as a spout.
What is a gargoyle?
The three main types of bridges.
What is suspension, beam and arch?
What is the Guggenheim Museum?
A ancient structure still standing in Rome where gladiators battled.
What is the Roman Coliseum?
Building in New York City where nations from all over the world meet.
What is the United Nations Building?
What is another word used by architects to describe the side or facade of a building?
What is elevation?
The state of being stretched tight.
What is tension?
The man who hired Frank Lloyd Wright to build Fallingwater.
Who is Edgar Kaufmann, Sr.?
The name of a whole in a dome roof.
What is an oculus?
Building in Seattle, Washington as a show piece of the World's Fair in 1962.
What is the Seattle Space Needle?
The art or practice of designing and construction of buildings, brides, and other structures.
What is architecture?
The most famous suspension bridge in America.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
The location of Fallingwater House.
What is Bear Run, Pennsylvania?
The three types of columns.
What are doric, ionic, and corinthian?
What is the Imperial Hotel?