Fundmentals
A defined passageway that can be marked in a few different ways.
What is an arcade?
Stonework pattern within a window
What is tracery?
This style considers the human body in comparison to buildings and attempted to create a perfect work through integration of architecture, art, and sculpture.
What is Renaissance?
The designer of the dome of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome.
Who is Michelangelo?
This famous building is guarded by ravens.
What is The Tower of London?
A vertical void in a building.
What is a core?
The name for the space between two arches with molding on.
What is a spandrel?
This style of architecture emerged in the 1970s under the influence of technology.
What is 'high-tech'?
This person's modernist style was based on ideas of functionalism.
Who is Le Corbusier?
The most visited architectural marvel in the world.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt?
All exterior walls, roof systems, apertures of a building.
What is the building envelope?
A stylized ornamental motif based on a characteristic Mediterranean plant with jagged leaves.
What is Acanthus?
A style of architecture that celebrated advancing technology and glamorous detailing.
What is Byzantine Architecture?
This person was a leading force in the deconstructionist and postmodern styles of architecture featuring irregular forms and radical, expressive shapes.
Who is Frank Gehry?
A mausoleum featuring a symmetrical planned building, with an emphasis of bilateral symmetry along a central axis built in the 17th century.
What is the Taj Mahal?
The combination of windows and doors on a façade and how they are arranged on a building.
What is fenestration?
A column in the figure of a human form.
What is a caryatid?
Architecture that is characterized by blocky, monolithic, and massive looks with large-scale use of poured concrete and rigid geometric.
What is Brutalism?
Iraqi born famous architect known for intensely futuristic architecture characterized by curving façades, sharp angles, and severe materials such as concrete and steel.
Who is Zaha Hadid?
The glass-clad pyramidal tower has 72 habitable floors, with a viewing gallery and open-air observation deck on the 72nd floor, at a height of 801 ft.
What is the Shard in London?
The aesthetic of unfinished concrete after being removed from formwork.
What is Beton Brut?
The creation of two barrel vaults that are crossed in the center at a right angle.
What is a groin vault?
This style features large monumental buildings inspired by the palaces of wealthy Italian Renaissance families.
What is Palazzo?
Famous for designing these structures: the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, The Marble House, The Breakers, and The Biltmore to name a few.
Who is Richard Morris Hunt?
A mathematically complex building features three levels that are organized around the Atrium and are connected by means of curved walkways, titanium and glass elevators, and staircases.
What is the Guggenheim Museum-Bilbao?