Riddle Me This?
What goes up and down, but never moves?
A staircase
Key features include; poured-in-place concrete, raw concrete, monolithic forms, pilotis (load-bearing columns, and repetitive elements, particularly apertures
Brutalism
This architectural element has two primary purposes let light and air in, and allow for views out.
A window
Eiffel Tower
Paris, France
Name the secondary colors in a color wheel
Orange, Purple, Green
What kind of coat is always wet?
A coat of paint.
Key features includes; geometric patterns, rectilinear lines, curved building forms, glamour and luxury, reinterpretation of Classical elements, low relief sculptural ornamentation, and detailed craftsmanship
Art Deco
This architectural open element can be either structural or decorative.
An arch
Taj Mahal
Agra, India
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel that reinforce each other
Complementary Colors
I'm made of steel, but not a sword, I provide shelter, but not indoors. What am I?
A steel canopy.
Key features includes; asymmetry, undulating lines, whiplash curves, organic ornament, sinuous ornament, and flowing forms.
Art Nouveau
There are five Classical column orders, what are they?
Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite
St. Basil's Cathedral
Moscow, Russia
What color scheme is made of three colors that are equally spaced around the color wheel?
Triad Color Scheme
I can have a hundred eyes, but cannot see. What am I?
Windows in a building.
Key features include; axial symmetry, facade symmetry, flatter stepped facades, townhomes, urbanist housing known as terraced housing, minimal ornament, sash windows, Classical proportions, and constructed with brick or stone and often with stone quoins
Georgian
Roofs. there. are. so. many. roof. styles. But in New England these three styles are most common.
Gambrel, Gable, and Mansard
Potala Palace
Lhasa, Tibet
Colors with similar characteristics and are adjacent to one another on a color wheel
Analogous Colors
I have wings but I'm not a bird, I have a crown, but I'm not royalty. What am I?
A flying buttress.
Key features include; illusion, distortion of proportion, inventive adaption of Classical elements, adjusted rhythms of regularity, and emphasis of solid and void
Mannerism
Pendentives and squinches
Bran Castle
Bran, Romania
Name the primary colors the eye can see
Red, Green, Blue