1. Who is considered the father of
modern architecture?
a) Le Corbusier
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
d) Louis Sullivan
Answer: d) Louis Sullivan
2. What is the primary material used
in Brutalist architecture?
a) Glass
b) Steel
c) Concrete
d) Wood
Answer: c) Concrete
3. What kind of architectural form
of style is the Farnsworth House designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe?
a) Art Deco
b) International Style
c) Neoclassical
d) Postmodern
Answer: b) International Style
4. Which of the following
architectural elements is a triangular upper part of a building front?
a) Pediment
b) Frieze
c) Cornice
d) Architrave
Answer: a) Pediment
5. Which of the following is not a
principle for sustainable architecture?
a) Energy efficiency
b) Water conservation
c) Use of non-renewable resources
d) Reduced waste
Answer: c) Using non-renewable
resources
6. "Fenestration" in
architecture means:
a) The design and placing of windows
b) A foundation for setting
c) Roof structure
d) Interior layout
Answer: a) The design and placing of
windows
7. Which of the following
architectural features is a small, domed tower on a building?
a) Cupola
b) Portico
c) Pilaster
d) Obelisk
Answer: a) Cupola
8. What is the primary
characteristic of Bauhaus architecture?
a) Ornate details
b) Asymmetry
c) Functionalism
d) Gothic elements
Answer: c) Functionalism
9. Which architect is famous for the
notion of "organic architecture"?
a) Louis Kahn
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Richard Meier
d) Renzo Piano
Answer: b) Frank Lloyd Wright
10. What is a characteristic feature
of Baroque architecture?
a) Simple lines and forms
b) Elaborate ornaments and curves
c) Minimalist approach
d) Gothic arches
Answer: b) Elaborate ornaments and
curves
11. Which architectural style is
most closely associated with this description: A style of architecture
characterised by the use of columns and pediments? This style was very
prevalent in ancient Greece.
a) Baroque
b) Gothic
c) Classical
d) Modernist
Answer: c) Classical
12. Which of the following best
describes the "International Style" of architecture?
a) Ornate detailing
b) Symmetrical forms
c) Modern materials / no
ornamentation
d) Gothic elements
Answer: c) Modern materials / no ornamentation
13. The Pritzker Architecture Prize
is awarded annually for:
a) Landscape architecture
b) Urban planning
c) Architectural design and
achievement
d) Interior design
Answer: c) Architectural design and
achievement
14. Which ancient civilization is
known to have built ziggurats?
a) Egyptian
b) Greek
c) Mesopotamian
d) Roman
Answer: c) Mesopotamian
15. Which following type of plan is
centered on the central open courtyard?
a) Basilica plan
b) Atrium plan
c) Longitudinal plan
d) Centralized plan
Answer: b) Atrium plan
16. Which of the following
architects is known to have popularized the use of reinforced concrete in
modern architecture?
a) Louis Sullivan
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Le Corbusier
d) Richard Neutra
Answer: c) Le Corbusier
17. Which style tends to be
affiliated with large, Gepoch-defining domes, symmetrical plans, and
extensive use of arches?
a) Renaissance
b) Gothic
c) Baroque
d) Art Deco
Answer: a) Renaissance
18. What is characteristic in
Postmodern architecture?
a) Minimalism and simplicity
b) Historical reference and
eclecticism
c) Strict functionalism
d) Use of flying buttresses
Answer: b) Historical reference and
eclecticism
19. Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
house exemplifies :
a) Deconstructivism
b) Organic architecture
c) Brutalism
d) the International Style
Answer: b) Organic architecture
20. Which of the following
architects is best known for his design of the dome of the Florence Cathedral?
a) Filippo Brunelleschi
b) Andrea Palladio
c) Leon Battista Alberti
d) Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Answer: a) Filippo Brunelleschi
21. In architectural terms, what is
a "tracery"?
a) Decorative stonework typically
found in Gothic windows
b) A type of roofing material
c) A method of wall construction
d) A style of column
Answer: a) Ornamental stonework
usually found in Gothic windows
22. Who was the architect behind the
famous glass pyramid entrance to Paris' Louvre Museum?
a) Zaha Hadid
b) Norman Foster
c) I.M. Pei
d) Renzo Piano
Answer: c) I.M. Pei
23. What is characteristic of
Islamic architecture?
a) Doric columns
b) Pointed arches and muqarnas,
c) Red brick construction,
d) Timber framing,
Answer: b) Pointed arches and
muqarnas
24. The term "charette" in
the architecture profession means:
a) Type of brick
B. A period of intensive design
activity
C. A structural element
D. An ornamental feature
Correct answer: b) A period of
intense design activity
25. "Vernacular
architecture" is:
A. High-tech design
B. Traditional and locally sourced
building methods
C. Futuristic and conceptual design
D. Neoclassical architecture
Correct answer: b) Traditional and
locally sourced building methods
26. Who is the designer of the Villa
Savoye?
A. Frank Gehry
B. Le Corbusier
C. Alvar Aalto
D. Eero Saarinen
Correct answer: b) Le Corbusier
27. Which of these types of
architecture is characterized by its use of AN INTERLOCKING RIBBED VAULT
supported by FLYING BUTTRESSES and featuring intricately rendered STAINED
GLASS?
a) Renaissance
b) Baroque
c) Romanesque
d) Gothic
Answer: d) Gothic
28. What is the basic framework for
skyscrapers?
a) Timber framing
b) Reinforced concrete
c) Steel frame construction
d) Adobe
Answer: c) Steel frame construction
29. Who designed the Pantheon in
Rome?
a) Michelangelo
b) Hadrian
c) Vitruvius
d) Apollodorus of Damascus
Answer: b) Hadrian
30. The Seagram Building in New York
is an example of what type architecture?
a) Art Deco
b) International Style
c) Postmodern
d) Gothic Revival
Answer: b) International Style
31. Which of the following would be
an important consideration in Japanese architecture?
a) Flying buttresses
b) Tatami mats
c) Doric columns
d) Baroque detailing
Answer: b) Tatami mats
32. Which landscape architect is
credited for the esplanade concept of "borrowed scenery"?
a) Frederick Law Olmsted
b) Le Corbusier
c) André Le Nôtre
d) Katsura Imperial Villa architects
Answer: d) Katsura Imperial Villa
architects
33. The word "pilaster" in
architecture means:
a) A square or rectangular column
attached to a wall
b) A column that is four-sided and
free
c) A roof structure type
d) A window type
a) A square or rectangular column
that is attached to a wall
34. Which type of architecture
relies upon stucco, red-tiled roofs, and arched doorways?
a) Tudor
b) Colonial
c) Mediterranean Revival
d) Victorian
Answer: c) Mediterranean Revival
35. Which of the following is a
principle of the New Urbanism movement?
a) Automobile-oriented design
b) Large suburban developments
c) Pedestrian-friendly streets and
mixed-use development
d) Isolated commercial zones
Answer: c) Pedestrian-friendly
streets and mixed-use development
36. Which celebrity architect
designed the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Renzo Piano
c) Richard Meier
d) Santiago Calatrava
Answer: a) Frank Gehry
37. What is the architecture term
for a round window, typically at the peak of a dome?
a) Oculus
b) Atrium
c) Nave
d) Apse
Answer: a) Oculus
38. The Crystal Palace was a
building constructed for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. Who was it
designed by?
a) Charles Barry
b) Joseph Paxton
c) John
39. What is a 'façade' within
architectural parlance?
a) The inside layout
b) The floor plan
c) The front or face of a building
d) The roof structure
Answer: c) The front or face of a
building
40. There are many instances of the
'Golden Ratio' being used in a lot of architectural designs. What is its value?
a) 1:2
b) 1.414
c) 1.618
d) 2.718
Answer: c) 1.618
41. Who was in charge of the
Planning of Washington, D.C.
b) Daniel Burnham
c) Frederick Law Olmsted
d) Le Corbusier
Answer: a) Pierre Charles L'Enfant
42. The "Prairie School"
of architecture is most closely associated with which architect?
a) Walter Gropius
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
d) Richard Neutra
Answer: b) Frank Lloyd Wright
43. In classical architecture, what
is the name of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure
(entablature) typically supported by columns?
a) Frieze
b) Cornice
44. Who is the modernist architect
to whom the famous quote "Less is more" is attributed?
a) Frank Lloyd Wright
b) Le Corbusier
c) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
d) Walter Gropius
Answer: c) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
45. What style does curved forms,
long horizontal lines, and nautical elements appear to reference? Ease back
into the era of the 1930s.
a) Bauhaus
b) Gothic Revival
c) Art Nouveau
d) Streamline Moderne
Answer: d) Streamline Moderne
46. Who were the architects of the
Pompidou Centre in Paris?
a) Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers
b) Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid
c) Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas
d) Tadao Ando, Toyo Ito
Answer: a) Renzo Piano and Richard
Rogers
47. What is the main aspect of the
architecture of a geodesic dome?
a) That it is built with flat,
rectangular panels
b) That it is formed of triangular
elements
c) That it has the shape of a
conventional dome
d) That it is made with reinforced
concrete
Answer: b) That it is formed of
triangular elements
48. What does the term 'clerestory'
in architecture refer to?
a) Providing structural support
b) Allowing light and air into the
space below
c) Serving as an entrance
d) To act as a decoration
Answer: b) To allow light and air
into the area below
49. The term "brise
soleil" in architecture refers to:
a) A kind of roof
b) A projecting eave off the street
c) A structure for shielding the sun
d) A decorative Façade
Answer: b) A sun-shading structure
50. Which one of the following
architects is most considered within the high-tech architecture design
movement?
a) Alvar Aalto
b) Eero Saarinen
c) Norman Foster
d) Frank Gehry
Answer: c) Norman Foster
51. Which architect believed in the
design concept, "Form follows function"?
a) Le Corbusier
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Louis Sullivan
d) Walter Gropius
Answer: c) Louis Sullivan
52. Which building can be called the
original first skyscraper?
a) Empire State Building
b) Home Insurance Building
c) Willis Tower (Sears Tower)
d) Chrysler Building
Answer: b) Home Insurance Building
53. What is a "ha-ha" in
landscaping?
a) A type of garden structure
b) A recessed landscape design
element
c) A decorative hedge
d) A water feature
Answer b) A recessed landscape
design element
54. What do architects call a ledge
projecting over a wall?
a) Architrave
b) Cornice
c) Pilaster
d) Entablature
Answer: b) Cornice
55. Which type of vault is created
when two barrel vaults intersect each other at right angles?
a) Groin vault
b) Ribbed vault
c) Barrel vault
d) Fan vault
Answer: a) Groin vault
56. Which architectural style uses
steel, glass, and reinforced concrete and stresses function rather than form?
a) Beaux-Arts
b) Art Nouveau
c) Modernism
d) Romanesque
Response: c) Modernism
