It is quiz to test interest in Architecture

1. Acquaintance with the Architects

2. Christopher Wren
Laurie Baker
Daniel Burnham Richard Rogers
British-born Indian architect, renowned for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient
architecture

3. Frank Lloyd Wright
Alvaro Siza
Moshe Safdie Ben Ben Berkel
An American architect, designer, writer, and educator who played a key role in the architectural movements
of the twentieth century. Believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment, a
philosophy he called organic architecture.

4. Winy Maas
Toyo ito
William Pedersen Walter Gropious
A German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School

5. Christopher Charles Benninger
Oscar Niemeyer
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe Renzo Piano
He was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development
of modern architecture. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was
highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

6. Hafeez Contractor
Ma Yansong
Jeanne Gang Kengo Kuma
He is the architect of the three tallest buildings in India

7. A. P. Kanvide
B. V. Doshi
Charles Correa Raj Rewal
He is an Indian architect and is considered to be an important figure of Indian architecture and
noted for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India. In 2018, he
became the first Indian architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize

8. Steven Hall
Thom Mayne
Terry Farrel Le Corbusier
He was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the
pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. Designed the city of Chandigarh

9. Julia Morgan
Zaha Hadid
Neri Oxman Denise Scott Brown
In search of an alternative system to traditional architectural drawing, and influenced by Suprematism and
the Russian avant-garde she adopted painting as a design tool and abstraction as an investigative principle to
"reinvestigate the aborted and untested experiments of Modernism

10. Ma Yansong
Robereet Hook
Wang Shu I M Pei
A Chinese – American Architect responsible for the renovation of the Louvre

11. Jean Nouvel
Joshua Prince- Ramos
CesarPelli Frank Gehry
He was an Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and
other major urban landmarks. Two of his most notable buildings are the Petronas Towers in
Kuala Lumpur and the World Financial Center in New York City.

12. Sebastian Marroquin
Eero Saarinen
Albert Speer Philip Johnson
He was an American architect best known for his works of modern and postmodern architecture

13. Robert Stern
Antoni Gaudi
Santiago Calatrava Shigeru Ban
He was a Catalan architect from Spain known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism.

14. Bernard Tschumi
Christian De Portzarmparc
Tom Wright Daniel Libeskind
He is a British architect best known as the designer of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.

15. Renzo Piano
Charles Correa
Richard Rogers Richard Meier
He was an Indian architect and urban planner. Credited with the creation of modern
architecture in post-Independent India

16. Raj Rewal
Sharad Kembhavi
Rajiv Saini Achyut Kanvinde
He was one of the pioneers of Modern Architecture in India

17. Louis Kahn
David Chids
Antonie Predock Alvaro Siza
He is known for his monumental and brutalist style while highlighting the materials involved in
a building's construction,

18. Rafael Moneo
Norman Foster
Rem Koolhas Rafael Viñoly
British architect known for his sleek modern buildings made of steel and glass

19. Abhimanyu Dalal
Raj Rewal
Akshay Kaul Thomas Hetherawick
Known as the revolutionary architect of India

20. Arata Isozaki
Tadao Ando
Kengo Kuma Kenzo Tange
One of Japan's leading contemporary architects. He is best known for his minimalist concrete
buildings

21. Sergio Polano
Luca Molinari
Rafael Moneo Santiago Calatrava
Spanish architect widely known for his sculptural bridges and buildings

22. Endorsing Edifices

23. St. Paul’s Cathedral

24. Forum Atmosphere

25. Marble Palace

26. Belvedere Estate

27. Metropolitan Building

28. Lotus Temple, New Delhi

29. Biowonder

30. Colosseum, Rome

31. Hawa Mahal , Jaipur

32. Agra Fort

33. The White House, Washington DC

34. Burj Khalifa, Dubai

35. Sydney Opera House, Sydney

36. The 42

37. Fallingwater, Pittsburgh

38. Chandigarh High Court, Chandigarh

39. Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalay, Ahmedabad

40. Amdavad ni Gufa, Ahmedabad

41. Petronas Twin Towers

42. Shore temple Mahabalipuram

43. Testing the Terminologies!!!

44. Springer
Spring
Springing Impost
The uppermost part of an abutment, often in the form of a block, capital, or molding, from
which an arch springs

45. Bell Arch
Skew Arch
Funicular Arch Ogee Arch
An archway having sides or jambs not at right angles with the face of its abutments

46. Abutment
Drift
Inverted Cartenary Tie Rod
The part of a structure receiving and supporting the thrust of an arch, vault, or strut

47. Voussoir
Extrados
Intrados Keystone
Any of the wedge-shaped units in a masonry arch or vault, having side cuts converging at one
of the arch centers

48. Spandrel
Centering
Bolster Impost
The triangular-shaped, sometimes ornamental area between the extrados of two adjoining
arches

49. Segmental Arch
Round Arch
Roman Arch French Arch
Identify the arch

50. Architrave
Aedicule
Apse Arcade
A Series of Arches supported by columns or other vertical elements

51. Architrave
Altar
Apse Aisle
A semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an
exedra.

52. Tracery
Skirting
Plinth Sil
What is the architectural terminology of the highlighted area

53. Portico
Scotia
Shaft Pilaster
A colonnaded porch or entrance to a structure, or a covered walkway supported by regularly
spaced columns.

54. Cornice
Scotia
Shaft Sil
any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element

55. Casement
Bay
Double Hung Palladian
Identify the type of window

56. Bay Window
Casement Window
Palladian Window Double Hung Window
Identify the type of window

57. Plinth
Skirting
Dado Lintel
Identify the element

58. Gambrel
Hip
Pyramidal Mansard
Identify the roof type

59. Terrace
Dado
Parapet Lintel
Identify the Element

60. Mansard
Spire
Dome Pyramid
Identify the Element

61. Mullion
Balustrade
Plinth Armoire
What do you call the vertical structure which divides two window units?

62. Mansard
Gable
Dormer Hip
What do you call the triangular part of a wall which supports the ends of a pitched roof?

63. Sash
Palladian
Casement Bay
What do you call a window which opens by sliding up/down or sideways?

64. Back to Basics

65. Hexagon
Cube
Square Unrecognizable form
A prismatic solid bounded by
"six" equal square sides, the
angle between any two adjacent
faces being at right angle?

66. Veritcal
Massiveness
Horizontal
Combination of horizontal and
vertical
What architectural line is prominent in Prarie
house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?

67. Subtractive Transformation
Dimensional Transformation
Additive Transformation None
The figure above was designed by Adrea Palladio,
identify which transformation of form it belongs?

68. Subtractive Transformation
Dimensional Transformation
Additive Transformation None
The figure above was designed by Le Corbusier,
identify which transformation of form it belongs?

69. Golden Ratio
Modular System
Vitruvian man Modulor
It is an anthropometric scale
of proportions devised by Le
Corbusier. It was developed as
a visual bridge between two
incompatible scales, the
Imperial system and the
Metric system. It is based on
the height of an English man
with his arm raised.

70. C
A
B D
Which of the illustration above defines
"space within a space"?

71. Grid Organization
Centralized Organization
Radial Organization Linear Organization
Illustration above is a Housing Development.
Identify the type of spatial organization?

72. Grid Organization
Centralized Organization
Radial Organization Linear Organization
Plan for the Herbert F. Johnson House, Identify
what type of spatial organization?

73. 21
2
15 34
Which is NOT a "fibonacci series
number"?

74. Rhythm
Repetition
Transformation Symetry
What space organization or articulation did
Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela
emphasized?

75. Movie Mania

76. King Kong, Empire State Building

77. Delhi 6, The Red Fort

78. Mere Brother ki Dulhan, Humatun’s Tomb

79. The Da Vinci Code, Louvre Museum

80. The Burj Khalifa, Misson Impossible: Ghost Protocol

81. St. Peter’s Basilica, The Angels and Demons

82. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Mission Impossible - Fallout

83. Big Ben, Spiderman far from Home

84. The Empire State Building, Spiderman : Homecoming

85. Agrasen ki Bauli, PK

86. Feedback
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