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The architect of the Petronas towers in KL, showcasing geometries and represents the unity of their people
Norman Foster
SOM
Ieoh Ming Pei
Cesar Pelli
2
The first Pritzker prize laureate. The architect of the AT&T building
Renzo Piano
Lous Sullivan
Peter Behrens
Philip Johnson
3
This is a gateway to a Dravidian temple
gopuram
torana
torii
hypathrae
4
The tower atop the Torogan where the princess and her ladies in waiting hide during occasions is called:
Fayu
Bilik
Kodal
Lamin
5
The Manila Cathedral in Intramuros is what style of architecture?
Romanesque
Gothic
Renaissance
Byzantine
6
Architect of Auditorium building in Chicago, father of modern architecture of USA
Peter Behrens
Auguste Perret
Louis Sullivan
Alvar Aalto
7
The cistern in the bahay na bato
aljibe
caida
azotea
dormitorio
8
The iron gate of a castle is called:
drawbridge
portcullis
crenels
machicolations
9
The largest temple in the world
Borobodur, Java
St. Peter's Cathedral
Hagia Sophia
Angkor Wat
10
The famous and highest Art Deco skyscraper in New York city
Rockefeller building
Empire state building
Chrysler building
Seagram Building
11
The architect of the Olympic stadium in Athens, 2004
Randy Orton
Santiago Calatrava
Cesar Pelli
Norman Foster
12
Principal Architect of Glasgow School of Art, Scotland was:
Wells Coates
Walter Gropius
CR. Mackintosh
E. Maxwell Fry
13
What is the architectural style of the Metropolitan theater designed by Juan Arellano?
Gothic
Art Deco
Post Modern
Classical Revival
14
The masterpiece of Gaudi showing elephantine skin walls
Casa Leticia
Casa Mila
Casa Blanca
Sagrada Familia
15
Found in the Tiboli house, it is regarded as the area of honor as it is where the head of the house entertains guests
kohu
kotel
Finaryon
desyung
16
Characteristic design of wall corners of renaissance palazzos
rustication
dentils
quoins
foils
17
Who are the architects of St. Basil's Cathedral, Russia?
Ivan the Terrible & Vlad the Impaler
Demetrius & Barma
Putin & Romanoff
Barma & Posnik
18
A portion of the wall above the architrave often adorned with bas relief
frieze
metope
pediment
triglyph
19
food storage in the bahay na bato
aljibe
banggera
dispensa
dema
20
The very first Art Nouveau building in the world by Victor Horta:
Horta's residence
Metropolitan station, Paris
Freidrichstrasse, Vienna
Hotel Tassel, Belgium
21
The proportioning system used by the Japanese in their domestic structures using tatami mats
zetsu
ken
nen
gyo
22
The traditional Maranao Royal house
Kodal
Walay
Barimbingan
Torogan
23
Who is hte first Filipino registered Architect
Tomas Mapua
Leandro Locsin
Pablo Antonio
Juan Nakpil
24
The pulpit on the west wall of a mosque:
Mihrab
Sahn
Mimbar
Iwan
25
Who designed the dome of the Florence Cathedral
Filippo Brunellechi
Fillippo Bruneleschi
Filippo Bruneleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi
26
The concrete sculptural qualities of the Einstein Tower in Germany was the masterpiece of:
Erich Mendelsohn
Walter Gropius
Le Corbusier
Albert Einstein
27
In a Muslim mosque, it is the fountain at the center of the open court
Fawwara
Minaret
Madrasa
Kibleh
28
In Medieval castles, what do you call the small openings that aid in ventilation and where arrows were fired from?
Barbicans
Loopholes
Machicolations
Battlements
29
The decorative clerestory found above the windows of the bahay na bato
ventanilla
gilir
calado
rakuh
30
What do you call the late period of French Renaissance?
High Renaissance
Baroque
Rococo
Transition period
31
A recess in wall, often designed to accommodate a statue
mirab
niche
pedestal
rustication
32
Renaissance architect that planned the city of Rome with obelisks as waypoint landmarks to the city nodes:
Domenico Fontana
Andrea Palladio
Michaelangelo Buonarotti
Antonio de Sanggano
33
A circular window with patterned tracery arranged like the spokes of a wheel, used in Gothic cathedrals
cusp and foils
rose window
stained glass
tracery window
34
The most impressive church in Belgium and which has one immense tower with a 400 ft spire
Cloth Cathedral
Ulm Cathedral
Worms Cathedral
Antwerp Cathedral
35
Painting technique used to articulate walls trended during renaissance, where color pigment is applied on wet plaster.
bas relief
trompel'oiel
faux painting
frescoe
36
The Art Noveau in Spain is known as
Sezessione
Le Moderne Style
Stile Liberty
Modernismo
37
Whos is the architect of the church of the Holy Sacrifice
Leandro Locsin
Napoleon Abueva
Carlos Fransisco
Juan Nakpil
38
The architect o the TWA, conceptualized as a bird ready in flight?
Eliel Saarinen
Eero Saarinen
Erich Mendelsohn
Alvar Aalto
39
Buddhist sacred mounds found inside the chaityas or cave temples
wat
torana
stupa
dagoba
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The decorative pedestal for an ornament or statue placed atop the pediment of a Greek temple or the peak of a roof
Apoditerion
Antefixae
Acroterion
Anthemion
41
Taj Mahal was built for:
Shah Jahan
Mumtaz Mahal
Muntaz Mahal
Mumtas Mahal
42
Greek Temple characterized with a row of columns in the front and rear
Amphiprostyle
Peristyle
Peripteral
Wastyle
43
The Philippine Post Office in Manila is of what style?
Gothic
Classical Revival
Art Deco
Post Office Modern
44
What is the picturesque skyscraper in New York that Daniel Burnham built?
Capitol building
Flatiron building
Empire state building
Seagram building
45
Contemporary Museum in Paris described with exposed utility lines in its facade
Guggenheim museum
Lloyd's building
The Louvre
Center Georges Pompidou
46
Roman mosaic net-like/grid pattern
opus quadratum
Opus sectile
opus incertum
opus reticulatum
47
The British Royal family's residence designed with Saracenic features by John Nash
Brighton Royal Pavilion
Doge's palace
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
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Overhanging the 2nd floor of the bahay na bato
azotea
volada
alcoba
balcon
49
A detached structure from the bahay kubo where palay is kept
falig
dema
finaryon
kamalig
50
Ancient Roman baths were called:
Cassilyas
Thermae
Aqueducts
Pons
51
The famous Stone Circle found in Salisbury, England believed to be a giant calendar used by prehistoric people
Stonehenge
Menhir circle
Stoneherge
Storehenge
52
Cooking area of the bahay kubo
cocina
dapogan
gilir
tapayan
53
Largest and oldest cave dwelling found in Palawan
Monfort Cave
Tabon Cave
Catlac Cave
Bathala cave
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The most beautiful Moorish Building/castle in Spain
Alhambra
Cordoba
Spanish Steps
Oasis
55
Declared a national landmark in 1973, it is the 1st of all steel buildings in the Philippines
Philippine Normal School
San Sebastian church
Steel Asia HQ
Intendencia Building
56
Ziggurats are also called:
Sacrificial altars
Holy Mountain
Holy Pyramid
Dwelling house of the gods
57
Tallest unoccupied and unfinished building in the world
Tower of Pisa
Goryeo Hotel
Ryugyong Hotel
Sagrada Familia
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In churches, the pulpit for reading the epistles and the gospel
ambo
apse
baldachino
narthex
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Decorative column in the middle of a Romanesque church portals:
trumeau
cypress columns
tympanum
clustered pier
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Defense feature of medieval castles filled with water
bailley
crenels
moat
well
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Gothic cathedral notable for its striped marble walls and piers
Rheims Cathedral
Sienna Cathedral
Milan Cathedral
Florence cathedral
62
Egyptian pyramids had its ______ oriented to the NE, SE, NW, SW points:
4 doors
4 corners
4 faces
4 sides
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The dome of the US Capitol in Washington DC was patterned from the dome of what Renaissance masterpiece?
Florence Cathedral
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Paul's Cathedral
The Tempietto
64
How was San Agustin Church able to withstand earthquakes?
Interiors are shaped like the haul of a ship
crypt of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi is inside
church was planned in segments
Miraculous divine intervention
65
It is domical mound containing relics of Buddha
Stupa
Ta'is
Lath
Sikra
66
Gothic fenestrations had Lancet arches while Ancient Roman fenestrations had:
Triangular Arch
Corbelled Arch
Round Arch
Venetian Arch
67
Computer controlled mechanism that protect buildings from future earthquake damage
segmented cells
dampers
shock absorbers
Earth pads
68
Upright stone slab containing name of the dead in Egypt:
Stele
Mastaba
Sarcophagus
Serdab
69
This is a Japanese gateway usually with three openings
garbagriha
torii
tatami
bogyo
70
The largest Catholic church in Asia
Taal Basilica
Our Lady of Manaoag
Sto Domingo church
Manila Cathedral
71
The architect of Church of Our lady Manaoag in Pangasinan:
Jose Ma. Zaragosa
Genero Palacios
Roque Ruano
Juan Nakpil
72
Construction system used by the Chinese to carry heavy tile roofing, channeling its weight to the earth:
Pagoda orders
Gussho System
Tou-kong system
feng-shui system
73
In Mesopotamia, the Palace Complex of Persepolis was initially built by:
King Darius
King Nebuchadnezzar
King T'Challa
King Xerxes
74
The architectural icon of the Industrial Age
Crystal Tower
Crystal Castle
Crystal arcade
Crystal Palace
75
In a Muslim mosque, the west wall containing the niche and pulpit at the center of the open court
Qibla
Mimbar
Minaret
Mihrab
76
The first Chinese citizen to win a Pritzker prize
IM Pei
Shigeru Ban
Fumihiko Maki
Wang Shu
77
The decorative pedestal for an ornament or statue placed atop the pediment of a Greek temple or the peak of the roof
Anthemion
Antefixae
Acroterion
Antefixae
78
The best preserved Incan structure
Teotihuacan
Chichen Itza
Machu Picchu
tikal
79
The characteristic common in Medieval European architecture and Mesopotamian architecure
battered walls
Chiseled and alabastered walls
merlons and allure
battlemented or crenelated walls
80
The first true pyramid and became the model for the succeeding pyramids built during the Early Kingdom of Egyptian Civ?
Stepped Pyramid of Zoser
Red Pyramid of Snefru
Pyramid of Cheops
Stepped Pyramid of Snefru
81
A gothic tracery which is the transition from the Geometric to the flowing style
Reticulated
Flamboyant
Intersecting
Rayonnant
82
Area reserved for entertaining guests in bahay kubo
caida
bulwagan
sala
dulang
83
Architects of PBCOM building in Makati
Kohn Pederson Fox
Arquitectonica
Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
SOM
84
The house designed by Le Corbusier which reflected his 5 points of modern architecture:
Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
Villa Savoye, Poissy
Le Contemporaine
Sagrada Familia
85
What do you call the reclaimed land of the Aztecs used for farming and growing produce?
Machuca
Intihuatana
Chinampas
Quipu
86
The grand mosque in Mecca where all the mosques point towards
Famimasjid
Friday Mosque
Sultahnamet Mosque
Al-Haram Mosque
87
Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo churches
Juan Arellano
Juan Nakpil
Diego Hervas
Carlos Santos Viola
88
The enclosure around a moat and bailey consisting of wooden stakes called pales
Palesieur
Palident
Palestro
Palisade
89
The architect of the Geodesic dome
Buckmeister Fuller
Buckminster Fullest
Bucky Barnes
Buckminster Fuller
90
An Egyptian gateway:
Pylon
sphinx
Propylea
obelisk
91
Hindu temple showing reliefs of the Kama Sutra
Orissan temple
Kinkakuji temple
Patlava Temple
Khajuraho temple
92
The smallest fort built by the early Spanish settlers in Manila
Fort San Sebastian
Fort of July
Fort Santiago
Fort San Pedro
93
Who is the architect of the Crystal Palace?
Joseph Payton
Peter Berehns
Peter Behrens
Joseph Paxton
94
What is the 'eye' in the middle of the Pantheon's dome?
Domus
Eye of Agamotto
Oculus
Speculus
95
The Egyptian Temple with four huge seating sculptures of Rameses II at its facade is:
Great Temple, Abu Simbel
Great Temple of Amon, Karnak
Ramesseum
Hall of Hundred Columns
96
Skyscraper of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe constructed with massive cglass curtain walls
Empire state building
Seagram Building
Chrysler building
Rockefeller building
97
The straight tower shaft, generally standing alone. Example of this is the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Gargoyle
Baptistery
Minaret
Campanile
98
Renaissance structure that marks the spot where St. Peter is thought to have died
St. Peter's Basilica
the Tempietto
St. Paul's cathedral
St. Peter's square
99
The group and style influenced by abstract and cubist art, also called Neoplasticism:
Arts & Crafts
De stijl
Modernismo
Jugenstijl
100
The first Architect recorded in History
Cheops
Imhotep
Tomas Mapua
Rameses II