Exam 15: Architecture

Why did Zaha Hadid decide to use glass as the primary building material for the ground level of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati,Ohio?

The exterior of the Wainwright Building in St.Louis,Missouri,reflects the elements of this architectural form.

This cast-iron building was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851,and was more than a third of a mile long.

This building material is a mixture of cement and ground stone.

The architect Le Corbusier's International Style favors a strongly ________ organization of forms.

The Temple of Amun-Re,an ancient Egyptian hypostyle hall built nearly 3,500 years ago,is still one of the largest religious structures in the world.It is located at ________.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater cultivates an organic relationship between the building and its location by:

If an architect wanted to build a large square building with a domed roof,he or she would use this structural feature to transfer the load of the roof.

These windows are set high above the nave in order to allow light into large open areas,such as the interior of the Hagia Sophia.

The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems,co-directed by the architects Vittori and Fisk since 1991,was created to make buildings more ________.

Styles of art and architecture that were inspired by the Greeks and Romans are referred to as ________.

The architects of the Renaissance looked to the ________ for their inspiration.

The Danish architect Jørn Utzon designed this eye-catching structure in Sydney,Australia,using reinforced concrete.

Vaults that have an exposed structural beam protruding from them for decorative purposes are called ________.

This is a ceiling based on the structural principles of the arch.

This nineteenth-century North American construction method uses lightweight wooden frames,instead of heavy timbers,to support the building.

In order to create an interior space,an architect must design a distance between two supports called ________.

Architects consider this when designing a building.

In the nineteenth century,this material became both less costly and more widely available for construction.

In Taos Pueblo,New Mexico,an architect might opt to use this construction material in order to keep the aesthetic appearance of his or her building consistent with the surrounding architecture.