AMERICAN COLONIAL

Question 1

FIVE (5) STAGES OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE:

Answer 1

INDIGENOUS
COLONIAL / “GEORGIAN”
GOTHIC REVIVAL
ECLECTICISM
NATIONAL PHASE

Question 2

– USE OF BRICK, STONE, RUBBLE & SAND
– EXAMPLES ARE STEP PYRAMIDS
(STAGES)

Answer 2

INDIGENOUS

Question 3

– CLASSIC REVIVAL
(STAGES)

Answer 3

COLONIAL / “GEORGIAN”

Question 4

(STAGES)

Answer 4

GOTHIC REVIVAL

Question 5

– MIXTURE OF ELEMENTS FROM PREVIOUS
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES
(STAGES)

Answer 5

ECLECTICISM

Question 6

– BREAKING-OFF AMERICA’S COLONIAL TIES
FROM EUROPEAN POWERS & COMING UP
WITH ITS NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
(STAGES)

Answer 6

NATIONAL PHASE

Question 7

5 EXAMPLES OF NATIONAL PHASE PERIOD

Answer 7

POST-COLONIAL PERIOD
FIRST ECLECTIC PERIOD
SECOND ECLECTIC PERIOD
MODERN PERIOD

Question 8

 INFLUENCED BY FRENCH IDEAS
 CLASSICAL ELEMENTS WERE
INTRODUCED

Answer 8

POST-COLONIAL PERIOD

Question 9

PREDOMINANT STYLE WAS GREEK
 “BALOON-FRAME” CONSTRUCTION

Answer 9

FIRST ECLECTIC PERIOD

Question 10

INFLUENCED BY FRENCH IDEAS &
ROMANESQUE REVIVAL
 INTRODUCTION OF SKYSCRAPERS
 INNOVATIONS OF ELEVATORS &
METAL FRAME CONSTRUCTION

Answer 10

SECOND ECLECTIC PERIOD

Question 11

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES

Answer 11

MODERN PERIOD

Question 12

17TH CENTURY – 19TH CENTURY

Answer 12

AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE