History of Architecture 4: Midterms Reviewer part 2

Question 1

A style which originated in Western Europe in ca. 1840-85 reviving the elements of the Italian Renaissance
Architecture of the 16th century

Answer 1

Italianate

Question 2

The architecture of the 16th century with square cupolas or towers; elaborate classical detailing; wide overhanging eaves with closely-spaced decorative brackets; tall and narrow square or arched windows; L shaped plans; arcaded porches with balustrades; and /ow-pitched or flat roof

Answer 2

Italianate

Question 3

Notable buildings of this style are:
Nelly’s Garden House, Iloilo
Villa Lizares (now the Angelicum School), Pasig
Museum and Malacanang Palace in Manila

Answer 3

Italianate

Question 4

A small round window, often
along the dormer or exterior wall.

Answer 4

bullseye

Question 5

A type of roof having a low slope or inclination.

Answer 5

low-pitch roof

Question 6

A wall with building stones of
rough surfaces and chamfered or beveled edges.

Answer 6

rustic wall

Question 7

A type of window that protrudes
from a wall, forming a bay or alcove in a room.

Answer 7

bay window

Question 8

The arrangement of columns or pilasters in pairs, placed very closely together.

Answer 8

Accouplement

Question 9

A type of segmental pediment
with a base having an opening at
the center; usually applied to a wall above a door or window.

Answer 9

broken-bed segmental
pediment

Question 10

A type of column with a shaft
carved into twisted or spira{form

Answer 10

salomonica columns

Question 11

An emblem often of heraldic
bearings and usually placed
above the main entrance door or along the hip gable wall.

Answer 11

eskudo/ coat of arms

Question 12

A canopied niche or opening
flanked by pilasters or colonnettes.

Answer 12

aedicule

Question 13

A style in Europe during the reign
of Queen Victoria in Great Britain
(1837-1901) reviving and/or
combining the elements of Gothic
and Italianate styles

Answer 13

Victorian

Question 14

Architectural characteristics include: steep
gabled roof and dormers; cone- shaped turrets or square tower with mansard roof; intricate or richly ornamented panellings, trusses, and braces; panelled exterior walling with either
horizontal, vertical or diagonal design; and wide overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends.

Answer 14

Victorian

Question 15

Notable buildings of this style are
Carcar Dispensary (now Carcar Museum) in Cebu,
Legarda Elementary School in Manila, and
Silliman Hall in Dumaguete City.

Answer 15

Victorian

Question 16

Any tower which is roughly square
in plan and roofed with a doublypitched gable or hip-roof form. ·

Answer 16

square tower with mansard roof

Question 17

A type of gutter, usually of sheet
metal, firmly attached to a fascia
board of an eaves to catch
rainwater from the roof and
convey it to a downspout.

Answer 17

fascia gutter

Question 18

A rain water pipe, usually
of metal sheet, vertically
attached to an exterior
wall to direct rain water
from a roof gutter to the
ground or catch basin.

Answer 18

downspout

Question 19

An air vent placed along the · eaves with ornamental design
pattern.

Answer 19

decorative eaves vent

Question 20

A thin decorative column
placed along an exterior
window opening as means of division and added
support for sliding window
shutter.

Answer 20

Colonnete

Question 21

A framed roof-like shading structure over a window or door to provide protection especially against the sun and rain.

Answer 21

sibi, awning ..

Question 22

A type of exterior cladding of
timber boards in a lattice form.

Answer 22

lattice siding

Question 23

A series of steps placed in
front of a building that
leads to its main entrance.

Answer 23

approach stair

Question 24

An architecture movement which
originated in the United States at
the end of the 19th century
reviving and/or employing the
elements of the Spanish Colonial
Revival Style.

Answer 24

Mission Revival

Question 25

This has been widely used in California characterized by the used of low￾pitched gable tiled roof, stucco finish exterior walls, wide eaves with closely-spaced exposed rafter end, frontispiece with exposed gable wall, and imposing square towers with pyramidal roof

Answer 25

Mission Revival

Question 26

Notable buildings of this style are the Bureau of Science Building and Normal School (now Philippine Normal University) on Manila, and Cebu High School in Cebu.

Answer 26

Mission Revival

Question 27

The underside of roof eaves openly showing portions of the rafter which overhangs the wall.

Answer 27

exposed rafter tail

Question 28

A projecting space at the lower portion of a window in the upper floors that is enclosed with either wood, stone, or metal decorative railings.

Answer 28

balconette

Question 29

The underside of the balcony or balconette with series of decorative brackets of equal spacing.

Answer 29

bracketed eaves

Question 30

The masonry wall having smooth faces brought about by the lime￾based stucco coating applied to the bricks or natural stones wall to reduce the effect of erosion.

Answer 30

smooth finish stucco

Question 31

A type of window composed of four lobes or foils.

Answer 31

quatrefoil window

Question 32

A type of dormer projecting above the tiled roof in Mission Architecture with multi-curved shape design similar to the mission parapet.

Answer 32

mission dormer

Question 33

A low wall, extending from the junction of an external wall and roof, with multicurved-shape design on its upper end

Answer 33

mission parapet

Question 34

a tower, square in plan, covered with a pyramid form roof

Answer 34

square tower with pyramidal roof

Question 35

A type of cornice supported by a series of decorative brackets of equal spacing.

Answer 35

bracketed cornice

Question 36

A fire-proof vertical structure that encloses a flue carrying waste gases from buildings or other apparatus.

Answer 36

tsimenea, chimney

Question 37

A style which originated in Europe and in the United States from 1885 to 1925 reviving and combining the Greek and Roman Classical Architecture with the ideas of Renaissance Architecture.

Answer 37

Neoclassic

Question 38

Also called Classical Revival and Beaux Arts Classicism, this style incorporates grandiose symmetrical composition and facade, colonnaded portico with grand stair and imposing columns, balustraded balconies, pronounced cornices and entablatures, and triangular pediment.

Answer 38

Neoclassic

Question 39

Significant buildings of this style include Post Office Building and Paco Train Station in Manila, Sorsogon Provincial Capitol in Sorsogon City, and University of the Philippines in lloilo City.

Answer 39

Neoclassic

Question 40

The triangular gable usually enclosed by horizontal and raking cornices above a portico or colonnaded facade.

Answer 40

pediment

Question 41

The thick horizontal band above columns, consisting typically of the architrave, frieze, and cornice.

Answer 41

entablature

Question 42

A column based on the classical Greek and Roman orders, consisting typically of three elements: the base, shaft, and capital.

Answer 42

classical column

Question 43

A solid piece of masonry or concrete, usually without ornamentation and form as the lowest member of the base.

Answer 43

base block

Question 44

An ornament used as moulding or as a border consisting of two or more interwoven bands around a series of circles.

Answer 44

guilloche

Question 45

An ornament in circular pattern which resembles a stylized rose flower or any other similar flower.

Answer 45

rosette

Question 46

An ornamental element added as an adornment in a building.

Answer 46

palamuti, decoration

Question 47

A decorative element, often carved or molded, in a form of intertwined flowers and or ribbons and hanging between two points.

Answer 47

peston, festoon

Question 48

An ornament common in classical architecture based on stylized palm leaf or honeysuckle foliage

Answer 48

Anthemion

Question 49

The uppermost structural member of a classical column or pilaster, often ornamental and placed above the shaft to support the entablature.

Answer 49

capital

Question 50

The vertical portion of a classical column or pilasters between the capital and the base.

Answer 50

shaft

Question 51

The lowest portion of a classical column, usually carved according to patterns and proportions of the Greek and Roman orders .

Answer 51

classical base