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1
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In Egyptian architecture, the tomb of the pharaohs is the.

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Pyramid

2
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The great pyramid at Gizeh was built during the 4th dynasty by?

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Cheops

3
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The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.

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Rameses 1

4
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The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was ________.

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Marble

5
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Greek architecture was essentially.

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Columnar trabeated

6
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Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the _________.

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Propylaea

7
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The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the ________.

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Parthenon

8
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With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the ________.

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Arch and vault

9
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The outstanding group of Romanesque is found in ___.

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Pisa

10
Q

The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college.

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Refectory

11
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A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for prostration.

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Masjid

12
Q

In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun-dried bricks.

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Ziggurat

13
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Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons.

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Tumuli

14
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Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture

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Prytaneion

15
Q

What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?

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Art Noveau

16
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Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement.

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Embrasures

17
Q

Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis.

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Senusret I

18
Q

The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh

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Pyramid of Khufu

19
Q

Caryatid porch is from what architecture?

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Greek

20
Q

A hall built in Roman Empire for the administration of justice.

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Basilica

21
Q

A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture.

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Masu-gumi

22
Q

A Filipino architect whose philosophy is ‘the structure must be well oriented’.

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Caesar Homer Concio

23
Q

Major contribution of the Renaissance Architecture.

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Baroque for of Ornamentation

24
Q

King Zoser’s architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty.

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Imhotep

25
Q

Art Noveau style first appeared in what structure.

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Tussel House

26
Q

Less is more.

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Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

27
Q

Formal architecture, one of the principles of composition.

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Balance

28
Q

The falling water by Frank Lloyd Wright is also known as ___.

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Kaufman House

29
Q

Architect of the national library, Philippines.

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Felipe Mendoza

30
Q

The convex projecting molding of eccentric curve supporting the abacus of a Doric capital.

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Echinus

31
Q

A slight vertical curvature in the shaft of a column.

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Entasis

32
Q

cubicula or bedroom is from what architecture.

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Roman

33
Q

Memorial monuments of persons buried elsewhere in Roman architecture.

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Cenotaphs

34
Q

A shallow cistern or drain area in the center of a house.

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Impluvium

35
Q

A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian churches.

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Bema

36
Q

A roman house with a central patio.

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Atrium House

37
Q

The style emerging in western Europe in the early 11th century, based on Roman and Byzantine elements, characterized by massive articulated wall structures, round arches, and powerful vaults, and lasting until the advent of Gothic architecture.

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Romanesque

38
Q

The public square of imperial Rome.

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Forum

39
Q

How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral?

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176

40
Q

A plant whose leaves form the lower portions of the Corinthian capital.

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Acanthus

41
Q

A windowed wall that rises above the roof of adjacent walls that admit light into the interior.

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Clerestory

42
Q

A line of counterthrusting arches on columns or piers.

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Arcade

43
Q

Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom.

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“Cornice
Frieze
Architrave”

44
Q

A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art.

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Tokonama

45
Q

Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.

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Pediment

46
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The principal or central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the choir or chancel and usually flanked by aisles.

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Nave

47
Q

A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church.

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Exedra

48
Q

A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items.

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Niche

49
Q

The Buddhist temple in ancient Cambodia which feature four faces of the compassionate Buddha.

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Bayon

50
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A slab forming the crowning member of the capital.

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Abacus

51
Q

A low screen wall enclosing the choir in early Christian church.

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Chancel

52
Q

The palace proper in Assyrian palaces.

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Seraglio

53
Q

Private family apartments in Assyrian palaces.

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Harem

54
Q

Favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians.

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Palm, Lotus, and Papyrus

55
Q

Structure whose corners are made to face the four cardinal points.

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Ziggurat

56
Q

The use of monsters in doorways is prevalent in what architecture?

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Persian

57
Q

A single line of columns surrounding the Naos.

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Peripteral

58
Q

A building in Greek and Roman for exercises or physical activities.

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Gymnasium

59
Q

Temple with a portico of columns arranged in front.

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Prostyle

60
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Intercolumniation of 4 diameters.

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Areostyle

61
Q

Diastyle intercolumniation has how many diameters.

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3 Diameters

62
Q

Roman building for which gladiatorial battles took place.

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Colosseum

63
Q

A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front.

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In Antis

64
Q

Greek order that has no base.

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Doric

65
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What allowed the Romans to build vaults of a magnitude never equaled till the birth of steel for buildings.

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Use of Concrete

66
Q

Who commenced the ‘hall of hundred columns’?

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Xerxes

67
Q

Master sculptor of the Parthenon.

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Phidias

68
Q

The oldest circus in Rome.

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Circus Maximus

69
Q

A water clock or an instrument for measuring time by the use of water.

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Clepsydra

70
Q

Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.

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Libon

71
Q

A quadrigas is a ___.

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4-horse Chariot

72
Q

Greek sculptures may be classified as “architectural sculpture, free standing statuary, and the ___”.

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Sculptured Reliefs

73
Q

The wall or colonnade enclosing the Temenos

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Peribolus

74
Q

Roman large square tiles.

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Bepidales

75
Q

A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect.

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Opus Recticulatum

76
Q

A type of monument erected to support a tripod, as a prize for athletic exercises or musical competitions in Greek festivals.

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Choragic Monument

77
Q

Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes.

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Opus Tesselatum

78
Q

The origin of the door architrave.

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Timber-enframed Portal

79
Q

A building in classic architecture decorated with flowers and plants with water for the purpose of relaxation.

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Nymphaeum

80
Q

The dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance style.

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Iñigo Jones

81
Q

Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria.

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Ptolemy III

82
Q

Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines.

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George Ramos

83
Q

The cold or unheated pool in the Thermae.

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Frigidarium

84
Q

The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.

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Unctuaria

85
Q

Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___.

A

South

86
Q

On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are called.

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Ambo

87
Q

The iconoclastic movement during the Byzantine period forbade the use of ___.

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Statues

88
Q

The supreme monument of Byzantine architecture.

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St. Sophia, Constantinople

89
Q

A tower raised above a roof pierced to admit light.

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Lantern

90
Q

The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west ends.

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Worms Cathedral

91
Q

The final plan shape of the St. Peter’s Basilica by Carlo Maderna.

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Latin Cross

92
Q

The granary in traditional Bontoc House.

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Falig

93
Q

The part of the Corinthian capital without flower.

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Balteus

94
Q

The senate house of the Greeks.

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Prytaneion

95
Q

In the Doric Order, the shaft terminates in the ___.

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Hypotrachelion

96
Q

This temple is dedicated to ‘Wingless Victory’.

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Temple of Nike Apteros, Athens

97
Q

From what architecture is the Stoa?

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Greek

98
Q

A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.

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Balneum

99
Q

A is a machine to live in.

A

Le Corbusier

100
Q

Invented reinforced concrete in France.

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Hennevique

101
Q

Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.

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Guillermo Tolentino

102
Q

Like Caryatids and Atlantes, this is a three-quarter length figures.

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Herms

103
Q

Where “Constructivism” originated?

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Moscow

104
Q

Combination of the new art and the graphing of the old art.

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Eclecticism

105
Q

Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.

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Felipe Mendoza

106
Q

The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration.

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Juan Nakpil

107
Q

Architect of SM Megamall.

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Antonio Sin Diong

108
Q

The tower atop the torogan where the princess and her ladies in waiting hide during occasions.

A

Lamin

109
Q

The flat, open terrace open to the toilet, bath, and kitchen areas and also used as a laundry and drying space and service area for the servants.

A

Azotea

110
Q

Quiapo Mosque is designed by which architect?

A

Jorge Y. Ramos

111
Q

Who was the designer of the Regina Building in Manila?

A

Andrea Luna de San Pedro

112
Q

Who was the architect of the 1st Manila City Hall Building?

A

Edgar Bourne

113
Q

Works of National Artist Leandro Locsin.

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Makati Stock Exchange / Philippine Plaza Hotel / Benguet Corporation Building / Church of the Risen Lord / Cultural Center of the Phil. / The Parish of the Holy Sacrifice, UP Diliman

114
Q

In which architectural work was the brutalist finish first used?

A

Asian Development Bank Headquarters

115
Q

Father of Philippine Architecture and the very first National Artist for Architecture

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Juan Nakpil

116
Q

The recommended proportions of a plaza, according to the Law of the Indies

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01:01.5

117
Q

The walls of Intramuros would be first begun under which Spanish Governor General?

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Gov. Gen. Gomez Perez Dasmariñas

118
Q

The main purpose of implentation of the Laws of the Indies was for:

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Evangelization

119
Q

the SSS building was designed by?

A

Juan Nakpil

120
Q

The proskenion is found in a:

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Skene

121
Q

Patrons of a therma would change clothes in the:

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Apodyterium

122
Q

A quarter round concave greek molding:

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Cavetto

123
Q

An in antis temple was:

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Aegean

124
Q

An acropolis would usually be entered through a:

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Propylea

125
Q

Term for the rear room or area of a greek temple

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opisthodomos

126
Q

Spanish colonial roof tiles:

A

tejas

127
Q

The parian district of manila during the spanish colonial period was meant for:

A

Chinese

128
Q

The star vault was developed during which period?

A

English Gothic

129
Q

Who is the architect of Manila City hall?

A

Antonio Toledo

130
Q

The Taj Mahal is an indictive style of what architecture?

A

Mughal Architecture

131
Q

Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks.

A

Composite

132
Q

From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using ________.

A

Domical roof construction

133
Q

The finest and remaining example of Byzantine architecture.

A

St. Sophia, Constantinople

134
Q

The architectural character of the Romanesque architecture is.

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Sober and dignified

135
Q

Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls.

A

Marble

136
Q

The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome.

A

Pantheon

137
Q

The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple.

A

Pteroma

138
Q

Amphitheaters are used for ___.

A

Gladiatorial Contests

139
Q

The architecture of the curved line is known as ___.

A

Baroque

140
Q

The open court in an Italian palazzo.

A

Cortel

141
Q

Domical mound containing a relic.

A

Stupa

142
Q

The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps.

A

Doric

143
Q

A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an altar.

A

Apse

144
Q

Architect of the Einstein Tower.

A

Erich Mendelsohn

145
Q

From what architecture is the Angkor Vat?

A

Cambodian

146
Q

Taj Mahal temple is located in ___.

A

Agra

147
Q

Jubilee festivals of the pharaohs.

A

Heb-sed

148
Q

A vault created when two barrel vaults intersect at the right angles.

A

Groin Vault

149
Q

Female statues with baskets serving as columns.

A

Canephora

150
Q

The Parthenon is from what architecture.

A

Greek

151
Q

A concave molding approximately quarter round.

A

Cavetto

152
Q

What is not required as a feature in modern Muslim mosque.

A

Pinnacle

153
Q

“A house is like a flower pot”

A

Richard Josef Neutra

154
Q

The council house in Greece.

A

Bouleuterion

155
Q

A faced without columns or pilaster in renaissance architecture.

A

Astylar

156
Q

First school which offered architecture in the Philippines.

A

Liceo de Manila

157
Q

Different historical styles combined.

A

Eclecticism

158
Q

First president and founder of PAS.

A

Juan Nakpil

159
Q

The xerxes hall of hundred columns was introduced during the Mesopotamian architecture, which palace was it used.

A

Palace of Persepolis

160
Q

Pantiles used for Chinese roofings.

A

S-tiles

161
Q

The very ornate style of architecture developed in the later renaissance period.

A

Baroque

162
Q

From the Greek forms of temple, the three where it lies is known as ___.

A

Crepidoma

163
Q

The three pyramids in Gizeh

A

“Cheops
Chefren
Mykerinos”

164
Q

In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the ___.

A

Naos

165
Q

A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap.

A

Console

166
Q

Revival of classical Roman style

A

Romanesque

167
Q

Architect and furniture designer.

A

Alvar Aalto

168
Q

Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel.

A

Welton Becket

169
Q

Agora is from what architecture?

A

Greek

170
Q

Structure of wedge-shaped blocks over an opening.

A

Arch

171
Q

A standard, usually of length, by which the proportions of a building are determined.

A

Module

172
Q

In the classical order, the lowest part or member of the entablature; the beam that spans from column to column.

A

Architrave

173
Q

Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.

A

Octagonal

174
Q

Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda.

A

Square

175
Q

A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan of its supporting structure.

A

Pendentive

176
Q

The covered walk of an atrium.

A

Ambulatory

177
Q

An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church.

A

Baldachino

178
Q

A tower in the Muslim Mosque used to call people to prayer.

A

Minaret

179
Q

A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century architecture.

A

Mudejar

180
Q

The crowning member of a column.

A

Capital

181
Q

The cold section of a Roman Bath.

A

Frigidarium

182
Q

Holy mountains.

A

Ziggurat

183
Q

The most stupendous and impressive of the rock-cut-temples.

A

Great Temple, Abu Simbel

184
Q

Two main classes of temples in Egyptian Architecture.

A

Mortuary and Cult Temples

185
Q

Structure whose sides are made to face the four cardinal points.

A

Pyramid

186
Q

The Greek male statues used as columns.

A

Atlantes

187
Q

The uppermost step in the crepidoma.

A

Stylobate

188
Q

The three chamber of a Greek temple.

A

Pronaos, Naos, and Epinaos

189
Q

The clear space in between columns.

A

Intercolumniation

190
Q

Intercolumniation of 2 diameters.

A

Systyle

191
Q

A kindred type to the theater.

A

Odeion

192
Q

What sporting event takes place in the Palaestra?

A

Wrestling

193
Q

A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front and rear.

A

Amphi-Antis

194
Q

The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters.

A

Epidauros

195
Q

The finest of all illustrations of Roman construction.

A

Pantheon

196
Q

Who completed the ‘hall of hundred columns’?

A

Artaxerxes

197
Q

In Roman fountains, the large basin of water.

A

Lacus

198
Q

The colosseum in Rome also known as the “flavian amphitheater” was commenced by whom and completed by whom?

A

Vespasian / Domitian

199
Q

The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the ‘tomb of Agamemnon’.

A

Treasury of Atreus

200
Q

Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius.

A

Cossutius

201
Q

The water-leaf and tongue is a usual ornament found in the ___.

A

Cyma Reversa

202
Q

One of the best examples of a surviving megaron type of Greek domestic building.

A

House #33

203
Q

The private house of the Romans.

A

Domus

204
Q

A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks.

A

Opus Mixtum

205
Q

A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints.

A

Opus Quadratum

206
Q

A type of ornament in classic or renaissance architecture consisting of an assemblage of straight lines intersecting at right angles, and of various patterns.

A

Fret

207
Q

Conceptualized the Corinthian capital.

A

Callimachus

208
Q

The atrium type of house originated with the ___.

A

Etruscans

209
Q

15th to 18th century architecture.

A

Renaissance

210
Q

A pillared hall in which the roofs rests on the column in Egyptian temples.

A

Hypostyle Hall

211
Q

He created the Dymaxion House, “the first machine for living”.

A

Buckminster Fuller

212
Q

The warm room in the Thermae.

A

Tepidarium

213
Q

The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.

A

Sudatorium

214
Q

Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the ___.

A

Forum

215
Q

Orientation of the Medieval Church.

A

West

216
Q

In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into the transept, this is the ___.

A

Bema

217
Q

Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.

A

Centralized

218
Q

Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)

A

Little Metropole Cath., Athens

219
Q

The covered passage around an open space or garth, connecting the church to the chapter house, refectory and other parts of the monastery.

A

Cloisters

220
Q

The term applied to the Episcopal church of the diocese and also the important structure of the Gothic period.

A

Cathedral

221
Q

He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter’s Basilica.

A

Bernini

222
Q

Architect of the World Trade Center.

A

Minoru Yamasaki

223
Q

The Pantheon is from what architecture.

A

Roman

224
Q

Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-Plan.

A

Marcel Lajos Breuer

225
Q

In what Order is the Parthenon.

A

Doric

226
Q

This structure in Greece was erected by Andronikos Cyrrhestes for measuring time by means of a clepsydra internally and sun dial externally.

A

Tower of the Winds, Athens

227
Q

The Egyptian Ornament symbolizing fertility.

A

Papyrus

228
Q

Corresponds to the Greek naos.

A

Cella

229
Q

Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower.

A

Eliel Saarinen

230
Q

First elected U.A.P. president.

A

Jose Herrera

231
Q

Designer of the Taj Mahal.

A

Shah Jahan

232
Q

This is a pedestal with human, animal, or mythological creatures at the top.

A

Terms

233
Q

Expressionist Architect.

A

Erich Mendelsohn

234
Q

Return in the use of Roman Orders in modern age.

A

Neo-Classism

235
Q

Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.

A

George Ramos

236
Q

Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre, this church in Rizal whose design depicts the heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure.

A

Morong Church

237
Q

Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.

A

Gabriel Formoso

238
Q

Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is where the carriages and floats are kept.

A

Zaguan

239
Q

In the kitchen of the bahay kubo, the table on top of which is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove or kalan is known as ___.

A

Dapogan

240
Q

The united architects of the philippines was formally organized in?

A

1975

241
Q

Who designed St. La Salle Hall, St. La Salle University/ Librada Avelino Hall, Centro Escolar University/ Philippine General Hospital Nurses Home?

A

Tomas Bautista Mapua

242
Q

Which National Artist for Architecture designed the Loyola Memorial Parks?

A

Ildefonso Santos

243
Q

Works of National Artist Jose Maria Zaragoza.

A

Meralco Building / Tala Leposarium / Sto. Domingo Church & Convent / The Pink Sisters Convent / Vira Mall Greenhills / Redesign of Quiapo Church / St. John Bosco Parish Church

244
Q

The following would all be commonly found on the exterior walls of a bahay na bato:

A

Persiana / Ventanilla / Espejo

245
Q

The architect of the 1st skyscraper building in the Philippines with 12 storey

A

Angel Nakpil

246
Q

Where would the guests be able to watch the procession during a fiesta?

A

Volada

247
Q

Spanish colonial cuadricula meant:

A

Grid Street Formation

248
Q

The hammered concrete, or exposed concrete finish was 1st used in the ph by:

A

Cresenciano de Castro

249
Q

The Rizal Memorial Stadium was designed by?

A

Juan Arellano

250
Q

What type of greek temple would have a spacing between its columns as 4.5 units and the diameter of its column bases as 3 units?

A

Pyknostyle

251
Q

Greek temples having four columns fronting its pronoas and epinoas only:

A

amphiprostyle tetrastyle

252
Q

A greek prostyle decastyle temple would have how many columns on one of its sides?

A

21

253
Q

The heating system of a therma was the:

A

Hypocaust

254
Q

World’s first high rise building is located in which american city?

A

Chicago (Home Insurance Building 10 storey)

255
Q

Greek temples having columns only at the front and rear:

A

amphiprostyle

256
Q

What would a doric temple use to hide the ends of its roof rafters?

A

Triglyphs

257
Q

The piazza of st. Peter’s basilica was designed by:

A

Bernini

258
Q

The architect of the Palazzeto dello Sport:

A

Pier Luigi Nervi

259
Q

In Islamic Architecture, it is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction to Mecca?

A

Mihrab

260
Q

Which Art Nouveau inspired structure by Antonio Gaudi remains to be unfinished in Spain until today?

A

Sagrada Familia

261
Q

An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places.

A

Stoa

262
Q

The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.

A

Acropolis

263
Q

An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles.

A

Antefix (Antefixae)

264
Q

Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself.

A

Acroterion / Acroterium

265
Q

Also called a ‘Honeysuckle’ ornament.

A

Anthemion

266
Q

In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine.

A

Apotheca

267
Q

The characteristic of Greek ornament.

A

Anthemion

268
Q

The use of ___ for facing walls distinguishes Romanesque architecture in Italy from that of the rest of Europe.

A

Marble

269
Q

The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window.

A

Tracery

270
Q

Japanese tea house.

A

Cha-sit-su

271
Q

Ifugao house (southern strain).

A

Bale

272
Q

Tomb of the pharaohs.

A

Pyramid

273
Q

Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos.

A

Dipteral

274
Q

Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art.

A

Walter Gropius

275
Q

The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.

A

Van Alen

276
Q

In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who consolidate the administrative system, made a survey of the country, set boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful works.

A

Amenemhat I

277
Q

The world’s first large-scale monument in stone.

A

Pyramid of Zoser

278
Q

Sarimanok is a décor reflecting the culture of the ___.

A

Visayan

279
Q

A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the castle.

A

Bartizan

280
Q

A roof in which 4 faces rests diagonally between the gables and converge at the roof.

A

Helm Roof

281
Q

Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo.

A

Carlos Santos Viola

282
Q

Architect of Robinson’s Galleria

A

William Cosculluela

283
Q

Richly carved coffins of Greece and Mesopotamia.

A

Sarcophagus

284
Q

Elizabethan Architecture is from what architecture.

A

U.S. / English Renaissance

285
Q

Art Noveau is known as the international style, in Germany it is known as ___.

A

Jugendstijl

286
Q

Embrasures.

A

Crenel

287
Q

Architect of TWA airport.

A

Eero Saarinen

288
Q

Modern architecture need not be western.

A

Kenzo Tange

289
Q

Taj Mahal is a building example of what architecture.

A

Saracenic Architecture

290
Q

Greek equivalent of the Roman forum, a place of open air assembly or market.

A

Agora

291
Q

A multi-storied shrine like towers, originally a Buddhist monument of diminishing size with corbelled cornice and moldings.

A

Pagoda

292
Q

From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear.

A

Amphi-Prostyle

293
Q

The cistern storage of collected rainwater underneath the azotea of the bahay na bato.

A

Aljibe

294
Q

The tomb beneath a church.

A

Crypt

295
Q

Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site.

A

Villa

296
Q

The style emerging in western Europe in the early 11th century, based on Roman and

A

Romanesque

297
Q

First registered architect in the Philippines.

A

Tomas Mapua

298
Q

Finest example of French-Gothic architecture

A

Chartres Cathedral

299
Q

Sacred artificial mountains of Babylon and Assyria.

A

Ziggurat

300
Q

The space between the sloping roof over the aisle and the aisle vaulting, so also called a blind story.

A

Triforium

301
Q

The triangular or segmental space enclosed by a pediment or arch.

A

Tympanum

302
Q

In classical architecture, the elaborated beam member carried by the columns.

A

Entablature

303
Q

Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda.

A

13

304
Q

The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome.

A

Hagia Sophia

305
Q

A long arcaded entrance porch in an early Christian church.

A

Narthex

306
Q

A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the atrium of an early Christian basilica.

A

Cantharus

307
Q

A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue.

A

Tabernacle

308
Q

Coffers, sunken panels in the ceiling.

A

Lacunaria

309
Q

Projecting blocks of stone carved with foliage, typical in Gothic architecture.

A

Crocket

310
Q

A rectangular or square slab supporting the column at the base.

A

Plinth

311
Q

This church in the Philippines is the seat of the Malolos Congress.

A

Barasoain Church

312
Q

Architect of the famous propylaea, Acropolis.

A

Mnesicles

313
Q

The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II is carved in the pylon of the ___.

A

Great Temple, Abu Simbel

314
Q

Egyptian temples for ministrations to deified pharaohs.

A

Mortuary Temple

315
Q

Egyptian temples for the popular worship of the ancient and the mysterious gods.

A

Cult Temple

316
Q

A recessed or alcove with raised seats where disputes took place.

A

Exedra

317
Q

The lowest step in the crepidoma.

A

Stereobate

318
Q

A Greek building that contains painted pictures.

A

Pinacotheca

319
Q

Intercolumniation of 2.25 diameters.

A

Eustyle

320
Q

Pycnostyle intercolumniation has how many diameters?

A

1.5 Diameters

321
Q

Roman building which is a prototype of the hippodrome of the Greek.

A

Circus

322
Q

A foot race course in the cities.

A

stadium

323
Q

In Greek, it is the Roman prototype of the Thermae.

A

Gymnasium

324
Q

What orders did the Etruscans and the Romans add making 5 in all?

A

Tuscan and Composite

325
Q

The oldest and most important forum in Rome.

A

Forum Romanum

326
Q

Architects of the Parthenon.

A

Callicrates and Ictinus

327
Q

Spouting jets in Roman fountain.

A

Salientes

328
Q

Architect of the Erechtheion.

A

Mnesicles

329
Q

Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum

A

Theron

330
Q

Both the regula and the mutule has guttae numbering a total of ___.

A

18

331
Q

The Corona is usually painted with the ___.

A

Key Pattern

332
Q

The molding that is often found in the Doric Order.

A

Bird’s Beak

333
Q

Roman rectangular temples stood on a ___.

A

Podium

334
Q

A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work.

A

Opus Incertum

335
Q

A Roman structure used as hall of justice and commercial exchanges.

A

Basilica

336
Q

Figures of which the upper parts alone are carved, the rest running into a parallelopiped or diminishing pedestal.

A

Termini

337
Q

The sleeping room of the ‘megaron’.

A

Thalamus

338
Q

Roman apartment blocks.

A

Insula

339
Q

Form follows function.

A

Louis Sullivan

340
Q

Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?

A

Thothmes I

341
Q

Tombs built for the Egyptian nobility rather than the royalty.

A

Rock-Hewn Tombs

342
Q

The Hot room of the Thermae.

A

Calidarium

343
Q

The dressing room of the Thermae.

A

Apodyteria

344
Q

Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___.

A

East

345
Q

The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the church called ___.

A

Cancelli

346
Q

In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church called ___.

A

Apse

347
Q

Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia, Constantinople)

A

Anthemius and Isidorus

348
Q

One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without cross-arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building.

A

Nea Moni

349
Q

The prominent feature of the facades in Romanesque Central Italy.

A

Ornamental Arcades

350
Q

The first plan shape of the St. Peter’s Basilica by Bramante.

A

Greek Cross

351
Q

Used as food storage in the Bahay na Bato.

A

Dispensa

352
Q

The Erechtheion of Mnesicles is from what architecture?

A

Greek

353
Q

The architect of the Pantheon.

A

Agrippa

354
Q

Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin shell construction.

A

Felix Outerino Candela

355
Q

In what Order is the temple of Nike Apteros, Athens.

A

Ionic

356
Q

In the Cyma Reversa molding of the Romans, what ornaments are usually found?

A

Acanthus and Dolphin

357
Q

Egyptian Temple for popular worship of the ancient and mysterious gods.

A

Cult Temple

358
Q

The large element in the frieze.

A

Triglyph

359
Q

Architecture is Organic.

A

Frank Lloyd Wright

360
Q

Designer of the Bonifacio Monument.

A

Juan Nakpil

361
Q

Male counterpart of the Caryatids.

A

Telamones or Atlantes

362
Q

A small payer house in Egyptian architecture.

A

Madrassah

363
Q

Founders of the “Art Noveau”.

A

John Ruskin and William Moris

364
Q

Scheme or solution of a problem in architecture.

A

Parti

365
Q

Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

A

Juan Nakpil

366
Q

This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr. Miguel Murguia, has an unusually large bell which was made from approximately 70 sacks of coins donated by the towns people.

A

Panay Capiz

367
Q

G.S.I.S. Building, Roxas Boulevard.

A

George Ramos

368
Q

The emergency hideout found directly behind the neadboard of the Sultan’s bed.

A

Bilik

369
Q

Who was the architect of the unbuilt capitol building in manila?

A

George Fenhagen

370
Q

Who was the architect of the meralco building on ortigas avenue?

A

Jose Maria Zaragoza

371
Q

Who was the designer of the prototypes for Gabaldon Schoolhouses built in the Philippines between 1907 and 1946?

A

William Parsons

372
Q

The Shrine of Our Lady of Peace in EDSA was designed by which National Artist for architecture?

A

Francisco “Bobby” Mañosa

373
Q

In which period were the housing project 1 to 8 is developed?

A

Post Colonial

374
Q

Theaters that was designed by Juan Nakpil

A

Riza / State / Ever

375
Q

One of two architect of the Iglesia ni Kristo Bishop’s Chapel

A

Juan Nakpil

376
Q

The Manila are of Paco was the settlement of the:

A

Japanese

377
Q

The Gota de Leche in Sampaloc, Manila was designed by:

A

Arcadio Arellano

378
Q

A highly ornamented wooden altar framework was termed:

A

retablo

379
Q

A half round convex greek moulding?

A

Torus

380
Q

Greek temples having two rows of columns all around with its side columns engaged:

A

Pseudo-dipteral

381
Q

A corinthian column having a height of 12 units would have a base diameter of :

A

1.2 units

382
Q

Greek foot races would have been held in the:

A

Stadion

383
Q

The greek hippodrome was the Roman:

A

Circus

384
Q

How many columns would be on one side of Greek heptastyle temple?

A

15

385
Q

In a diastyle corinthian temple, if the spacing between columns is 6 units, the column would therefore be how many units high?

A

20

386
Q

Which national artist for architecture designed the galaxy, ideal and lyric theaters in manila?

A

Pablo Antonio

387
Q

The first church that fully used all gothic elements:

A

Basilica of St. Denis, FRANCE

388
Q

Important civic spaces for thr greeks, was also the essential element in Hippodamus’ grid system for planning :

A

Agora

389
Q

What kind of temple is the Temple of Amun Karnak

A

Cult Temple

390
Q

Water cistern in a bahay na bato?

A

Aljibe