History Of Design Midterm

Question 1

The Great Pyramid is aligned along the

Answer 1

West-East axis of the spring and autumn equinox

Question 2

Which bricks do not have the same structural qualities

Answer 2

Sun baked bricks and kiln baked bricks

Question 3

Civilization the arch has been accredited to

Answer 3

Sumer

Question 4

Architectural sculpture is sometimes called

Answer 4

Plastic

Question 5

Building blocks kf opus isodomum

Answer 5

Ashlar and quoin

Question 6

Have Hittie and Incan architecture always used mortar

Answer 6

No

Question 7

Mortar is composed of

Answer 7

Ground limestone, water, sand

Question 8

Vitruvius placed more value upon

Answer 8

Scholarship rather than manuel skill

Question 9

What is a Caryatid?

Answer 9

A column in the form of a human

Question 10

According to Vitruvius, if a city is close to the sea, then the forum should be built far from the harbour for security reasons (T or F)

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Roman apartment complexes built from

Answer 11

Wood, concrete, brick

Question 12

Romans had heated floors in some buildings (T or F)

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Thatched roofs found only among Celts (T or F)

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Primary reason for constructing roofs that extend almost to ground

Answer 14

Thermal insulation

Question 15

Countries that havd adobe

Answer 15

Pretty much all

Question 16

Mud bricks made of

Answer 16

Dirt, chopped straw, water

Question 17

Mud brick does not last long (T or F)

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Romans painted buildings in vibrant colors (T or F)

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Spolia means

Answer 19

Reused materials

Question 20

Roman concrete is a mix of

Answer 20

Lime and pozzolana (volcanic ash)

Question 21

Adobe is only used to make mud bricks (T or F)

Answer 21

False

Question 22

What is a vault

Answer 22

An arched structure or dome

Question 23

A corbelled vault is a

Answer 23

False vault

Question 24

More intricate vaults are entirely of stone (T or F)

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Roof tiles are a type of shingle (T or F)

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Before nails in 19th century wooden construction used

Answer 26

Hammering wooden dowels through drill holes, snuggly fitting boards into one another, glued using resin, handmade nails

Question 27

Gravity fountains are older than fountains with hydraulic pumps (T or F)

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Baked bricks are fired in

Answer 28

Kiln at high temperature

Question 29

Roman building that still syands featuring a dome built with concrete

Answer 29

The Pantheon

Question 30

Civilization that first developed basilica building type

Answer 30

The Romans

Question 31

Cubed capitala came during which period

Answer 31

The middle ages

Question 32

Bascilcas feature a

Answer 32

Nave

Question 33

Hall Church features

Answer 33

Two isles of equal height

Question 34

Lombard bands are

Answer 34

Arcade-like reliefs seperating parts of a facade

Question 35

An ambulatory are

Answer 35

Radiating altars around choir of church

Question 36

What is a bundled/compound pier

Answer 36

A pier with what appears to be made of many smaller columns

Question 37

Combination of vaults and piers represent

Answer 37

A palm tree

Question 38

Christain churched converted into Islamic mosques

Answer 38

The Grand Mosque of Cordoba and the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus

Question 39

Stained glass windows are composed of thousands of small glass pieces (T or F)

Answer 39

True

Question 40

What is significant about Saint Eustache in Paris

Answer 40

Blend of late gothic and renaissance

Question 41

Mosaics in Cathedral of Aachen are from

Answer 41

19th century

Question 42

Who coined the term construction research

Answer 42

Armin von Gerkan

Question 43

What is construction research

Answer 43

Case study based on verification of architectural history

Question 44

National Socialists used medival castles as stages for propaganda (T or F)

Answer 44

True

Question 45

East German Palace of the Republic was demolished because it was poorly built (T or F)

Answer 45

False

Question 46

In its current form, construction research studies the building condition and its relation from the earliest form until the modern-day, but CAN be augmented by an archaeological excavation. (T or F)

Answer 46

True

Question 47

The U.S., Germany, France, and United Kingdom all use the same system for zoning. (T or F)

Answer 47

false

Question 48

Cars became more prominent after WWII because...

Answer 48

More people were moving to the suburbs The U.S. government had built more roads The U.S. government actively encouraged car sales in order to repay the debt owed to the motor companies for their assistance in the war.

Question 49

Cities with a quadratic street plan are only found in the U.S. T or F)

Answer 49

False

Question 50

The reconstruction of Potsdam began with a single building to encourage the populace to support the cause. What was that building?

Answer 50

The Fortuna Gate

Question 51

The famous architect, Mies van der Rohe was part of the Bauhaus movement.

Answer 51

True

Question 52

Around which time did city planning become its own profession?

Answer 52

1900

Question 53

Which zoning category is not used in the U.S.

Answer 53

social

Question 54

Sewage systems in the U.S. were first implemented in the...

Answer 54

1840s

Question 55

The buildings of Potsdam were bombed so badly that the East German government had no other choice than to demolish them.

Answer 55

false

Question 56

7 elements of interior design

Answer 56

space, form, light, color, line, pattern, texture

Question 57

7 principles of interior design

Answer 57

balance/alighnment, emphasis, contrast, unity/harmony, rhthym, proportion/scale, details

Question 58

architrave

Answer 58

the lintel that rests atop the column capitals

Question 59

cornice

Answer 59

ornamental moulding just below the edge of the roof

Question 60

frieze

Answer 60

section just above the architrave, typically decorated with bas reliefs

Question 61

portico

Answer 61

a porch leading into a building, typically colonnaded