Module 8 Quiz

Two factors that decide the success of any structural system are

• weight and tensile strength.

• the tension and compression of each buttress

• None of these answers is correct.

• the placement of its dome and its pendentives

• the linear ratio of foundation to wall and wall to roof.

Stacking and piling is another term for

• Load bearing construction

• None of the answers is correct

• Post and lintel

• Arch and vault

• The mending of stone fences

The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as the

• Gothic architecture.

• Hypostyle

• Shell system

• Greek orders

• International style

The ability of a material to span horizontal distances with a minimum of support is called

• Tensile strength

• Tension

• Vaulting

• Compression

• Buttressing

Built almost 2000 years ago, the ________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch.

• Pont du Gard at N"mes

• Reims Cathedral

• Hagia Sophia

• None of these answers is correct.

• Acropolis in Athens

Built for the World's Fair in 1889, the ________ was an early experiment in iron construction.

• Wainwright Building

• Chrysler Building

• Crystal Palace

• Lever House

• Eiffel Tower

________ is most famous for his design of the geodesic dome.

• Joseph paxton

• Thomas jefferson

• Anthemius of Tralles

• Louis Sullivan

• R. Buckminster Fuller

The International style emphasizes

• avoidance of superficial decoration

• None of these answers is correct.

• geometric form

• all of these: clean lines, geometric form, and avoidance of superficial decoration.

• Clean lines

The following is NOT true about art museum architecture.

• Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao design required an aerospace-design computer program.

• Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is clad in titanium.

• John Russell Pope's neoclassical National Gallery harmonizes with the other buildings on the Washington, D.C. mall.

• John Russell Pope's National Gallery was initially praised for its innovative style.

• Zaha Hadid's Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art has two highly contrasting façades.

Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Bear Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the "organic" architecture of

• John Russell Pope

• Le Corbusier

•  

  Frank Gehry.

• I. M. Pei.

• Frank Lloyd Wright.