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1. ERICH MENDELSOHN - Expressionist Architect.

2. FUNCTIONALISM - What do you call the doctrine that has two extremes: One is that a building
cannot be beautiful unless it answers its function in the best simple and direct way -and that, if a
building answers its function in the most simple and direct way, it will automatically be
beautiful.
3. TEXTURE - It refers to the quality of surface treatment, associated with materials
4. TEN BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE BY MARCUS VITRUVIUS - "The man of learning… can fearlessly
look down upon the troublesome accidents of fortune. But he who thinks himself entrenched in
defense not of learning but of luck, moves one slippery path, struggling though life unsteadily
and insecurely."
5. RADIAL SYMMETRY - Symmetry resulting from the arrangement of similar radiating parts about
a center point or central axis.
6. KENZO TANGE - The Architect who said that "Modern Architecture need not be Western."
7. STIMULATION - What is the psychological significance of color red?
8. ADOLF LOOS - According to this Architect his philosophy is "Ornament equals Crime"
9. BALANCE - One of the Principles of Composition which is also known as "Formal Architecture"
10. BUCKMINSTER FULLER - He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for living".
11. MANNERISM - A style in the architecture Italy I the second half of the 16th century and to a
lesser extent elsewhere in Europe. It uses classical elements in an unconventional manner.
12. ANTHROPOMETRY - The measurement and study of the size and proportion of the human body
13. SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN - An English Architect who prepared plan for London i.e., St. Peter 's
and St. Paul Cathedral; proposed a network of avenues connecting the main features of London.
14. JUAN NAKPIL - Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
15. LE CORBUSIER - The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the
interior.
16. DESIGN CONCEPT - A concept for the form, structure and features of building or other
construction, represented graphically by diagrams plans or other drawings
17. ELIEL SAARINEN - Who said, “Beauty grows from necessity, not from repetition of formulas.”
18. CANONIC DESIGN - Form that is generated using two or more geometric systems
19. ANTONIO GAUDI - The Architect who is known to be the "Father of Fantastic Architecture"
20. LE CORBUSIER - "A house is a machine to live in".
21. COMPLEXITY - The state or quality of being a whole composed of complicated, intricate or
interconnected parts.
22. JUAN NAKPIL - Designer of the Bonifacio Monument.
23. FELIPE MENDOZA - Architect of the National Library, Philippines.
24. INTENSITY - Which of the following indicates the brightness or dullness of a color?
25. JUAN NAKPIL - Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
26. RED, YELLOW, BLUE - Which of the following represent the primary colors?
27. FUNCTION - What type of architectural character is derived through the use of the building?
28. GEORGE RAMOS - Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.
29. EXAGGERATED ELEMENTS - With regards to relationships of structure to architecture, which of
the following describes adequate structure?
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30. PROTECTIVE - What type of architectural elements provide protection for users from inclement
of seasons or enemies?
31. GEORGE RAMOS - Architect of G.S.I.S. Building, Roxas Boulevard.
32. VITRUVIUS - Who wrote “Treatise de Architectura”
33. FUNCTIONAL INTERRELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM - What do you call the tool in architecture which
organizes space or spatial composition related to function?
34. PROPORTION - What art principle shows the relationships between the various parts of an
object/structure/groups of objects and structures?
35. TRIAD - Color harmony that is equidistant to each other on the color wheel.
36. MICHAEL GRAVES - Whose famous dictum or axiom is "Design as if you were a child"?
37. OLFACTORY - In perception of space, which sense affects placement of rooms which could limit
unpleasant odors.
38. OPTICAL COLOR MIXING - The merging of juxtaposed dots or strokes of pure colors when seen
from a distance to produce a hue often more luminous than that available from premixed
pigment.
39. HUE - Which of the following indicates the name of a color?
40. FENG SHUI - What is referred to as a Chinese geomancy originally called "under the canopy of
heaven"?
41. UNITY - The state or quality of being combined into one as the ordering of elements in a
composition that constitutes a harmonious whole or promotes a singleness of effect
42. GUILLERMO TOLENTINO - Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.
43. BUCKMINSTER FULLER – He created the Dyxmaxion House, “The first machine for living.”
44. MIES VAN DE ROHE - Whose famous dictum or axiom is "Less is More"?
45. UNITY - The culmination of all the elements of design which suggests harmony.
46. PRACTICAL USEFULNESS OF SPACE - What is referred to as the origin of architecture?
47. SOCIAL DISTANCE - What type of distance is that which is psychological and is indicated by a
hidden band that contains two or more individuals in a group?
48. POP - What type of art outlines the crude realities of life, like filthy dustbins, mud, dirty works
and vulgar situations?
49. ROBERT VENTURI - Whose famous dictum is this: Unity disguised as chaos -complexity and
contradiction are often what make works of art both exciting and profound.
50. SHADE - A relatively dark value of color, produced by adding black to it.
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1) OPUS RECTICULATUM - A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect.

2) BALNEUM - A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.
3) GREEK - What historic style of architecture contributed the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
"Orders of Architecture?
4) GOTHIC - Mediaeval architecture, which is characterized by the pointed style, was prevalent
in Western Europe from the 13th to the 15th century. What do you call this style?
5) ODEION - A kindred type of theater.
6) MOSQUE - What is the principal type of building in Muslim Architecture?
7) REFECTORY - The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college.
8) BEMA - In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later
developed into the transept, this is the ___.
9) SMALL OPENINGS - Due to generally rainless and bright sunshine climate, which of the
following describe Egyptian structures?
10) EGYPTIAN - Which historic style of architecture first introduced the clerestory?
11) WEST - Orientation of the Medieval Church.
12) PYRAMIDS ARE SUN-DRIED BRICKS FACED WITH KILN-BURNT BRICKS, WHILE ZIGGURATS
USE MASONRY, HUGE BLOCKS OF STONE - Which of the following is true about Egyptian
pyramids and Babylonian ziggurats?
13) PHIDIAS - Master sculptor of the Parthenon.
14) 13 - Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda.
15) AGORA - Public buildings are important structures in Greek architecture. What do you call
the town square used as center of Greek social and business life?
16) CALLIMACHUS - Conceptualized the Corinthian capital.
17) GREEK CROSS - The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante.
18) MNESICLES - Architect of the Erechtheion and Propylaea, Acropolis.
19) HADRIAN - The architect of the Pantheon.
20) ACROTERION - Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament,
more usually, the ornament itself.
21) FORUM ROMANUM - The oldest and most important forum in Rome.
22) MUSLIM - The "Arabesque" surface ornamentation originated from what style of
architecture.
23) SUDATORIUM - The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
24) XERXES - Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'?
25) PANTHEON - Most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome.
26) VESPASIAN / DOMITIAN - The colosseum in Rome also known as the "flavian amphitheater"
was commenced by whom and completed by whom?
27) ANTHEMIUS AND ISIDORUS - Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia,Constantinople)
28) LICEO DE MANILA - First school which offered architecture in the Philippines.
29) TEMENOS - The sacred enclosure found in the highest part of a Greek city is called:
30) BASILICAN TYPE OF CRUCIFORM PLAN - Which of the following is a major contribution of
Early Christian architecture?
31) KANKANAY - It is a traditional house that was called binangiyan. It was a single room
dwelling elevated at 1.50 meters from the ground; the floor were made of hard wood like
narra which rested on 3 floor joist which in turn were supported by transverse girders.
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32) THALAMUS - The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.

33) CALIDARIUM - The Hot Room of the Thermae.
34) ROMAN - "Cubicula" or bedroom is from what architecture
35) SUDATORIUM - The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
36) LATIN CROSS - The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderna.
37) NAOS - In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the ___.
38) MUSLIM - The "Arabesque" surface ornamentation originated from what style of
architecture.
39) TEPIDARIUM – The warm room in Thermae.
40) ALTAR - What do you call the enclosed space at the top of a ziggurat in Mesopotamia?
41) EPIDAUROS - The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters.
42) DOMUS – Private house of the Romans.
43) VILLA - Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site.
44) PEDIMENT - Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.
45) EAST - Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___.
46) GLADIATORIAL RACE - Amphitheaters are used for ___.
47) PINACOTHECA - A Greek building that contains painted pictures.
48) INSULAE - Roman apartment blocks.
49) OPUS QUADRATUM - A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without
mortar joints.
50) COMPOSITE - Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the
Greeks.