THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 8.

_____ are made up from different components

which are then repeated in the same way
throughout the design.
1. He was considered the author of the oldest
a. Pattern
research on architecture, wrote an extensive
b. Shape
summary of all the theory on construction and his
c. Color
works depicted a thorough knowledge of earlier
d. Texture
Greek and Roman writings.
a. Violet Le Duc
9. The actual dimension in terms of length, width
b. Vitruvius
and depth.
c. Louis Sullivan
a. Shape
d. Henry Richardson
b. Height
c. Length
2. He defined architecture as: utilitas, firmitas,
d. Size
venustas - generally translated as utility, firmness,
and delight.
10. The architecture of borrowing?
e. Violet Le Duc
a. Eclecticism
f. Vitruvius
b. Arts & Crafts Movement
g. Louis Sullivan
c. Art Nouveau
h. Henry Richardson
d. Modernism
3. Less is a bore. Is the famous saying of _____.
11. industrial Revolution
a. Louis Sullivan
a. Eclecticism
b. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. Arts & Crafts Movement
c. Robert Venturi
c. Art Nouveau
d. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
d. Modernism
4. The contour and structure of an object as
distinguished from its substance or from the matter
12. Popular Modernist Architects except?
composing it.
a. Otto Wagner
a. Area
b. Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
b. Façade
c. Frank Lloyd Wright
c. Form
d. Le Corbusier
d. Perspective
13. The easiest and simplest kind of balance is the
5. General formula to explain a phenomena ______.
purely symmetrical type in which the elements are
a. Theory
arranged in precisely the same manner on either
b. Research
side of a central axis or line.
c. Survey
a. Occult balance
d. Test
b. Formal balance
c. Symmetrical balance
6. 97. Architecture characterized by free, abstract,
d. Asymmetrical balance
monumental form.
a. Minimalism
14. Consists of a number of secondary spaces
b. Functionalism
grouped around a dominant, central space that is
c. Expressionism
generally regular in form and large enough to gather
d. Brutalism
a number of secondary spaces about its perimeter.
a. Centralized
7. _____ used by designers to portray mood, light,
b. Linear
depth, and point of view
c. Grid
a. Pattern
d. Clustered
b. Shape
c. Color
d. Texture

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15. Consists of a series of spaces that can either be 23. Can have multiple meanings and elements in
directly related to one another or be linked through design. Are made up from different components
a separate and distinct linear space. which are then repeated in the same way
a. Centralized throughout the design
b. Linear a. Symmetry
c. Grid b. Rhythm
d. Clustered c. Emphasis
d. Pattern
16. Relies on physical proximity to relate its spaces to
one another. 24. Refers to the way that two points in space are
a. Centralized connected. Whether they’re horizontal lines,
b. Linear diagonal lines, or vertical lines
c. Grid a. Shape
d. Clustered b. Line
c. Color
17. The art and science of designing and constructing d. Texture
buildings.
a. Science 25. One of the elements of design that is used to
b. Fine Arts represent how an object appears or feels.
c. Architecture a. Shape
d. Engineering b. Line
c. Color
18. A line established by two points in space, about d. Texture
which forms and spaces can be arranged in a regular
or irregular manner. 26. “Architecture should speak of its
a. Axis time and place, but yearn for timelessness”
b. Hierarchy a. Le Corbusier
c. Rhythm b. Louis Sullivan
d. Datum c. Mies Van Der Rohe
d. Frank Gehry
19. Refers to any movement characterized by a 27. "A room is not a room without natural light."
patterned recurrent of elements or motifs at regular a. Le Corbusier
or irregular intervals. b. Louis Sullivan
a. Axis c. Mies Van Der Rohe
b. Hierarchy d. Louis Kahn
c. Rhythm 28. “Architecture is the will of an epoch translated
d. Datum into space.”
20. “Form ever follows function” a. Le Corbusier
a. Le Corbusier b. Louis Sullivan
b. Louis Sullivan c. Mies Van Der Rohe
c. Mies Van Der Rohe d. Louis Kahn
d. Louis Khan 29. a two-dimensional area that
21. “Five points of architecture” is surrounded by an outline.
a. Le Corbusier a. Shape
b. Louis Sullivan b. Form
c. Mies Van Der Rohe c. Color
d. Louis Khan d. Texture
22. One of the ordering principles in architecture. A 30. Pertains to the way that a shape or physical
balanced distribution of spaces; it creates a sense of configuration occupies space.
calm and visual balance for the viewer. a. Shape
a. Symmetry b. Form
b. Rhythm c. Color
c. Emphasis d. Texture
d. Pattern

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