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Theory of Architecture by Alfred Abadilla
Theory of Architecture by Alfred Abadilla
Theory of Architecture by Alfred Abadilla
SHORTEST PATH THE STRESSES DEVELOPED WITHIN THE STRUCTURES – NERVI, PIER LUIGI
AN IMPORTANT SCOTTISH ARCHITECT WHO WAS PARTICULARLY KNOWN FOR HIS INTERIORS BASED ON
CLASSICAL DECORATION – ROBERT ADAM
ARCHITECTURE IS DECORATED CONSTRUCTION NOT CONSTRUCTED DECORATION IS AN ARCHITECT
PHILOSOPHY NAMED – MACKINTOSH CHARLES
THE MOST IMPORTANT KIND OF CHARACTER IN ARCHITECTURE IS THAT WHICH RESULT FROM THE
PURPOSE OF THE BUILDING OR REASON OF ERECTION – PERSONAL CHARACTER
IS THE FAMOUS FOR THE EYE CATCHING TOWER HE CONSTRUCTED IN PARIS FOR THE EXPOSITION
UNIVERSALLY OF 1889 WORK OF EIFFEL TOWER – ALEXANDRE GUSTAV EIFFEL
FREQUENTLY WORKS ON A LARGE SCALE AND IS RENOWNED FOR HIS SHARP, GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. –
LEOH MING PEI
WHO SAID THE WILL OF THE EPOCH TRANSLATED INTO SPACE – ADOLF HITLER
THIS REFER TO THE MANNER IN WHICH THE SURFACE OF A FORM COME TOGETHER TO DEFINE ITS –
ARTICULATION OF FORM
ARCHITECT, SCULPTOR AND ENGINEER WHO WAS THE MAIN INITIATOR OF STYLISTIC CHANGER IN
RENAISSANCE ARCHRE. THE ENGINEERING FEAT REPRESENTED BY THE CUPOLA OF FLORENCE
CATHEDRAL STAGGERED BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES. - BRUNELLESCHI FILLIPPO
WHEN LINES, PLANES AND SURFACE TREATMENTS ARE REPEATED IN A REGULAR SEQUENCE. – RHYTHM
ARCHITECT OF THE UNESCO BLDG. IN PARIS WHICH THE STRIKING FEATURE OF THIS COMPLEX IS THE
ENORMOUS “Y” SHAPED OFFICE AND CONFERENCE ROOM BLOCK. – MARCEL BREUER
IT BEARS A CERTAIN RELATION TO THE SAME ATTRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF AN INDIVIDUAL – PERSONAL
CHARACTER
ARCHITECT OF THE ROCKWELL CENTER – FELINO PALAFOX
ARCHITECTURE SEIZES UPON SPACE ENCOMPASSES SPACE AND IS SPACE ITSELF BELONGS TO – ERCIH
MENDELSOHN
ALMOST IS NOTHING “PHILOSOPHY OF ARCHITECT – MIES VAN DE ROHE
THE YOUNGEST OF THE PIONEER MODERNISTS, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SHIFTING THE BIAS OF THE
BAUHAUS FROM THE ARTS AND CRAFTS TO ART AND TECHNOLOGY – MARCEL BREUER
SUBTRACTING A PORTION OF A FORMS VOLUME TO CREATE ANOTHER – SUBTRACTING TRANSFORMATION
IT IS EVIDENT BY A COMPARISON WHICH THE EYE MAKES BETWEEN THE SIZE, SHAPE AND TONE OF A
VARIOUS OBJECT OR PART OF A COMPETITION – PROPORTION
ARCHITECT OF “SALT INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA – LOUIS KAHN
IN HIS PRACTICE HE EXPLORES THE USE OF INDIGENOUS MATERIALS INFUSED WITH CURRENT
TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS TO BRING A NEW DIMENSION IN DESIGNS – FRANCISCO MANOSA
ARCHITECT AT THE “ONE SAN MIGUEL AVENUE” – PHILIP RECTO
SCOTTISH ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER WHO WAS PROMINENT IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN
GREAT BRITAIN – CHARLES MACKINTOSH
CHARACTERIZED BY AN ARRANGEMENT WHERE ALL THE PART RADIATE FROM A CENTER LIKE THE SPIKES
IN A WHEEL - CENTRALIZED
ARCHITECTURE IS GENERALLY CONCEIVED, DESIGNED, AND RELAIZED. – DESIGN PROCESS
HE WAS THE ARCHITECT IN HIS TIME THAT RECEIVES HIS LICENSE AS WARD AT HIS 60’s OR AT THE AGE OF
60 YRS OLD – BUCKMINSTER FULLER
A HOUSE IS A MACHINE TO LIVE IN PHILOSOPY BELONGS TO – LE CORBUSIER
WITH RESPECT TO AN OBSERVER – VISUAL INERTIA
IT GIVES A FEELING OF GRANDEUR, DIGNITY AND MONUMENTALITY – SCALE
TRANSFORMED THE RENAISSANCE TRADITION OF THE UNIVERSAL ARTIST-GENIUS INTO THE STYLE WHICH
CAME TO BE KNOWN AS BAROQUE – A FUSION OF THE ARTS OF ARCHRE SCULPTURE AND PAINTING TO
CREATE NEW FORMS WHICH ABOVE ALL CREATED A DRAMATIC IMPACT AND INVOLVED THE SPECTATOR –
BERNINI GIOVANNI LORENZO
ONE OF THE MOST SUBLIME PAINTERS AND SCULPTUREP AND ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARCHITECT
AND DRAFT MAN – PALAZZO DUCALE
HIS FIRST DESIGNS WERE DRAWINGS OF FANTANSTIC ARCHITECTURAL VISION IN STEEL AND GLASS AS
WELL AS COSTUIME AND POSTER DESIGN – ERICIH MENDELSOHN
COMPOSITION OF LINEAR FORMS EXTENDING OUTWARD FROM A CENTRAL FORM IN A RADIAL MANNER –
RADIAL FORM
THE WORLD’S LARGEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOPPING CENTER AT ALBERT, CANADA. HAS 127 ACRE WITH A
FLOOR AREA OF 5.2 MILLION SQ.M. IT ALSO HA MORE THAN 800 STORES AND 11 MAJOR DEPARTMENT
STORES. – WEST EDMONTON MALL
DEALS WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWWEN THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WHOLE TO THE VARIOUS PARTS
– BALANCE
RECEIVED THE “PATNUBAY NG SINING AT KALINANAGAN” AWARD FOR THE CITY OF MANILA, WHO IS THE
ARCHITECT?- TOMAS MAPUA
THIS FAMOUS AXIOM “EACH ONE SEES WHATEVER HE WISHES TO SEE” BELONGS TO – LUCIO COSTA
ARCHITECT OF THE CENTRE POMPIDOU IN PARIS – RENZO PIANO
ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE. WORK AUDITORIUM
BUILDING, US – LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN
ONE OR MORE DIMENSION ARE ALTERED BUT WILL RETAIN ITS IDENTITY - DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION
ARCHITECT OF THE FIRST SKY SCARAPER IN ITLAY, THE PIRELLIN BUILDING (1955) IN MILAN, A
COLLABORATIVE DESIGN – PIER LUIGI NE
ARCHITECT AND PAINTER ONE OF THE PERSONALITIES OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ARCHRE. ALREADY IN HIS
EARLY WORKS HE CHANGED CONVENTIONAL ARCHRE SPACE BY INSERTING ILLUSIONIST FEATURES MORE
TYPICAL OF PAINTING AND STORAGE SETTINGS – BRAMANTER DONATO
A NUMBER OF SECONDARY FORMS CLUSTERED ABOUT A DOMINANT, CENTRA-PERCEIVE FORM. –
CLUSTERED
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION – ARCHITECTURE
HE WAS CALLED “MASTERS MASTER” WHERE HIS STUDENDTS ARE ARCHIETECTS LIKE GRIPIUS, BREUER
AND VAN DE ROHE – PETER BEHRENS
WHOSE FAMOUS DICTUM/PHILOSIOPHY IS THIS “A HOYSE IS A MACHINE FOR LIVING” – LE CORBUSIER
CAN BE REGULAR OR IRREGULAR, PRIMARY CHARACTERISTIC THAT IDENTIFIES – COLOR
DISCOVER NEW FACILITIES IN THE ITERPLAY OF VOLUMES, PLANES, LEVELS AND BETTER RELATIONSHIP OF
THE LIGHT AND VIEW WHICH IS ONE STYLE IN DESIGN – OSCAR NIEMEYER
FINNISH ARCHITECT, WHO BY PRESERVING RIGOR FROM ART NPUVEAU AND NEVER QUITE SUCCUMBING TO
THE FULL SENTIMENT, PRODUCED EXTRACTING STRUCTURES AND RESTRAINTS – SAARINEN ELIEL
SPANISH ARCHITECTS, ONE OF THE MORST CREATIVE PRACTIONERS OF HIS ART IN MODERN TIMES. HIS
STYLES IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A BLEND OF NEO-GOTHIC AND ART NOUVEAU, BUT IS ALSP HAS
SURREALIST AND CUBIST ELEMENTS – ANTONIO GAUDI
THE SIZE OF A BLDG ELEMENT OR SPACE RELATIVE TO THE DIMENSIONS AND PROPORTION OF HUMAN
BODY – HUMAN SCALE
“WHEN CHANGE NEEDS, ASKS A STRANGER” – PETER BEHRENS
FRENCH- BORN, BRAZILIAN ARCHITECT AND URBAN PLANNER – LUCIO COSTA
His ability to select and use motifs from the classical antique in an original way led to his success, and his interior
designs are one of the finest expressions of 18th century artistic achievement. – ROBERT ADAM
Much of his works has been described as post modern, since he rejected the excessive abstractionism of architects
such as Le Corbusier and strove instead to incorporate the valid elements of older style. – KAHN LOUIS
Most elementary means of organizing forms and spaces in architecture.- CHARACTER
STANSTED AIRPORT – NORMAN FOSTER
Contributions where the advocacy of the idea of planning rooms by volume.- OSCAR NIEMEYER
“ A CITY IS SUBJECTED TO GROWTH, DELAY AND REBUILT” BELONGS TO, - KENZO TANGE
ARCHIETCT WHO LEADS THE DEVT. OF THE QUEZON MEMORIAL CIRCLE IN QC – FRANCISCO MANOSA
Afterwards became deeply involved in the design and building of French railways and bridges. He worked on structures
such as bridge across the Garonne River, train stations at Toulouse and again in France.- GUSTAVE EIFFEL
His insistence on the importance of design and formal expression in our lives, and his adept handling of materials,
light and space, explained why he is one of the great architects of the 20th century. – ALVAR AALTO
STARTING WITH HOLES, BELONGS TO ARCHITECT – BUCKMINSTER FULLER
ARCHITECT OF “OUR LADY AT EDA SHRINE OF THE 1986 REVOLUTION – FRANCISCO MANOSA
One of the pioneers of the modern movement in American architecture. Work auditorium building, U.S. – LOUIS
HENRY SULLIVAN
The size and proportion of an element appear to have relative to other elements of known or assumed size. –
VISUAL SCALE
“SCRAPPED CLASSICISM” – PETER NEHRENS
"I am neither a capitalist nor a socialist, I am not a religious or an atheist" belongs to. – LUCIO COSTA
Design Science" is a philosophy of architect? – BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Kind of rhythm where equally spaced windows are introduced on the broken wall, then regular repetition is presented.
– UNACCENTED RHYTYM Nicknamed "The Shell builder" because of his extensive exploration of the
structural possibilities of lightweight concrete roof construction, often using complex curve forms to exploit the
tensile strengths within this versatile material. – FELIX CANDELA
A set of modular forms related and regulated by 3D grid – GRID FORM
Architect of the "Reichstag" in Berlin ( Frankfort commerce bank building) – NORMAN FOSTER
Architect who contributed the use of reinforcement concrete flames and large areas of glazing (glass) where we
applied today. – ADOLF LOOS
Architect of the "PHIVOLCS" building in C.P. Garcia Ave., Diliman, Quezon City – FROILAN HONG
A SERIES OF FORM ARRANGED IN SEQUENCE IN A ROW – LINEAR FORM
A collection of forms grouped together by proximity or the sharing of a common visual trait. – GRID FORM
It is a comparison showing differences, the opposite of similarity. – CONTRAST
Whose famous dictum is this, "Unity disguised as chaos,complexity & contradiction are often what make works of art
both exciting and profound." – KENZO TANGE
to whom does this philosophy belongs to, "Where the architects task is to restore a correct order of values… it is still
the architects duty to attempt to humanize age of machines. But this should not be done without regard for form" –
ALVAR AALTO
Approach each building; as a sculptural object, a spatial container, a space with light and air, a response to context
and appropriateness of feeling and spirit. – FRANK GEHRY
Eiffeltower I Paris stands – 984 FT
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An architect who is deeply concerned with architectural details and the craftsmanship that goes into them. Emphasis
is often laid on the repetition of industrialized "modular units" in his work.
An architect who is deeply concerned with architectural details and the craftsmanship that goes into them. Emphasis
is often laid on the repetition of industrialized "modular units" in his work. – SIR NORMAN FOSTER
Who said that "The magnificent display of volume put together in the light – LE CORBUSIER
One of his stylish choice which are circles and squares were used in his design solutions. – RICHARD MEIER
Architect of " De la Salle University building" on Taft Avenue. – TOMAS MAPUA
ARCHITECT OF THE RELIANCE BLDG IN CHICAGO – DANIEL BURNHAM
One of the world's 1st futurist and global thinkers. His 1927 decision to work always and only for all humanity led him
to address the largest global problems of poverty, disease and homelessness. – BUCKMINSTER
is work was with simple forms, the distillation from history and the order of industrial techniques, this designs of bold,
pure, simple forms offered both architectural integrity and structural honesty. - MIES VAN DE ROHE