THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE

1. It is a comparison showing differences, the opposite of similarity.

A. rhythm B. character
C. proportion D. contrast
2. The most important kind of character in architecture is that which result from the
purpose of the building or reason of erection.
A. proportion B. contrast
C. functional character D. personal character
3. Most elementary means of organizing forms and spaces in architecture.
A. balance B. axis
C. scale D. character
4. Characterized by an arrangement where all the part radiate from a center like the
spikes in a wheel.
A. radial B. formal
C. centralized D. unsymmetrical
5. It means equality.
A. rhythm B. contrast
C. formal D. balance
6. It gives a feeling of grandeur, dignity and monumentality.
A. centralized B. radial
C. scale D. balance
7. When lines, planes, and surface treatments are repeated in a regular sequence.
A. balance B. rhythm
C. contrast D. proportion
8. A kind of character that came from the influence of ideas and impressions related to or
growing out of past experience.
A. associated char. B. personal char.
C. character D. functional char.
9. 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.
A. proportion B. rhythm
C. scale D. balance
10. Deals with the relationship between the different parts of the whole to the various
parts.
A. relative proportion B. absolute proportion
C. proportion D. balance
11. It bears a certain relation to the same attribute to the life of an individual.
A. functional char. B. relative proportion
C. personal char. D. balance
12. These systems are based on the dimension and proportion of the human body.
a. proportion b. balance
c. anthropometric d. anthropomorphic proportion
13. The size and proportion of an element appear to have relative to other elements of
known or assumed size.
a. visual scale b. mechanical scale
c. generic scale d. human scale
14. Kind of rhythm where equally spaced windows are introduced on the broken wall,
then regular repetition is presented.
a. accented rhythm b. unaccented rhythm
c. rhythm of motion d. rhythm
15. The size of a building element or space relative to the dimensions and proportion of
human body.
a. generic scale b. visual scale
c. human scale d. mechanical scale
16. The art and science of building design and construction.
a. architecture b. theory
c. visual scale d. rhythm
17. Who said that “The magnificent display of volume put together in the light”
a. Adolf Hitler b. Frank Gehry
c. Louis Kahn d. Le Corbusier
18. That which the eye identifies, the mind perceives and interprets.
a. shape b. texture
c. form d. orientation
19. With respect to an observer.
a. size b. orientation
c. visual inertia d. position
20. A series of form arranged in sequence in a row.
a. clustered form b. linear form
c. radial form d. grid form
21. A set of modular forms related and regulated by 3D grid.
a. linear form b. radial form
c. grid form d. cluster form
22. Subtracting a portion of a forms volume to create another.
a. subtracting transformation b. additive transformation
c. subtractive transformation d. dimensional transformation
23. This refer to the manner in which the surface of a form come together to define its
shape and volume.
a. articulation of form b. form
c. clustered form d. architecture
24. Who said “The will of the epoch translated into space’
a. Adolf Hitler b. Le Corbusier
c. Ching d. Jamandri
25. A composition of linear forms extending outward from a central form in a radial manner.
a. linear form b. clustered form
c. radial form d. centralized form
26. Architecture is generally conceived, designed and realized.
a. design process b. articulation
c. form d. theory
27. A number of secondary forms clustered about a dominant, centra-perceive form.
a. linear b. clustered
c. centralized d. grid form
28. One or more dimension are altered but will retain its identity.
a. subtractive b. dimensional trans.
c. additive trans. d. NOTA
29. A collection of forms grouped together by proximity or the sharing of a common
visual trait.
a. grid form b. clustered form
c. radial form d. linear form
30. Can be regular or irregular, primary characteristic that identifies.
a. size b. color
c. orientation d. shape
31. Is the most famous for the eye catching tower he constructed in Paris for the
exposition universally of 1889 work of Eiffel tower.
A. Alexandre Gustav Eiffel
B. Alexander Gustav Eiffel
C. Alex Gustav Eiffel
32. One of the pioneers of the modern movement in American architecture. Work
auditorium building, U.S.
A. Daniel Burnham
B. Louis Henry Sullivan
C. William Le Baron Jenney
33. Arch of the famous Twin Tower World Trade Center.
A. Yamasaki and Roth
B. I.M. Pei
C. Brunelleschi
34. One of the most sublime painters and sculpture and one of the most influential
Architect and draft man.
A. Michael Angelo
B. Palazzo Ducale
C. Richard Kipling
35. The influential architect born in 1508 I Padua. He designed the Palazzo Chierecati,
Vicencia, Italy. Known as the grandest town residence.
A. Holland
B. Andrea di Pietro Della Gondola
C. Andrea Palladio
36. Scottish architect and designer who was prominent in the arts and crafts movement in
Great Britain.
a. Charles Mackintosh c. Peter Behrens
b. Robert Adam d. Mies Van de Rohe
37. Received the “Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinanagan “award for the city of manila, who
is the architect?
a. Philip Recto c. Juan Nakpil
b. Tomas Mapua e. Antonio Toledo
38. In 1989 he received the prtzker prize commonly referred to as “The Noble of
Architecture” the loftiest recognition. It is a lifetime achievement award granted to
living architect whose body of work represents a superlative contribution to the field.
a. Minoru Yamasaki c. Frank Gehry
b. Renzo Piano d. Kenzo Tange
39. His first designs were drawings of fantastic architectural visions in steel and glass as
well as costume and poster design.
a. Norman Foster c. Ieoh Ming Pei
b. Frank Gehry d. Erich Mendelsohn
40. 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.
a. Kahn, Louis c. Ieoh Ming Pei
b. Maxwell, Fry d. Marcel Breuer
41. Spanish architects, one of the most creative practitioners of his art in modern times.
His style is often described as a blend of neo-gothic and art nouveau, but is also has
surrealist and cubist elements.
a. Marcel Breuer c. Adolf Loos
b. Antonio Gaudi d. Lucio Costa
42. 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.
a. Kenzo Tange c. Buckminster Fuller
b. Daniel Burnham d. Frank Gehry
43. In his practice he explores the use of indigenous materials infused with current
technological trends to bring a new dimension in designs.
a. Tomas Mapua c. Juan Nakpil
b. Leandro Locsin d. Francisco Manosa
44. 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.
a. Gustave Eiffel c. Ieoh Ming Pei
b. Norman Foster d. Alvar Aalto
45. He has actively promoted the use of native architectural forms and indigenous
nationals such as bamboo and thatch, in the creation of a distinctively Filipino
architecture.
a. Philip Recto c. Juan Nakpil
b. Francisco Manosa d. Antonio Toledo
46. French-born, Brazilian architect and urban planner.
a. Daniel Burnham c. Lucio Costa
b. Oscar Niemeyer d. Eliel Saarinen
47. This famous axiom “Each one sees whatever he wishes to see” belongs to,
a. Daniel Burnham c. Oscar Niemeyer
b. Peter Behrens d. Lucio Costa
48. This philosophy “When change needs, asks a stranger” belongs to,
a. Peter Behrens c. Oscar Niemeyer
b. Marcel Breuer d. Robert Adams
49. He was the architect in his time that receives his license as award at his 60’s or at the
age of 60 yrs. old.
a Louis Sullivan c. Antonio Gaudi
b. Buckminster Fuller d. Paul Rudolf
50. An important Scottish architect who was particularly known for his interiors based on
classical decoration.
a. Mackintosh Charles c. Robert Adam
b. Marcel Breuer d. Mies van de Rohe
51. 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”
a. Peter Behrens c. Marcel Breuer
b. Oscar Niemeyer d. Alvar Aalto
52. 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.
a. Alvar Aalto c. Richard Meier
b. Robert Adam d. Renzo Piano
53. He was called “Masters master” where his students are architects like Gropius, Breuer
and Van de Rohe.
a. Eric Mendelsohn c. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. Peter Behrens d. Vitruvius
54. A German architect who uses more representational styles which has been called
“Scrapped Classicism”
a. Robert Adam c. Peter Behrens
b. Daniel Burnham d. Alvar Aalto
55. Architect of the “Reliance Building” in Chicago.
a. Eero Saarinen c. Eliel Saarinen
b. Oscar Niemeyer d. Daniel Burnham
56. This famous dictum, “I am neither a capitalist nor a socialist, I am not a religious or
an atheist” belongs to.
a. Lucio Costa c. Pier Luigi Nervi
b. Buckminster Fuller d. Oscar Niemeyer
57. Architect who leads the development of the ‘Quezon Memorial Circle” in Quezon City.
a. Juan Nakpil c. Francisco Manosa
b. Froilan Hong d. Philip Recto
58. Eiffel tower I Paris stands.
a. 982 ft. c. 984 ft.
b. 983 ft. d. 985 ft.
59. “Starting with holes” belongs to architect
a. Mies van de Rohe c. Renzo Piano
b. Oscar Niemeyer d. Buckminster Fuller
60. “A house is a machine to live in” philosophy belongs to
a. Le Corbusier c. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. Peter Behrens d. Louis Sullivan
61. He paid great attention to the detailing of the structure, which he attributed to his
father’s teachings about craftsmanship.
a. Robert Adams c. Antonio Gaudi
b. Mies van de Rohe d. Frank Gehry
62. One of his stylish choice which are circles and squares were used in his design
solutions.
a. Buckminster Fuller c. Richard Meier
b. Oscar Niemeyer d. Pier Luigi Nervi
63. His contributions where the advocacy of the idea of planning rooms by volume.
a. Oscar Niemeyer c. Marcel Breuer
b. Lucio Costa d. Adolf Loos
64. His solutions to building problem were always direct, transmitting to the ground by
the shortest path the stresses developed within the structures.
a. Nervi, Pier Luigi c. Alvar, Aalto
b. Candela, Felix d. Mackintosh, Charles
65. Father of modern architectural movement in Brazil.
a. Felix Candela c. Oscar Niemeyer
b. Lucio Costa d. Adolf Loos
66. “A city is subjected to growth, delay and rebuilt” belongs to,
a. Daniel Burnham c. Kenzo Tange
b. Renzo Piano d. Frank Gehry
67. 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.
a. Renzo Piano c. Sir Norman Foster
b. Frank Gehry d. Michael Groves
68. Architect of the “Reichstag” in Berlin ( Frankfort commerce bank building)
a. Buckminster Fuller c. Norman Foster
b. Ludwig van de Rohe d. Frank Gehry
69. 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.
a. Louis Sullivan c. Frank Gehry
b. Norman Foster d. Frank Lloyd Wright
70. Architect of the “Rockwell center”
a. Daniel Burnham c. Felino Palafox
b. Francisco Manosa d. Leandro Locsin
71. Whose famous dictum/ philosophy is this “A house is a machine for living”
a. Alvar Aalto c. Le Corbusier
b. Frank Lloyd Wright d. Robert Venturi
72. Whose famous axiom is this, “Design as if you were a child”
a. Alvar Aalto c. Renzo Piano
b. Kenzo Tange d. Antonio Gaudi
73. Whose famous dictum is this, “Unity disguised as chaos,complexity & contradiction are
often what make works of art both exciting and profound.”
a. Renzo Piano c. Kenzo Tange
b. Norman Foster d. Louis Kahn
74. Architect of the London’s “Stansteed airport” which seem like a celebration of flight itself.
a. Renzo Piano c. Norman Foster
b. Lucio Costa d. Frank Gehry
75. Architect of the ‘Centre Pompidou” in Paris.
a. Richard Rogers c. Renzo Piano
b. Kenzo Tange d. Frank Gehry
76. The world’s largest entertainment shopping center at Alberta, Canada. Has 127 acre with a
floor area of 5.2 million sq. meters. It also ha more than 800 stores and 11 major department
stores.
a. Megamall c. West Edmonton Mall
b. Shanghai Complex Mall d. Oklahoma New Stare mall
77. Architect of the “PHIVOLCS” building in C.P. Garcia Ave., Diliman, Quezon City
a. Willliam Coscolluela c. Froilan Hong
b. Francisco Manosa d. Felino Palafox
78. Finnish architect, who by preserving a rigor from Art Nouveau and never quite succumbing
to the full sentiment, produced extracting structures and restraint.
a. Candela, Felix c. Saarinen, Eliel
b. Costa. Lucio d. Maxwell, Fry
79. Architect at the “ One San Miguel Avenue”
a. Leandro Locsin c. Philip Recto
b. Francisco Manosa d. Froilan Hong
80. Pre-occupied with the notion of an industrialized “plug-in” city, he has devised schemes in
which mobile residence pods are plugged into a steel frame which connects to mechanical
and electrical services.
a. Daniel Burnham c. Paul Rudolph
b. Pier Luigi Nervi d. Oscar Niemeyer
81. Brazil’s best known and most important modern architect. From 1956 to 1964 he designed
the major buildings for Brasilia the futuristic new capital of Brazil.
a. Richard Meier c. Oscar Niemeyer
b. Adolf Loos d. Pier Nervi Luigi
82. Discovered new facilities in the interplay of volumes, planes, levels and better relationship of
the light and view which is one his style in design.
a. Felix Candela c. Oscar Niemeyer
b. Adolf Loos d. Louis Sullivan
83. Frequently works on a large scale and is renowned for his sharp, geometric designs.
a. Renzo Piano c. Ieoh Ming Pei
b. Frank Gehry d. Paul Rudolph
84. Is renowned for his technical ingenuity and dramatic sense of design, especially to large span
structures built of reinforced concrete.
a. Renzo Piano c. Pier Luigi Nervi
b. Felix Candela d. Eliel Saarinen
85. Architect of the first sky scraper in Italy, The Pirelli Building. (1955) in Milan, a
collaborative design.
a. Kenzo Tange c. Pier Luigi Nervi
b. Felix Candela d. Paul Rudolph

86. Architect of “Louvre, Pyramid” in Paris.

a. Fumihiko Maki c. Ieoh Ming Pei
b. Norman Foster d. Kenzo Tange
87. A series of balusters.
a. vestibule
b. balustrade
c. baluster
88. A castle or imposing country residence of nobility in old trance.
a. nymph
b. nymphaeum
c. chateau/chateaux
89. An ante-room to a larger apartment of a building.
a. ambulatory
b. vestibule
c. salon
90. Italian name for the internal court surrounded by an arcade.
a. cortile
b. Venice
c. vitruvius
91. A construction such as a tower at the crossing of a church rising above roof and glazed at
the sides.
a. pedestal
b. lantern
c. fenestration
92. The arrangement and design of windows in a building.
a. shell
b. fenestration
c. curtain wall
93. Arrangement of wood lamination.
a. space frame
b. Bauhaus
c. curtain wall
94. A communicating passage or wide corridor for pictures an upper storey for seats in a
church.
a. Palladian motif
b. niche (shell)
c. gallery
95. Bulbous termination to the top of a tower, found principally in central and eastern Europe.
a. chancel
b. loggia
c. helm
96. Each baked (unglazed) or burnt in moulds. For use in construction and decoration, harder in
quality than brick.
a. oriel
b. terra cotta
c. stretcher
97. A public open place, surrounded by building; may vary in shape and in civic purpose.
a. lantern
b. piazza
c. tabernacle
98. An elevation closed in a column in church in which the preacher stands.
a. pulpit
b. peristyle
c. modillions
99. An outdoor area adjoining or enclosed by the walls or arcade of a house, often paved and
shaped.
a. patio
b. rococo
c. wreath
100. A style architecture and decoration, primarily French in origin, which represents the final
phase of the baroque around the middle of the 18 th century, characterized by profuse, often
semiabstract orientation and lightness of colors and weight.
a. rococo
b. niche
c. mansard
101. A hollow structure in the form of a thin curved slab or plate whose thickness is small
compared with its other dimensions and with its radii of curvature; any framework or
exterior structure which is regarded as not completed pr filled in.
a. hybrid
b. quoins
c. shell
102. In Italy, a palace or private residence which is impressive.
a. cantoria
b. palazzo
c. casino
103. Who treatise on architecture.
a. French
b. vitruvius
c. Martin Luther
104. An order more than one storey in height.
a. gothic contours
b. colossal order
c. chateau
105. A roof having a double slope on all four sides. The lower slope being much steeper.
a. transom
b. mansard
c. flat roof
106. A curved roof structure spanning an area; often spherical in shape
a. escorial
b. dome
c. patio
107. Same as horseshoes architecture.
a. Moorish architecture
b. stucco
c. plateria
108. In masonry, a hardstone or bridge used with similar ones, to reinforce in external corner or
edge of a hall of the like.
a. stucco
b. quoins
c. niche
109. To form an idea or concept in the mind.
a. schemed d. formulated
b. metaphored e. NOTA
c. visualized f. AOTA
110. Harmony of proportion or movement.
a. rhythm d. interval
b. surythmy e. NOTA
c. harmony f. AOTA