The House Shown Is the Villa Savoye. Questions 1-4 Refer to This Image

Architecture Practice Questions

The house shown is the Villa Savoye. Questions 1-4 refer to this image.

The house was designed by

ALe Corbusier

B Walter Gropius

CFrank Gehry

DRogers and Piano

2The architect's philosophy of building is the idea that

Aconstruction should be environmentally friendly

Bonly the use of natural material would be permitted

Cless is more

D a house is a machine for living

3Some of the functional aspects of the house that were unusual for that time include all of the following EXCEPT

Acarport

Broof patio

Chouse held up on stilts

Duse of glass in a home

4The approximate date for this building is

A1910

B1930

C1950

D1970

Questions 5-7 are based on a residence by GerritReitveld

5This building is called

AMonticello

BSchroeder House

CVilla Savoye

DRobie House

6This building was built in the

A1920s

B1940s

C1960s

D1980s

7This building makes direct reference to which modern movement in painting?

ADeStijl

BRegionalism

CCubism

DMetaphysical painting

The image for Questions 8-11 is The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC.

8The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC was designed by

ADonald Judd

BMaya Lin

CBarbara Kruger

DFrida Kahlo

9The walls of the Memorial

Asymbolically point toward the Lincoln and Washington Memorials

Bcontain printed messages of hope from survivors

Chave illustrations that describe the horrors of war

Dare made of metal to reflect the sky

10The monument is cut into the ground to symbolize

Aman's denuding of the environment

Bthe destruction of agent orange and napalm

Chow underfunded the Vietnam War was

Dhow a scar could be cut into a surface that would eventually heal

11The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial is designed so that the viewer would

AThink about the glory of war and ultimate victory

Bdescend into a grave-like setting to remember the dead

Ccommemorate the ultimate sacrifice people made to ensure peace

Dbe able to protest American involvement in foreign wars

12All of the following are site specific works EXCEPT

AMaya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial

BRobert Smithson, Spiral Jetty

CDoris Salcedo, Shibboleth

DBill Viola, The Crossing

13Michael Grave's Post-Modern Public Services building is located iin

ANew York, NY

BMiami, Florida

CTucson, Arizona

DPortland, Oregon

14For the exterior of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, Frank Gehry used

ACopper

Bceramic tiles

Cstainless steel

Dtitanium tiles

15The architect whose vision of housing conceptualized homes as "machines for living" was

APiet Mondrian

BGerritRietveld

CLouis Kahn

DLe Corbusier

16The house that exemplifies both the fluid conception of interior space and the active and continual role of the resident in the shaping of that space is the

ASchroeder House

BVIllaSavoye

CVIllaMairea

DRobie House

17The Seagram Building is the first structure to use ______as a basic part of the design.

Aheavy stone walls

BI-beam construction

Creinforced concrete

DPrarie style designs

18The interior space of the Centre Georges Pompidou is unique because it has no

Afixed walls

Bwindows

Cfunction

Dexposed utilities

19"Falling Water," which blends nature with the site of the structure was designed by

AHenry Mills

BLe Corbusier

CFrank Lloyd Wright

DNaum Gabo

20The architect who is quoted as saying, "Less is more," was

ALouis Sullivan

BGropius

CMies van derRohe

DPhillip Johnson

21The school that trained architects and designers and heavily influenced modern architecture was

Athe Bauhaus

BAcademy Francais

CAllemagne Technical School

DUniversity of California

22The structure originally designed for a World's Exhibition, and important to the development of skyscrapers was

Athe Pantheon

Bthe Eiffel Tower

Cthe Paris Opera House

DMonticello

The house shown is the Villa Savoye. Questions 23-26 refer to this image.

23The House was designed by

ALe Corbusier

BWalter Gropius

CFrank Gehry

DRogers and Piano

24The architect's philosophy of building is that idea that

Aconstruction should be environmentally friendly

Bonly the use of natural material would be permitted

Cless is more

Da house is a machine for living

25Some of the functional aspects of the house that were unusual for that time include all of the following EXCEPT

Acarport

Broof patio

Chouse held up on stilts

Duse of glass in a home

26The approximate date for this building is

A1910

B1930

C1950

D1970

27Questions 27-31 are based on the Carson Pirie Scott building designed by Louis Sullivan

ABy examining this ground plan, we can determine that the building represents a

Atemple

Bcathedral

Cdepartment store

Dhome

28It was likely this building used which of the following architectural systems?

AGroin vaults

BSkeletal structure

CCantilevering

DFan Vaults

29The interior resembles the ground plan of

Athe Mosque at Cordoba

Bthe Parthenon

Cthe Temple of Minerva

Dthe Great Stupa

30When walking into this building the viewer is greeted by

Aa central open nave

Bflights of stairs

Can atrium surrounded by glass

D a myriad of columns

31The ground plan indicates that the building

Afaced Mecca

B was oriented toward the sun

Chas long banks of windows so people can see in

Dwas aligned for a ceremonial purpose