HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE / THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE

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1. Who is the architect of St. Peters Basilica who prepared the plan in the form of an enormous
Greek Cross with a dome inspired by that of the huge circular Roman temple, the Pantheon?

a. Michealangelo
b. Bernini
c. Bramante
d. Maderno

2. 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 most simple and direct way – and that, if a building
answers its functions in the most simple and direct way, it will automatically be beautiful?

a. Durability
b. Functionalism
c. Sensitivity
d. Aesthetic

3. The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters

a. Pinacotheca
b. Podium
c. Odeoin
d. Epidauros

4. What do you call the long colonnaded building used around public places and as shelters at
religious shrines in Greek architecture?

a. Peristyle
b. Stoa
c. Propylae
d. Agora

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5. Architect of the Erechtheion

a. Libon
b. Theron
c. Cossutius
d. Mnesicles

6. Burial mounds were probably prototypes of the Pyramids in Egypt and of the beehive huts in
Wales, Cornwall, Scotland, and Ireland. That at New Grange, Ireland, somewhat resembles
the so-called Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae. Lake dwellings, such as those discovered in
Switzerland, Italy, and Ireland, considered of wooden huts built on piles in the water for
protection against attack. A prehistoric burial mound is called.

a. Hortus
b. Didoron
c. Fillet
d. Tumulus

7. Which is not Architect Jose Maria V. Zaragoza’s project?

a. Manila Cathedral
b. Meralco Building
c. Sto. Domingo Church
d. Quiapo Church Renovation

8. In a bahay-na-bato, it is a large room for the owner of the house, with a large wardrobe and
large mirror, with marble or porcelain lavatory but no trap, instead a water container beside is
provided (to be used by important guests).

a. Caida
b. Asotea
c. Cuarto principal
d. Despacho

9. A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century architecture.

a. Saracenic
b. Byzantine
c. Mudejar
d. Romanesque

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10. Amphitheaters are used for ____.

a. Gladiatorial Contests
b. Marathon race
c. Sports competition
d. Public meetings

11. “Function influence but does not dictate form”

a. Kenzo Tange
b. Eero Saarinen
c. Marcus Vitruvius Pollo
d. Le Corbusier

12. “God is in the details”

a. Robert Venturi
b. Adolf Loos
c. Mies van der Rohe
d. Antonio Gaudi

13. The dressing room of the Thermae

a. Calidarium
b. Unctuaria
c. Apodyteria
d. Sudatorium

14. In a bahay-na-bato, the bath area where they have large baneras (bathtubs) that were
imported from China.

a. Baño
b. Oratorio
c. Comedor
d. Aljibe

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15. Which theory of architecture denotes not only the complete harmony of the parts of the
building with the whole, but an integration of the building with its site and surroundings?

a. Vernacular architecture
b. Organic architecture
c. Functional architecture
d. Domestic architecture

16. Tower-like structure usually associated with mosques or other religious buildings.

a. Minaret
b. Amlaka
c. Masjid
d. Mihrab

17. Buddhist architecture shown in rock-cut temples with lavishly carved interiors is a characteristic
feature of what style of architecture?

a. Japanese
b. Indian
c. Filipino
d. Chinese

18. The architect involved in the St. Peters Basilica who is regarded as the principal designer of a
large part of the building as it stands today. He recognized the essential quality of the original
design and reverted to the Greek Cross without destroying the centralizing features of the
original plan.

a. Bramante
b. Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
c. Michelangelo
d. Bernini

19. Master sculptor of the Parthenon.

a. Callimachus
b. Phidias
c. Bernini
d. Ptolemy III

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20. Which of the following describe the “olog” in a Bontoc village?

a. Guest house
b. Living quarters of village elders
c. Living quarters of marriageable bachelors
d. Living quarters of marriageable girls

21. “A house is like a flower pot”

a. Alvar Aalto
b. Eero Saarinen
c. Jugendstijl
d. Richard Josef Neutra

22. The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration.

a. Jose Herrera
b. Tomas Mapua
c. Cesar Concio
d. Juan Nakpil

23. Later called banggera, this is used as a place for drying and storing pots and pans, drinking
glasses, plates and other kitchen utensils.

a. Bangahan
b. Dapogan
c. Comun
d. Paminggalan

24. The first all-iron church in Asia is

a. San Agustin Church

b. Betis Church
c. Taal Church
d. San Sebastian Church

25. What architectural style is associated with the principle of form follows function

a. Bauhaus
b. Modernism
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 c. Postmodernism
d. International

26. Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the
ornament itself.

a. Anthemion
b. Antefix
c. Apotheca
d. Acroterion

27. The architect who provided an addition to Michelangelo’s Greek Cross of St. Peters Basilica,
adding further three bays. He made the dimensions slightly different from Michelangelo’s bay,
thus defining where the two architectural works meet. He also tilted the axis of the nave
slightly.

a. Bernini
b. Bramante
c. Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
d. Maderno

28. There are two types of personal distance: close-phase and far-phase. At what distance can
one hold or grasp the other person?

a. 1.5 to 2.5 feet

b. 2.0 to 4.0 feet
c. 4.0 to 6.0 feet
d. 3.0 to 6.0 feet

29. The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely of marble is;

a. Trajan’s Column
b. Column of Antoninus Pius
c. Column of Dioelectian
d. Column of Marcus Aurelius

30. In bahay-kubo, the main beam, a whole bamboo horizontally laid to define the perimeter of the
house and tied firmly on each post with rattan strips.

a. Gililan
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 b. Patukuran
c. Yawi
d. Soleras

31. In the given figure, identify the echinus

a. No. 17
b. No. 15
c. No. 16
d. No. 18

32. What do you call the space underneath the Bahay Kubo?

a. Meseta
b. Silong
c. Cuadra
d. Turugan

33. A greek building that contains painted pictures

a. Odeion
b. Pinacotheca
c. Podium
d. Epidauros

34. The order much used by the Romans for its showiness was the

a. Ionic Order
b. Corinthian Order
c. Doric Order
d. Composite Order

35. Architect Otto Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting
impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.
He started designing his first buildings in the historicist style. In the mid- and late- 1880s,
Wagner became a proponent of Architectural Realism.
What was the reason why Otto veered from being a classicist to a modernist?

a. He wants to reinvent himself

b. He just wanted to do something with what materials are available
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 c. He wants to teach something new to his students in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
d. He was commissioned for the project by the government

36. The stupa or enclosed stone used to house religious relics was an influence of?

a. Hinduism
b. Shintoism
c. Buddhism
d. Islam

37. One of the world’s supreme masterpieces of Romanesque architecture which was the first
building in Europe to have ribbed vaults throughout is

a. Charters Cathedral
b. Norwich Cathedral
c. Durham Cathedral
d. Winchester Cathedral

38. Which of the following represent the secondary colors?

a. Green, orange, violet

b. Red, yellow, blue
c. Green, yellow, violet
d. Yellow, green, blue

39. Architect of the New York Daily News Building, a 476-foot Art-Deco skyscraper built in 1929-
1930 as headquarters for the New York Daily News newspaper and was among the first
skyscrapers to be built without an ornamental crown.

a. Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells

b. Louis Sullivan
c. I.M. Pei
d. Norman Foster

40. Which is not a project of Architect Felipe M. Mendoza?

a. UPLB Main Library

b. Batasang Pambansa
c. Insular Life Building
d. Sandiganbayan Centennial Building
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41. Architect of Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.

a. George Ramos
b. Froilan Hong
c. Leandro Locsin
d. Gabriel Formoso

42. An architectural company of two young architects who had their diversified practice in Hong
Kong’s top architectural firms and decided to form their partnership in October 1988 and was
initially Hong Kong based.

a. Pimentel, Rodriguez, Simbulan and Partners

b. GF and Partners
c. Recio and Casas
d. Jose Siao Ling and Associates

43. Egyptian monumental architecture is essentially

a. Columnar and trabeated style

b. Buttress and dome style
c. Arch and vault style
d. Trabeated and vault style

44. Instead of thick stone and lime mortar walls, this type of Ivatan house has walls made of
woven cogon thatch with bamboo or wood framework. The roof is made with the distinctive
Ivatan multi-layered cogon system.

a. Sinadumparan
b. Maytuab
c. Rakuh
d. Jin-jin

45. Architecture is invention

a. Louis Sullivan
b. Oscar Niemeyer
c. Adolf Loos
d. Antonio Gaudi

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46. Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.

a. Rectangular
b. Hexagonal
c. Square
d. Octagonal

47. He created the Dymaxion House, “the first machine for living”.

a. Buckminster Fuller
b. Le Corbusier
c. Loius Sullivan
d. Marcel Lajos Breuer

48. Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the _____.

a. Agora
b. Forum
c. Parthenon
d. Colloseum

49. What is referred to as that type of architecture in which, due to wealth and expressive functions
of a select few members of society, special types of buildings and structures are constructed
for them (such as palaces, villas, royal gardens, etc.)?

a. Power
b. Vernacular
c. Domestic
d. Classical

50. What is the difference between Chinese and Japanese pagodas?

a. Japanese pagodas plans are polygonal; Chinese are square

b. Chinese pagodas are mostly five-storeyed; Japanese are three to fifteen
c. Chinese pagodas are polygonal; Japanese are square in plan
d. Japanese pagodas are mostly four-storeyed; Chinese are three to seven

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