Architecture and architects Quiz: 20 entertaining questions

1. This building is the sixth tallest skyscraper in Europe in 2021. Its height is 310 meters, and its name is a shard of glass. Where can you see this skyscraper?

London

Paris

Berlin

2. Piazza dei Miracoli translates from Italian as "square of wonders." What famous architectural structure is located on it?

Leaning tower of Pisa

Colosseum

Roman Pantheon

3. A lucarne is a ...

A window opening in the roof slope

A horizontal ceiling system supported by a column

The crowning part of a column.

4. Which architect became the first woman in history to be awarded the Pritzker Prize?

Kazuyo Sejima

Zaha Hadid

Elisabeth Diller

5. How many workers were involved in the construction of the Sydney Opera House?

Approximately 1,500 people

Just over 5,000 people

About 10,000 people

6. In architecture, what is an ornamental border in the form of a scroll with the corners rolled up?

A fillet

Architrave

Cartouche

7. Which two styles combine elements of the Grand Style (Louis XIV Style)?

Classical and Baroque

Gothic and Rococo

Romanesque and Baroque

8. The real name of which great architect is Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gree?

Le Corbusier

Jean Nouvel

Daniel Libeskind

9. What was the site of the Roman Colosseum before it was built?

Another amphitheater

A pond

Roman baths

10. Casa Batlló in Barcelona is a residential house built in 1877 for the textile magnate Josep Balho y Casanovas. Designed by which world-renowned architect was it built?

Bruno Taut

Gvarino Gvarini

Antoni Gaudi

11. Who is considered the architect of the Taj Mahal mausoleum-mosque?

Lahori

Isa Muhammad Efendi

Opinions are divided on this question.

12. Which building is considered the first example of the Art Nouveau style in architecture?

The Thassel Mansion in Brussels

The Monadnock Building in Chicago

Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

13. What is a rotunda usually topped with?

A flat roof

A dome

A sloping roof

14. The Empire State Building is a famous art deco skyscraper in New York City. What is this building?

An apartment building

An office building

A stock exchange

15. Donato Bramante's first architectural work is .

Santa Maria Presso San Satiro

Cathedral in Pavia

Santa Maria delle Grazie

16. What is the length of the Great Wall of China with all its branches?

12,024 kilometers

17,104 kilometers

21,196 kilometers

17. In which architectural style is the Limburg Cathedral, located in the city of Limburg an der Lahn?

Romanesque and Gothic architecture

Baroque

Rococo

18. This building, designed by Norman Foster, has been called the manifesto of the bio-tek.

Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt

Exhibition hall in singapore

The Mary X Skyscraper in London

19. Which building was not designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli?

Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg

Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Tallinn

Mariinsky Palace in Kiev

20. Bozar is ...

architectural style

architectural element, part of a lancet window

German architect

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