Architecture Trivia Questions
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What is the name of the mythic 6th century Welsh bard after whom Frank Lloyd Wright named his own homes?
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taliesin
Which architect co-edited the avant-garde magazine L'Esprit Nouveau with French painter Amedee Ozenfant from 1920 to 1925?
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le corbusier
The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe resembles what type of Navajo dwelling?
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hogan
What is the uppermost part of a capital that shares its name with an ancient calculator?
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abacus
What structure is used to counterbalance the thrust of a vault in architecture?
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buttress
Which building does travel writer Stephen Birnbaum refer to as 'The Princess of the Skyline'?
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chrysler building
Which British sculptor's work 'Ode to Architecture' was given to the first recipients of the Pritzker Architecture Prize?
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henry moore
What is the name of a latticework pavilion or summerhouse usually built to take advantage of a view?
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gazebo
Which Bauhaus founder, who taught architecture at Harvard, became a U.S. citizen in 1944?
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walter gropius
In which city is the Pazzi Chapel, one of the first buildings designed in the Renaissance style, located?
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florence
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