Exam 21: Alternative Media and Processes

The Crystal Palace inspired other architects including ________, who created a tower in Paris that was originally intended to be temporary.

In the nineteenth century, this material became both less costly and more widely available for construction.

The Pont du Gard is a Roman construction used for conveying water, called ________.

This type of arch was integrated into Gothic architecture in order to help direct the worshiper's gaze upward.

This type of arched span was first used in ancient Babylon and Mycenae.

The visionary church leader Abbot Suger sought to intensify the spiritual experience of worshipers by revolutionizing church architecture. He was instrumental in establishing the architectural style known as ________.

This architectural term means creating a structure out of a pile of material.

Reinforced concrete is a raw material that has always been available, architects just did not like the look of it until the nineteenth century.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater cultivates an organic relationship between the building and its location by:

This kind of stress pulls on the structure of a building and must be countered by a pushing stress.

The Great Pyramid of Khufu is an example of sophisticated engineering and ________ construction.

The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, co-directed by the architects Vittori and Fisk since 1991, was created to make buildings more ________.

Japanese wooden architecture uses a series of cross- and counter-________ to support the elaborate curved roofs of early temples.

The Danish architect Jørn Utzon designed this eye-catching structure in Sydney, Australia, using reinforced concrete.

This cast-iron building was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851, and was more than a third of a mile long.

This feature of Gothic architecture allowed the weight of the ceiling to be transferred away from the walls so that larger windows could be built.

This kind of stress pushes on the structure of a building and must be countered by a pulling stress.

The Greek architect Kallikrates designed the Temple of Athena Nike using this style of column, named after a region in coastal Greece.

If an architect wanted to build a large square building with a domed roof, he or she would use this structural feature to transfer the load of the roof.

This is a ceiling based on the structural principles of the arch.