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1. Pyramid In Egyptian architecture, the tomb of the 21. Acropolis The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient
pharaohs is the. Greek City.
2. Pyramid Tomb of the pharaohs. 22. Antefix An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof,
(Antefixae) concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that
3. Pyramid Structure whose sides are made to face the
cover the joints of the flat tiles.
four cardinal points.
23. Acroterion Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a
4. Cheops The great pyramid at Gizeh was built
/ roof to support an ornament, more usually, the
during the 4th dynasty by.
Acroterium ornament itself.
5. Rameses 1 The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at
24. Anthemion Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.
karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.
25. Anthemion The characteristic of Greek ornament.
6. Marble The mineral of greatest importance to
Greek architecture of which Greece and her 26. Apotheca In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of
domains had ample supply of was. any kind, but especially for storing wine.
7. Marble Romanesque architecture in Italy is 27. Pisa The outstanding group of Romanesque is found
distinguished from that of the rest of Europe in ___.
by the use of what material for facing
28. Refectory The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a
walls.
college.
8. Marble The use of ___ for facing walls distinguishes
29. Baroque The architecture of the curved line is known as
Romanesque architecture in Italy from that
___.
of the rest of Europe.
30. Cortel The open court in an Italian palazzo.
9. Columnar Greek architecture was essentially.
trabeated 31. Tracery The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the
upper part of a Gothic window.
10. Propylaea Forming the imposing entrance to the
acropolis and erected by the architect 32. Cha-sit-su Japanese tea house.
Mnesicles is the. 33. Masjid A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship,
11. Parthenon The building in the acropolis generally also known as place for prostration.
considered as being the most nearly 34. Stupa Domical mound containing a relic.
perfect building ever erected is the.
35. Bale Ifugao house (southern strain).
12. Arch and vault With the use of concrete made possible by
36. Ziggurat In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called
pozzolan, a native natural cement, the
for temples made of sun-dried bricks.
Romans achieved huge interiors with the.
37. Ziggurat Sacred artificial mountains of Babylon and
13. Composite Which of the order was added by the
Assyria.
Romans to the orders used by the Greeks.
38. Ziggurat Holy mountains.
14. Domical roof From the 5th century to the present, the
construction character of Byzantine architecture is the 39. Ziggurat Structure whose corners are made to face the
practice of using. four cardinal points.
15. St. Sophia, The finest and remaining example of 40. Doric The style of the order with massive and
Constantinople Byzantine architecture. tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps.

16. Sober and The architectural character of the 41. Tumuli Earthen burial mounds containing upright and
dignified Romanesque architecture is. lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive
burials for several to a hundred persons.
17. Pantheon The most famous and perfect preservation
of all ancient buildings in Rome. 42. Apse A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space,
usually in church, terminating in axis and
18. Pteroma The space between the colonnade and the
intended to house an altar.
naos wall in Greek temple.
43. Dipteral Temples in Greece that have a double line of
19. Gladiatorial Amphitheaters are used for ___.
columns surrounding the naos.
Contests
44. Prytaneion Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek
20. Stoa An ancient Greek Portico, a long
architecture
colonnaded shelter used in public places.
45. Erich Architect of the Einstein Tower. 69. Carlos Santos Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo.
Mendelsohn Viola
46. Walter Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art. 70. Caesar Homer A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the
Gropius Concio structure must be well oriented'.
47. Art Noveau What architectural term is termed to be free 71. Pinnacle What is not required as a feature in modern
from any historical style? Muslim mosque.
48. Cambodian From what architecture is the Angkor Vat? 72. William Architect of Robinson's Galleria
Cosculluela
49. Van Alen The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.
73. Baroque for of Major contribution of the Renaissance
50. Embrasures Another term for crenel or intervals between
Ornamentation Architecture.
merlon of a battlement.
74. Richard Josef "A house is like a flower pot"
51. Agra Taj Mahal temple is located in ___.
Neutra
52. Saracenic Taj Mahal is a building example of what
75. Sarcophagus Richly carved coffins of Greece and
Architecture architecture.
Mesopotamia.
53. Amenemhat In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian
76. Imhotep King Zoser's architect who was deified in
I architecture, who consolidate the
the 26th dynasty.
administrative system, made a survey of the
country, set boundaries to the provinces, and 77. Bouleuterion The council house in Greece.
other helpful works.
78. U.S. / English Elizabethan Architecture is from what
54. Senusret I Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Renaissance architecture.
Heliopolis.
79. Tussel House Art Noveau style first appeared in what
55. Heb-sed Jubilee festivals of the pharaohs. structure.
56. Pyramid of The world's first large-scale monument in 80. Astylar A faced without columns or pilaster in
Zoser stone. renaissance architecture.
57. Pyramid of The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh 81. Jugendstijl Art Noveau is known as the international
Khufu style, in Germany it is known as ___.
58. Groin Vault A vault created when two barrel vaults 82. Ludwig Mies Less is more.
intersect at the right angles. Van Der Rohe
59. Visayan Sarimanok is a décor reflecting the culture of 83. Liceo de First school which offered architecture in
the ___. Manila the Philippines.
60. Greek Caryatid porch is from what architecture? 84. Crenel Embrasures.
61. Greek Agora is from what architecture? 85. Balance Formal architecture, one of the principles of
composition.
62. Greek The Parthenon is from what architecture.
86. Eclecticism Different historical styles combined.
63. Canephora Female statues with baskets serving as
columns. 87. Eero Saarinen Architect of TWA airport.
64. Bartizan A small tower usually corbelled at the corner 88. Kaufman The falling water by Frank Lloyd Wright is
of the castle. House also known as ___.
65. Basilica A hall built in Roman Empire for the 89. Juan Nakpil First president and founder of PAS.
administration of justice.
90. Kenzo Tange "Modern architecture need not be western".
66. Helm Roof A roof in which 4 faces rests diagonally
91. Felipe Architect of the national library, Philippines.
between the gables and converge at the roof.
Mendoza
67. Masu-gumi A compound bracket or capital in Japanese
92. Palace of The xerxes hall of hundred columns was
architecture.
Persepolis introduced during the Mesopotamian
68. Cavetto A concave molding approximately quarter architecture, which palace was it used.
round.
93. Echinus The convex projecting molding of eccentric 114. Alvar Aalto Architect and furniture designer.
curve supporting the abacus of a Doric
115. Tomas First registered architect in the Philippines.
capital.
Mapua
94. S-tiles Pantiles used for Chinese roofings.
116. Forum The public square of imperial Rome.
95. Agora Greek equivalent of the Roman forum, a
117. Welton Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel.
place of open air assembly or market.
Becket
96. Entasis A slight vertical curvature in the shaft of a
118. Chartres Finest example of French-Gothic architecture
column.
Cathedral
97. Baroque The very ornate style of architecture
119. 176 How many stained glass are there in the
developed in the later renaissance period.
Chartres Cathedral?
98. Pagoda A multi-storied shrine like towers, originally a
120. Acanthus A plant whose leaves form the lower portions
Buddhist monument of diminishing size with
of the Corinthian capital.
corbelled cornice and moldings.
121. Arch Structure of wedge-shaped blocks over an
99. Roman "cubicula" or bedroom is from what
opening.
architecture.
122. Triforium The space between the sloping roof over the
100. Crepidoma From the Greek forms of temple, the three
aisle and the aisle vaulting, so also called a
where it lies is known as ___.
blind story.
101. Amphi- From the Greek temples, a temple that have
123. Clerestory A windowed wall that rises above the roof of
Prostyle porticoes of columns at the front and rear.
adjacent walls that admit light into the interior.
102. Cenotaphs Memorial monuments of persons buried
124. Module A standard, usually of length, by which the
elsewhere in Roman architecture.
proportions of a building are determined.
103. The three Cheops, Chefren, Mykerinos
125. Tympanum The triangular or segmental space enclosed
pyramids in
by a pediment or arch.
Gizeh
126. Arcade A line of counterthrusting arches on columns
104. Aljibe The cistern storage of collected rainwater
or piers.
underneath the azotea of the bahay na bato.
127. Architrave In the classical order, the lowest part or
105. Impluvium A shallow cistern or drain area in the center
member of the entablature; the beam that
of a house.
spans from column to column.
106. Naos In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt
128. Entablature In classical architecture, the elaborated beam
is the ___.
member carried by the columns.
107. Crypt The tomb beneath a church.
129. Cornice, Parts of an entablature, in order of top to
108. Bema A raised stage reserved for the clergy in Frieze, bottom.
early Christian churches. Architrave
109. Console A decorative bracket usually taking the form 130. Octagonal Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.
of a cyma reversa strap.
131. 13 Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda.
110. Villa Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open
132. Tokonama A special feature of Japanese houses, used to
site.
display a flower arrangement or art.
111. Atrium A roman house with a central patio.
133. Square Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda.
House
134. Hagia The most famous structure of Byzantine
112. Romanesque Revival of classical Roman style
Sophia architecture and notable of its large dome.
113. Romanesque The style emerging in western Europe in the
135. Pediment Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.
early 11th century, based on Roman and
Byzantine elements, characterized by 136. Pendentive A spherical triangle forming the transition from
massive articulated wall structures, round the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal
arches, and powerful vaults, and lasting until plan of its supporting structure.
the advent of Gothic architecture. 137. Narthex A long arcaded entrance porch in an early
Christian church.
138. Nave The principal or central part of a church, 162. Palm, Lotus, and Favorite motifs of design of the
extending from the narthex to the choir or Papyrus Egyptians.
chancel and usually flanked by aisles.
163. Mortuary and Two main classes of temples in Egyptian
139. Ambulatory The covered walk of an atrium. Cult Temples Architecture.
140. Cantharus A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the 164. Mortuary Temple Egyptian temples for ministrations to
atrium of an early Christian basilica. deified pharaohs.
141. Exedra A large apsidal extension of the interior 165. Cult Temple Egyptian temples for the popular
volume of a church. worship of the ancient and the
mysterious gods.
142. Baldachino An ornamental canopy of stone or marble
permanently place over the altar in a church. 166. Persian The use of monsters in doorways is
prevalent in what architecture?
143. Tabernacle A decorative niche often topped with a
canopy and housing a statue. 167. Atlantes The Greek male statues used as
columns.
144. Niche A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other
small items. 168. Exedra A recessed or alcove with raised seats
where disputes took place.
145. Minaret A tower in the Muslim Mosque used to call
people to prayer. 169. Peripteral A single line of columns surrounding the
Naos.
146. Lacunaria Coffers, sunken panels in the ceiling.
170. Stylobate The uppermost step in the crepidoma.
147. Bayon The Buddhist temple in ancient Cambodia
which feature four faces of the compassionate 171. Stereobate The lowest step in the crepidoma.
Buddha.
172. Gymnasium A building in Greek and Roman for
148. Mudejar A term given to the mixture of Christian, exercises or physical activities.
Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century
173. Pronaos, Naos, The three chamber of a Greek temple.
architecture.
and Epinaos
149. Crocket Projecting blocks of stone carved with foliage,
174. Pinacotheca A Greek building that contains painted
typical in Gothic architecture.
pictures.
150. Abacus A slab forming the crowning member of the
175. Prostyle Temple with a portico of columns
capital.
arranged in front.
151. Capital The crowning member of a column.
176. Intercolumniation The clear space in between columns.
152. Plinth A rectangular or square slab supporting the
177. Eustyle Intercolumniation of 2.25 diameters.
column at the base.
178. Areostyle Intercolumniation of 4 diameters.
153. Chancel A low screen wall enclosing the choir in early
Christian church. 179. Systyle Intercolumniation of 2 diameters.

154. Frigidarium The cold section of a Roman Bath. 180. 1.5 Diameters Pycnostyle intercolumniation has how
many diameters?
155. Barasoain This church in the Philippines is the seat of the
Church Malolos Congress. 181. 3 Diameters Diastyle intercolumniation has how
many diameters.
156. Seraglio The palace proper in Assyrian palaces.
182. Odeion A kindred type to the theater.
157. Mnesicles Architect of the famous propylaea, Acropolis.
183. Circus Roman building which is a prototype of
158. Mnesicles Architect of the Erechtheion.
the hippodrome of the Greek.
159. Harem Private family apartments in Assyrian palaces.
184. Colosseum Roman building for which gladiatorial
160. Great The most stupendous and impressive of the battles took place.
Temple, rock-cut-temples.
185. Wrestling What sporting event takes place in the
Abu Simbel
Palaestra?
161. Great The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II
186. stadium A foot race course in the cities.
Temple, is carved in the pylon of the ___.
Abu Simbel 187. In Antis A temple with 1-4 columns arranged
between antae at the front.
188. Amphi- A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between 213. Sculptured Greek sculptures may be classified as
Antis antae at the front and rear. Reliefs "architectural sculpture, free standing
statuary, and the ___".
189. Gymnasium In Greek, it is the Roman prototype of the
Thermae. 214. House #33 One of the best examples of a surviving
megaron type of Greek domestic building.
190. Doric Greek order that has no base.
215. Bird's Beak The molding that is often found in the Doric
191. Epidauros The most beautiful and best preserved of the
Order.
Greek theaters.
216. Peribolus The wall or colonnade enclosing the
192. Tuscan and What orders did the Etruscans and the Romans
Temenos
Composite add making 5 in all?
217. Domus The private house of the Romans.
193. Use of What allowed the Romans to build vaults of a
Concrete magnitude never equaled till the birth of steel 218. Podium Roman rectangular temples stood on a ___.
for buildings.
219. Bepidales Roman large square tiles.
194. Pantheon The finest of all illustrations of Roman
220. Opus Mixtum A type of Roman wall facing with alternating
construction.
courses of brickworks.
195. Forum The oldest and most important forum in Rome.
221. Opus A type of Roman wall facing which is made
Romanum
Incertum of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly
196. Xerxes Who commenced the 'hall of hundred resembling polygonal work.
columns'?
222. Opus A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like
197. Artaxerxes Who completed the 'hall of hundred columns'? Recticulatum effect.
198. Callicrates Architects of the Parthenon. 223. Opus A type of roman wall facing with rectangular
and Ictinus Quadratum block with or without mortar joints.
199. Phidias Master sculptor of the Parthenon. 224. Opus Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of
Tesselatum vaults and domes.
200. Lacus In Roman fountains, the large basin of water.
225. Basilica A Roman structure used as hall of justice and
201. Salientes Spouting jets in Roman fountain.
commercial exchanges.
202. Circus The oldest circus in Rome.
226. Choragic A type of monument erected to support a
Maximus
Monument tripod, as a prize for athletic exercises or
203. Vespasian The colosseum in Rome also known as the musical competitions in Greek festivals.
/ Domitian "flavian amphitheater" was commenced by
227. Fret A type of ornament in classic or renaissance
whom and completed by whom?
architecture consisting of an assemblage of
204. Clepsydra A water clock or an instrument for measuring straight lines intersecting at right angles, and
time by the use of water. of various patterns.
205. Treasury of The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 228. Termini Figures of which the upper parts alone are
Atreus 'tomb of Agamemnon'. carved, the rest running into a parallelopiped
206. Theron Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum or diminishing pedestal.

207. Libon Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia. 229. Callimachus Conceptualized the Corinthian capital.

208. Cossutius Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, 230. Thalamus The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.
Olympius. 231. Timber- The origin of the door architrave.
209. 18 Both the regula and the mutule has guttae enframed
numbering a total of ___. Portal

210. 4-horse A quadrigas is a ___. 232. Etruscans The atrium type of house originated with the
Chariot ___.

211. Cyma The water-leaf and tongue is a usual ornament 233. Insula Roman apartment blocks.
Reversa found in the ___. 234. Nymphaeum A building in classic architecture decorated
212. Key The Corona is usually painted with the ___. with flowers and plants with water for the
Pattern purpose of relaxation.
235. Renaissance !5th to 18th century architecture. 259. Centralized Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.
236. Louis "Form follows function". 260. Anthemius and Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia,
Sullivan Isidorus Constantinople)
237. Iñigo Jones The dominating personality who became an 261. St. Sophia, The supreme monument of Byzantine
ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance Constantinople architecture.
style.
262. Little Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine
238. Hypostyle A pillared hall in which the roofs rests on the Metropole period)
Hall column in Egyptian temples. Cath., Athens
239. Thothmes I Who began the building of the Great 263. Nea Moni One of the few churches of its type to
Hypostyle Hall at Karnak? have survived having a square nave and
without cross-arms, roofed by a dome
240. Ptolemy III Architect of the Great Serapeum at
which spans to the outer walls of the
Alexandria.
building.
241. Buckminster He created the Dymaxion House, "the first
264. Lantern A tower raised above a roof pierced to
Fuller machine for living".
admit light.
242. Rock-Hewn Tombs built for the Egyptian nobility rather
265. Cloisters the covered passage around an open
Tombs than the royalty.
space or garth, connecting the church to
243. George Architect of the Lung Center of the the chapter house, refectory and other
Ramos Philippines. parts of the monastery.
244. Tepidarium The warm room in the Thermae. 266. Ornamental The prominent feature of the facades in
245. Calidarium The Hot room of the Thermae. Arcades Romanesque Central Italy.

246. Frigidarium The cold or unheated pool in the Thermae. 267. Worms The best example of a German
Cathedral Romanesque church with apses at both
247. Sudatorium The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
east and west ends.
248. Apodyteria The dressing room of the Thermae.
268. Cathedral The term applied to the Episcopal church
249. Unctuaria The room for oils and unguents in the of the diocese and also the important
thermae. structure of the Gothic period.
250. Forum Orientation of the Roman temple is towards 269. Greek Cross The first plan shape of the St. Peter's
the ___. Basilica by Bramante.
251. East Orientation of the Greek temple is towards 270. Latin Cross The final plan shape of the St. Peter's
the ___. Basilica by Carlo Maderna.
252. South Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards 271. Bernini He erected the entrance Piazza at St.
the ___. Peter's Basilica.
253. West Orientation of the Medieval Church. 272. Dispensa Used as food storage in the Bahay na
254. Cancelli The space for the clergy and choir is Bato.
separated by a low screen wall from the 273. Falig The granary in traditional Bontoc House.
body of the church called ___.
274. Minoru Architect of the World Trade Center.
255. Ambo On either side of the choir, pulpits for the Yamasaki
reading of the epistle and the gospel are
275. Greek The Erechtheion of Mnesicles is from what
called.
architecture?
256. Bema In some churches, there is a part which is
276. Balteus The part of the Corinthian capital without
raised as part of the sanctuary which later
flower.
developed into the transept, this is the ___.
277. Roman The Pantheon is from what architecture.
257. Apse In early Christian churches, the bishop took
the central place at the end of the church 278. Agrippa The architect of the Pantheon.
called ___. 279. Prytaneion The senate house of the Greeks.
258. Statues The iconoclastic movement during the
Byzantine period forbade the use of ___.
280. Marcel Lajos Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H- 305. Madrassah A small payer house in Egyptian architecture.
Breuer Plan.
306. Moscow Where "Constructivism" originated?
281. Felix Outerino Mexican Architect/Engineer who
307. Erich Expressionist Architect.
Candela introduced thin shell construction.
Mendelsohn
282. Hypotrachelion In the Doric Order, the shaft terminates in
308. John Ruskin Founders of the "Art Noveau".
the ___.
and William
283. Doric In what Order is the Parthenon. Moris
284. Ionic In what Order is the temple of Nike 309. Eclecticism Combination of the new art and the graphing
Apteros, Athens. of the old art.
285. Temple of Nike This temple is dedicated to 'Wingless 310. Neo- Return in the use of Roman Orders in modern
Apteros, Victory'. Classism age.
Athens
311. Parti Scheme or solution of a problem in
286. Tower of the This structure in Greece was erected by architecture.
Winds, Athens Andronikos Cyrrhestes for measuring time
312. Felipe Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.
by means of a clepsydra internally and
Mendoza
sun dial externally.
313. George Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.
287. Acanthus and In the Cyma Reversa molding of the
Ramos
Dolphin Romans, what ornaments are usually
found? 314. Juan Nakpil Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

288. Greek From what architecture is the Stoa? 315. Juan Nakpil The architect of the Quiapo Church before its
restoration.
289. Papyrus The Egyptian Ornament symbolizing
fertility. 316. Morong Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela
Church Madre, this church in Rizal whose design
290. Cult Temple Egyptian Temple for popular worship of
depicts the heavy influence of Spanish
the ancient and mysterious gods.
Baroque, was declared a national treasure.
291. Balneum A small private bath found in Roman
317. Panay Capiz This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr.
houses or palaces.
Miguel Murguia, has an unusually large bell
292. Cella Corresponds to the Greek naos. which was made from approximately 70
sacks of coins donated by the towns people.
293. Triglyph The large element in the frieze.
318. Antonio Sin Architect of SM Megamall.
294. Le Corbusier "A is a machine to live in".
Diong
295. Eliel Saarinen Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower.
319. Gabriel Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.
296. Frank Lloyd "Architecture is Organic". Formoso
Wright
320. George G.S.I.S. Building, Roxas Boulevard.
297. Hennevique Invented reinforced concrete in France. Ramos
298. Jose Herrera First elected U.A.P. president. 321. Lamin The tower atop the torogan where the
299. Juan Nakpil Designer of the Bonifacio Monument. princess and her ladies in waiting hide during
occasions.
300. Guillermo Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.
Tolentino 322. Zaguan Found in the ground floor of the bahay na
bato, it is where the carriages and floats are
301. Shah Jahan Designer of the Taj Mahal.
kept.
302. Telamones or Male counterpart of the Caryatids.
323. Bilik The emergency hideout found directly behind
Atlantes
the neadboard of the Sultan's bed.
303. Herms Like Caryatids and Atlantes, this is a three-
324. Azotea The flat, open terrace open to the toilet, bath,
quarter length figures.
and kitchen areas and also used as a laundry
304. Terms This is a pedestal with human, animal, or and drying space and service area for the
mythological creatures at the top. servants.
325. Dapogan In the kitchen of the bahay kubo, the table on top of which is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove or kalan is known as ___.