PHINMA-UNIVERSITY OF PANGASINAN

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

2nd Sem SY.2023-2024
Theory of Architecture
I. Multiple choice (80 pts): Choose the correct answer by encircling the letter to corresponding letter.
1. What is the art and science or profession of planning, designing and constructing building in their totality taking into account their environment, in
accordance with the principles of utility, strength and beauty?
a. Engineering b. Architecture c. Interior Design d. Landscape Architecture
2. This is an ideal or hypothetical set of facts, principles or circumstances of a body of fact on science and art.
a. Principles b. Philosophy c. Theory d. Order
3. Where does the word “Architecture” originated from which means “Great-Builder”?
a. Greek-Arkhitecton b. Latin – Architectura c. Greek-Architekton d. Latin-Arkitektura
4. What architectural theory has become a part of our modern culture in architecture that is respected and still applied in modern design?
a. Vitruvian Triad b. Classical Theory c. Neoclassicism d. Post-modernism
5. It is a guide to understanding people’s appreciation, utilization and behavior inside built environment which are relevant to the design process.
a. Architect’s Guideline b. History of Architecture c. De Architectura d. Architectural Theory
6. This is the most important building of Wright's late career. A monument to modernism, the unique architecture of the space, with its spiral ramp riding to a
domed skylight, continues to thrill visitors and provide a unique forum for the presentation of contemporary art.
a. Guggenheim Museum b. Currier Museum of Art c. Kirkland Museum d. Taliesin West
7. The three principles of architecture that was given by an ancient Roman architect and critic Vitruvius, what are these three principles of architecture?
a. Beauty, Firm & Mass b. Utilities, Aesthetic & Robustness c. Function, Refinement & Stability d. Delight, Strength & Commodity
8. A roman architect, engineer, and author of the celebrated treatise De architectura (On Architecture), a handbook for Roman architects.
a. Frank Lloyd Wright b. Le Corbusier c. Marcus Vitruvius Polio d. Loius Sullivan
9. Who quoted “Architecture is the mastery, correct and the magnificent play of masses brought together in light”?
a. Frank Lloyd Wright b. Le Corbusier c. Marcus Vitruvius Polio d. Loius Sullivan
10. Which of the following structure illustrates the way architecture must embodies the harmonious integration of interacting and inter-related parts into a
complex & unified whole?
a. Glass House b. Farnsworth House c. Villa Savoye d. Hollyhock House
11. It is a three-dimensional integration of program elements and spaces accommodates the multiple functions and relationships of a house.
a. Structural b. Enclosure c. Context d. Spatial
12. Four exterior wall planes define a rectangular volume that contains the program elements and spaces
a. Structural b. Enclosure c. Context d. Spatial
13.American architect who designed one of the first sky scrapers in New York and the designer of the Woolworth bldg. which was built in 1911-13.
a. Henry Louis Sullivan b. Francisco Manosa c. Cass Gilbert d. Lucio Costa
14.To whom does this philosophy belongs to, “Where the architect task is to restore a correct order of values… it is still the architect duty to attempt to
humanize age of machines. But this should not be done without regard for form”.
a. Peter Behrens b. Oscar Niemeyer c. Marcel Breuer d. Alvar Aalto
15. This was the first school to pioneer architectural course in Philippines that was established in year 1925 by Tomas Mapua after his return in
US. This school originally offers night school for working students and offered courses leading to degrees in architecture and engineering.
a. ADAMSON b. UE c. MIT d. UST
16. The Filipino Female Architect, to graduate in architectural and engineering course and first female to passed the board exam. She also earned the
distinction as the first woman architect in history of Philippine Architecture and rest of Southeast Asia.
a. Zaha Hadid b. Mercedes Raffiñan c. Aida Del Rosario d. Mercedes Ramos
17. The Father of Philippine Architecture and he is also known to be the Dean of Filipino Architects wherein he designed a stand -alone art deco cinema house
which is located in M.H del Pilar st. in the Ermita district of Manila in year 1935. He was also the first architect to be hailed as a National Artist. ( Full Name)
a. Juan Nakpil de Jesus b. Juan De Jesus Nakpil c. Juan Nakpil Dela Cruz d. Juan Nakpil
18. A Filipino Architect and physical planner who designed the Headquarters of the House of Representative of the Philippines and also a recipient of UAP
Likha Award in year 1982. ( Full Name)
a. Juan Nakpil b. Angel E. Nakpil c. Felipe M. Mendoza d. Fernando H. Ocampo
19. The architect of the Asian Institute Management, this campus is consist of fully airconditioned rooms that houses the academic administrative and dormitory
facilities. He also received an award for “ Public Cultural Heritage” in year 1973 and he is the most popular residential architect in Makati Villages between
1950’s to 70’s.
a. Leandro Locsin b. Tomas Mapua c. Gabriel Formoso d. Carlos Viola
20.The first Nuclear Research Laboratory in the Philippines, the buildings are design in an arc-shaped nuclear laboratory building,who is the architect of it?
a. Gabriel Formoso b Angel E. Nakpil c. Julio Hernandez d. Cresenciano de Castro
21. The building has a total floor area of 120,000 sqm. It is one of the largest mall in the Philippines and 3 rd largest in world.
a. Robinsons Galleria b SM Megamall c. SM City North Edsa d. SM Mall of Asia
22. The architect of no. 23, who is also an awardee recipient of architecture “Diwa ng Lahi at Patnubay ng mga Sining at Kalinangan sa Araw ng Manila” in
1997 and he also receive the President Gold awards.
a. Julio Hernandez b William Cosculluella c. Felino Palafox d. Gabriel Formoso
23. One of the UP campus building that is asymmetrical structure inspired by international style with Filipino design, it is one of the first building in UP that was
name after their past president and considered to be the heart of UP.
a. Juguilon Hall b Palma hall c.Enriquez Hall d. Bonifacio Hall
24. Who is the architect in no. 26, who also designed the Insular Lite Building?.
a. Cesar Concio b William Coscuelluela c. Gabriel Formoso d. Otillio Concio
25. The first post war architect in his own homeland and inspired by the Filipino symbols, he designed the “Palacio Del Governador”.
a. Otillio Arellano b William Coscuelluela c. Luis Rocha d. Jose Zaragoza
26. This is the best example of a Neo-classical Architecture in Philippines. This was originally designed by American Archt. Ralph Harrington and Filipino Archt.
Antonio Toledo to be a future National Library.
a. Times Theater b Manila Central Office c. Legislative Building d. Metropolitan Theater
27. The architect in no. 28, who is also a painter and the 5 th President of PIA. (Full name)
a. Juan Nakpil b. Otillio Arellano c. Juan M. Arellano d. Angel Nakpil
28. One of the pioneers of Modern Philippine Architecture and also hailed as a National Artist of the Philippines in Architecture in year 1976. (Full name)
a. Felipe M. Mendoza b. Fernando H. Ocampo c. Juan M. Arellano d. Pablo S. Antonio
29. The forerunner in the art of Philippine Neo-vernacular architecture,he believes that the true Philippine architecture must be “true to itself, its land and its
people.”
a. Francis Bobby Manosa b. Francis Manosa c. Bobby Francisco Manosa d. Francisco Bobby Manosa
30.A government building located in CCP complex. It was the official residence and principal workplace of vice president during the term of former-VP Binay
and this was design by the architect in no. 45.
a. Arnaiz House b. Hoffman Residence c. Bamboo Mansion d. Tahanang Filipino
31. The Father of Philippine Landscape Architecture. (Full Name)
a. d. Ildenfonso S. Paez b. Idenfonso P. Santos Jr. c. Ildenfonso P. Santos Jr. d. Ildenfonso “IP”. Santos
32. He designed the buildings in CCP complex and known for using concrete, floating volume and simplistic design. (Full Name)
a. Lendro V. Locsin b. Leindro V. Locsin c. Leandro V. Locsin d. b. Leandru V. Lacsin
33. A grid of columns support horizontal beams and slabs.
a. Structural b. Enclosure c. Context d. Spatial
 34. A simple exterior form wraps around a complex interior organization of forms and spaces.
a. Structural b. Enclosure c. Context d. Spatial
35.This famous dictum, “I am neither a capitalist nor a socialist, I am not a religious or an atheist” belongs to.
a. Lucio Costa b. Buckminster Fuller c. Pier Luigi Nervi d. Oscar Niemeyer
36.This famous dictum, “Even a room which must be dark needs at least a crack of light to know how dark it is." belongs to.
a. Louis Sullivan b. Louis Khan c. Pier Luigi Nervi d. Oscar Niemeyer
II. Multiple choice (39pts): Identify the name of building, the architect and the location by encircling the correct answer

44. a. Oakland Museum 64. a. Wrightwood 569

b. College Life Ins. Co. Hq b. Koshino House
c. Ford Foundation Hq c. Church of Water
d. Museum of Jewish HQ d. Church of Light

58. a. Frank Lloyd Wright 65. a. Hyogo, Japan

37. a. Kevin Roche 45. a. Depau Blv. Indianapolis
b. Tadao Ando b. Osaka, Japan
b. Tadao Ando b. Evanvile, Indianapolis
c. Daniel Burnham c. Ibaraki-shi,Japan
c. Zaha Hadid c. Bloomington, Indianapolis
d. Antoni Gaudi d. Tokyo, Japan
d. Frank Gehry d. Terre haute, Indianapolis
46. a. Dutch House 66. a. Willis Tower
b. Robbie House b. Flatiron Bldg.
c. Kaufman House c. Wanwright Bldg.
d. Fayland House d. Marquette Bldg.

47. a. Bunik, Netherlands 59. a. Alvar Alto 67. a. Sprimgfiled, Missouri

38. a. Svere Fhen
b. Holten, Netherlands b. Adolf Loos b. Columbia, Missouri
b. Rem Koolhaas
c. Rotterdam, Netherlands c. Louis Sullivan c. Kansas, Missouri
c. Arata Isozaki
d.Altena, Netherlands d. Louis Khan d. Chestnut St. Louis, Mo
d. Norman Foster
68. a. Aurora Place
48.a. Naked House b. The Shard
b. Cardboard Cathedral c. Tjibaou Cultural Center
c. Paper Log House d. Tokyo City Hall Complex
d. Wrightwood 569
69. a. Noumea, New Caledonia
39. a. IM Pei 49. a. Hereford St., New Zealand 60. a. Wang Shu b. Dumbea, New Caledonia
b. Tadao Ando b. Christ church, New Zealand b. Shigeru Ban c. Thio, New Caledonia
c. Shigeru Ban c. Queenstown, New Zealand c. Kenzo Tange d. Paita, New Caledonia
d. Tadao Ando d. Wellington, New Zealand d. Renzo Piano

50. a. Elb Tower 70. a. Taliesin House

b. Museo Jumex b. Kaufman House
c. Fayland House c. Hollyhock House
d. Veles E Vent d. Robbie House

40. a. David Chipperfield 51. a. Tepic, Mexico City 61. a. Philip Johnson 71. a. Fresno, California
b. Alejandro Aravena b. Pueb;a, Mexico City b. Le Corbusier b. San Diego, California
c. Frei Otto c. Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City c. Frank Lloyd Wright c. California City, California
d. Yvonne Farell d. Miguel HIdlago, Mexico City d. Mies Van de rohe d. Eastwood LA, California

72. a. Cuadra San Crisotbal

52. a. London 2066
b. Fuentes De los Amantes
b. Phaeno Science
c. Las Arboledas
c. Heydar Aliyev Center
d. Cassa Baragan
d. Burnham Pavilions
41. a. Neri Oxman 53. a. Cologne, Germany 62. a. Carme Pigem 73. a. Nogales, Mexico
b. Angela Dauber b. Berlin, Germany b. Rafeal Aranda b. Ciudad, Juarez
c. Zaha Hadid c. Hamburg, Germany c. Julia Morgan c. Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
d. Julia Morgan d. Wolfsburg, Germany d. Luis Baragan d. Tijuana, Mexico

54. a. Venturi Vanna House 74. a. Abteiberg Museum

b. Glass House b. Haas Haus
c. Coxe-Hayden House c. Las Arboledas
d. Robbie House d. MMK Museum of Modern Art

42. a. Mies Van de rohe 55. a. Meadville,Pennyslvania 63. a. Glen Murcutt 75. a. Innsbruck, Austria
b. Renzo Piano b. Beaver, Pennsylvania b. Peter Zumthor b. Vienna, Austria
c. Robert Venturi c. Philidelphia,Pennsylvania c. Shigeru Bahn c. Wels, Austria
d. Frei Otto d. Norristown,Pennsylvania d. Hans Hollein d. MMK Museum of Modern Art

56. a. Dutch House

b. Glass House
c. Farnsworth House
d. Robbie House

43. a. Robert Stern 57. a. Galesburg, Illinois

b. Robert Venturi b. Naperville, Illinois
c. Mies Van de Rohe c. Chicago, Illinois
d. Bjarke Ingels d. Springfield, Illinois PREPARED BY: ARDPCASTRO