Architecture

Architecture Questions and Answers

What are the differences between Roman and Greek temples?

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Identify, and then compare and contrast, the architectural styles of the cathedrals in Toulouse and Chartres.  

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Compare and contrast Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s and Philip Johnson’s Seagram Building to Robert Venturi’s Vanna Venturi House.

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How is the difference between French Baroque architecture and Italian Baroque architecture a reflection of the political system of the seventeenth century?

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What style of architecture does the Basilica of Saint-Denis represent? What are some of the defining characteristics of that style?

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Why is Gothic architecture called skeletal?

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Analyze the use of definition in Paul Goldberger's "The Heatherwick Effect."

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What is the design of the Harold Washington Library in Chicago, and what is the relationship between its interior and exterior? What statements did the patron and architect seek to communicate? How is this content expressed by the architect’s choice of architectural forms?

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Explain Louis Sullivan’s functionalism as it relates to the Wainwright Building in St. Louis.

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What influence did the Greek mathematician Euclid have on Brunelleschi?

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How did Neoclassical architecture influence the style of public and domestic architecture in the United States during the late-18th and early-19th centuries? 

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What influence did the Roman architect and military engineer Vitruvius have on Brunelleschi?

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Why was St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Australia, built?

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What is Brutalist architecture?

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How  can we protect  Greek architecture?

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