ARCH 100 EXAM 1 CERTIFICATION
EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
SCRIPT GRADED A PLUS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● Monument
Answer: Latin for memory, a structure built to preserve a cultural
memory
●● Paper Architecture
Answer: designs that only exist as images, not actual buildings
●● Selective Definition
Answer: the view that only certain buildings or designs should be
labeled as architecture
●● Universalist
Answer: -the view that all buildings should be labeled as architecture
●● Utilitarian
Answer: serving practical, direct needs
,●● Vernacular Architecture
Answer: everyday structures built by non-architects that make up most
of the built environment
●● . List three reasons why the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao might
be considered "architecture" instead of "just" a building.
Answer: distinct & memorable design, it revitalized city, other cities
tried to imitate its success
●● What does Pevsner's distinction between Lincoln Cathedral and a
bicycle shed tell you about what he thinks defines real architecture?
Answer: Pevsner choose to say Lincoln Cathedral is architecture due to
its size, cultural significance, etc. and chooses not to say a bicycle is
considered architecture where others could argue this definition based on
different criteria, there is no clear boundaries in categories, but up for the
individual to judge.
●● Similarities between Lincoln Cathedral and Taj Mahal
Answer: Grandiose size is comparison to surroundings
Surrounded by gardens
Have cultural significance. if destroyed, felt globally
●● Differences between Lincoln Cathedral and Taj Mahal
,Answer: Lincoln Cathedral was built over an extended period of time by
many teams were the Taj Mahal was built by one team in 20 years
Lincoln Cathedral is urban context
Lincoln Cathedral is "English" where Taj Mahal is 17th century Prussian
taj mahal seen from vatange point
●● What do we mean by "formal" characteristics in architecture?
Answer: gateways, towers, context?, material?
●● What is the connection between an architectural "monument" and
cultural memory?
Answer: Monument's derived in Latin means memory
●● Using Pevsner's bicycle shed example, what might make a building
non-architecture?
Answer: lacks visual distinction
●● How does a selective definition of architecture create the role of
critic or judge?
Answer: there are no clear boundaries/ guidelines as to what classifies a
structure as architecture so a judge must decide where to draw the line,
this can differ between individuals
, ●● Why might some people prefer to include all buildings, not just
particular ones, in the category of architecture? Does that have any
disadvantages?
Answer: Some people prefer to categorize all buildings as architecture
because some have economic, cultural, and environmental significances
rather than visual. There are infinite reasons as to why someone may
consider a building architecture
●● Why do certain non-buildings--drawings, models, descriptions,
images--belong in conversations about architecture?
Answer: They shows though process, reasoning behind the design, and
goals of the time period in which they were created
●● How does the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial address a
specific cultural "need"?
Answer: theory
-an explanation based on evidence (looking into what past building
teams may have been thinking)
-abstract form of knowledge (??)
-picture from a distance that reveals how things relate overall
(architecture of an entire city, country, etc.. a group of buildings)
●● Megalith
Answer: large stone used in construction
EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
SCRIPT GRADED A PLUS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● Monument
Answer: Latin for memory, a structure built to preserve a cultural
memory
●● Paper Architecture
Answer: designs that only exist as images, not actual buildings
●● Selective Definition
Answer: the view that only certain buildings or designs should be
labeled as architecture
●● Universalist
Answer: -the view that all buildings should be labeled as architecture
●● Utilitarian
Answer: serving practical, direct needs
,●● Vernacular Architecture
Answer: everyday structures built by non-architects that make up most
of the built environment
●● . List three reasons why the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao might
be considered "architecture" instead of "just" a building.
Answer: distinct & memorable design, it revitalized city, other cities
tried to imitate its success
●● What does Pevsner's distinction between Lincoln Cathedral and a
bicycle shed tell you about what he thinks defines real architecture?
Answer: Pevsner choose to say Lincoln Cathedral is architecture due to
its size, cultural significance, etc. and chooses not to say a bicycle is
considered architecture where others could argue this definition based on
different criteria, there is no clear boundaries in categories, but up for the
individual to judge.
●● Similarities between Lincoln Cathedral and Taj Mahal
Answer: Grandiose size is comparison to surroundings
Surrounded by gardens
Have cultural significance. if destroyed, felt globally
●● Differences between Lincoln Cathedral and Taj Mahal
,Answer: Lincoln Cathedral was built over an extended period of time by
many teams were the Taj Mahal was built by one team in 20 years
Lincoln Cathedral is urban context
Lincoln Cathedral is "English" where Taj Mahal is 17th century Prussian
taj mahal seen from vatange point
●● What do we mean by "formal" characteristics in architecture?
Answer: gateways, towers, context?, material?
●● What is the connection between an architectural "monument" and
cultural memory?
Answer: Monument's derived in Latin means memory
●● Using Pevsner's bicycle shed example, what might make a building
non-architecture?
Answer: lacks visual distinction
●● How does a selective definition of architecture create the role of
critic or judge?
Answer: there are no clear boundaries/ guidelines as to what classifies a
structure as architecture so a judge must decide where to draw the line,
this can differ between individuals
, ●● Why might some people prefer to include all buildings, not just
particular ones, in the category of architecture? Does that have any
disadvantages?
Answer: Some people prefer to categorize all buildings as architecture
because some have economic, cultural, and environmental significances
rather than visual. There are infinite reasons as to why someone may
consider a building architecture
●● Why do certain non-buildings--drawings, models, descriptions,
images--belong in conversations about architecture?
Answer: They shows though process, reasoning behind the design, and
goals of the time period in which they were created
●● How does the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial address a
specific cultural "need"?
Answer: theory
-an explanation based on evidence (looking into what past building
teams may have been thinking)
-abstract form of knowledge (??)
-picture from a distance that reveals how things relate overall
(architecture of an entire city, country, etc.. a group of buildings)
●● Megalith
Answer: large stone used in construction
