ARCH 100 FINAL-QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE
Who become an expert on medieval architecture by restoring French monuments?
Viollet-le-Duc
According to Vitruvius, the details on a Doric temple:
Were a memory (or echo) of the first wooden temples
Renaissance construction
stones sit on top of other stones (Viennese Architect, Otto Wagner)
Modern construction
thin panels on a structural frame (Viennese Architect, Otto Wagner)
In the U.S., the typical construction system of a suburban house is:
Balloon framing
The phenomenology of Martin Heidegger suggests that 'good' architecture should:
Consider human subjectivity and experience
How did Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-duc learn about Gothic architecture?
Worked in professional offices
Buckminster Fuller
proposed a neighborhood of manufactured "Wichita houses" that could be shipped in a mailing
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, According to Laugier, the classical elements used in a building's design should always:
Perform a structural role
At the Cathedral of Milan, Italian builders adopted some gothic features like spiky-spires
and pinnacles. However, they did not use flying buttresses. Why?
It's a hotter climate, so they wanted the building cooler, not brighter
Most ancient architecture was made from permanent materials, like stone and marble.
False
Heinrich Hübsch
believed that the classical style was ONLY valid for ancient Greece and Rome, not other
locations, periods or cultures.
The Ise Shrine in Japan is:
1) A sanctuary to the sun goddess
2) Built in a sacred architectural style
3) Completely rebuilt every twenty years
4) pub can access only during certain times
Louis Sullivan argued that skyscraper designs should:
1) Reflect the idea that "form follows function"
2) Celebrate their height
3) Reveal the structural frame beneath
What are typical of Gothic cathedrals' stone "skeletons"?
VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE
Who become an expert on medieval architecture by restoring French monuments?
Viollet-le-Duc
According to Vitruvius, the details on a Doric temple:
Were a memory (or echo) of the first wooden temples
Renaissance construction
stones sit on top of other stones (Viennese Architect, Otto Wagner)
Modern construction
thin panels on a structural frame (Viennese Architect, Otto Wagner)
In the U.S., the typical construction system of a suburban house is:
Balloon framing
The phenomenology of Martin Heidegger suggests that 'good' architecture should:
Consider human subjectivity and experience
How did Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-duc learn about Gothic architecture?
Worked in professional offices
Buckminster Fuller
proposed a neighborhood of manufactured "Wichita houses" that could be shipped in a mailing
tube
, According to Laugier, the classical elements used in a building's design should always:
Perform a structural role
At the Cathedral of Milan, Italian builders adopted some gothic features like spiky-spires
and pinnacles. However, they did not use flying buttresses. Why?
It's a hotter climate, so they wanted the building cooler, not brighter
Most ancient architecture was made from permanent materials, like stone and marble.
False
Heinrich Hübsch
believed that the classical style was ONLY valid for ancient Greece and Rome, not other
locations, periods or cultures.
The Ise Shrine in Japan is:
1) A sanctuary to the sun goddess
2) Built in a sacred architectural style
3) Completely rebuilt every twenty years
4) pub can access only during certain times
Louis Sullivan argued that skyscraper designs should:
1) Reflect the idea that "form follows function"
2) Celebrate their height
3) Reveal the structural frame beneath
What are typical of Gothic cathedrals' stone "skeletons"?
