ARCH 100 EXAM 3-QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE
corralling
process of offsetting each new layer of stone to create a dome
voussoirs
individual wedge-shaped stones that form an arch (keystone is the one at the very top)
where did concrete originate
Ancient Rome with natural volcanic ash
- used in the Pantheon
- covered it in thin bricks (opus latericium) or stones (opus reticulatum)
Abbe Laugier
- classical architecture is the origin of everything
- primitive hut represents the ideal structure (shows function)
- decoration is unnecessary
Carlo Lodoli
- wooden hut should not have been translated to stone/marble
- classical design as an aesthetic system is wrong because material should affect form
Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
, - learned architecture by working in offices and self-teaching
- worked for French gov to restore gothic churches
- applied iron and industrial methods
- called gothic systems elastic
- authentically beautiful bc they reveal structure
groin vault
two barrel vaults crossed at right angle
ribbed vaults
thicker intersecting stone arches that support framework
stereotomy
chiseling stone into a shape
Karl Botticher
- studied greek and gothic
- there are two ways to build in stone
1. trabeation (post and beams - classical)
2. arcuation (arches and vaults - gothic)
- both are valid
- compared structure to skin and bones
H.H. Sullivan
- 1st skyscraper - wholesale store
- terra cotta on lightweight structure
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE
corralling
process of offsetting each new layer of stone to create a dome
voussoirs
individual wedge-shaped stones that form an arch (keystone is the one at the very top)
where did concrete originate
Ancient Rome with natural volcanic ash
- used in the Pantheon
- covered it in thin bricks (opus latericium) or stones (opus reticulatum)
Abbe Laugier
- classical architecture is the origin of everything
- primitive hut represents the ideal structure (shows function)
- decoration is unnecessary
Carlo Lodoli
- wooden hut should not have been translated to stone/marble
- classical design as an aesthetic system is wrong because material should affect form
Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
, - learned architecture by working in offices and self-teaching
- worked for French gov to restore gothic churches
- applied iron and industrial methods
- called gothic systems elastic
- authentically beautiful bc they reveal structure
groin vault
two barrel vaults crossed at right angle
ribbed vaults
thicker intersecting stone arches that support framework
stereotomy
chiseling stone into a shape
Karl Botticher
- studied greek and gothic
- there are two ways to build in stone
1. trabeation (post and beams - classical)
2. arcuation (arches and vaults - gothic)
- both are valid
- compared structure to skin and bones
H.H. Sullivan
- 1st skyscraper - wholesale store
- terra cotta on lightweight structure
