Architects And Buildings Pt 1
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FAMOUS QUOTES/BUILDINGS, STARCHITECTS AND PRITZKER PRIZE WINNERS
- 1.World Trade Centrer (1973-2001)
- A.
Kisho Kurokawa
- B.
Toyo Ito
- C.
Tadao Ando
- D.
Minoru Yamasaki
- 2.Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, USA)
- A.
Frank Gehry
- B.
Zaha Hadid
- C.
Norman Foster
- D.
Eero Saarinen
- 3.Woolworth Building (New York, USA)
- A.
Rem Koolhaas
- B.
Cass Gilbert
- C.
Philip Johnson
- D.
Frank Lloyd Wright
- 4.Seagram Building (New York, USA)
- A.
Michael Graves
- B.
Norman Foster
- C.
Daniel Libeskind & Philip Johnson
- D.
Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe & Philip Johnson
- 5.The Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe)
- A.
Norman Foster
- B.
Zaha Hadid
- C.
Aldo Rossi
- D.
Frank Gehry
- 6.IBM Plaza (Illinois, USA)
- A.
Toyo Ito
- B.
Renzo Piano
- C.
Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe
- D.
Robert Venturi
- 7.The City of Arts and Sciences (Valencia, Spain)
- A.
Tadao Ando
- B.
Santiago Calatrava
- C.
Arta Izosaki
- D.
Eero Saarinen
- 8.Empire State Building (New York, USA)
- A.
R.H. Shreve, W. Lamb & A. Harmon
- B.
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
- C.
Erik Owen Moss
- D.
William Van Alen
- 9.Flatiron Building (New York, USA)
- A.
Norman Foster
- B.
Michael Graves and Louis Kahn
- C.
Daniel Burnham & Frederick Dinkelberg
- D.
Eero Saarinen
- 10.Niteroi Museum of Contemporary Arts (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
- A.
Santiago Calatrava
- B.
Oscar Niemeyer
- C.
Zaha Hadid
- D.
Robert Venturi
- 11.Parco Della Musica (Rome, Italy)
- A.
Renzo Piano
- B.
Jean Nouvel
- C.
Robert Stern
- D.
I.M. Pei
- 12.Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
- A.
Ali Madran Khan
- B.
Geronimo Verroneo
- C.
Ustad Isa & Ustad Lahori
- D.
Shah Jahan & Mumtaz Mahal
- 13.Largest Mosque in the world
- A.
Imam Reza Shrine
- B.
The Hassan II Mosque
- C.
Masjid al-Haram
- D.
Faisal Mosque
- 14."Form Follows Function"
- A.
Louis Sullivan
- B.
Le Corbusier
- C.
Frank Lloyd Wright
- D.
Mies Van De Rohe
- 15.Villa Savoye (France)
- A.
Norman Foster
- B.
Philip Johnson
- C.
Robert Venturi
- D.
Le Corbusier
- 16."Less is Bore"
- A.
Walter Gropius
- B.
Robert Venturi
- C.
Michael Graves
- D.
Mies Van De Rohe
- 17.Centre George's Pompidou (Paris, France)
- A.
Renzo Piano
- B.
Norman Foster
- C.
Charles Moore
- D.
Oscar Niemeyer
- 18.One World Trade Center (from 2001 - present; New York, USA)
- A.
Richard Meier
- B.
Renzo Piano
- C.
David Childs
- D.
Robert Stern
- 19.The world's FIRST net-zero skyscraper
- A.
EDITT Tower
- B.
Pearl River Tower
- C.
Clean Technology Tower
- D.
Pertamina Energy Tower
- 20.Chrysler Building (New York, USA)
- A.
William Van Alen
- B.
Frank Gehry
- C.
Walter Chrysler
- D.
H. Craig Severance
- 21.Vitra Fire Station (Weil Am Rhein, Germany)
- A.
Zaha Hadid
- B.
Eero Saarinen
- C.
Toyo Ito
- D.
Alvar Aalto
- 22.World's greenest mixed-use development
- A.
Pruitt-Igoe Apartments
- B.
House of Stabio
- C.
The Picnic Project
- D.
Masdar HQ
- 23.World Trade Center Transportation Hub (New York, USA)
- A.
Rem Koolhaas
- B.
Zaha Hadid
- C.
Santiago Calatrava
- D.
Frank Gehry
- 24.Burj Khalifa (at 828 meters; Dubai, UAE)
- A.
Adrian Smith
- B.
Bill Barker
- C.
EMAAR Properties
- D.
Cesar Pelli
- 25.World's recognized 1st skyscraper
- A.
Empire State Building
- B.
Flatiron Building
- C.
Home Insurance Building
- D.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
- 26."Architecture begins where engineering ends"
- A.
Tadao Ando
- B.
Rem Koolhaas
- C.
Walter Gropius
- D.
Buckminster Fuller
- 27.Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- A.
Toyo Ito
- B.
Cesar Pelli
- C.
Adrian Smith
- D.
C.Y. Lee
- 28.Johnson Wax Headquarters (Wisconsin, USA)
- A.
Frank Lloyd Wright
- B.
Fazlur Khan
- C.
I.M. Pei
- D.
Philip Johnson
- 29.30 Rockefeller (New York, USA)
- A.
Raymond Hood
- B.
Tom Wright
- C.
Adrian Smith
- D.
Norman Foster
- 30.Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao, Spain)
- A.
Santiago Calatrava
- B.
Frank Lloyd Wright
- C.
Frank Gehry
- D.
Zaha Hadid
- 31.World's tallest green building/ Tallest LEED platinum rated building
- A.
One World Trade Center
- B.
Proximity Hotel
- C.
Taipei 101
- D.
BG Group Place
- 32."Less is more"
- A.
Le Corbusier
- B.
Louis Sullivan
- C.
Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe
- D.
Robert Venturi
- 33.Torre Agbar aka The Shell (Barcelona, Spain)
- A.
Jean Nouvel
- B.
Herzog & De Meuron
- C.
Norman Foster
- D.
Santiago Calatrava
- 34.World's first diagrid hyperboloid structure
- A.
Adziogol Lighthouse
- B.
Shukhov Tower
- C.
Dorton Arena
- D.
Święty Krzyż TV Tower
- 35.Glass House (Conneticut, USA)
- A.
Le Corbusier
- B.
Walter Gropius
- C.
Alvar Aalto
- D.
Philip Johnson
- 36.Pyramid of Giza aka Pyramid of Khufu (Giza, Egypt)
- A.
Cheops
- B.
Cleopatra
- C.
Hatshepsut
- D.
Hemiunu
- 37.Guangzhou Opera House (Guangzhou, China)
- A.
Norman Foster
- B.
Frank Gehry
- C.
Eero Saarinen
- D.
Zaha Hadid
- 38.Turning Torso (Malmo, Sweden)
- A.
Santiago Calatrava
- B.
Frank Gehry
- C.
Norman Foster
- D.
I.M. Pei
- 39.Millau Viaduct aka The Tallest Bridge in the World (France)
- A.
Santiago Calatrava
- B.
Renzo Piano
- C.
John Hejduk
- D.
Norman Foster
- 40.Considered to be the oldest city in the world
- A.
Jerusalem
- B.
Eridu
- C.
Damascus
- D.
Aleppo
- 41.The Father of Modernism
- A.
Norman Foster
- B.
Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe
- C.
Louis Sullivan
- D.
Walter Gropius
- 42.Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth (Texas, USA)
- A.
Renzo Piano
- B.
Tadao Ando
- C.
I.M. Pei
- D.
Eero Saarinen
- 43.Willis Tower (Illinois, USA)
- A.
Morse Diesel International
- B.
Gordon Bunshaft (S.O.M.)
- C.
Eric Owen Moss
- D.
Fazlur Khan & Bruce Graham
- 44.The birthplace of modern architecture
- A.
Villa Savoye
- B.
University of Salamanca
- C.
Crystal Palace
- D.
Eiffel Tower
- 45.Tower of Winds (Yokohama, Japan)
- A.
Tadao Ando
- B.
Toyo Ito
- C.
Kisho Kurokawa
- D.
C.Y. Lee
- 46.Church on the Water (Hokkaido, Japan)
- A.
I.M. Pei
- B.
Eric Owen Moss
- C.
Aldo Rossi
- D.
Tadao Ando
- 47.Beijing National Stadium (Beijing, China)
- A.
Daniel Libeskind
- B.
Herzog & De Meuron
- C.
Zaha Hadid
- D.
Kohn Pedersen Fox
- 48.The Beehive (California, USA)
- A.
Eric Owen Moss
- B.
Alvar Aalto
- C.
Frank Gehry
- D.
Michael Graves
- 49.Jewish Museum (Berlin, Germany)
- A.
Daniel Libeskind
- B.
Aldo Rossi
- C.
Rem Koolhaas
- D.
Norman Foster
- 50."Father of organic architecture"
- A.
Walter Gropius
- B.
Louis Sullivan
- C.
Frank Lloyd Wright
- D.
Santiago Calatrava
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