THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE
1 Feng-Shui is a Chinese Belief based on Geomancy
2 The term used in describing a diverse design idiom Beaux Arts
3 Resulting color when a primary Color is mixed with a secondary color Tertiary
4 A need to answer the desire to make something which is not strictly Aesthetics
utilitarian
5 A Comparison showing differences the Opposite Similarty Contrast
6 The most important kind of character in architecture is that which results Functional Character
from the purpose of the building or reason of Erection.
7 Means Equality Balance
8 Most Elementary means of organizing forms and spaces in architecture Balance
9 Characterized by an arrangement where all the parts radiate from a Centralized
center like the spikes in a wheel
10 Gives a feeling of grandeur dignity and monumentality Scale
11 When Lines, planes and surface treatments are repeated in a regular Rhythm
sequence
12 Kind of character that came from influence of ideas and impressions Associated Character
related to or growing out of past experience
13 Evident by a comparison which the eye makes between the size, shape, Proportion
and tone of a various object or part of a competition
14 Deals with the relationship between the different parts of the whole to Relative Proportion
the various parts
15 Bears a certain relation to the same attribute to the life of an individual Personal Character
16 Systems are based on the dimension and proportion of the human body Anthropometric Proportion
17 Size and proportion of an element appear to be relative to other Visual Scale
elements of known or assumed size
18 Kind of rhythm where equally spaced windows are introduced on the Unaccented Rhythm
broken wall, then regular repetition is presented
19 Size of a building element or space relative to the dimensions and Human Body
proportion of human body
20 Art and science of building design and construction Architecture
21 “The magnificent display of volume put together in the light” Le Corbusier
22 That which the eye identifies, the mind perceives and interprets Form
23 Aspect with respect to an observer Visual Inertia
24 A series of form arranged in sequence in a row Linear Form
25 A set of modular forms related and regulated by 3d Grid Grid form
26 Subtracting a portion of form’s volume to create another Subtractive Transformation
27 Refers to the manner in which the surface of a form comes together to Articulation of Form
define its shape and volume
28 “The will of the epoch Translated in space” Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
29 Composition of linear forms extending outward from a central form in a Radial Form
radial manner
30 Architecture is generally conceived, designed, and realized Design Process
31 “Noble of Architecture” the loftiest recognition. A lifetime achievement Frank Gehry
award granted to living architect whose body of work represents a
superlative contribution to the field
32 Number of secondary forms clustered about a dominant, centra-perceive Centralized
form
33 One or more dimensions are altered by will retain its identity Dimensional Transformation
34 Collection of forms grouped together by proximity or the sharing of a Clustered
common visual trait
35 Can be regular or irregular, primary characteristic that identifies Shape
36 Pioneers of the modern movement in American Architecture. Auditorium Louis Henry Sullivan
Building, Chicago
37 Pioneers of the modern movement in American Architecture. Auditorium Dankmar Adler
Building, Chicago
38 Architects of the famous twin towers of the world trade center Yamasaki and Roth
39 One of the most sublime pointers and sculpture and one of the most Michelangelo
influential architect and draft man
40 “Starting with holes” belongs to architect Buckminster Fuller
41 Received the “Patnubay ng Sining at Kalingangan” award for the city of Tomas Mapua
manila
42 The Influential architect born in 1508. He designed the Palazzo Cheirecati, Andrea di Petro Della
Vicencia. Grandest town residence. Gondola
43 Architect who leads the development of the Quezon Memorial Circle in Francisco Manosa
QC
44 The Quezon Memorial Shrine was designed by _______. The 66-meter Federico Ilustre
(217ft) monument is composed of three connected pylons and is located
at the center of the Quezon Memorial Circle, a major park in QC.
45 Spanish Architects, one of the most creative practitioners of his art in Antoni Gaudi
modern times.His style is often described as neo-gothic and art nouveau.
46 Antoni Gaudi’s style is known as Catalan Modernism
47 Works are post-modern, he rejected excessive abstractionism to Louis Kahn
incorporate the valid elements of older style
48 Became deeply involved in the design of French railways and bridges. Gustave Eiffel
Worked on Garonne River, train stations.
49 Explored the use of indigenous materials infused with current Franciso Manosa
technological trends to bring a new dimension in designs
50 His contributions where the advocacy of the idea of planning rooms by Oscar Niemeyer
volume
51 Was called “Mater’s master” where his students are architects like Peter Behrens
Gropuis, Breuer and Van de Rohe
52 Scottish Architect and designer who was prominent in the arts and crafts Charles Mackintosh
movement in Great Britain
52 Designs were drawings of fantastic architectural visions in steel and glass Erich Mendelsohn
as well as costume and poster design
53 The Logical arrangement of windows in a building Fenestration
54 Phenomenon wherein drawings consisting of black lines are recognized Figure Ground
as representing an object is quickly recognized by the observer
55 A large space in a transportation terminal for the gathering of crowds Concourse
56 An architectural element which serves as a screen to deflect side air Baffle
current, the sun’s rays or to abstract vision
56 Name given to a visual measure of design based upon the proportion of The Modulor
human body and on mathematics
57 Building Approach can either be Oblique and Frontal
58 Works include the Yale Art Gallery, Richards Medical Center and Louis Kahn
Unitarian Church
59 Applied Science concerned with the characteristics of people that need to Ergonomics
be considered in the design of and systems in order that people and things
will interact effectively and safely
60 An environmental concept where each design component becomes an Organic Architecture
essential part of the whole such when one is removed, the composition is
incomplete
61 All are bases of proportion except Logical Proportion
62 A type of concept that literally relates form with other objects or processes Analogy
63 Delimited space that a person or a group of persons uses and defends as Territory
an exclusive preserve
64 The Ability of individuals or groups of individuals to control their visual, Privacy
auditory, and olfactory interactions with others
65 The study of the symbolic and communicative role of the spatial Proxemics
separation individuals maintains in various social and interpersonal
situations
66 Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, Symbols
or convention, especially a material object used to represent something
invisible or immaterial, deriving its meaning chiefly from the structure in
which it appears
67 Behavior setting Includes Recurrent Activities, A milieu
and current time setting
68 The art and science of shaping, ornamenting, or assembling materials in Tectonics
building construction
69 Colors which are equidistant to each other on the color wheel Triad
70 Associated with a feeling of lack of control over the environment that leads Social Overcrowding
to negative behavior because they are related casually to social overload
71 The science of human settlements Ekistics
72 Habitual dispositions to judge foreign peoples or groups by the standards Ethnocentrism
and practices of one’s own culture or ethnic groups
73 Series of discontinuous movements in the 19th and 20th centuries that Modernism
opposes both Zeitgeist and the Single Strand theories that propose
continuous evolution of styles
74 Name of a Color Hue
75 Resulting color when a primary color is mixed with a secondary color Tertiary
76 Study of pragmatic dimension composing the question of the meaning of Iconography
the art-forms
77 Formal study of the logical constructions of symbol-systems without taking Syntactics
into consideration its relationship to reality
78 The most fundamental activity of man Preservation
79 Desire for prestige, struggle for a position in the Society Recognition
80 Characterized by designs that are less structural and are likely to be Period of Decadence
ornate
81 The development of this material made the walls possible to be thin Insulation
82 Invention of these made high-rise buildings possible Elevators
83 Quality of character of architecture expressive of definitive conceptions Contemporary
84 Creative for of style wherein the structure follows the method of Structural
construction
85 Architecture based on the primary consideration of function but with Traditional Modernism
reservations for history styles as basis of design
86 The simplest structural element Wall
87 Grows more logically from a circular pattern but is often used over square Domes
plans by means of pendentives
88 A series of Arches that forms a continuous Coverings Vaults
89 A covering used to conceal the floor above or the roof Ceilings
90 Ceiling with deeply recessed panels and often highly ornamented Coffered Ceiling
covering
91 Permits passage from the exterior to the interior or from one room to Fenestrations
another
92 Allows the horizontal travel from one part of the building to another Corridor
93 Type of moldings which is sturdier in character Supporting
94 Beginning of the building and the foundation upon which the scheme of Plan
the structure rests
95 Determined by the mass or volume created by enclosing the Space Form
96 Vertical or Horizontal axis of the mass Direction
97 Geometric qualities of the mass Shape
98 Refers to the light and shade caused by the openings, projections, etc. Tone
99 Result when an architect treats an elevation as a two-dimensional surface Paper Architecture
100 Requires that the two forms must have flat, planar surfaces that are Face to Face
parallel to each other.
101 Requires that the two forms are relatively close together or share a Spatial Tension
common visual trait, such as shape, material, or color
102 Requires that two forms must interpenetrate each other’s space Interlocking Volumes
103 Worl’s 1st Futurist and global thinkers. Addresses poverty. Buckminster Fuller
104 “where the architects task is to restore a correct order of values… it is still Alvar Aalto
the architects duty to attempt to humanize age of machines. But this
should not be done without regard for form”
105 “I am neither a capitalist nor a socialist, I am not a religious or an atheist” Lucio Costa
106 French-Born, Brazilian Architect and Urban Planner Lucio Costa
107 German architect who uses more representational styles which has been Peter Behrens
called “Scrapped Classicism”
108 “Reliance building” architect Daniel Burnham
109 “A house is a machine to live in” Le Courbusier
110 “each one sees whatever he wishes to see” Lucio Costa
111 An important Scottish architect who was particularly known for his interiors Robert Adam
based on classical decoration
112 Ornament is a crime, and all ornamentation must be rejected Adolf Loos
113 Function influence but does not dictate form Eero Saarinen
114 Fantastic Paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no John Ruskin
architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect
115 “Truth is indispensable to Architecture & architectural Lie concepts Auguste Perret
116 “A house is a house” Louis Kahn
117 Each new situation requires a new architecture Jean Nouvel
118 Architect who believes that he most important material is man Richard Joseph Neutra
119 Inventor of Geodesic Dome which was based on the principle of spaced Buckminster Fuller
frame
120 Architect of Sagrada Familia Antonio Gaudi
121 Founding Father of Deconstructivism Jacque Derrida
122 Natural domestic architecture of a people including simple communal Folk Architecture
buildings suck as churches, warehouse and barns
122 Should be developed from the use of the building as expressed in modern Contemporary Style
materials and not from styles of the past
123 Need to answer the desire to make something which is not strictly Aesthetics
Utilitarian
124 Developed in the 10th Century which was inspired by the architecture of Revivals
the Greeks and the romans
125 The classical method of deriving the proportion of a rectangle Golden Mean
126 La Jolla Salk institute Symmetry
127 Attribute of a color that shows the quality of color’s purity, intensity or Chroma
saturation
128 Identifying characteristics of a volume determined by the shapes and Form
interrelationships of the planes
129 Similar elements such that the composition can be divided into similar Balanced Symmetry
halves
130 Principle that reflects the degree of importance of forms and spaces as Hierarchy
well as the functional and symbolic roles they play in an architectural
organization
