EXAM

• Islamic architecture refers to the architecture of the Muslim People from the 7th century onwards, developing in the wake of Muhammed
• The Quran is the transcript of the Muslims, equivalent to the Bible of the Catholic or Christian people
• The first building in Escolta Manila that uses an Elevator System is considered to be the Burke Building
• Ali, one of the first caliphs of Islam, built schools to educate Muslims, and his martyrdom is considered as the ending point of the Four Caliphs Period in the Rashidun Caliphate
• Dougong is the wooden system of bracket popularized by the Chinese, usually found in Pagodas or temples
• The Forbidden City was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1987 and is listed as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world
• The Parthenon was the inspiration for the architect and the builder of the Manila Film Center
• Flying buttresses are vertical or stepped strips running up the face of a wall to reinforce it at the point where it carries a load or lateral force
• Romanesque architecture is attributed to as "Roman-like" architecture
• Stained glass, popular during the Gothic era, is commonly made of small pieces of colored flat glass arranged into decorative patterns
• Leandro Locsin is the architect of the Philippine Convention Center and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in the Brutalist Style
• Yolanda Reyes was regarded as the first female architect to receive LIKHA Awards in the Philippines
• The end of the Byzantine Empire signaled the rise of the Islamic Empire
• Abu Bakr was the first caliphate after the death of Muhammed, also translated to as "highly guided"
• Mimar Sinan took the title "commander of the faithful" and called Muslims for unity, working intensely to collect and preserve the texts of the holy Quran
• Sultan Al-Aziz tried to demolish the Great Pyramid of Giza, where Menkaure became the only pyramid that was damaged in 1196AD
• Crocket is the projecting ornament usually in the form of curved foliage used in Gothic architecture to decorate the outer angles of pinnacles, spires, and gables
• Finial is typically a small foliated ornament terminating the peak of a spire or pinnacle
• Renaissance architecture period is literally translated as "Rebirth" and is attributed to the recovery of Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture
• Leonardo Da Vinci was the best-known Renaissance artist famous for masterpieces like the Mona Lisa
• Filippo Brunelleschi was the founding father of Renaissance Architecture and recognized as the first modern engineer, planner, and sole construction supervisor
• The Hall of Supreme Harmony is one of the halls of the Forbidden Place, aka Tail Hall, and is the largest in the imperial palace built on top of three levels of a marble base
• The Great Mosque of Damascus houses the head of John the Baptist according to legends and is built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist
• Vernacular architecture is a category of architecture that is folk, indigenous, and popular, where materials are specific to an ethnic domain
• Suleymaniye Mosque is the largest mosque in the city of Turkey and one of the best-known sites in Istanbul by Mimar Sinan, blending Islamic Byzantine architectural elements
• The Dome of the Rock is considered the most famous Islamic site in Jerusalem and is a Unesco Heritage Site along with the two nearby temple mount structures
• Baroque architecture originating in Italy and prevalent in Europe and the New World is characterized by a dramatic combination of architecture, painting, and decorative arts
• Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the Architect of the Palazzo Montecitorio and Palazzo Barberini
• Hagia Sophia, a Byzantine example from Turkey, is also known as the Divine Wisdom
• Stupa is a Buddhist structure that houses the relic of Buddha
• Vihara is a monastery designed with courts or shrines with a central square space surrounded by priest's chambers
• The Laws of the Indies in the Philippines were decreed by King Philip II
• The 12 architects of St. Peter's Basilica include Donato Bramante, Sangallo (Older), Giamondo, Raphael Sanzo, Boldasarre Peruzzi, Sangallo (The Younger), Michaelangelo Buonarotti, Dela Porta, Dominico Fontana, Da Vignola, Carlo Modern, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini
• What would be the result when you mix the three primary colors of the subtractive colors?
• Architecture is simply the art and science of designing and constructing buildings
• Ergonomics refers to the measurement or profile of the human body in relation to machines
• Construction is the conscious act of forming things resulting in a unifying or coherent structure
• In architecture, a plane is an element with length and width, shape, surface, orientation, and position in two dimensions
• Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed the Church of Light
• Frank Lloyd Wright is the architect who designed the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum