The architectural style in English Gothic architecture that is closest to the Italian style
Stylobate
A continuous base of structure on which a colonnade is placed
Octastyle
A temple with 8 columns in front and rear, and 15 columns on both sides, including the 2 columns at the front
Cheops
The pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid of Giza in the 4th dynasty
Cornice
A gutter in modern times
Propylaea
The imposing entrance to the Acropolis, erected by the architect Mnesicles
Through gothic centuries the English style that is closest to French style is Lancet
Pyramid
The tomb of pharaohs in Egyptian architecture
Gargoyle
A grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal, serving as a spout and projecting from a gutter to throw rainwater clear off a building
Frank Lloyd Wright
The architect who advocated the "organic arch" and envisioned the "broadacre city" for the future
Egyptian architecture
Principally designed for internal effect
Seville Cathedral
The largest medieval cathedral in Europe, with the exception of St. Peter's in Rome, and the largest church in the world
Ictinus
The architect of the Temple of Apollo Epicurius
Mastaba
The tomb of nobility in Egyptian architecture
Colosseum
The plan of the Colosseum in Rome is shaped in the form of an ellipse
Walter Gropius: '"I believe that people make natural association with forms, color and the composition of elements while decoration and detailing help communicate with a building's purpose"'
There was no greatest patron of Romanesque architecture
In Gothic churches, the purpose of the flying buttress is none
Hypotrachelion
The part of the Greek order where the shaft terminates
Falling Water
The function of the overhanging slab is to create a terrace
Greek architecture
Was essentially columnar and trabeated
FlorenceCathedral
Also known as the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, it is world renowned for having the largest brick dome ever constructed
Roman rectangular temple
Stood on a podium
Gothic architecture originated in Northern France
Peripteral temple
A Greek temple with 6 columns in front and back, and 11 columns on the sides, including the outermost columns at the front and back
Acroterion
Blocks resting on the vertex or lower extremes of the pediment
Colosseum
Commenced by Vespasian and completed by Domitian
Doxiadis
The architect/city planner who authored the "ekistics" - the science of human settlements
Buckminster Fuller
The architect who designed and advocated the geodesic dome for cities of tomorrow
Romanesque architecture in Italy
Is distinguished from the rest of Europe by the use of marble for facing walls
Bahay Kubo
From "balai" for house and "kubo" for cube
Art Deco
A style influenced by geometric figures
Romans
Used arch and vault to achieve huge interiors made possible by concrete made with pozzolona, a native natural cement
Aerostyle
4D Column Distance
Caida
The area reserved for entertaining guests in a Bahay Kubo
Composite order
The order that was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks
Falling Water
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's organicarchitecture
Pantheon
A temple with a circular plan supporting a dome of about 140 ft in diameter, described by Thomas Jefferson as a model of spherical arch