MArch Master of Architecture Architectural History & Theory

Question 1

Which architectural movement, characterized by an emphasis on functionality and rejection of ornament, was championed by Adolf Loos in the early 20th century?

Accepted Answer

Modernism

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Art Nouveau

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Postmodernism

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Brutalism

Question 2

The Bauhaus school, founded in 1919 in Weimar, Germany, was established by which architect?

Accepted Answer

Walter Gropius

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Mies van der Rohe

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Le Corbusier

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Question 3

In architectural theory, what does the term 'genius loci' refer to?

Accepted Answer

The spirit or distinctive atmosphere of a place

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The structural genius of a building

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A genius architect's legacy

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The geometric logic of a plan

Question 4

Which 20th-century architectural theory posited that buildings should communicate meaning through historical and cultural references, reacting against the austerity of Modernism?

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Postmodernism

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Deconstructivism

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Metabolism

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Structuralism

Question 5

The Five Points of a New Architecture, which included pilotis, free facades, and roof gardens, were formulated by which architect?

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Le Corbusier

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Alvar Aalto

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Louis Kahn

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Eero Saarinen

Question 6

What is the primary theoretical concern of phenomenological architecture as described by theorists like Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Juhani Pallasmaa?

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The bodily and sensory experience of space

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Digital fabrication techniques

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Economic efficiency of construction

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Formal geometric composition