SPECIAL PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE EXAMINATION

FOREIGN LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR ARCHITECTS

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Review Batch 2020

BG WEEK-01:
WEEK Theory of Architecture

ASPIRANT’S NAME _______________________________________ EXAM RATING _____________

MEDIUM GROUP ___________ SMALL GROUP __________________ EXAM DATE _______________

INSTRUCTION: Choose the BEST answer. Read and understand the questions carefully.

I. THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

1. As the prime generator of form, what element indicates a position in space?

a. Volume c. Plane
b. Point d. Line

2. It is the scientific study of the size, measurements and proportions of the human
body.

a. Human scale c. Anthropometry

b. Ergonomics d. Anthropometrics

3. In theory of architecture, what do you call an abstract thought or speculation

resulting in a system of assumptions or principles used in analyzing, explaining or
predicting phenomena and proposed or followed as the basis of action?

a. Concept c. Theory
b. Idea d. Scheme

4. What do you call a transformation of forms that can be t

transformed
ransformed by altering
one or more of its dimensions and still retain its identity?

a. Subtractive c. Additive
b. Dimensional d. Transformational

5. A preliminary version of a plan or design.

a. Sketch c. Concept
b. Mood board d. Draft

6. Separating of a whole into its constituent parts or elements, especially as a

method of studying the nature of the whole and determining its essential features
and their relations.

a. Thinking c. Analysis
b. Dissemination d. Splitting

II. DICTUMS OF FAMOUS ARCHITECTS

7. "A house is a house."

a. Louis Khan c. Gaudi Antoni

b. Walter Gropius d. Louis Sullivan

8. “Form follows function.”

a. Louis Henry Sullivan c. Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe

b. Frank Lloyd Wright d. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

9. "Inconsistency itself breeds vitality."

a. Tadao Ando c. Minoru Yamasaki

b. Kenzo Tange d. Ieoh Ming Pei
10. "The artist is only a vehicle for what always been." One of the philosophies of
this famous architect. He is known for his monumental and brutalist style while
highlighting the materials involved in a building’s construction.

a. Louis Sullivan c. Le Corbusier

b. Louis Khan d. Jean Nouvel

11. Complete the Famous dictum of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, "Architecture must meet
three requirements: strength, _______ and unity".

a. Aesthetics c. Beauty
b. Harmony d. Passion

12. “I design Filipino, nothing else.”

a. Tomas Mapua c. Francisco "Bobby" Mañosa

b. Felipe Mendoza d. Leandro Locsin

III. FAMOUS BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTS

13. Identify the building and its architect/s. Refer to Figure 01.

a. National Museum; Foster + Partners

b. National Bird's Nest; Herzog & de Meuron
c. National Coliseum; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
d. National Stadium; Herzog & de Meuron

14. Identify the first building with modern AC. Refer to Figure 02.

a. Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company, New York

b. Ingalls Building, Cincinnati
c. Home Insurance Building, Chicago
d. Reliance Building, Chicago

15. The Rusakov Workers' Club in Moscow is a notable example of constructivist

architecture. Who is the architect of this building? Refer to Figure 03.

a. Vensin brothers c. Konstantin Melnikov

b. Vladimir Tatlin d. Nikolai Alexandrovich Ladovsky

16. Identify the building and its architect. Refer to Figure 04.

a. Sears Tower; C.Y. Lee & Partners

b. Taipei 101; C.Y. Lee & Partners
c. Jin Mao Tower; C.Y. Lee & Partners
d. Shung Hing Square; Shung hing square

17. Identify the building, architect & location. Tallest Building in Scandinavia.
Refer to Figure 05.

a. Turning Torso; Santiago Calatrava; Malmo, Sweden

b. Tokyo Nara Tower; Ken Yeang; Tokyo, Japan
c. One Central Park; Jean Nouvel; Sydney, Australia
d. Cayan Tower; SOM; Dubai UAE

18. The Vanna Venturi House, is located in the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Robert Venturi for his
mother, Vanna Venturi, and constructed between 1962 and 1964. What architectural
style applied in Vanna Venturi house? Refer to Figure 06.

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 a. Modernism c. Brutalism
b. Post modernism d. Ecelecticism

IV. COLORS

19. The dimension of a color that is correlated with luminance and by which casual
stimuli are ordered continuously.

a. Lightness c. Value
b. Chroma d. Brightness

20. Designating a color having low lightness and low saturation and reflecting only a
small fraction of incident light.

a. Dark c. Deep
b. Pale d. Brilliant

21. A phenomenon of light and visual perception that may be described in terms of an
individual’s
ual’s perception of hue, saturation, and lightness for objects, and hue,
saturation, and brightness for light sources.

a. Color c. Lighting
b. Monochrome d. Sun Light

22. It is a color that tends to produce rage or passion and frequently associa
associated
with violence and excitement. Red is the color of extremes. It is also a magical
and religious color.

a. Fuschia Pink c. Orange

b. Red d. Purple

23. An intermediate color between tint and shade.

a. Tone c. Chroma
b. Hue d. Value

V. WORLD HEIGHTS

24. What is the total height of the Burj Khalifa to its tip?

a. 831.2 m c. 821 m
b. 828 m (excluding antenna) d. 829.8 m

25. The tallest skyscraper in Metro Manila. See figure below.

a. Grand Hyatt, Manila c. Trump Tower

b. The Gramercy Residences d. PBCom Tower
26. Burj Khalifa was proposed in 2003 and construction started on the following year.
It was completed on 2010 ranking as the Tallest Skyscraper in the world. What is
the total height of Burj Al Arab?

a. 321 ft c. 828 ft
b. 828 m d. 321 m

27. This 105-storey pyramid-shaped

shaped hotel which dominates the skyline of Pyongyang,
North Korea is known as the Hotel of Doom after construction was abandoned in 1992
when the country suffered an economic crisis. Up to now, i
it
t holds the title for the
“World’s Tallest Unoccupied Building.” What is the name of this structure? See
figure below:

a. Ryanggang Hotel c. Pyongyang Hotel

b. Ryugyong Hotel d. Yanggakdo Hotel

28. One of the tallest skyscrapers in Makati, Philippines at a height of 155m to be

awarded the first Platinum LEED level award upon its completion in 2013.

a. Gramercy Residences c. Shangri-La The fort

b. PBCom Tower d. Zuellig Building

29. The tallest tower in China with the height of 632m and completed in 2015
Reference:

a. Bank of China Tower c. Shanghai World Financial Center

b. Shanghai Tower d. Shanghai WTC One

VI. PRITZKER PRIZE LAUREATE

30. Who among the following Pritzker Prize Awardees is famous for having a
distinctive pink architectural element in most of his/her works?
a. Luis Baraggan c. Zaha Hadid
b. Kenzo Tange d. Paulo Mendes da Rocha

31. British architect who has played an important

important role in shaping the High-Tech
High and
environmental design movements. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards,
including the Pritzker Prize in 1999, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990; he is
also known as the Baron Foster of Thames Bank.

a. Richard Rogers c. James Stirling

b. Norman Foster d. Zaha Hadid
32. A German architect and structural engineer noted for his use of lightweight
structures, in particular tensile and membrane structures, including the roof of
the Olympic Stadium in Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

a. Eric Mendelson c. Frei Otto

b. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe d. Buckminister Fuller

33. A Japanese Pritzker Prize Awardee known for his innovative work with paper,
particularly recycled cardboard.

a. Shigeru Ban c. Kenzo Tange

b. Tadao Ando d. Toyo Ito

VII. ARCHITECTURAL THEORIES AND FAMOUS BOOKS

34. What is the original title of this book ‘The Ten Books on Architecture by
Vitruvius’?

a. Da architectura c. Les architectura

b. Le architectura d. De architectura

35. This refers to the manner in which the surface of a form come together to define
its shape and volume.

a. Articulation c. Clustered formation

b. Formation d. Transformation

36. Which is NOT a "Fibonacci Series number" from 1 - 114

a. 2 c. 34
b. 15 d. 21

37. A rectangle whose sides are proportioned according to the golden section is known
as?

a. Golden rectangle c. Pythagorean rectangle

b. Fibonacci rectangle d. Modulor scale

38. Who is the author of 'Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture'?

a. Francis D.K Ching c. Robert Venturi

b. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio d. Andrea Palladio

39. _______, which Le Corbusier finally formulated in 1926 included (1) the pilotis
elevating the mass off the ground, (2) the free plan, achieved through the
separation of the load-bearing columns from the walls subdividing the space, (3)
the free facade, the corollary of the free plan in the vertical plane, (4) the long
horizontal sliding window and finally (5) the roof garden, restoring, supposedly,
the area of ground covered by the house.

a. Les 5 Pointes architecturae

b. De architectura y cinco pointes
c. Les 5 Points d'une architecture nouvelle
d. Mies Architectura le Pointes

40. The act of thinking ,discussing and writing about architecture.

a. Architectural Theory c. Engineering

b. Architecture d. Both a and b

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 VIII. ARCHITECTURE TRIVIAS

41. What did famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright reply when an important client called
to complain that water on the roof of his newly completed house was leaking onto a
dinner guest?

a. "That is not my problem anymore" c. “Wait for me and I’ll fix it”
b. “Tell
ell him to fix it for you” d. "Tell him to move his chair"

42. Who planned and designed Chandigarh, India’s first planned city by order of their
first Prime Minister?

a. Le Corbusier c. Albert Mayer

b. Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi d. Ustad Ahmed Lahori

43. He is a Spanish and Mexican architect who is widely recognized as one of the most
prominent figures in 20th century architecture. His innovative experiments with
reinforced concrete produced iconic buildings deemed cascarones,
, or 'shell
structures', such as the Pavilion of Cosmic Rays at UNAM
UNAM,
, Mexico City (1951); the
Chapel Lomas de Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca (1958); Los Manantiales Restaurant,
Restaurant
Xochimilco (1958); and the Palace of Sports for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico
City.

a. Le Corbusier c. Eero Saarinen

b. Felix Candela d. Frank Lloyd Wright

44. Architect that has a chaotic approach?

a. Frank Gehry c. Eliel Saarinen

b. Zaha Hadid d. Peter Behrens

45. The newly opened Leeza SOHO Tower (Li Ze Tower) in Beijing, China, now has the
record for the World’s
ld’s Largest/Tallest Atrium. Who was the architect of this
building? See figure below.

a. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill c. Herzog & de Meuron

b. Foster + Partners d. Zaha Hadid

46. A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to
the polygonal plan of its supporting structure.

a. Pendentive c. Stele
b. Parterre d. Trellis

47. How many bricks are there in the Empire State Building?

a. 5 Million c. 15 Million
b. 10 Million d. 20 Million
48. Stonehenge is 1500 years older than Rome’s Colosseum. Where is it located?

a. Mesopotamia c. Scandinavia
b. India d. England

49. It was the largest movie theater in the world located in New York City opened in
December, 1932. It originally had 5945 seats.

a. Radio City Music Hall c. Auditorio de Tenerife

b. World Auditorium d. Sydney Opera House

50. Average height of 15 year old children.

a. 58 inches c. 42 inches
b. 64 inches d. 70 inches

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“If you weren't an optimist, it would be impossible to be an

architect”

― Norman Foster

-X.X.

Figure 01. Figure 02.

Figure 03. Figure 04.

Figure 05. Figure 06.