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Architect Quiz: Test Your Knowledge on Architecture

This quiz tests your knowledge on various aspects of architecture, including historical figures, educational requirements, and professional practices.

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1 Instead, they usually carried the title of Master Builder, or surveyor, after serving a number of years as an apprentice (such as Sir ________).

2 When was Architect formed?

3 What type is thing is Architect?

4 Some architects specialize as building code, building envelope, sustainable design, historic preservation, ________ and other forms of specialist consultants.

5 Other prestigious architectural awards are the Alvar Aalto Medal (Finland) and the Carlsberg Architecture Prize (________).

6 In Singapore, university study is required (such as the five-year course of study at the ________ or certain approved foreign universities).

7 The average salary (2008–09) in the ________ is £45,000, with a typical range for principals between £51,000 and £90,000.

8 Architects deal with local and federal jurisdictions about regulations and ________.

9 Many architects elect to move into real estate (property) development, corporate facilities planning, project management, ________, interior design or other related roles.

10 The architect might need to comply with local planning and ________ laws, such as required setbacks, height limitations, parking requirements, transparency requirements (windows), and land use.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • English-born architect John C. Austin designed several landmark buildings in Southern California, including the Griffith Observatory.
  • English architect Richard Roach Jewell designed many of the important public buildings in Perth, Western Australia during the latter half of the 19th century.
  • Torolf Prytz, a Norwegian architect turned goldsmith, also served as Minister of Industrial Provisioning for the Liberal Party.
  • a general contractor makes submittals which are required by the architect and engineer for verification that correct products will be installed in a construction project.
  • a shop drawing is not created by the architect or the engineer, but by the fabricator.
  • designated heritage designs by the early 20th-century Canadian architect Neil R. Darrach can be found in both St. Thomas, Ontario, and Regina, Saskatchewan.
  • an Indianapolis architect was sent to Château de Malmaison to replicate a copy of it in Indianapolis' Washington Park neighborhood.
  • although Archibald Leitch was the foremost football stadium architect in the United Kingdom in the early 20th century, only two of his works have been listed for preservation.
  • St. Kazimierz Church in Warsaw (pictured) was designed by the leading Dutch architect Tylman van Gameren.
  • Percival Goodman, described as "the most prolific architect in Jewish history" by The Forward, was also an urban planning theorist who criticized Robert Moses' ideas for parkways in New York City.
  • John Douglas was an architect responsible for the 19th-century black-and-white revival in Chester, Cheshire.
  • Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, chief architect of Saint Petersburg from 1716 until his death, introduced the distinctions between state apartments and private apartments into French architectural practice.
  • Fyodor Schechtel, the architect of Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal in Moscow, Russia, was expelled from his classes at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1878 for "bad attendance".
  • John Latenser, Sr., an early architect in Omaha, Nebraska, designed more than 12 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Laurynas Gucevičius was the first professional Lithuanian architect in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and is the most famous representative of Lithuanian classicism.
  • P.J. Mills, a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, is a descendant of Robert Mills, the architect who designed the Washington Monument.
  • Oskar Sosnowski, professor of architecture at Warsaw Tech, was wounded by Germans while trying to save archives containing details of Polish historic buildings.
  • during the mid-20th century, cemesto panels were used in both prefabricated housing and houses designed by prominent architects.
  • in 1906, Scottish architect Sir Robert Lorimer built the Hill of Tarvit mansion house on an Iron Age site.
  • the Danish Tegnestuen Vandkunsten were the first team of architects to be awarded the Alvar Aalto Medal.
  • the William H. Copeland House (pictured) was one of three remodeling projects undertaken by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park between 1906 and 1909.
  • the Vorontsovsky Palace in Ukraine was designed by the English architect Edward Blore.
  • the German architect Walter Gropius visited Peru in order to attend a graduation ceremony at the National University of Engineering Faculty of Architecture.
  • the architectural style of Canadian architect David Webster has been locally referred to as a "castle style".
  • when architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed his American System-Built Homes, he produced over 900 working drawings, which was more than he made for any other project.
  • the former chief architect of Yerevan, Arthur Meschian, was also one of the founders of Armenian rock.
  • the South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry, New York, is the only known work of architect Julius Munckowitz, despite his later career with New York City's parks.
  • the Reichstag dome (pictured) was originally designed as a cylinder by its architect Norman Foster.
  • much of medieval Chester Castle (pictured) was rebuilt in neoclassical style by architect Thomas Harrison around 1800.
  • in addition to being a painter, Wolf Huber was active as an architect, but that no buildings designed by him have survived.
  • in 1766, the collapse of the cupola of St. Andrew's Cathedral, St. Petersburg (pictured) led to the arrest of the cathedral's architect.
  • the architect Hans Price was responsible for the distinctive look of buildings in Weston-super-Mare, England, during the Victorian era.
  • the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio's first commission in the city of Venice was an improved design for the façade of San Pietro di Castello.
  • the Singer's Bridge, designed by architect Vasily Stasov, was called the Yellow Bridge and is the third-widest bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
  • the Embassy of Russia in Copenhagen was designed by Danish architect Vilhelm Dahlerup, who also designed the Hotel D’Angleterre.
  • Emily Helen Butterfield was Michigan's first licensed female architect, and designed many college fraternity and sorority crests thanks to her interest in heraldry.
  • Edith Hughes, considered Britain's first practising woman architect, was refused entry to the all-male Royal Institute of British Architects in 1927.
  • architect Solomon Andrew Layton designed 22 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma, a state record.
  • architect Otto Königsberger illustrated his uncle Max Born's popular physics book.
  • architect John M. Van Osdel drafted the plans for the first architect-designed house in Chicago, formed Chicago's first architectural firm and ensured passage of Chicago's first building codes.
  • architect, former partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and founder of Lucien Lagrange Architects, Lucien Lagrange was a high school dropout.
  • architect/engineer Sir Owen Williams returned part of his design fee for the Dollis Hill Synagogue because the congregation was unhappy with the finished structure.
  • Australian painter Jeffrey Smart initially wanted to become an architect instead of an artist.
  • architects Eggers & Higgins took over construction of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial after the death of John Russell Pope, despite protests that their appointment was "un-Jeffersonian".
  • architect John Desmond was able to design the acclaimed Louisiana State University Student Union building in Baton Rouge so that it could be built without disturbing a canopy of stately oak trees.
  • architect Ivan Rerberg despised the title of architect, and preferred to sign his work "Engineer Rerberg".
  • architect Frank Lloyd Wright's belief that banks should not "put on the airs of a temple of worship" is reflected in the design of the 1905 Frank L. Smith Bank.
  • Annie Fargé, who played a scatterbrained French wife to an American architect in the 1960 CBS sitcom Angel, was described by Time as "easily the brightest newcomer to situation comedy" though the series folded after one season.
  • Ancient Egyptian architect Senemut was allegedly the lover of the Pharoah Hatshepsut.
  • architect Alfred Rosenheim doubted whether modern architecture could strictly be regarded as architecture.
  • architect Andrew Rebori once referred to modern buildings as "steel and glass upside-down cakes".
  • architect Cecil Alexander designed a controversial Georgia state flag that served from 2001 to 2003.
  • architect Bennie Gonzales designed most of the major municipal buildings in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, including Scottsdale City Hall, which features a kiva for meetings.
  • Czech–Bulgarian architect Josef Schnitter, chief architect of Plovdiv from 1878 to 1914, is credited with shaping that city's modern appearance.
  • Dutch architect Kees Christiaanse, a proponent of mixed communities, has described his buildings as "socializing machines".
  • British architect Jan Kaplický escaped from Prague to London in the wake of the Prague Spring, carrying only US$100 and a few pairs of socks.
  • British architect Rodney Gordon considered running for Parliament, but could not decide which party he wanted to be in.
  • Scottish clergyman Alexander Edward was deprived of his parish after the establishment of Presbyterianism, and later became an architect.
  • British architect Stephen Gardiner wrote biographies of sculptors Jacob Epstein and Elisabeth Frink, both of whom were family friends.
  • ASNOVA was a group of architects that linked psychology and architecture by building laboratories and expounding psychological theories.
  • Clarence W. Wigington, the first African American municipal architect, designed four buildings in two cities that are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Carl Westman (pictured) was one of the first Swedish architects to incorporate the Nordic National Romantic Style into his designs.
  • Russian architect Lev Kekushev built Art Nouveau buildings in Moscow, Russia, in the 1890s and early 1900s, "signed" with a lion (Lev) ornament or sculpture.
  • Polish architect Chrystian Piotr Aigner used a range of styles including Classicist, Neoclassicist, Palladian, Neogothic, Empire and Romantic.
  • French architect Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe designed the structure that initially housed the Hermitage Museum and the palace where Grigory Rasputin was murdered.
  • English headmistress Olive Willis founded Downe House School, where her chauffeur-architect-engineer slept in her bathroom.
  • English-born architect William Nichols designed and built statehouses for North Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi in the early 19th century.
  • Grand Duchess Sophie Caroline of East Friesland instructed Danish royal architect Lauritz de Thurah to demolish Sorgenfri Palace in 1756 to make way for a new palace (pictured).
  • Italian Renaissance architect and stage designer Nicola Sabbatini discovered that the l'œil du prince ("the prince's eye") has the best perspective of the stage of any seat in a theater's audience.
  • Modernisme architect Enrique Nieto not only designed the main synagogue in Melilla, but also the Central Mosque and several Catholic church buildings.
  • Macquarie University made its site's architect, Walter Abraham, a professor to give his opinions the same weight as those of the academic staff.
  • 19th-century English architect John Foulston was responsible for the construction of Union Street across marshland.
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