Architect Junior/Senior/Expert

Junior

A building which is built as a burial shrine is called what?

Mausoleum

A hemispherical roof on a building is known as what?

Dome

A horizontal piece at the bottom of a door or window is called what?

Sill

The top of a window or door opening is called what?

Head

Vertical pieces on the sides of doors are known as what?

Jambs

What form of architecture dominated the Victorian era in the United States?

Victorian

What is the name of a curved structure which is supported at two opposite ends?

Arch

What is the name of the wedge-shaped stone which holds all the parts of an arch together?

Keystone

What's the name of a horizontal beam which holds the weight of a wall over a door?

Lintel

Which of these buildings is NOT an example of neoclassical architecture?

Sydney Opera House

Which of these is a window?

Oriel

Senior

Gothic architecture was popular through what century? 

16th

What architect designed Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow?

Postnik Yakovlev

What architect designed the Forbidden City in Beijing? 

Nguyen An

What architect designed the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois?

Bruce Graham

What Greek sculptor oversaw the building of the Acropolis? 

Phidias

What is the name of “Seinfeld” character George Contanza’s architect alter-ego?

Art Vandelay

What word describes the front of a building?

Facade

Which of these men is an architect of Big Ben in London, England?

Charles Barry

Who designed Potala Palace?

Songtsen Gampo

Who designed the Burj Al Arab in Dubai?

Tom Wright

Who designed the Casa Mila in Barcelona, Spain?

Antoni Gaudi

Who designed the CN Tower in Toronto?

John Andrews

Who designed the Gerkin in London?

Norman Foster

Who designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York City?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Who designed the Space Needle in Seattle? 

Edward Carlson

Who designed the White House? 

James Hoban

Who designed Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles? 

Frank Gehry

Expert

Buckingham Palace was designed by who?

John Nash

In which American city is the Willis Tower located? 

Chicago

In which city is the famous Brandenburg Gate found? 

Berlin

In which city is the skyscraper "Two International Finance Center" located? 

Hong Kong

In which decade was the Pompidou center in Paris built? 

70's

The colonnade in Rome's St. Peter's Square was designed by who? 

Gian Bernini

The World Columbian Exhibition in Chicago was designed by who?

Daniel Burnham

This early modernist designed the United Nations Headquarters in New York City... 

Oscar Niemeyer

What architect designed the Empire State Building in New York City?

William Lamb

What architect designed the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona?

Antoni Gaudi

What architect is responsible for the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?

Irving Morrow

What is a necropolis

Burial place

What is the name of architect Antoni Gaudi's basilica in Barcelona, which began construction in 1882 and is yet to be finished? 

Sagrada Familia

What is the name of the Russian cathedral famous for its onion domes? 

Saint Basil's Cathedral 

What style of architecture is Frank Lloyd Wright famous for?

Prairie School

Where will you find Kilkenny Castle? 

Ireland

Which architect designed Fallingwater?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Which architect designed the Hoover Dam?

Gordon Kaufman

Which bridge over the East River in New York City was completed in 1883 and was the longest suspension bridge at that time? 

Brooklyn Bridge

Which of these architects designed the city of Chicago?

Daniel Burnham

Which of these people designed Hagia Sophia in Istanbul?

Isidore of Miletus

Who contributed to the design of the Eiffel Tower? 

Stephen Sauvestre

Who designed Dancing House in Prague?

Vlado Milunic

Who designed Neuschwanstein Castle?

Christian Jank

Who designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London? 

Christopher Wren

Who designed the dome of the Florence cathedral?

Fillipo Brunelleschi

Who designed the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem? 

Raja Ibn Haywah

Who designed the Farnsworth House in Illinois? 

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Who designed the Gateway Arch in St. Louis? 

Eero Saarinen

Who designed the Moscow Kremlin Palace?

Konstantin Thon

Who designed the Palace of Versailles?

Louis Le Vau

Who designed The Shard in London?

Renzo Piano

Who designed the Washington Monument?

Robert Mills