Architecture Quizzes and Answers
Architecture Quiz Questions
- Which English architect is best known for rebuilding the Houses of Parliament?
- London's Shard was designed by which architect?
- The three classical orders of classical architecture are Ionic, Corinthian, and which other order?
- The Cenotaph war memorial on Whitehall was designed by which architect?
- Which Danish architecture designed Sydney Opera House?
- Which prize is considered to be the most prestigious architecture award in the United Kingdom?
- Name the world famous house in rural Pennsylvania designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright?
- Which building is regarded by most as the best example of Mughal architecture?
- Which steel suspension bridge crossing the River Thames was nicknamed the 'Wobbly Bridge' by Londoners?
- What name is given to the wedge-shaped stone piece at the apex of a masonry arch?
- The Chrysler Building is a New York skyscraper designed in which visual style?
- What's the name of the historic circle of townhouses in the city of Bath, completed in 1768, which are a preeminent example of Georgian architecture?
- Which world capital city was chosen as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its modernist architecture?
- Archibald Leitch was a Scottish architect most famous for his work in designing which type of buildings?
- Who was the first architect to introduce the classical architecture of Rome and the Italian Renaissance to Britain?
Answers:
- Sir Charles Barry
- Renzo Piano
- Doric
- Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens
- Jorn Utzon
- The Stirling Prize
- Fallingwater
- Taj Mahal
- London Millennium Footbridge
- Keystone
- Art Deco
- The Circus
- Brasilia
- Football stadiums (he designed Anfield, Highbury, Goodison Park, Ibrox, Cardiff Arms Park, White Hart Lane, and many more iconic grounds)
- Inigo Jones
Did you know that Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens was named after a friend of his father - the painter and sculptor Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, best known for his lion sculptures in Trafalgar Square.
Architecture Quiz Questions
- Sir Clough Williams-Ellis is chiefly known for the creation of which village in North Wales?
- Sir Basil Spence was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with which building in England?
- At the time of its opening in 1933, which Sir Giles Scott designed building did The Observer newspaper describe as 'one of the finest sights in London'?
- By what name is 30 St Mary Axe better known by?
- Can you name the magnum opus of architect Antoni Gaudi?
- 'Reader, if you seek his memorial - look around you' is an epitaph to which architect?
- Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition to build Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral - what is this building's best known nickname?
- For which 'no more' London building is Joseph Paxton chiefly noted?
- What architectural term is given to an anteroom or small foyer leading into a lobby or entrance hall?
- Which architect was made a Dame by Elizabeth II in 2012, for services to architecture?
- Who's best-known works include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain?
- An extension to which building was once described by Prince Charles as a 'monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend'?
- Which neoclassical styled building was the most famous design of Irish-born architect James Hoban?
- Who designed Marble Arch in 1827?
- Which architect would you associate with London Heathrow Terminal 5, Lloyd's Building, and the Millennium Dome?
Answers:
- Portmeirion
- Coventry Cathedral
- Battersea Power Station
- The Gherkin (designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group)
- Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona
- Sir Christopher Wren (who is burried in St. Paul's Cathedral)
- Paddy's Wigwam
- Crystal Palace
- Vestibule
- Dame Zaha Hadid
- Frank Gehry
- The National Gallery
- The White House (constructed between 1792 and 1800 using sandstone painted white)
- John Nash
- Richard Rogers