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BORN IN WISCONSIN, HE WORKED UNDER LOUIS SULLIVAN BEFORE FOUNDING A CHICAGO PRACTICE... FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
ROBIE HOUSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
HIS "ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE" TRIES TO HARMONIZE WITH ITS INHABITANTS AND SITE... FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
KAUFMANN HOUSE IN PENNSYLVANIA IS BETTER KNOWN BY THIS NAME... FALLING WATER
HE DESIGNED THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IN NYC... FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
HE DESIGNED THE IMPERIAL HOTEL IN TOKYO... FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
THOUGH MOST ASSOCIATED WITH CHICAGO, HIS BEST-KNOWN WORK IS THE 1891 WAINWRIGHT BUILDING IN ST. LOUIS... LOUIS SULLIVAN
"FORM SHOULD FOLLOW FUNCTION" LOUIS SULLIVAN
THE LEADING ARCHITECT OF THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE OF SKYSCRAPER DESIGN... MIES VAN DER ROHE
FOUNDED THE BAUHAUS SCHOOL, WHOSE FACULTY INCLUDED PAUL KLEE, WASSILY KANDINSKY, AND JOSEF ALBERS... WALTER GROPIUS
HEADED HARVARD'S ARCHITECTURE DEPT. FROM 1938-52... WALTER GROPIUS
HIS WORKS INCLUDE THE BARCELONA PAVILION FOR THE 1929 INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION; THE LAKESHORE DRIVE APTS. IN CHICAGO; AND THE NEW NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN WASHINGTON, DC... MIES VAN DER ROHE
"LESS IS MORE" MIES VAN DER ROHE
MIES VAN DER ROHE CO-DESIGNED THE SEAGRAM BUILDING IN NYC WITH THIS MAN... PHILLIP JOHNSON
THIS CHINESE-BORN ARCHITECT EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. IN 1935... I.M.PEI
HE MAY BE BEST-KNOWN FOR THE GLASS PYRAMID ERECTED OUTSIDE THE LOUVRE IN 1989, AND FOR THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME IN CLEVELAND (1995). I.M. PEI
AN INSCRIPTION NEAR HIS TOMB DECLARES, "READER, IF YOU SEEK A MONUMENT, LOOK AROUND YOU"... CHRISTOPHER WREN
BORN CHARLES-EDUOARD JEANNERET LE CORBUSIER
HE WROTE THE 1923 BOOK TOWARDS A NEW ARCHITECTURE... LE CORBUSIER
"A HOUSE IS A MACHINE FOR LIVING IN" LE CORBUSIER
DESIGNER OF THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT IN SEATTLE AND THE WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL IN LOS ANGELES... FRANK GEHRY
DESIGNER OF THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IN BILBAO, SPAIN, WHICH IS DESCRIBED BY NATIVES AS "THE ARTICHOKE"... FRANK GEHRY
HIS EASY EDGES LINE OF FURNITURE IS MADE OF LAMINATED CARDBOARD... FRANK GEHRY
FINNISH-BORN ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED DULLES AIRPORT AND THE TWA TERMINAL AT JFK AIRPORT... EERO SAARINEN
BEST-KNOWN FOR DESIGNING THE GATEWAY ARCH IN ST. LOUIS... EERO SAARINEN
SPENT 40 YEARS WORKING ON THE EXPIATORY CHURCH OF THE HOLY FAMILY IN SPAIN (ALSO KNOWN AS THE LA SAGRADA FAMILIA)... ANTONIO GAUDI
THE COONLEY ESTATE AND THE ROBIE HOUSE ARE EXAMPLES OF THIS MIDWESTERN STYLE CREATED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT... PRAIRIE STYLE
TYPE OF BUILDING THAT'S THE TITLE OF A 1981 BOOK BY NY TIMES ARCHITECTURE CRITIC PAUL GOLDBERGER... SKYSCRAPER
THE SKATING RINK WAS AN EXPERIMENT, AS THE SPACE HAD BEEN A FAILURE FOR RETAILERS WITHIN THIS BUILDING COMPLEX... ROCKEFELLER CENTER
THE 1924 DNC WENT ON FOR 14 DAYS IN THE SECOND INAUGURATION OF THIS BUILDING... MADISON SQUARE GARDENS
THIS STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1144 WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE ABBEY OF ST-DENIS NORTH OF PARIS GOTHIC
HIS SCHOOL IN DESSAU, GERMANY WAS DESIGNED AS A SET OF TRANSPARENT, FREE-FLOWING VOLUMES... WALTER GROPIUS
APPROPRIATELY, HE DESIGNED THE SWISS DORMITORY AT CITE UNIVERSITAIRE IN PARIS... LE CORBUSIER
AT LEAST 10 ARCHITECTS WORKED ON THIS CHURCH AFTER POPE JULIUS II DECIDED TO REBUILD IT IN 1506... ST. PETER'S
IN 1929 HE CREATED THE "BARCELONA CHAIR", A CHAIR OF CURVED STEEL BANDS CANTILEVERED TO SUPPORT CUSHIONS... MIES VAN DER ROHE
IN THE 1940S OSCAR NIEMEYER WAS CHIEF ARCHITECT OF PAMPULHA, A NEW SUBURB IN THIS COUNTRY... BRAZIL
IN 1858 FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED SUBMITTED A PLAN FOR THIS, AMERICA'S FIRST GREAT URBAN PARK... CENTRAL PARK
HE DESIGNED BOSTON'S JOHN HANCOCK TOWER... I.M. PEI
COMPLETED IN 1930, THIS WILLIAM VAN ALEN SKYSCRAPER IN NYC IS IN THE ART DECO STYLE... CHRYSLER BUILDING
THIS DANISH ARCHITECT'S DESIGN FOR THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE WAS CHOSEN FROM 233 ENTRIES... JORN UTZON
THIS AMERICAN ARCHITECT, KNOWN FOR HIS WORK IN GLASS, DISIGNED PPG PLACE, MADE WITH 20,000 PIECES OF GLASS... PHILLIP JOHNSON
KARL VON HASENAUER WAS ONE OF THE LEADING ARCHITECTS OF THE RINGSTRASSE IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL... VIENNA
IN THE LATE 1600S, HE DESIGNED HOSPITALS AT CHELSEA AND AT GREENWICH... CHRISTOPHER WREN
THIS FINN WROTE "THE SEARCH FOR FORM IN ART & ARCHITECTURE"... ELIEL SAARINEN
THE PARIS OPERA HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY THIS 19TH CENTURY FRENCHMAN... CHARLES GARNIER
A PAINTER & 2 ARCHITECTS DESIGNED THE 1935 STUDIO 42 MODEL OF ONE OF THESE FOR OLIVETTI... TYPEWRITER
SURVEYOR GENERAL OF ROYAL BUILDINGS, HE DESIGNED & CONSTRUCTED LONDON'S COVENT GARDEN IN THE EARLY 1630S.. INIGO JONES
ARCHITECT OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER... YAMASAKI
WILLIAM PEREIRA ERECTED HIS TRANSAMERICA "PYRAMID" IN THIS CITY.... SAN FRANCISCO
CHARLES BULFINCH, WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., DESIGNED THIS CITY'S STATE HOUSE ON BEACON HILL... BOSTON
THE OLD STATE HOUSE CHARLES BULFINCH DESIGNED FOR THIS CONNECTICUT CITY IS NOW THE CITY HALL... HARTFORD
TWO 60,000-POUND STATUES OF THESE GRACEFUL BIRDS TOP A DISNEY WORLD HOTEL DESIGNED BY MICHAEL GRAVES... SWANS
PHILIP JOHNSON DESIGNED THE ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER SCULPTURE GARDEN AT THIS MANHATTAN MUSEUM... MOMA
I.M. PEI DESIGNED THE 75-STORY TEXAS COMMERCE TOWER, THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THIS CITY... HOUSTON
IN THE 1960S, JOHN CARL WARNECKE REDESIGNED THIS CITY'S LAFAYETTE SQUARE TO INCLUDE 2 NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS... WASHINGTON,DC
BAPTISTE ANDROUET DU CERCEAU DESIGNED THE PONT NEUF ACROSS THIS RIVER... SEINE
EDUARD SCHAUBERT HELPED GUIDE THE REBUILDING OF THIS GREEK CAPITAL UNDER KING OTTO... ATHENS
CHARLES BULFINCH SERVED ON THIS CITY'S BOARD OF SELECTMEN FROM 1791-1817... BOSTON
ARCHITECTS PIETRO SOLARIO & MARCO RUFFO BUILT THE WALL AROUND THIS MOSCOW LANDMARK CIRCA 1490... KREMLIN
IN 1947 ARCHITECTS FROM 5 COUNTRIES WERE ENGAGED TO DESIGN THIS COMPLEX... UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
SIR CHARLES BARRIE'S GREATEST WORK WAS THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, ALSO KNOWN AS THIS GOVERNMENT BUILDING... HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
SIR ROBERT SMIRKE'S MASTERPIECE WAS THIS LONDON MUSEUM BASED ON CLASSICAL GREEK DESIGNS... BRITISH MUSEUM
SIR BASIL SPENCE DESIGNED THIS CONTROVERSIAL COVENTRY BUILDING WHICH MANY THOUGHT TOO MODERN... COVENTRY CATHEDRAL
BASED ON THE COLUMN TYPE, IT'S A STYLE OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE; THE GREEKS HAD 3, DORIC, IONIC, AND CORINTHIAN... ORDER
THIS MEDIEVAL STYLE WAS WEIGHTIER THAN GOTHIC, WHICH FOLLOWED IT... ROMANESQUE
KNOWN FOR THE JEWISH MUSEUM IN BERLIN, IN 2003 HE GOT THE JOB OF REDESIGNING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE... DANIEL LIBESKIND
WITH A NAME MEANING "RUBBER PEOPLE", THIS FIRST GREAT MEXICAN TRIBE USED STONE IN ARCHITECTURE AND INFLUENCED THE MAYANS GREATLY... OLMECS
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT SAID HE TRIED TO MAKE FURNISHINGS LIKE THIS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE, WHICH IS INTERCONNECTED LIKE A LIVING THING... ORGANIC
THE 1930S ART DECO ARCHITECTURE OF THIS FLORIDA CITY WAS FEATURED IN THE DEC. 1982 ISSUE OF SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE... MIAMI BEACH
HE DESIGNED THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL, HOME TO TELEVANGELIST ROBERT SCHULLER... PHILIP JOHNSON
THE AEROSPACE MUSEUM WAS DESIGNED BY THIS MOST FAMOUS L.A. ARCHITECT... FRANK GEHRY
THE SEAT OF NY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE, IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE.... ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL
IN 2004, ZADA HADID BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE THIS PRIZE, OFTEN CALLED ARCHITECTURE'S HIGHEST HONOR... PRITZKER PRIZE
THIS DISNEY HALL DESIGNER WAS BORN IN 1929... FRANK GEHRY
IN BARCELONA, TAKE A ROOFTOP TOUR OF CASA MILA, DESIGNED BY THIS MASTER OF MODERNISMO ARCHITECTURE... GAUDI
IN 1979, HE WAS THE FIRST WINNER OF THE PRITZKER PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE... PHILIP JOHNSON
IL DUOMO OF THIS CITY'S CATHEDRALS WAS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF ROMAN VAULTS... FLORENCE
FROM THE LATIN FOR 'GATE', IT'S OFTEN AN ENTRYWAY CONSISTING OF A ROOF SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS... PORTICO
COMMON IN ROMAN ARCHITECTURE, IT'S THE TERM FOR A ROW OF ARCHES... ARCADE
THE MOST FAMOUS STRUCTURE DESIGNED BY GEORGE DANCE THE YOUNGER, WAS THIS CITY'S NEWGATE PRISON... LONDON
POPULAR IN THE 1300S, RAYONNANT, WHICH FEATURES RADIATING LINES OF TRACERY, IS A FRENCH FORM OF THIS STYLE... GOTHIC
GRANADA, SPAIN IS HOME TO THIS FORTRESS-PALACE, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF WESTERN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE... ALHAMBRA
TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE SEEN IN THE HAGIA SOPHIA COMPLEX; IT'S ALSO A SYNONYM FOR 'COMPLEX'... BYZANTINE
ARATA ISOZAKI'S FIRST U.S. DESIGN WAS THIS CITY'S MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ALSO KNOWN AS MOCA... LOS ANGELES
ORNATE 18TH-CENTURY STYLE NOTED FOR ITS ORNAMENTAL SHELLWORK EVOLVED FROM BAROQUE... ROCCOCO
THIS SWISS ARCHITECT WAS KNOWN FOR HOUSES ON STILTS LIKE THE SAVOYE HOUSE IN POISSY... LE CORBUSIER
IN 1963 THIS AIRLINE BUILDING OPENED OVER GRAND CENTRAL STATION... PAN AMERICAN BUILDING
HYATT HOTEL DESIGNER JOHN PORTMAN REVIVED THESE ROMAN INNER COURTYARDS ON A GRAND SCALE.. ATRIA
CONCERT HALL DESIGNERS STUDY THE ARCHITECTURAL BRANCH OF THIS SCIENCE OF SOUND... ACOUSTICS
THE PRESERVATIONIST MOVEMENT WAS SPURRED BY THE 1960S DEMOLITION OF THIS NYC RAILROAD STATION... PENN STATION
RENAISSANCE WRITERS GAVE MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE THIS BARBARIAN NAME BECAUSE THEY THOUSHT IT UGLY... GOTHIC
YALE ARCHITECTURE STUDENT MAYA LIN WON A 1981 COMPETITION TO DESIGN THIS MEMORIAL... VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL
SOME OF THESE WATERSPOUTS CARVED TO LOOK LIKE GROTESQUE BEASTS MAY PROTRUDE 3 FEET FROM A CATHEDRAL... GARGOYLES
THIS BAROQUE ARCHITECT AND SCULPTOR DESIGNED THE COLONADE THAT BORDERS THE PIAZZA IN FRONT OF ST. PETER'S... BERNINI
GROPIUS, MIES VAN DER ROHE, & THIS SWISS ARCHITECT ALL WORKED FOR PETER BEHRENS... LE CORBUSIER
THIS TENNESSEE CITY'S ARCHITECTURE HELPED EARN IT THE NICKNAME "THE ATHENS OF THE SOUTH"... NASHVILLE
THIS ARCHED BRICK OR STONE CEILING CAN BE OF THE BARREL, GRAIN, OR RIB STYLE... VAULT
FROM THE LATIN FOR PORCH, IT'S A STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF A ROOF SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS... PORTICO
BERNINI'S BRONZE CANOPY OVER THE MAIN ALTAR AT ST. PETER'S IS A MASTERPIECE OF THIS STYLE... BAROQUE
MESOPOTAMIANS BUILT THESE TEMPLES TO LOOK LIKE MINIATURE MOUNTAINS... ZIGGURATS
THIS ARCHITECT, BORN IN 1573, FOUNDED THE ENGLISH SOCIETY OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE... INIGO JONES
THE ARMLIKE BEAMS CONNCECTING A HIGH WALL TO OUTSIDE SUPPORTS IN GOTHIC CHURCHES... FLYING BUTTRESSES
BY USING PENDENTIVES THE BYZANTINES MANAGED TO SET THESE ON SQUARE BASES... DOMES
TERM FOR THE IRON GRATING THAT SLIDES UP AND DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DOOR IN A FORTIFIED BUILDING... PORTCULLIS
WALLACE K. HARRISON DESIGNED THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE AS PART OF THIS NYC COMPLEX... LINCOLN CENTER
THE CATHEDRAL OF SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE IN FLORENCE IS CALLED THIS AFTER ITS MASSIVE DOME... IL DUOMO
PSEUDONYM OF SWISS ARCHITECT & CITY PLANNER CHARLES-EDOUARD JEANNERET... LE CORBUSIER
CHICAGOAN WHO HAS BEEN CALLED "THE FATHER OF THE AMERICAN SKYCRAPER"... LOUIS SULLIVAN
FIELD IN WHICH BRUNELLIESCHI & PALLADIO WORKED DURING THE RENAISSANCE... ARCHITECTURE
WORD FOR THE MOVEABLE GLASS SLATS FOUND IN JALOUSIE WINDOWS, OR THE OFTEN STATIONARY WOODEN ONES IN SHUTTERS... LOUVERS
A LATTICEWORK PAVILLION OR SUMMERHOUSE USUALLY BUILT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A VIEW... GAZEBO
THE CATHEDRAL IN THIS TOWN 50 MILES SW OF PARIS IS CONSIDERED THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE... CHARTRES
DRAMATIC 16TH-CENTURY STYLE NAMED FOR THE PORTUGUESE "BARROCO", MEANING AN IRREGULAR-SHAPED PEARL... BAROQUE
ASSOCIATED WITH GEODESIC DOMES, HE ONCE PROPOSED SAVING ENERGY BY COVERING MIDTOWN MANHATTAN WITH A DOME... R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
THE ROMANS BUILT THEIR HOUSES AROUND THIS OPEN-AIR CENTRAL ROOM... ATRIUM
FOUND IN CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE, A CARYATID IS A COLUMN SHAPED LIKE THIS... A WOMAN
LEGEND SAYS THAT THE ARCHITECT OF THIS CHURCH ON RED SQUARE WAS BLINDED SO HE COULDN'T CREATE ANOTHER ONE... ST. BASIL'S
THE OLDEST OF THE GREEK CLASSICAL ORDERS, IT FEATURED THE SIMPLEST CAPITALS ON THE COLUMNS... DORIC
FROM TURKISH MEANING "LIGHTHOUSE", IT'S A SLENDER, LOFTY TOWER ATTACHED TO A MOSQUE... MINARET
PRIOR TO HIS 1959 DEATH, HE WAS PLANNING A MILE-HIGH SKYSCRAPER... FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
ONCE A PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY, HE DESIGNED THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT GREENWICH... CHRISTOPHER WREN
AT ITS OPENING, THIS NYC BUILDING WAS THE LARGEST MARBLE STRUCTURE IN THE U.S. AND CONTAINED 75 MILES OF SHELVES NY PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE FIRST OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE U.S. WAS AGREED UPON IN THIS BUILDING THAT HAS ALSO SERVED AS THE CITY DOGPOUND INDEPENDENCE HALL
THE ALASKA BUILDING WAS THE FIRST MODERN SKYSCRAPER IN THIS CITY IN WASHINTON SEATTLE
THE PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS IN THIS NM CITY IS THE USA'S OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED BUILDING SANTA FE
THE JOHNSON WAX HQ, DESIGNED BY THIS LATE AMERICAN, IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
A CENTERPIECE OF THE 1962 WORLD'S FAIR IN SEATTLE SPACE NEEDLE
A PUDDLED ADOBE ON DE VARGAS ST. IN THIS STATE CAPITAL CLAIMS TO BE THE USA'S OLDEST HOUSE SANTA FE
GREENE & GREENE DESIGNED THE GAMBLE HOUSE, A SEMINAL WORK IN THIS 3-WORD STYLE INSPIRED BY WILLIAM MORRIS ARTS AND CRAFTS
THIS BOSTON HALL HOUSES THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY, CHARTERED IN 1638 FANEUIL HALL
ROBERT MILLS, A GREEK REVIVALIST ARCHITECT, DESIGNED THE U.S. TREASURY AND THIS 555' STRUCTURE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
THOUGH IT'S THE APEX OF A BRANCH OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, IT DIDN'T GET A BUILDING OF ITS OWN UNTIL 1935 SUPREME COURT
WHEN WHAT'S NOW PITTSBURGH'S TALLEST BUILDING WAS COMPLETED IN 1970, IT WAS NAMED FOR THIS COMPANY U.S. STEEL
ARCHITECT THOMAS WALTER COMPLETED THE CAST-IRON DOME OF THIS WASHINGTON,D.C. BUILDING U.S. CAPITOL
BIG BUILDING ON THE BACK OF THE U.S. $5 BILL LINCOLN MEMORIAL
IF SUPERMAN NEEDS LEAPING PRACTICE, HE COULD TRY THIS CITY'S WACKER DRIVE, WITH SEVERAL BUILDINGS 500' OR HIGHER CHICAGO
UNTIL 1976 THE STAIRWELL OF THIS BUILDING HOUSED THE LIBERTY BELL INDEPENDENCE HALL
THIS NYC MUSEUM FEATURES A LARGE GLASS SKYLIGHT ABOVE A 6-FLOOR SPIRAL GUGGENHEIM
BUILT IN BOSTON IN THE 1740S BY THE MERCHANT FOR WHOM IT'S NAMED, IT'S STILL USED AS A MARKET AND MEETING PLACE FANEUIL HALL
THOMAS CRAWFORD'S BEST-KNOWN WORK, "ARMED LIBERTY", IS THE BRONZE ATOP THE DOME OF THIS AMERICAN LANDMARK U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING
THIS FINN WON 2ND PRIZE IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE BUILDING CONTEST IN 1922 AND MOVED TO THE U.S. THE FOLLOWING YEAR SAARINEN
AT 1,136', THE AMOCO BUILDING IS THE SECOND TALLEST IN THIS U.S. CITY CHICAGO
4 OF THE MURALS LINING THIS BUILDING'S ROTUNDA ARE BY JOHN TRUMBULL U.S. CAPITOL
AT 64 STORIES, THE USX TOWER IN THIS STEEL CITY IS ONE OF THE TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE EASTERN U.S. PITTSBURGH
UNTIL 1897, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WAS HOUSED IN THIS BUILDING U.S. CAPITOL
THE WREN BUILDING AT THIS SCHOOL NAMED FOR 2 MONARCHS IS THE OLDEST U.S. ACADEMIC BUILDING STILL IN USE WILLIAM AND MARY
THIS BILL'S REVERSE FEATURES GENERIC REPRESENTATIONS OF 1920S AUTOS OUTSIDE THE U.S. TREASURY BUILDING $10
DEDICATED IN 1910, THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN THIS KENTUCKY CITY WAS DESIGNED TO RESEMBLE THE U.S. CAPITOL FRANKFORT
AN OLD U.S. MINT BUILDING IN THIS CITY HOUSES THE NEVADA STATE MUSEUM CARSON CITY
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THE U.S MINT IN THIS CITY STANDS NEAR THE SITE OF ITS ORIGINAL 1792 BUILDING PHILADELPHIA
THIS TYPE OF ROCK MINED NEAR PROCTOR,VT WAS USED TO BUILD THE U.S. SUPREME COURT BUILDING MARBLE
THE BUILDING ON THE BACK OF A $20 BILL WHITE HOUSE
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE NOTABLE FOR ITS HORSESHOE ARCHES, DOMES, AND DISTINCTIVE TILEWORK MOORISH
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WHICH ORIGINATED IN FRANCE, NOTABLE FOR ITS POINTED ARCHES, FLYING BUTTRESSES, AND RIBBED VAULTING GOTHIC
MOST CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IS DECORATIVE HALF-TIMBERING, STEEP ROOFS, AND DECORATIVE CHIMNEYS TUDOR
STYLE IN ENGLAND AND ITS COLONIES IN THE 18TH-C.; MOST FAMOUSLY IN RED BRICK WITH WHITE ACCENTS GEORGIAN
19TH-C. STYLE FEATURING WRAPAROUND PORCHES, STEEP ROOFS, AND HEAVILY DECORATIVE CARVINGS VICTORIAN
A STYLE BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF SPANISH PRIESTS IN CALIFORNIA, NOTABLE FOR ITS CLAY ROOF TILES AND STUCCO WALLS MISSION
PARABOLAS & HYPERBOLAS IN ARCHITECTURE, WITH PLANT-LIKE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS ART NOUVEAU
STYLE MADE POPULAR BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT; MEANT TO HARMONIZE WITH THE SURROUNDINGS PRAIRIE STYLE
AN AMERICAN STYLE CHARACTERIZED BY LOW ROOFS, TAPERING SQUARE COLUMNS, AND HAND-CUT STONE CRAFTSMAN
A MODERN STYLE, STARTED IN GERMANY, CHARACTERIZED BY STARK GEOMETRIC SHAPES BAUHAUS
A LARGE BAROQUE CHURCH DESIGNED BY SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN AFTER LONDON'S GREAT FIRE ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
THE MEDIEVAL CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL IS LOCATED IN THIS EUROPEAN CITY DUBLIN
THIS CATHEDRAL IN MOSCOW IS FAMOUS FOR ITS EASTERN ORTHODOX ARCHITECTURE, SPECIFICALLY THE ONION DOMES ST. BASIL'S CATHEDRAL
FAMOUSLY RUINED CHURCH WHERE THE KINGS OF SCOTLAND WERE ONCE CROWNED HOLYROOD ABBEY
CHURCH BUILT OVER THE PLACE WHERE JESUS OF NAZARETH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN BETHLEHEM, ISRAEL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
CHURCH BUILT BY SAINT LOUIS TO HOUSE THE CROWN OF THORNS, IT IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS REMAINING SAINTE-CHAPELLE
THE CATHEDRAL OF TRIER IS THE OLDEST CHURCH IN THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY GERMANY
THE CEREMONIAL CHURCH OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND WESTMINSTER ABBEY
THE SEAT OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; ITS ARCHBISHOP IS THE ANGLICAN BISHOP EQUIVALENT TO THE POPE CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS GOTHIC CHURCH; ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS HUNCHBACK CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, PARIS
CHURCH IN JERUSALEM BUILT OVER WHAT IS VENERATED AS THE SITES OF CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION AND BURIAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
LOCATED IT ISTANBUL, TURKEY, IT WAS FIRST THE CATHEDRAL OF CONSTANTINOPLE, THEN A MOSQUE, NOW A MUSEUM HAGIA SOPHIA
THE MAIN CHURCH OF THE VATICAN ST. PETER'S BASILICA
DESIGNED NYC'S CENTRAL PARK FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED
DESIGNED THE PARIS OPERA HOUSE GARNIER
HENRY BACON BASED HIS DESIGN OF THIS WASHINGTON MEMORIAL ON THE PARTHENON OF ATHENS LINCOLN MEMORIAL
HE DESIGNED THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL HENRY BACON
DESIGNER OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT ROBERT MILLS
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT WAS THE TALLEST MONUMENT IN THE WORLD UNTIL THIS STRUCTURE WAS COMPLETED IN 1889 EIFFEL TOWER
"NATIONAL HOUSE OF PRAYER" WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
FREDERICK BODLEY & PHILIP HUBERT FROHMAN WERE THE ARCHITECTS OF THIS BUILDING WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT LAID THE CORNERSTONE TO THIS WASHINGTON, D.C. BUILDING IN 1907 WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
THE CAP OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT IS CAPPED WITH THIS ALUMINUM
JOHN RUSSELL POPE DESIGNED THE MEMORIAL TO THIS MAN JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
SCULPTOR OF THE CENTAL STATUE OF THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL RUDOLPH EVANS
SCULPTOR OF THE MAIN STATUE OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH
AMERICA'S FAVORITE ARCHITECTURE: THIS BUILDING WAS CHOSEN AS #1 EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (WHITE HOUSE WAS #2)
AMERICA'S FAVORITE ARCHITECTURE: THIS BRIDGE WAS IN THE TOP 10 GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
AMERICA'S FAVORITE ARCHITECTURE: ONLY ONE OF THE TOP 10 DESIGNED BY A WOMAN VIETNAM MEMORIAL
WILLIAM LAMB WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THIS ICONIC BUILDING EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
WASHINGTON D.C. MEMORIAL LOCATED AT 1964 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE MLK, JR. MEMORIAL
HE DESIGNED THE SEAGRAM BUILDING IN NYC LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
BUILDING OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
A PEDIMENT IS A TYPE OF THIS TRIANGULAR SECTION OF WALL GABLE
SMALL POSTS CALLED BALUSTERS SUPPORT THE HORIZONTAL RAIL THAT, LOGICALLY, IS CALLED THIS BALUSTRADE
CUPOLAS ARE SMALL DOMES, BUT CAN BE POINTY INSTEAD OF DOME-SHAPED WHEN FOUND ON THESE MOSQUE TOWERS MINARETS
ARCHITECTURE PRIZE ESTABLISHED 32 YEARS AGO PRITZKER PRIZE
AYN RAND'S ARCHITECT HOWARD ROARK
MUSEUMS DESIGNED BY THIS ARCHITECT INCLUDE QATAR'S MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART AND KYOTO'S MIHO I.M. PEI
DESIGNED A CHAIR IN 1948 CALLED THE "WOMB CHAIR" EERO SAARINEN
THE ELGIN MARBLES HELPED ESTABLISH THIS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, BASED ON 5TH-C. B.C. WORKS GREEK REVIVAL
THIS WASHINGTON, D.C. LANDMARK WAS DESIGNED BY HENRY BACON AS A GREEK TEMPLE WITH 36 DORIC COLUMNS LINCOLN MEMORIAL
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE NAMED FOR A MASSACHUSETTS PENINSULA CAPE COD
HE HEADED HARVARD'S ARCHITECTURE DEPT. FROM 1938 TO 1952 WALTER GROPIUS
CRAFTSMAN HOMES FEATURE THESE ON THE PORCH, BUT THEY'RE SQUARE, NOT ROUND AS IN ANCIENT GREEK TEMPLES COLUMNS
THIS BRITISH ARCHITECTURAL STYLE BEGAN WITH THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VII IN THE LATE 15TH-C. TUDOR
ARCHITECTURAL TERM FOR AN UNDERGROUND REPOSITORY OF SALT WITH A ROUNDED SHAPE SALT DOME
THE FIRST ARCHITECTURAL DEPT. AT A COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED AT THIS BOSTON-AREA SCHOOL IN 1865 MIT
WHEN JACOB EPSTEIN WAS FROWNED ON AS A CATHEDRAL SCULPTOR BECAUSE HE WAS A JEW, HE REPLIED, "SO WAS..." THIS PERSON JESUS
AT EACH END, A PITCHED ROOF HAS ONE OF THESE TRIANGLES, FROM AN OLD ENGLISH WORD MEANING "FORK" GABLE
THIS GREEK ORDER OF COLUMNS WAS THE FIRST CREATED AND THE ONLY ONE THAT NORMALLY HAS NO BASE DORIC
THE WHEEL-SHAPED WINDOWS FOUND IN GOTHIC CATHEDRALS ARE KNOWN BY THIS NAME ROSE WINDOWS
IN 1851 JOSEPH PAXTON DESIGNED THIS BUILDING FOR A LONDON EXHIBITION USING A PREFAB IRON FRAME AND GLASS PANELS CRYSTAL PALACE
GENIUS ARCHITECT HOWARD ROARK STRUGGLES TO MAINTAIN HIS INTEGRITY IN THE FACE OF MEDIOCRITY FOR SOME 700 PAGES THE FOUNTAINHEAD
FROM 1887 TO 1893 HE WAS CHIEF DRAFTSMAN FOR THE CHICAGO FIRM OF ADLER & SULLIVAN FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
HIS DESIGNS ARE SEEN IN THE FILM, "TRIUMPH OF THE WILL"; AFTER WWII, HE SPENT 20 YEARS IN SPANDAU PRISON ALBERT SPEER
IRISH-BORN ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED THE WHITE HOUSE JAMES HOBAN
JAMES HOBAN HAD TO REBUILD THIS BUILDING AFTER AN 1814 FIRE THE WHITE HOUSE
ARCHITECT JULIA MORGAN'S RECORDS ON THIS CALIFORNIA MANSION, SHOW IT COST UNDER $10 MILLION, EVEN WITH 41 FIREPLACES SAN SIMEON (HEARST CASTLE)
THE "BIRD'S NEST" IN THIS CITY WON ARCHITECTURE'S LUBETKIN PRIZE BEIJING
THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT IN THIS CITY HAS BEEN CALLED "BLOBITECTURE" SEATTLE
BRUTALISM INFLUENCED THE DESIGN OF THIS D.C. BUILDING, NAMED FOR A LONG-SERVING LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
THIS CITY'S "OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS CATHEDRAL" IS SAID TO BE A POSTMODERN INTERPRETATION OF SPANISH MISSIONS LOS ANGELES
"FASHION IS ARCHITECTURE; IT IS A MATTER OF PROPORTIONS" COCO CHANEL
OF THE 3 GREEK ORDERS, THIS IS MOST ELABORATE CORINTHIAN
EGYPT'S OLD CATARACT HOTEL IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE NAMED FOR A NORTH AFRICAN PEOPLE MOORISH STYLE
THIS WORD FOR A DOMED ROOF, OFTEN COVERING A ROTUNDA, IS FROM THE LATIN FOR "LITTLE CASK" CUPOLA
THIS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE EVOLVED FROM ROMANESQUE IN THE 12TH CENTURY GOTHIC
THE SIMPLE 18TH-C. BRITISH STYLE NAMED FOR A QUEEN, FEATURES RED BRICK QUEEN ANNE
THE BYZANTINE STYLE, MIXING EAST & WEST, FEATURED DOMES AND THESE TALL TOWERS ATTACHED TO MOSQUES MINARETS
A HOUSE IN THIS EARLY 20TH-C. AMERICAN "SCHOOL" HAS A LOW-PITCHED ROOF AND LONG HORIZONTAL LINES PRAIRIE SCHOOL
COLONIAL WAS THE AMERICAN VERSION OF THIS STYLE NAMED FOR 4 BRITISH KINGS GEORGIAN
THE PERPENDICULAR STYLE WAS THE LAST PHASE OF THIS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IN ENGLAND GOTHIC
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