20th Century

Question 1

The “Johnson House,” built by Philip Johnson as his home in New Canaan, CT is known colloquially by this name that references the primary material used to build the house.

Answer 1

Glass House

Question 2

This steel-and-glass house was constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe south of Plano, IL. Its name references the nephrologist it was commissioned by, who used the building as a then-rural escape. It is currently managed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Answer 2

Farnsworth House

Question 3

This architectural style was pioneered by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock in the 1920s and ’30s. It was inspired by the modernist movement and is characterized by rectangular forms, plane surfaces, open interiors and oftentimes the use of glass and steel.

Answer 3

International Style

Question 4

The Dymaxion House and the Dymaxion Car, both pictured here, were designed and developed by what American inventor and architect?

Answer 4

Buckminster Fuller

Question 5

Buckminster Fuller popularized this the use of this structure, which can be seen prominently in display at Epcot’s Spaceship Earth and Montreal’s Biosphere.

Answer 5

Geodesic dome

Question 6

This house was built by Frank Lloyd Wright in southwestern Pennsylvania. It was commissioned by Edgar J. Kauffman, owner of Kaufmann’s Department Store.

Answer 6

Fallingwater

Question 7

Old Tom Morris, a Scotsman who was born in St Andrews in 1821 and died there in 1908, is widely recognized as the first formal architect of a certain type of facility, although the honor is also bestowed upon a student of Morris, an American named Charles B. Macdonald (including by Macdonald himself). What is that facility?

Answer 7

Golf course

Question 8

In 2016 this annual prize went to Alejandro Aravena, a Chilean architect known for innovative low-cost housing

Answer 8

Pritzker Prize

Question 9

What renowned architect, whose projects include JFK’s presidential library as well as additions to the National Gallery of Art and the Louvre, turned 100 in April 2017?

Answer 9

I.M. Pei

Question 10

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, and Le Pyramide du Louvre in Paris are iconic works of what architect?

Answer 10

I.M. Pei

Question 11

What artist/architecht designed la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona?

Answer 11

Antoni Gaudi

Question 12

Completed in 1943, this “city within a city” has outer walls over 900 feet long.

Answer 12

The Pentagon

Question 13

What is the name of the architectural marvel, which opened in October 1973, that sits on a promontory known to its original caretakers, the Gadigal clan of the Eora Nation, as Tubowgule, or “where the knowledge waters meet”?

Answer 13

Sydney Opera House