buildings/architects 1

Question 1

Architect of the Chrysler Building

Answer 1

William Van Alen

Question 2

Architect of the Woolworth Building

Answer 2

Cass Gilbert

Question 3

Architect of the Hollywood-Western
Building

Answer 3

Charles Lee

Question 4

Architect of the Chilehaus

Answer 4

Fritz Hoger

Question 5

Architect of the Goetheanum II Building

Answer 5

Rudolf Steiner

Question 6

Architect of the Seagram Building
together with Philip Johnson who
designed most of the interior spaces

Answer 6

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Question 7

Architect of the Palace of the Assembly
in Chandigarh, India

Answer 7

Le Corbusier

Question 8

Architect of the Couvent Sainte-Marie
de la Tourette built in steeply sloping
site near Lyon, France

Answer 8

Le Corbusier

Question 9

Architect of the Harvard Graduate
Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts
known for its clean lines and
minimalistic design

Answer 9

Walter Gropius

Question 10

Architect of the Glass House in New
Canaan, Connecticut

Answer 10

Philip Johnson

Question 11

Architect of the two wing expansion of
the Louvre Palace, who had taken over
and developed the designs of the
previous architect who died

Answer 11

Hector Lefuel

Question 12

Architect of the Royal Courts of Justice
who died before its completion

Answer 12

George Edmund Street

Question 13

Architect of the Paris Opera House

Answer 13

Charles Garnier

Question 14

Architect of the Reform Club in Pall
Mall, London

Answer 14

Charles Barry

Question 15

Architect of the St. Pancras Hotel and
Station Block

Answer 15

George Gilbert Scott

Question 16

Architect of the Exeter Library

Answer 16

Louis Khan

Question 17

Architect of the Bank of China Tower in
Hong Kong

Answer 17

I.M. Pei

Question 18

Architect of the Museum of Islamic Art
in Doha, Qatar

Answer 18

I.M. Pei

Question 19

Architect of the Sydney Opera House in
Australia

Answer 19

Jorn Utzon

Question 20

Architect noted for his works on
Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, known for
its distinctive modernist architecture.
He lives by the dictum “when a form
creates beauty, it becomes functional,
and therefore fundamental in
architecture.”

Answer 20

Oscar Niemeyer

Question 21

Architect of the Renault Distribution
Center distinguished by its striking
profile with 59 bright-yellow masts and
arched steel beams that support the
roof

Answer 21

Norman Foster

Question 22

Architect of the Dolphin and Swan
Hotels in Walt Disney Resort in Florida

Answer 22

Michael Graves

Question 23

Architect who seeks to distance from
being associated with Deconstructivism
but his Santa Monica residence which
he designed is regarded as the
prototypical deconstructivist building

Answer 23

Frank Gehry