buildings/architects 2

Question 1

Architect of the Guggenheim Museum in
Bilbao

Answer 1

Frank Gehry

Question 2

Architect of the Jewish Museum after
winning the competition organized by
the Berlin government for the
museum’s expansion to bring a Jewish
presence back to Berlin after WWII.

Answer 2

Daniel Libeskind

Question 3

Architect of the Walt Disney Concert
Hall

Answer 3

Frank Gehry

Question 4

Architect of the master plan for the
World Trade Center memorial
symbolizing both remembrance of the
tragedy and the city’s spirit of resilience
and renewal

Answer 4

Daniel Libeskind

Question 5

Architect of the Biomuseo in Panama
City

Answer 5

Frank Gehry

Question 6

Architect of the Tate Museum of
Modern Art in London, England

Answer 6

Herzog & de Meuron

Question 7

Architect of the CCTV Headquarters in
Beijing, China.

Answer 7

Rem Koolhaas

Question 8

Architect and urban planner best
known for his master plan for Brasilia

Answer 8

Lucio Costa

Question 9

Architect of the Cathedral of Brasilia

Answer 9

Oscar Niemeyer

Question 10

Architect of the Palacio da Alvorada and
the Palácio do Planalto

Answer 10

Oscar Niemeyer

Question 11

Architect and structural engineer noted
for his use of tensile and membrane
structures, including the roof of the
Olympic Stadium in Munich for the
1972 Summer Olympics.

Answer 11

Frei Otto

Question 12

Architect of the Mannheim Multihalle in
Germany, a large-scale timber grid shell
structure with a hyperbolic paraboloid
shape

Answer 12

Frei Otto

Question 13

Architect of the Marshall Field
Warehouse, which is a building
intended for a wholesale business and
is clad in rusticated exterior of
stonework giving the appearance of an
Italian Romanesque palazzo with is
massive semicircular window arches

Answer 13

Henry Hobson Richardson

Question 14

Pioneered new foundation techniques
such as the grillage foundation, and
later on invented a type of caisson
construction for watertight foundation
structures, which quickly became the
template foundation for skyscrapers

Answer 14

Dankmar Adler

Question 15

The first Professor of Architecture at
the University of Michigan, wherein he
influenced a generation of pupils and
apprentices, some of whom became
famous, including Daniel Burnham,
Louis Sullivan, William Holabird, and
Martin Roche.

Answer 15

William Le Baron Jenney

Question 16

Best known for designing the first high rise building with the use of metal
frame rather than stone and brick

Answer 16

William Le Baron Jenney

Question 17

The first American architect to produce
a modern style of architecture and the
first architect anywhere to
revolutionize skyscraper aesthetics and
give stylish unity to tall buildings.

Answer 17

Louis Sullivan

Question 18

Architect of the Cardboard Cathedral in
Christchurch, New Zealand

Answer 18

Shigeru Ban

Question 19

Architect of the Church of Light in
Osaka, Japan

Answer 19

Tadao Ando

Question 20

Architect of the Yoyogi National
Stadium in Tokyo, Japan

Answer 20

Kenzo Tange

Question 21

Architect of the National Museum in
Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Answer 21

Toyo Ito

Question 22

Architect of the Millenium Dome, the
largest dome in the world located in
Greenwhich, United Kingdom

Answer 22

Richard Rogers

Question 23

Architect of the Auditorio de Tenerife in
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Answer 23

Santiago Calatrava

Question 24

Architect whose characteristic style
emphasizes the use of white to convey
purity and simplicity

Answer 24

Santiago Calatrava

Question 25

Architect of the Prada Flagship Store in
Tokyo, Japan

Answer 25

Herzog & de Meuron

Question 26

Architect of the Allianz Arene in
Munich, Germany

Answer 26

Herzog & de Meuron

Question 27

Physician who designed the United
States Capitol with no formal
architectural training and no knowledge
of building technology

Answer 27

William Thornton