2 A dome is an arch rotated 360 degrees. True False 3 Vaulted arches are: 4 Fran

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A dome is an arch rotated 360 degrees.

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Vaulted arches are:

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Frank Gehry's design for Disney Hall in downtown Los Angeles employs the visual language of architecture.  This means that the undulating curvilinear lines of the shapes which comprise the outside of the concert hall can convey the function of the hall.

Disney Hall is a performing art space for music and Gehry's curvilinear shapes could be interpreted as creating a feeling of music-like rhythm.

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False

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Which of the following relates to "green architecture"?

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An example of "green architecture" is the Busnell House in California.

Which of the following is a reason why this house is considered "green architecture"?

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Skeleton-and-skin architecture was used on the Seagram Building in NYC.

This building also represents the International Style; a style of architecture that emphasized an elaborate system of embelished organic designs and curvilinear forms.

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False

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The Geodesic Domes designed by Buckminster Fuller are based on the way honeybees construct honeycombs.

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An example of the visual language of architecture is Santiago Calatrava's Path station at Ground Zero, which is designed like the skeleton of a bird. The Path station will be a new hub for the downtown area of Wall Street, where Ground Zero is located. Thus, the bird shape can convey both flight and hope for the memorial site at Ground Zero.

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False

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New technologies like CATIA computer software designed for the aerospace industry has allowed architects like Santiago Calatrava and Frank Gehry to make shapes that have curvilinear lines and twist and turn in space.

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A. pointed arches that were developed for Gothic catehdrals, raising the ceilings up high toward heaven. B. post-and-lintel structures C. were used in the Cathedral of Chartres. D. a an c

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2. True

A curved or hemispherical roof structure spanning a space and resting on a curved, circular, or polygonal base. Theoretically, a dome is an arch rotated 360 degrees around a central axis.

3. a and c both

The most fundamental element of the Gothic style of architecture is the pointed arch, which was likely borrowed from Islamic architecture that would have been seen in Spain at this time. The pointed arch relieved some of the thrust, and therefore, the stress on other structural elements. It then became possible to reduce the size of the columns or piers that supported the arch.

The Chartres Cathedral is a milestone in the development of Western architecture because it employs all the structural elements of the new Gothic architecture: the pointed arch; the rib-and-panel vault; and, most significantly, the flying buttress.

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