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What is the Hancock Tower? |
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What is the Zakim Bridge? |
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What is Faneuil Hall? |
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What is the Carpenter Center? |
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What is Harvard Stadum? |
| Top Architects | ||
| #1 | This architect designed Harvard's Carpenter Center |
Who was LeCorbusier? |
| #2 | The most famous modern American architect is known for Fallingwater, a home built over a waterfall in southwestern Pennsylvania. |
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright? |
| #3 | This architect rebuilt 52 churches, including St. Paul Cathedral, after the Fire of 1666. |
Who was Christopher Wren? |
| #4 | This classical architect, also known for his sculpture, designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. |
Who is Michelangelo? |
| #5 | This American Architect, born in Boston, known for the principal "Form follows Function" is also called "The Father of the Skyscraper" |
Who is Louis Henri Sullivan? |
| Archivocab | ||
| #1 | This word describes balanced proportions, correspondence in size and shape of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line. |
What is Symmetry? |
| #2 | This word describes something that is unifrom is structure or composed of parts that are all of the same nature or kind.
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What is homogeneous? |
| #3 | This word describes the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object as measured in cubic units. |
What is volume? |
| #4 | This term describes the amount of greeenhouse and specifically carbon dioxide gas emitted by something during a given period. |
What is a carbon footprint? |
| #5 | This word describes a straight line about which a body or geometric figure rotates |
What is an axis? |
| Ancient Architecture | ||
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What is the Taj Mahal? |
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What is the Roman Colosseum? |
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What is Stonehenge in England? |
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What is Machu Pichu in Peru? |
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What is Angor Wat in Cambodia? |
| Illustrated Tech | ||
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What is a flying butress? |
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What is a spire? |
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What is a cornerstone? |
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What is an Onion Dome? |
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What is a Gargoyle |
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