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Question	Answer
Latin term for strength in architecture. Concerning on structure, building envelope, sustainable development, life cycle analysis, details. Answers the question: How does the Building stand up?	Firmitas
Who said “Less is more”	Mies van der Rohe
What are the structural members that are holding up the Parthenon?	Post and Lintel
The force pulling at the bottom of a beam is called _____________	Tension
The distance between the column supports in a post and lintel construction is called its _____________	Span
Latin term for utility in architecture. Concerning Architectural Brief, Functional Programme, Circulation + Wayfinding, Space Planning. Answers the question: How does the Building Function?	Utilitas
The Lever Building in Manhattan, is 1st curtain wall building in the city of New York.	True
The Parthenon is a classical structure copied through history due to its beautiful proportion and precise straight lines.	False
The I-beam used at the exterior face of the Seagram building served as an important structural membrane to hold the glass panes between.	False
Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project was built in 1921, a building that is a testament to the Modernist design of the International style period in Architecture.	False
The pyramids at the Meso-Americas were used for	a stage for sacrificial offerings to the gods
Is this the "Temple of the Great Jaguar"	True
Is this the "Ziggurat at Ur"	True
Is this "El Castillo"	True
Is this the "Pyramids at Giza"	True
Is this the "Bent Pyramid"	True