The photo shows a long, low brick house with deep cantilevered roofs, bands of art-glass windows, and strong horizontal lines. Which building is it?

A white house is raised on slender columns and has ribbon windows, a roof terrace, and a boxlike upper story. Which building is it?

The image shows stacked concrete terraces cantilevered from a central stone core above a rocky stream. Which house is this?

A dark bronze-and-glass office tower stands back from Park Avenue behind an open plaza. Which building is pictured?

The photo shows a long building wing wrapped in a glass curtain wall that runs above a recessed base. Which building is this?

The pictured Chicago department store has broad horizontal windows above a richly ornamented cast-iron corner entrance. Which building is it?

The image shows an enormous nineteenth-century exhibition hall made from a repeating iron frame and extensive glass panels. Which structure is it?

Louis Sullivan divided tall office buildings such as the Wainwright Building into a base, a repeated middle zone of offices, and a crowning attic and cornice. What guided this division?

A steel skeleton supports a building's floors. What facade feature can this structure permit?

Reinforcing bars are placed inside concrete before a projecting slab is formed. Which structural strategy does this make possible?

In a steel-frame building, columns and beams carry the floors, and interior partitions are installed afterward. What later change can occur without moving the main structure?

Joseph Paxton designed the Crystal Palace for London's Great Exhibition of 1851. What earlier experience did he draw on?

A skyscraper's outer wall is called a curtain wall. Which condition makes it one?

An architect designs a school so workshop rooms, circulation, and materials clearly serve their uses rather than copying a historic facade. Which principle guides the design?

A design school combines fine art, craft workshops, and industrial production in its teaching. Which movement's program does this describe?

A rectilinear building uses steel, concrete, and glass, avoids applied historical ornament, and emphasizes utility and regularity. Which style best fits this description?

At Villa Savoye, lifting the main volume on pilotis had what architectural purpose?

A factory owner expects machinery and work areas to change over time. Which design choice best follows modern functionalist thinking?

At the Robie House, Wright tucked the front door away at the side rather than centering it on the street facade. What effect does this have on a visitor?

Wright designed the Robie House's art-glass windows, built-in furniture, and light fixtures himself. What goal does this show?

Compared with a formal plan of rooms held in strict symmetry along one straight axis and ringed by columns, how does a Prairie house's open plan usually organize its main living spaces?

Gerrit Rietveld's Schröder House uses flat sliding planes, primary colors, and a flexible upper floor with movable walls. Which movement shaped its design?

The photo shows Fallingwater. Wright built the house above the falls instead of across the stream facing them. What did he want the family to do?

This site plan shows the Seagram Building on Park Avenue. What urban decision created the open plaza in front of the tower?

The Robie House occupies a narrow Chicago lot but projects broad roofs and terraces horizontally. What landscape idea does this design evoke?

The Bauhaus Dessau complex spreads its connected wings in an asymmetrical pinwheel plan. How is a visitor meant to experience it?

The image shows the inside of the Crystal Palace. Which construction method let such a huge hall go up in a matter of months?

The Seagram Building's bronze-toned metal framework and glass surfaces form a thin exterior skin. What construction system does this appearance indicate?

At Bauhaus Dessau, a large glass facade reveals workshop rooms from outside. What does this material choice communicate?

Why was reinforced concrete especially useful for modern cantilevered terraces?