tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461658247603905885.post193496714682824549..comments2023-08-23T05:31:31.218-06:00Comments on Why Architects Drink: Quiz Time: Guess the BuildingMile High Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03276750909800945131noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461658247603905885.post-13289541283653759372008-06-04T21:04:00.000-06:002008-06-04T21:04:00.000-06:001. Which of these do you think is a church?D 2. ...1. Which of these do you think is a church?<BR/><B>D</B><BR/><BR><BR/> 2. Which do you think is a government building?<BR/><B>E</B><BR/><BR><BR/> 3. Which do you think is a train station?<BR/><B>B</B><BR/><BR><BR/> 4. Which is a residence?<BR/><B>F</B><BR/><BR><BR/> 5. Which is a business or office building?<BR/><B>C</B><BR/><BR><BR/> 6. Which of these do you think was built before the Civil War (which was 1861-1865, for those that got a D in History)? <BR/><B>A</B><BR/><BR><BR/><BR/>By the way...maybe change the file names before you add them to Blogger? I answered my questions before looking at that, but I was curious as to whether or not you left the answers out in the open :-Pxtinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12960024706010157642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461658247603905885.post-91955750561831182512008-06-04T19:13:00.000-06:002008-06-04T19:13:00.000-06:001. D and F are churches - Trinity Church, Boston a...1. D and F are churches - Trinity Church, Boston and Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, FR<BR/><BR/>2. E - Massachusetts State House, Boston<BR/><BR/>3. B - (i don't know where, but it is some kind of neo-roman/italianate thang)<BR/><BR/>4. A (i don't know where, but it is Victorian, maybe Southern, too)<BR/><BR/>5. C The Johnson Wax Building by FLLW in Racine, WI<BR/><BR/>6. E (another difficult one - MA State house.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461658247603905885.post-35168100376791708742008-06-04T11:30:00.000-06:002008-06-04T11:30:00.000-06:00Ok stab in de dark.A is a house (prob victorian th...Ok stab in de dark.<BR/>A is a house (prob victorian tho not HIGH vic)<BR/>Bldg B is a giant state-the-art(for the time) train station<BR/>Bldg C is Office Space<BR/>Bldg D is Pre Civil War (cause it's all by it's lonesome- the only bldg with style)<BR/>Bldg E is a State Haus (Colorado mebee?)<BR/>Bldg F is some dumb asses idea of a church.<BR/>How'd I do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461658247603905885.post-15971767842958907482008-06-04T00:18:00.000-06:002008-06-04T00:18:00.000-06:00Okay . . . It's been ages, but I'll play, and I w...Okay . . . It's been ages, but I'll play, and I won't cheat and get out my Architecture History books, either.<BR/><BR/>1. F-- Corb's chapel at Ronchamp, right? Ditto D. That's H. H. Richardson's Trinity Church in Boston.<BR/>2. E-- Maybe. Can't recall ever seeing this one.<BR/>3. B-- Whose competition entry is that? Nice rendering.<BR/>4. A-- Unless it's been converted to something else? (LOL!)<BR/>5. C-- And it <EM>feels</EM> very much like Mr. Wright's work, but I can't put my finger on which one. Or something inspired by him?<BR/>6. My gut feeling tells me, none of them.<BR/><BR/>And re: the late Mr. Johnson: <EM>Those who live in glass houses shouldn't stow thrones!</EM>St. Blogwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173870976749288145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461658247603905885.post-17757115530717744372008-06-03T20:01:00.000-06:002008-06-03T20:01:00.000-06:00Building A is a residence. I do not know who desig...Building A is a residence. I do not know who designed it.<BR/><BR/>Building B is Kings Cross train station. It wsa designed by Lewis Cubitt.<BR/><BR/>Building C is the Johnson Wax headquarters designed by Frnak Lloyed Wright<BR/><BR/>Building D is in Boston. It is located on Coply Plaza near the Copley Plaza Hotel. I cannot remeber the name of the building. I remeber the building after staying at the Copley Plaza Hotel. This buuilding is close to the I.M.Pie's John Handcock Tower that had its' windows blow out.<BR/><BR/>Building E. I do not have a clue.<BR/>It looks like a government building.<BR/><BR/>Building F is Notre Dame du Haut designed by Le Corbusier.<BR/><BR/>Building B was built before the Civil War in 1852.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com