Famous Architects quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Who designed a house built over a waterfall?

   Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright

   Why: Its concrete terraces are cantilevers, jutting out over the stream with no support at their far ends.

2. 2 Medium

   Which country's architects designed the Burj Khalifa?

   Answer: United States

   Why: Chicago's Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed it, with Adrian Smith as chief architect; South Korea's Samsung C&T led construction.

3. 3 Hard

   What do the green pipes on Paris's Pompidou Centre carry?

   Answer: Water

   Why: Blue ducts carry air, yellow ones electricity, and red marks the escalators and lifts that move people.

4. 4 Easy

   Who designed the dome of St Peter's Basilica?

   Answer: Michelangelo

   Why: Just the drum stood when Michelangelo died in 1564; Giacomo della Porta completed the dome in 1590.

5. 5 Medium

   What does Shigeru Ban build disaster shelters from?

   Answer: Cardboard tubes

   Why: His Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, opened in 2013 after the 2011 earthquake badly damaged the old one.

6. 6 Hard

   What did the Chrysler Building's architect secretly build inside it?

   Answer: A spire

   Why: The spire took the tower to 319 metres, past the Eiffel Tower, making it the world's tallest structure until 1931.