Metaquizzical | Monthly May’09
Metaquizzical | Monthly May’09
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[ Edit 150 hrs IST, 3rd May ] There was a slight goof up on our part. It has been set right now. Please do look at the revised questions.
Thank you for your participation.
Cracked by Rohan Shetty gets 12 points and Chetan Anthony Noronha – 11.
Your Posts have been edited to reflect the break up of scores.
Answers
~ by vivekchandran on May 6, 2009.
Posted in May '09, Metaquizzical Monthly
Tags: Architecture, Architecture Quiz, Metaquizzical, Monthly, Quiz
vivekchandran
anugold16
I have stated Architect names and not the title of the firms.
Round 1
1 – Santiago Calatrava – Chicago Spire, Chicago – 1 point
2 – Richard Rogers – Box Grater – inspiration for Leadenhall tower, London – 1 Point
3 – Norman Foster – Crystal Island and Russian Tower, Moscow – 1 Point
4 – Woods Bagot – Nakheel Harbor & tower, Dubai – 1 Point
5 – Plaza in front of GE Building, Rockefeller center, NY – Raymond Hood – 1 Point
Connect – The first 4 of the towers are currently under construction and have been either halted or canceled altogether due to the global economic crisis. Rockefeller center was constructed during the Great Depression 1929-1940 with John D.Rockefeller the sole financier eventually becoming one of the largest real estate holders in NY. – 1 Point
Round 2
1 – David Childs, 383 Madison Avenue,NY – 1 Point
2 – Fumihiko Maki, Spiral Building, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan – 1 Point
3 – Daniel Libeskind, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Fransisco – 1 Point
4 – X-Richard Rogers, Y-Norman Foster, Z-Team 4 – 2 Point
Connect – Association with WTC, NY – 1 Point
David Childs – Freedom Tower Architect from SOM for WTC
Fumihiko Maki – Tower 4 design for WTC
Daniel Libeskind – Master Plan for WTC site
Richard Rogers – Tower 3 design, WTC
Norman Foster – Tower 2 design, WTC
12 Points TOTAL
1. Chicago Spire – 1 Point
2. Richard Rogers – Leadenhall Building aka Cheesegrater building – 1 Point
3. Crystal Island Tower and Russia tower, Moscow by Foster and partners. – 1 Point
4. Nakheel Tower, Dubai. – 1 Point
5. Rockefeller Center, New York – 1 Point
Theme: the first four skyscrapers are still under construction whereas the Rockefeller Center is finished and has been extensively utilised by the public. – No Points
6.383 Madison Avenue by David Childs of SOM – 1 Point
7. Spiral by architect Fumihiko Maki in Tokyo. – 1 Point
8. Daniel Libeskind and the San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum – 1 Point
9/10. Norman Foster and Richard Rogers- X and Y. Team 4 – Z – 2 Point
Connect is that ALL the above architects are involved in the wtc project – 1 Point
11 Points – TOTAL