1. What is Architecture? Buildings A Cave? A Tent? House Church Office
School
Bank
Library
A Cave?
A Tent?

2. Do you have to be able to go inside?
Is a roof required?
Stadium
Amphitheatre (Camp Bonner)
Do you have to be able to go inside?
The Great Pyramids
Stonehenge
Is sculpture architecture?
Statue of Liberty
Gateway Arch (St. Louis)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial

3. Architectural Process
Owner hires architect for building project
(or architect is chosen through design competition)
Architect interviews owner and other occupants
Building design and review
Construction documents (blueprints)
Specifications
Bid process (construction firm selection)
Work with builder – site inspections

4. Architect – the “Master Builder”
Architects must be familiar will all aspects of building construction including:
Site Development
Lighting
Landscaping
Foundations
Plumbing
Healthy Materials
Structural Features
HVAC
Wind and Weather
Finish Materials
Fire Safety
Doors and Windows
Construction Details
Security Systems
Legal Issues
Electrical Systems
Furniture Layouts
Building Codes

5. Tools Manual Drafting Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD)
Pencil and eraser
Triangles
Scale
T-Square
Vellum or Mylar
Onionskin (sketch paper)
Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD)
2D Model
3D Model
Model Viewer
Rendering and Animation

6. Professional Requirements
BS Architecture
Professional Degree or Masters (some states)
Work Experience
Pass Registration Examination

7. Architecture Identification
Compete by patrol
Points are awarded for accurate identification
Each patrol may ask for “parental assistance” for no more than two identifications
Bonus points may be awarded based on accurately answering questions about architecture

8. Architecture Identification
Easy – 1 Pt

9. Great Pyramid at Giza
2600 to 2480BC

10. White House
1801,1829

11. Statue of Liberty
1886

12. Dulles Airport
1962

13. Eiffel Tower
1889

14. Washington Monument
1885

15. Gateway Arch
1966

16. United States Capitol
1830

17. Holy Cross Academy
1998

18. Architecture Identification
Moderate – 2 Pts

19. Stonehenge BC

20. Sydney Opera House
1973

21. Golden Gate Bridge
1937

22. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
1982

23. Sears Tower
1976

24. Roman Colosseum 82

25. Mount Vernon
1780

26. National Gallery – East Wing
1978

27. Pentagon
1943

28. Empire State Building
1931

29. Architecture Identification
Hard – 3 Pts

30. Notre Dame Cathedral
1250

31. Parthenon
438 BC

32. Great Wall of China
214 BC

33. US Supreme Court
1935

34. Falling Water

35. World Trade Center
1977

36. Taj Mahal
1653

37. Piazza of St. Peter’s
1667

38. Westminster Abbey
1400

39. John Hancock Center
1970

40. Reagan National Airport

41. Architecture Identification
Very Hard – 4 Pts

42. Pyramide du Louvre
1989

43. Cathedral of St. Basil
1554

44. Guggenheim Museum
1959

45. Paris Opera House
1874

46. Crystal Palace
1851

47. Brooklyn Bridge
1883

48. Architecture Identification
Impossible – 5 Pts

49. Chrysler Building
1930

50. Seagram Building
1958

51. Torii of Itsukushima

52. Tower Bridge
1894

53. Dome of the Rock
684

54. Cathedral of Florence

55. Petronas Towers
1998

56. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1998

57. University of Virginia
1826

58. Westminster Palace / Big Ben
1868

59. Architecture Identification
Mr. Conrad – You must be crazy! -10 Pts

60. Pantheon
126

61. Olympic Games Tent
1972

62. Doge’s Palace, Venice

63. The Temple of Heaven

64. Johnson Wax Building

65. Marshall Field Store
1887

66. Erectheion BC

67. Hagia Sophia

68. Temple at Luxor BC