American Famous Architects MCQs with Answer
Who designed the iconic “Fallingwater” house in Pennsylvania?
a) Frank Lloyd Wright
b) I.M. Pei
c) Louis Sullivan
d) Richard Meier
Answer: a) Frank Lloyd Wright
Which architect is known for designing the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Alexander Hamilton
c) Benjamin Latrobe
d) James Hoban
Answer: c) Benjamin Latrobe
Who designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, known for its distinctive spiral shape?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Renzo Piano
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Answer: d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Which architect was the mastermind behind the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal and main structure?
a) Gustave Eiffel
b) Daniel Burnham
c) Richard Morris Hunt
d) Charles McKim
Answer: c) Richard Morris Hunt
The iconic “Gateway Arch” in St. Louis, Missouri, was designed by which architect?
a) I.M. Pei
b) Eero Saarinen
c) Philip Johnson
d) Richard Meier
Answer: b) Eero Saarinen
Who is known for designing the “Walt Disney Concert Hall” in Los Angeles, California?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Santiago Calatrava
c) Norman Foster
d) Cesar Pelli
Answer: a) Frank Gehry
The architect responsible for designing the “Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture” is:
a) Maya Lin
b) David Adjaye
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Tadao Ando
Answer: b) David Adjaye
Which architect is famous for designing the “Chrysler Building” in New York City?
a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) William Van Alen
d) Louis Sullivan
Answer: c) William Van Alen
The “Robie House” in Chicago, Illinois, was designed by:
a) Richard Meier
b) Louis Kahn
c) Walter Gropius
d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Answer: d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Who was the architect behind the design of the “One World Trade Center” in New York City?
a) Richard Rogers
b) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
c) Cesar Pelli
d) Norman Foster
Answer: b) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
The “Flatiron Building” in New York City was designed by:
a) Louis Sullivan
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Daniel Burnham
d) Frederick Law Olmsted
Answer: c) Daniel Burnham
Which architect is known for designing the “Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort” in Florida?
a) Michael Graves
b) Robert A.M. Stern
c) I.M. Pei
d) Frank Gehry
Answer: a) Michael Graves
The “Marina City” complex in Chicago was designed by:
a) Cesar Pelli
b) Helmut Jahn
c) Bertrand Goldberg
d) Louis Kahn
Answer: c) Bertrand Goldberg
Who designed the “Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum” in New York City?
a) Richard Meier
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Frank Gehry
Answer: b) Frank Lloyd Wright
The “Getty Center” in Los Angeles, California, was designed by:
a) Frank Gehry
b) I.M. Pei
c) Richard Meier
d) Richard Rogers
Answer: c) Richard Meier
Which architect is famous for designing the “Seagram Building” in New York City?
a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
b) Frank Gehry
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Rem Koolhaas
Answer: a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The “Transamerica Pyramid” in San Francisco, California, was designed by:
a) Norman Foster
b) Philip Johnson
c) Cesar Pelli
d) William Pereira
Answer: c) Cesar Pelli
Who is known for designing the “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum” in Washington, D.C.?
a) Renzo Piano
b) Frank Gehry
c) Daniel Libeskind
d) Tadao Ando
Answer: c) Daniel Libeskind
The “Salk Institute for Biological Studies” in California was designed by:
a) Louis Kahn
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Eero Saarinen
d) Richard Meier
Answer: a) Louis Kahn
Who is known for designing the “United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel” in Colorado?
a) Louis Sullivan
b) I.M. Pei
c) Eero Saarinen
d) Walter Netsch
Answer: d) Walter Netsch
The “National Museum of the American Indian” in Washington, D.C., was designed by:
a) Frank Gehry
b) Renzo Piano
c) Cesar Pelli
d) Douglas Cardinal
Answer: d) Douglas Cardinal
Who designed the “Hearst Tower” in New York City, incorporating a historic facade with a modern tower?
a) Richard Rogers
b) Norman Foster
c) I.M. Pei
d) Norman Foster
Answer: b) Norman Foster
The “National World War II Memorial” in Washington, D.C., was designed by:
a) Frank Gehry
b) I.M. Pei
c) Maya Lin
d) Eero Saarinen
Answer: c) Maya Lin
Which architect is known for designing the “United States Supreme Court Building” in Washington, D.C.?
a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
b) Zaha Hadid
c) Cass Gilbert
d) Richard Meier
Answer: c) Cass Gilbert
The “Paley Center for Media” in Beverly Hills, California, was designed by:
a) Frank Gehry
b) Richard Meier
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Richard Rogers
Answer: b) Richard Meier
Who designed the “Biltmore Estate” in North Carolina, one of the largest privately-owned houses in the United States?
a) Frederick Law Olmsted
b) Richard Morris Hunt
c) Frank Lloyd Wright
d) Henry Hobson Richardson
Answer: b) Richard Morris Hunt
The “Smithsonian Institution Building” (The Castle) in Washington, D.C., was designed by:
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) James Renwick Jr.
c) Frank Lloyd Wright
d) Louis Sullivan
Answer: b) James Renwick Jr.
Which architect is known for designing the “Central Park’s Bethesda Terrace and Fountain” in New York City?
a) Frederick Law Olmsted
b) Louis Sullivan
c) Stanford White
d) Daniel Burnham
Answer: c) Stanford White
The “John Hancock Center” in Chicago, Illinois, was designed by:
a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
b) Frank Gehry
c) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
d) Cesar Pelli
Answer: c) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Who designed the “Brooklyn Bridge” in New York City, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States?
a) John A. Roebling
b) Charles Correa
c) Frank Gehry
d) Richard Meier
Answer: a) John A. Roebling
The “High Line” park in New York City was designed by:
a) Zaha Hadid
b) Norman Foster
c) James Corner Field Operations
d) I.M. Pei
Answer: c) James Corner Field Operations
Which architect is known for designing the “Walt Disney World’s Cinderella Castle” in Florida?
a) Frank Lloyd Wright
b) Michael Graves
c) Richard Meier
d) Charles McKim
Answer: d) Charles McKim
The “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” in Cleveland, Ohio, was designed by:
a) Frank Gehry
b) I.M. Pei
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Robert Venturi
Answer: a) Frank Gehry
Who designed the “Hagia Sophia” in Istanbul, Turkey, which later became a mosque and now a museum?
a) Leonardo da Vinci
b) Michelangelo
c) Frank Lloyd Wright
d) Anthemios of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus
Answer: d) Anthemios of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus
The “Dulles International Airport” in Virginia was designed by:
a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
b) Eero Saarinen
c) Norman Foster
d) I.M. Pei
Answer: b) Eero Saarinen
Which architect is known for designing the “United States Library of Congress” in Washington, D.C.?
a) Henry Hobson Richardson
b) Richard Meier
c) Cass Gilbert
d) James Renwick Jr.
Answer: d) James Renwick Jr.
The “National Cathedral” in Washington, D.C., was designed by:
a) James Hoban
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Cesar Pelli
d) George Bodley
Answer: d) George Bodley
Who designed the “Gateway Arch National Park” in St. Louis, Missouri?
a) Richard Meier
b) Eero Saarinen
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Answer: b) Eero Saarinen
The “United States Military Academy” at West Point was designed by:
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Richard Morris Hunt
c) Frank Gehry
d) Robert Venturi
Answer: b) Richard Morris Hunt
Which architect is known for designing the “Hollywood Bowl” in Los Angeles, California?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Richard Meier
d) Lloyd Wright
Answer: d) Lloyd Wright
The “Metropolitan Museum of Art” in New York City was designed by:
a) Richard Meier
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Marcel Breuer
d) Richard Morris Hunt
Answer: d) Richard Morris Hunt
Who designed the “Vietnam Veterans Memorial” in Washington, D.C., featuring a reflective black granite wall?
a) I.M. Pei
b) Frank Gehry
c) Maya Lin
d) Tadao Ando
Answer: c) Maya Lin
The “Hancock Tower” in Boston, Massachusetts, was designed by:
a) Frank Gehry
b) I.M. Pei
c) Cesar Pelli
d) Henry N. Cobb
Answer: d) Henry N. Cobb
Which architect is known for designing the “TWA Flight Center” at JFK Airport in New York City?
a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Eero Saarinen
d) Charles Correa
Answer: c) Eero Saarinen
The “New York Public Library” in New York City was designed by:
a) Cass Gilbert
b) Louis Kahn
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Philip Johnson
Answer: a) Cass Gilbert
Who designed the “Space Needle” in Seattle, Washington, for the 1962 World’s Fair?
a) Richard Meier
b) Eero Saarinen
c) John Graham Jr.
d) Frank Gehry
Answer: c) John Graham Jr.
The “Walt Disney Concert Hall” in Los Angeles, California, was designed by:
a) Frank Gehry
b) Santiago Calatrava
c) Norman Foster
d) Cesar Pelli
Answer: a) Frank Gehry
Which architect is known for designing the “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum” in Washington, D.C.?
a) Renzo Piano
b) Frank Gehry
c) Daniel Libeskind
d) Tadao Ando
Answer: c) Daniel Libeskind
The “Salk Institute for Biological Studies” in California was designed by:
a) Louis Kahn
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Eero Saarinen
d) Richard Meier
Answer: a) Louis Kahn
Who is known for designing the “United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel” in Colorado?
a) Louis Sullivan
b) I.M. Pei
c) Eero Saarinen
d) Walter Netsch
Answer: d) Walter Netsch