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Stuff Every Architecture Scout Should Know: free practice in 30-second cards
Stuff Every Architecture Scout Should Know
Practice facts for the Architecture merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.
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- What does an architect do when designing a building?
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Plans and designs structures. Architecture is the study and practice of designing structures, especially habitable ones. Architects sketch, plan, and design buildings.
- Architecture is often described as which kind of art?
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A visual art. Architecture uses engineering techniques but is considered a visual art, both a process and a product.
- What does the word architecture come from?
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Greek words meaning chief creator. The term comes from Greek arkhitekton, meaning architect, from arkhi (chief) and tekton (creator).
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- What does an architect do when designing a building?
- Architecture is often described as which kind of art?
- What does the word architecture come from?
- According to Vitruvius, a good building should have durability, utility, and what else?
- Who wrote De architectura, the earliest surviving text on architecture?
- What did Louis Sullivan declare about design?
- What does sustainable architecture aim to be?
- What is a typical feature of a green building?
- Why might architects reuse an old building instead of tearing it down?
- What is adaptive reuse in architecture?
- What does landscape architecture design?
- What does urban design focus on?
- What is interior architecture concerned with?
- What does residential architecture design?
- What is the main focus of industrial architecture?
- What is naval architecture about?
- What does computer architecture describe?
- What does seismic architecture relate to?
- What is a scaled drawing used for in architecture?
- Why do architects make scale models of buildings?
- What should you do before visiting a construction site?
- What safety gear is needed on a construction site?
- What should you do if conditions change on a construction site?
- What does an architect ask a client about a new building?
- What can touring your community help you learn about buildings?
- What is one way to learn about a historical architectural achievement?
- What does the Leave No Trace principle 'Leave what you find' mean for building?
- How does architecture relate to its surrounding community?
- What is one career in architecture?
- What should you find out about an architecture career you like?
- What is a floor plan?
- What scale does the architecture requirement use for a room drawing?
- What should a neat room drawing be labeled with?
- What does architecture combine besides engineering?
- What is vernacular architecture?
- What is organic architecture meant to promote?
- What did Robert Venturi call postmodern architecture?
- What does the LEED rating system encourage?
- How do architects use the sun and wind in green design?
- What is water conservation in green design?
- What does a commercial architecture project serve?
- What does a landscape architect plan besides parks?
- In Latin, what does firmitas mean for a good building?
- What did Leon Battista Alberti see as the most important part of beauty?
- What did Le Corbusier say happens when building touches your heart?
- What did Mies van der Rohe say architecture starts with?
- What does sustainable architecture consider about building materials?
- How did early builders improve architecture over time?
- What did Greek and Roman architecture shift its focus toward?
- What new building style emerged in medieval Europe?
- What did modernist architects remove from buildings in favor of function? 🔒
- What does green design use to limit resource waste? 🔒