Famous Architects MCQs with Answers
Who is the architect of the Sydney Opera House?
a) Frank Lloyd Wright
b) Le Corbusier
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Jørn Utzon
Answer: d) Jørn Utzon
Who designed the Eiffel Tower?
a) Gustave Eiffel
b) Antoni Gaudí
c) Frank Gehry
d) I. M. Pei
Answer: a) Gustave Eiffel
Who is the architect of the Fallingwater house?
a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
b) Alvar Aalto
c) Le Corbusier
d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Answer: d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Zaha Hadid
c) Renzo Piano
d) Norman Foster
Answer: a) Frank Gehry
Who is the architect of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world?
a) I. M. Pei
b) Cesar Pelli
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Adrian Smith
Answer: d) Adrian Smith
Who designed the Taj Mahal?
a) Le Corbusier
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Louis Kahn
d) Ustad Ahmad Lahauri
Answer: d) Ustad Ahmad Lahauri
Who is the architect of the Louvre Pyramid in Paris?
a) Jean Nouvel
b) Frank Gehry
c) I. M. Pei
d) Zaha Hadid
Answer: c) I. M. Pei
Who designed the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain?
a) Antoni Gaudí
b) Alvar Aalto
c) Frank Gehry
d) Renzo Piano
Answer: a) Antoni Gaudí
Who is the architect of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.?
a) Louis Sullivan
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) William Thornton
Answer: d) William Thornton
Who designed the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri?
a) Eero Saarinen
b) Louis Kahn
c) Walter Gropius
d) Richard Meier
Answer: a) Eero Saarinen
Who is the architect of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Zaha Hadid
c) Norman Foster
d) Renzo Piano
Answer: a) Frank Gehry
Who designed the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris?
a) Antoni Gaudí
b) Le Corbusier
c) Louis Sullivan
d) Maurice de Sully
Answer: d) Maurice de Sully
Who is the architect of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
a) I. M. Pei
b) Cesar Pelli
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Adrian Smith
Answer: b) Cesar Pelli
Who designed the Robie House in Chicago?
a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
b) Alvar Aalto
c) Le Corbusier
d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Answer: d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Who is the architect of the Sydney Tower Eye in Australia?
a) Norman Foster
b) Cesar Pelli
c) Renzo Piano
d) Donald Crone
Answer: d) Donald Crone
Who designed the Palace of Versailles in France?
a) Jules Hardouin-Mansart
b) Le Corbusier
c) Louis Sullivan
d) Walter Gropius
Answer: a) Jules Hardouin-Mansart
Who is the architect of the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore?
a) Zaha Hadid
b) Renzo Piano
c) Moshe Safdie
d) Richard Meier
Answer: c) Moshe Safdie
Who designed the Burj al Arab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates?
a) I. M. Pei
b) Cesar Pelli
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Tom Wright
Answer: d) Tom Wright
Who is the architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza?
a) Imhotep
b) Frank Lloyd Wright
c) Louis Sullivan
d) Antoni Gaudí
Answer: a) Imhotep
Who designed the Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Spain?
a) Antoni Gaudí
b) Le Corbusier
c) Frank Lloyd Wright
d) Louis Sullivan
Answer: a) Antoni Gaudí
Who is the architect of the Hearst Castle in California?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Zaha Hadid
c) Julia Morgan
d) Richard Meier
Answer: c) Julia Morgan
Who designed the John Hancock Center in Chicago?
a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
b) Alvar Aalto
c) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
d) Louis Sullivan
Answer: c) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Who is the architect of the Seagram Building in New York City?
a) I. M. Pei
b) Cesar Pelli
c) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
d) Renzo Piano
Answer: c) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Who designed the Gateway of India in Mumbai?
a) Zaha Hadid
b) Le Corbusier
c) Louis Sullivan
d) George Wittet
Answer: d) George Wittet
Who is the architect of the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, Japan?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Zaha Hadid
c) Le Corbusier
d) Leandro Locsin
Answer: c) Le Corbusier
Who designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Zaha Hadid
c) I. M. Pei
d) Rem Koolhaas
Answer: a) Frank Gehry
Who is the architect of the Palace of Westminster in London?
a) Christopher Wren
b) Antoni Gaudí
c) Le Corbusier
d) Charles Barry
Answer: d) Charles Barry
Who designed the Robarts Library in Toronto, Canada?
a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
b) Alvar Aalto
c) Le Corbusier
d) Mathers and Haldenby
Answer: d) Mathers and Haldenby
Who is the architect of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?
a) Frank Lloyd Wright
b) Joseph Strauss
c) Gustave Eiffel
d) Santiago Calatrava
Answer: b) Joseph Strauss
Who designed the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China?
a) Norman Foster
b) Zaha Hadid
c) I. M. Pei
d) Paul Andreu
Answer: d) Paul Andreu
Who is the architect of the Cathedral of Brasília in Brazil?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Oscar Niemeyer
c) Renzo Piano
d) Richard Meier
Answer: b) Oscar Niemeyer
Who designed the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Zaha Hadid
c) David Adjaye
d) Thom Mayne
Answer: c) David Adjaye
Who is the architect of the Central Park in New York City?
a) Frederick Law Olmsted
b) Le Corbusier
c) Louis Sullivan
d) I. M. Pei
Answer: a) Frederick Law Olmsted
Who designed the Wembley Stadium in London?
a) Norman Foster
b) Zaha Hadid
c) Renzo Piano
d) Herzog & de Meuron
Answer: d) Herzog & de Meuron
Who is the architect of the Casa Milà in Barcelona, Spain?
a) Antoni Gaudí
b) Le Corbusier
c) Frank Lloyd Wright
d) Louis Sullivan
Answer: a) Antoni Gaudí
Who designed the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort in Singapore?
a) I. M. Pei
b) Cesar Pelli
c) Moshe Safdie
d) Renzo Piano
Answer: c) Moshe Safdie
Who is the architect of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Chartres in France?
a) Frank Gehry
b) Zaha Hadid
c) Richard Meier
d) Unknown
Answer: d) Unknown
Who designed the National Stadium in Beijing, China?
a) Norman Foster
b) Zaha Hadid
c) Herzog & de Meuron
d) Frank Gehry
Answer: c) Herzog & de Meuron
Who is the architect of the St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia?
a) Antoni Gaudí
b) Le Corbusier
c) Louis Sullivan
d) Postnik Yakovlev
Answer: d) Postnik Yakovlev
Who designed the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong?
a) I. M. Pei
b) Cesar Pelli
c) Zaha Hadid
d) Norman Foster
Answer: b) Cesar Pelli