Leaving Cert Art: Architecture & interior design
How often Architecture & interior design comes up on the Art papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
HL Asked on 1 of the last 3 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2023.
OL Asked on 1 of the last 3 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2024.
Quick ones on Architecture & interior design.
- The Turner Prize
- The Pritzker Prize
- The Booker Prize
- It lets buildings be built without any windows
- It needs no foundations below ground
- It carries loads, freeing walls for glass
- Pilotis
- Buttresses
- Pilasters
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(a) The Pritzker Prize
(b) It carries loads, freeing walls for glass
(c) Pilotis
Higher Level
Asked on 1 of the last 3 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2023.
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Not asked |
| 2024 | Not asked |
| 2023 | Q7 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Architecture & interior design questions
Architecture & interior design, 2 marks
Which Modernist architect is linked with the phrase less is more?
- Antoni Gaudí of Barcelona
- Frank Gehry, of Bilbao fame
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Mies's steel-and-glass buildings, like the Barcelona Pavilion (1929), strip away ornament and rely on proportion, fine materials and open space.
Ordinary Level
Asked on 1 of the last 3 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2024.
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Not asked |
| 2024 | Q7 |
| 2023 | Not asked |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Architecture & interior design questions
Architecture & interior design, 3 marks
Why is steel used in many tall modern buildings?
- It is softer than wood and easy to carve by hand
- It needs no design or engineering to use
- It is strong enough for tall frames and big windows
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It is strong enough for tall frames and big windows
A steel frame carries the building's weight, so the walls do not have to. That allows skyscrapers, open floors and walls made almost entirely of glass.
Architecture & interior design, 2 marks
Grafton Architects, winners of the 2020 Pritzker Prize, are based in which city?
- Limerick
- Dublin
- Belfast
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Dublin
Founded by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, the practice won architecture's top prize in 2020. Its buildings include the Town House at Kingston University, London.
Architecture & interior design, 3 marks
Which colour choice usually makes a small room feel bigger?
- Light, pale colours
- Very dark colours on every wall
- Heavy, bold patterns everywhere
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Light, pale colours
Pale colours reflect light and seem to move back, so walls feel further away. Dark colours absorb light and make a room feel smaller and cosier.
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