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GATE 2025 AR — Architecture – Question 58

History and Theory of Architecture · Works of renowned national and international architects · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Match architectural statements P Form follows function, Q Less is more, R Architecture should speak of its time and place but yearn for timelessness, S No straight lines or sharp corners in nature with 1 Mies van der Rohe, 2 Louis Sullivan, 3 Antoni Gaudí, 4 Frank Gehry, 5 Adolf Loos.

  1. P–1; Q–2; R–4; S–5
  2. P–2; Q–3; R–1; S–4
  3. P–2; Q–1; R–4; S–3
  4. P–5; Q–1; R–2; S–3

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Correct answer: (C) P–2; Q–1; R–4; S–3

Explanation

The conventional attributions used by the paper are Sullivan for form following function, Mies for less is more, Gehry for the time/place statement, and Gaudí for the nature-derived geometry statement. The sequence 2, 1, 4, 3 selects C.

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