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Architectural History- Test 2
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Undergraduate 2
04/25/2016

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Barcelona Pavilion

Date:1929, replica 1986

Location: Barcelona

Architect: Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

 

Building intended to stand for Quality design, materials, and craftsmanship 

 

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Unite d'Habitation 

Date: 1946-52

Location: Paris, France

Architect: Le Corbusier 

Unique design strategy of Split-level units stacked and spanning the full width allows for cross- ventilation

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Farnsworth House

Date: 1950-52

Location: Plano, IL

Architect: Mies van der Rohe

embodies "essentails of living" of Floor and Roof (according to architect) 

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Robie House

Date: 1909

Location: Chicago, IL

Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright

first use of Welded Steel in residential construction 

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Villa Savoye

Date: 1929-31

Location: Poissy, France

Architect: Le Corbusie

used Scupltural stair and ramp for vertical circulation

implements architect's 5 points of architetcure:

Pilotis, Free-Plan, free-facade, roof garden, horizontal windows 

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Fagus Shoe-Factory

Date: 1911

Location: Germany

Architect: Gropius (w/ Adolf Meyer)

Uses elements that would characterize International style making it a landmark in moden architecture

Features Include: Glass curtain walls, corner windows, and simple rectangular massing 

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Citta Nuova 

Date: 1914

Architect: Antonio Samt'Elia

Associated with futurism Movement

Characteristics of movement include Bold Massing, Verticality, no ornamentation, battered walls, and layered horizontal circulation 

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Moller House

Date: 1930

Location: Vienna

Architect: Adolf Loos

unique design approach referred to as Raumplan

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Broadacre City

Date: The Great Depression

Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright

basic housing unit referred to as Usonian House (coined by wright) 

Utopian Plan considered both backward and forward looking 

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La Cite Industrielle

Date: 1917

Location: Imaginary Site

Architect: Tony Garnier

Concrete proposed construction for city 

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