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Term
guaranty building
Definition
1894
buffalo, NY
sullivan and adler
form follows function
eclecticism
Term
marshall field warehouse
Definition
1885
Chicago
Henry Richardson
eclecticism
Term
einstein tower
Definition
1920
Potsdam, Germany
erich mendelsohn
houses a telescope
built to prove/disprove einstein's theories
expressionism
Term
schroeder house
Definition
1924
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Gerrit Rietveld
client: Truus Schroeder
example of de stijl movement
Term
steiner house
Definition
1910
Vienna, Austria
Adolf Loos
client: Lilly Steiner
smooth and modern. characteristic of Loos
combination of werkbund and other styles
Term
fallingwater
Definition
1937
frank lloyd Wright
client: edgar Kaufmann
international style crossed with prairie style
Term
larkin building
Definition
1904
Buffalo, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright
demolished in 1950
Term
wright home and studio
Definition
1889
Oak Park, Il
studio added on in 1898
early prairie style
Term
robie house
Definition
1909
Chicago, Il
Frank Lloyd Wright
Client: Frederick Robie
epitome of the prairie style house
Term
chrysler building
Definition
1928
NYC
William Van Allen
Art deco style
tallest building for 11 months until the empire state building was completed
Term
empire state building
Definition
1931
NYC
William Lamb
art deco style
Term
rockefeller center
Definition
1929
NYC
Raymond hook
financed by the rockefeller family
Term
barcelona pavilion
Definition
1929
Barcelona, Spain
made for the international exposition
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Term
bauhaus building
Definition
1926
Dessau, Germany
Walter Gropius
Term
villa savoye
Definition
1929
Poisy, France
Le Corbusier
clients: Pierre and Emilie Savoye
early example of the international style
Term
farnsworth house
Definition
1952
plano, Il
Mies Van Der Rohe
international style
Term
john hancock building
Definition
1965
Chicago
Bruce Graham
client: john hancock insurance company
international style
Term
lever house
Definition
1952
NYC
gordon bunshaft
client: lever brothers soap company
pioneer curtain wall skyscraper
international style
Term
seagram building
Definition
1958
NYC
Mies Van Der Rohe
client: seagrams (like the liquor company)
external i-beams allude to the structure
epitome of international style
Term
guggenheim museum
Definition
1959
NYC
Frank Lloyd Wright
client: solomon guggenheim
wright died before it was finished
counter-modernism
Term
notre dame-du-haut, ronchamp
Definition
1955
Ronchamp, France
Le Corbusier
client: Father Marie-Alain Couturier
critics hated it
built around the ruins of an old catholic church
counter-modernism
Term
pompidou museum
Definition
1976
Paris
Renzo Piano
structural components on outside
color-coded elements
people love it
counter modernism
Term
salk institute
Definition
1967
la jolla, CA
Louis Kahn
named after the scientist who cured polio
research center
counter-modernism
Term
TWA terminal
Definition
1962
NYC
Eero Saarinen
counter-modernism
Term
clos pegase winery
Definition
1987
Napa, CA
Michael Graves
client: Jan and Mitsuko Shrem
post modernism
Term
guild house
Definition
1963
Philadelphia
Robert Venturi
breaks up long halls
post modernism
Term
venturi house
Definition
1962
Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
Robert Venturi
client: Vanna Venturi
uses elements of historical styles
post modernism
Term
frank gehry's house
Definition
1978
Santa Monica
Frank Gehry
looks like its under construction
deconstructionism
Term
guggenheim bilbao
Definition
1997
Bilbao, Spain
Frank Gehry
client: Solomon Guggenheim
bilbao puppy: floral sculpture outside by Jeff Koons
deconstructionism
Term
wexner center
Definition
1988
Columbus, Ohio
Peter Eisenman
client: Ohio State University
deconstructionism
Term
ohstrom library, st. paul's school
Definition
1991
St. Paul's School, NH
Robert A.M. Stern
eye brow dormers
regionalism and contextualism
Term
sea ranch
Definition
1965
Sea Ranch, CA
Charles Moore
experimental community in Cali
moves with the topography
regionalism and contextualism
Term
thorncrown chapel
Definition
1980
ozark mountains, arkansas
Fay Jones
clinet: Tim Reed
private, non-denominational chapel
operative opposite
regionalism and contextualism
Term
tjibaou center
Definition
1991
New Calidonia
Renzo Piano
inspired by vernacular dwellings
regionalism and contextualism
Term
villa mairea
Definition
1938-1939
Noormarkkhu, Finland
Alvar Alto
client: Harry and Maire
regionalism and contextualism
Term
hong kong bank
Definition
1986
Norman Foster
large span components made possible by trusses and columns
cost: $1 billion
pluralism
Term
seattle central library
Definition
2004
Rem Koolhas and OMA
multiple floors connected by ramps that allow for easy movement of shelves
pluralism
Term
bank of china
Definition
1990
I.M. Pei
permission was given by Pei's father for him to get the commission. his father never saw its completion
just architecture
Term
louvre pyramid
Definition
1989
I.M. Pei
met with great controversy
just architecture
Term
the getty museum
Definition
1997
LA, CA
Richard Meier
uses two types of grids
expensive
Term
kimball musuem
Definition
1972
fort worth. TX
Louis Kahn
Term
milwaukee art museum
Definition
2001
Santiago Calatrava
sits right on lake michigan
Term

modern art museum of forth worth

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Definition

modern art museum of forth worth

2002

Forth Worth, TX

Tadao Ando

large reflecting pools

Term
pennsylvania station
Definition
1910
McKim, Mead and White
torn down and rebuilt in 1963
eclecticism
Term
langston hughes library
Definition
1999
clinton, tennessee
Maya Lin
tennessee cantilevered barns as inspiration
regionalism and contextualism
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