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| A switch from the ribbon window to the use of floor to ceiling glazing marked the work in the 1930's of: |
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| The Centrosoyuz headquarters in Moscow were designed by: |
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| Le Corbusier first used the all-glass wall in what project? |
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| Le Corbusier made an abrupt swerve away from white purity of form when he designed what building? |
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| Where did Le Corbusier get the idea for linear housing and cities? |
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| Name two differences in Corbusier's design for the city for 3 million and his Radiant City:' |
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1. Raised buildings
2. Human-like plan |
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| Define Corbusier's idea of a "redent": |
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| orthogonal geometry that uses stepping to provide different sized courtyards |
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| Le Corbusier's utopian city plan developed in the 1930's was named: |
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| List two design ideas incorporated in Villa Radieuse that were a direct response to the new battle techniques used in WWI: |
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1. Buildings are more spread out in anticipation of aerial bombing
2. Use pilotis because poison gas sinks low to the ground |
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| what project was conceived as an experimental fragment of Villa Radieuse? |
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| Sketch a plan of a "cartesian skyscraper" and explain the reason for its configuration: |
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| Like a "T" with many bays around the edges, lets in more sunlight to all apartments |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright's design of the Johnson Wax Buildings can be best described as his interpretation of what style? |
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| The major design innovation in the Usonian houses that influenced the design of post-WWII suburban tract homes was: |
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| the dining room and kitchen connected next to the living room. |
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| List two major details Wright used in the Usonian house to control construction costs: |
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1. Slab on grade, no basement
2. 3 types of windows |
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| The "Usonian" house was designed by: |
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| Broadacre was a project envisioned by: |
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| The client for Wright's "fallingwater" house was: |
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| List one exterior detail that allowed the Empire State Building to be constructed so quickly: |
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| flush windows eliminated extra stonework |
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| The apparent precedent for the massing of the Empire State Building was: |
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| "Why Not Try Nothing" was the rationale of who for the design of what building? |
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| Hood, for the New York Daily |
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| List two aspects of the design the Rockefeller Center that contribute to its success as an urban space: |
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1. Slightly lower elevation from sidewalk gives a feeling of safety
2. Connection to urban surroundings |
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| The roof terraces in the Rockefeller Center were said to be influenced by what ancient precedent? |
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| The designer in charge of the initial planning of Rockefeller Center was: |
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| Briefly describe how Hood developed the massing of the RCA building: |
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| A series of elevator cores that then determine the stepped setbacks of the building |
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| Sketch how the RCA meets the ground: |
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| continuous vertical tower surrounded by 2-story bookends at bottom |
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| List 3 differences between Art Deco and Art Moderne buildings: |
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1. AD is vertical, AM is horizontal
2. AD is built by hand, AM is machine built
3. AD is angular, AM is curved |
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| "Far from being a handicap, this discipline of being obliged to make a project stand on its own..." is a quote by: |
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| Who was the American architect whose urban idea of the tower in the park paralleled Le Corbusier's proposal for the city of 3 million? |
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| What was the term used to describe the method of wrapping objects with sheet metal in an attempt to give them a futurist image? |
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| Art Moderne was symbolized by what? |
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| the use of curvilinear, streamlined forms |
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| The one word that best describes the forms used to style Art Moderne designs was: |
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| Name 3 major industrial designers who were active in the 1930's: |
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1. Bel Geddes
2. Fuller
3. Loewy |
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| List two important differences in the American city in 1960 between the actual International Style designs and the prediction of Bel Geddes in the 1939 GM Pavilion: |
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1. Base of the building holds the street edge
2. No elevated walkways |
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| Bel Geddes' trademark motif was: |
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| The trademark image of the 1939 World's Fair was: |
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| The trylon and the perisphere |
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| The designer of the Dymaxion House was: |
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| "Dymaxion" was the term coined by Fuller, which meant: |
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| Maximum efficiency of energy and resources |
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