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| The occupiable exterior wall was a technique that evolved in the work of: |
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| The "occupiable wall" is a major theme used by: |
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| E"ach space must be defined by its structures and the character of its natural light" is a quote by: |
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| "Let me tell you how I was made" describes whose approach to ornament? |
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| What did Louis Kahn mean by "discovering the 'form' of a problem"? |
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| The cosmic essence of a problem, what a thing wants to be |
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| Kahn's use of hollow structure is thought to have derived from what technique of his Beaux-arts training? |
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| Kahn's concept of served and servant spaces which developed out of his early use of hollow structure is thought by some historians to be derived from what beaux-arts principle? |
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| What two deviations from the International Style in the Yale Art Gallery represent Kahn's initial break with the style? |
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1. Horizontal sill courses on elevation
2. Exposed and expressed concrete structure |
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| In describing the atrium of the Yale Museum of British Art, Larson pointed out a problem that has always plagued architects. This was: |
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| Losing the corner column on the interior |
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| Kahn's pyramidal waffle slab in the Yale Art museum was inspired by what? |
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| Becky Fuller's geodesic geometries |
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| Sketch Kahn's plan concept for the First Unitarian Church: |
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| Outer circle, two inner circles, inner square |
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Name the consensus choice by American architects as the best design in the US and its architect in each category, as expressed in this course:
Best Building in America:
Best Urban Space:
Best Site Planning in a collection of buildings: |
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Best building in America: Salk Institute, Kahn
Best Urban Space: ?
Best Site Planning: Cranbrook, Eliel Saarinen |
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