Details Title: HTC 15 Description: Gerry Larson Total Flash Cards: 14 Created: 08/02/2009 17:06:44		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Architecture Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term The elevational treatment used in the entrance facade of Grundtvig church is best described as______________ Where did this form originate in Denmark? Definition the stepped gable It came from the vernacular of churches and houses, which generally used the step to resolve gabled roofs. Term What device is used in the Stockholm City Hall to link it with the adjacent lake? Definition The building mass is lifted off the site on arcades so that you can always see the water through the building on the ground level. Term List two precednts for Saarinen's final design of the main entry in the Helsinki Railroad Station: Definition The Vienna Secession (Darmstadt specifically) Louis Sullivan (Golden Doors specifically) Term The Kallio Church was designed by _____________________________ Definition Lars Sonck Term Describe the elevational treatment Saarinen typically used in the towers of his Finnish buildings: _____________________________________________ Definition He stepped the towers back as they got higher. Term The building typically credited with the start of the National Romantic movement in Scandinavia is _____________________________ Definition Copenhagen City Hall Term The Tampere Cathedral was designed by ____________ Definition Lars Sonck Term "The arrangement of a vertical force against a contrasting and balancing horizontal volume" best describes the compositional theory employed by ___________ Definition Eliel Saarinen Term The movement in Scandinavia at the turn of the century that was a genuine attempt to interpret the indigenous tradition of each of the respective countries is referred to as _____________ Definition National Romantic Term List two reasons why Saarinen preferred to incorporate a vertical element in the massing of his buildings: Definition Contrast to the Horizontal Base Anchors into the Landscape Term The style that evolved in Finland to express and preserve the indigenous culture in the face of increasing pressure by the czar to 'russify' Finland was _______________ Definition National Romantic Term Saarinen's favorite interior color was ____________ Definition Green Term The typical Saarinen formal composition incorporated a ______________ element to_________________ Definition tower, anchor to the landscape Term ________________________ is the name of residential compound of Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen. Definition Hvittrask ("White Lake")