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Title: HTC 15

Description: Gerry Larson

Total Flash Cards: 14

Created: 08/02/2009 17:06:44

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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")



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