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HTC: 19
Art Deco
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Undergraduate 2
05/11/2009

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Term

Sketch the typical elevational/massing  scheme for an Art Deco skyscraper:  

Definition

Stepped back, massive corner ends, unbroken verticals 

Term

The traditional atrium in 19th century skyscrapers was quickly replaced by what?

 

Definition

Elevators

 

Term

What were three influences on the Art Deco skyscraper that came from Europe?

Definition

German Expressionist movies, Scandinavian City Halls, 1925 Paris World’s Fair

Term

Which architect was the second-place winner of the Chicago Tribune competition?

Definition

Saarinan

Term

What World's Fair (date and city) played a pivotal role in the development of Art Deco in the US?

Definition

1925 Paris World’s Fair

Term

What building project finally forced New York to initiate proceedings toward a zoning code that  would limit the size of skyscrapers?

Definition

Equitable Building

Term

Who drew conte crayon renderings of the design potential of the 1916 New York zoning code?

 

Definition

Ferriss/Corbett

 

Term

Who wrote the Autobiography of an Idea?

Definition

Sullivan

Term

What was the first Neo-Gothic skyscraper to break the stranglehold of Neo-Classicism in New York City?

Definition

Woolworth Building

Term

What were two precedents for the ornament used on the Art Deco skyscraper? 

 

Definition

The Chicago School, Hand crafted material

 

Term

What were two precedents for the massing of the Art Deco skyscraper?

 

Definition

The Masonic Temple, NYC Zoning Sketches

 

Term

Who designed the Nebraska state Capitol?

Definition

Goodhue

Term

Who designed the Singer Building, the first U.S. building to break the 600' mark?

Definition

Flagg

Term

What is the style of the Woolworth Building in New York City designed by Cass Gilbert?

Definition

Neo-Gothic

Term

Who designed the building that forced New York City to enact a zoning code in 1916?

Definition
Graham 
Term

Ernest Flagg's design of the Singer Building in New York can best be described as what?

 

Definition

 Neo-Classical Tower

 

Term

The Chicago Tribune competition was won by which architect?

Definition
Hood & Howells 
Term

Which European city was the inspiration for Wiley Corbet's and Hugh Ferris' multi-level city studies?

Definition

Venice

Term

Art Deco was based on rejecting contemporary technology and using the vocabulary of "traditional" architecture true or false?

Definition

False

Term

Wright would later state that he was influenced by what in the design of

his Californian "knit-block" houses?

Definition

Primative American architecture, Aztec, Incan, Mayan

Term

Which two highrise projects in the 1920s did Wright design?

 

Definition

National Life Insurance Building, Price Tower

 

Term
Who designed the First Church, Christ the Scientist in Berkeley? 
Definition

Maybeck

Term

How did Wright achieve a two-story living area in the apartment in his proposed tower for St. Mark's in the Bowrie? 

Definition

Wright cantilevered his floors off a single core in the middle of the building, which allowed for two story spaces to be created

Term

Which architect is noted as the first American architect to completely eschew the use of all ornament in his designs in favor of an asymmetrical massing of rectilinear forms with smooth, white-washed walls

with frameless windows?

Definition

Gill

Term

Who is best known for his eclecticism, being able to synthesize a diverse collection of stylistic elements with the technology of the day, including such off-the-shelf materials as industrial metal sash and sheet asbestos panels?

Definition

Maybeck

Term

What is the term that best describes the style of buildings designed by Bernard Maybeck?

Definition

Eclecticism

Term

What was the work of Greene and Greene known as? 

 

Definition

Bungalow

 

Term

What is "knit-block" construction?

Definition

Decorative concrete blocks stacked on top of each other

Term

One of the major differences between roofs designed by Wright and those designed by Greene and Greene?

Definition
Wright used hipped roofs and Greene and Greene used gabled roofs 
Term

Who said "There is something very restful and satisfying to my mind in the simple cube house with creamy walls, sheer and plain, rising boldly into the sky, unrelieved by cornices or overhang of roof?”?

Definition

Gill

Term

What were three precautions Wright designed into the Imperial Hotel in anticipation of seismic action?

Definition

Uses lightweight stone to lower the center of gravity, we breaks the building up into parts, uses a friction pile foundation and concrete on top, he doesn’t use a tile roof, instead he gave it a copper roof.

Term

Which architect was recognized as the master of the early California "bungalow with sensuously-detailed wood construction and deep overhanging balconies?

Definition

Greene & Greene

Term

What is the name of Wright's compound in Spring Green?

Definition

Taliesin

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