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| Name 2 details Eliel Saarinen employed in Christ Lutheran Church in order to minimize acoustic shadows: |
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1. undulating wall
2. sloped ceiling |
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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, employing portal path and place: |
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1. Salk Institute by Kahn
2. Rockefeller Center by Hood
3. Cranbrook by Saarinen |
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| What technology did Eero Saarinen adopt from the automobile industry in the detailing of the GM Tech Center? |
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| Neoprene glazing gasket and light height insulating panel |
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| _______was given the responsibility for the design of all of the buildings at the Cranbrook School of Design |
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| What one major reservations about the design of Dulles did Larson express |
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| central drain in middle looks like a column |
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| what 2 major reservations about the design of Kresge auditorium did Larson express |
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1. structure not expressed inside
2. corners show no support |
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| Crow Island School, which set the model for the design of the post WWII elementary school in the US was designed by |
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| The inspiration for the scale of Eero Saairnen's site plan of the GM Tech Center was |
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| List 3 technological innovations in construction developed by Eero Saarinen that would become standard techniques during the late 1960s |
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1. neoprene glazing gasket
2.Lightweight Insulated panel
Self Oxidizing Steel |
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| What grade school established the prototype for the post WWII baby boom and who designed it: |
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| What is the name of the school of art in Detroit designed by Eliel Saarinen |
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| The Thing itself was the objective of whose work |
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