Term
|
Definition
| Villa Savoye; Poissy, France; 1930; Le Corbusier; showcases all of Corbusier's five points of architecture |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Villa Stein – de Monzie; Garches, France; 1930; Le Corbusier; walls are not structural, but hung from the floor above |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Weissenhof Settlement Site Plan; Stuttgart, Germany; 1925; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; architects in the exhibition included Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Farnsworth House; Plano, IL; 1950; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; frequently floods due to low site and proximity to river |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Lake Shore Drive Apartments; Chicago, IL; 1950; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; I-beams on the façade are decorative, not structural |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago, IL; 1955; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; greatest concentration of his buildings in the world |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Seagram Building; New York City, NY; 1955; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; façade is bronze, which turned black in the rain |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Ennis House; Los Angeles, CA; 1925; Frank Lloyd Wright; largest of FLW’s textile block houses |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Kaufmann House (Fallingwater); Bear Run, PA; 1935; Frank Lloyd Wright; owner originally wanted to build house facing the waterfall, not on top of it |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Johnson Wax Company Administration Building; Racine, WI; 1935; Frank Lloyd Wright; distinctive 'lily pad' columns were much stronger than they looked and could support 60+ tons before failing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Horseshoe Settlement; Berlin-Britz, Germany; 1925; Bruno Taut; middle horseshoe-shaped complex surrounds a large pond |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Dessau-Törten Settlement; Dessau, Germany; 1925; Walter Gropius; every house had its own garden |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Zeppelinfeld; Nuremberg, Germany; 1935; Albert Speer; used as Nazi party rally grounds |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Casa del Fascio; Como, Italy; 1935; Giuseppe Terragni; originally a building for Italy’s National Fascist Party, now headquarters for the police force |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana; Rome, Italy; 1935; Guerrini, La Padula, and Romano; designed for the 1942 World’s Fair, which never actually happened |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Maison de Verre; Paris, France; 1930; Pierre Chareau; first floor designed as doctor’s office, top two as the doctor’s private residence |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| McMillan Plan; Washington, D.C.; 1900; Senate Park Commission; proposed the construction of major memorials on two axes in D.C. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Lincoln Memorial; Washington, D.C.; 1920; Henry Bacon; 36 columns represent the 36 U.S. states at the time of Lincoln’s death |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Jefferson Memorial; Washington, D.C.; 1940; John Russell Pope; architecturally references the rotunda at UVA, which Jefferson designed himself |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Chrysler Building; New York, NY; 1930; William Van Alen; intended to be the world’s tallest building, and was until it was surpassed by the Empire State Building |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Lever Brothers Building; New York, NY; 1950; Natalie Griffin de Blois with Gordon Bunshaft at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM); SOM designed both the original building and did its renovation years later |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Chicago Tribune Building; Chicago, IL; 1925; John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood; pieces of buildings and monuments from around the world are built into the lower floors |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Chicago Tribune Competition; Project; 1925; Eliel Saarinen; came in second place, but many people preferred this design over Hood’s |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Chicago Tribune Competition; Project; 1925; Walter Gropius; did not win, but became a prototype for many modern high-rise designs |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Lovell Health House; Los Angeles, CA; 1925; Richard Neutra; turning point in Neutra’s career, put him ‘on the radar’ |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Lovell Beach House; Newport Beach, CA; 1925; Rudolf Schindler; held up on five concrete frames shaped like figure 8’s |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| PSFS Building; Philadelphia, PA; 1930; Howe and Lescaze; t-shaped tower allowed maximum amount of natural light |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Glass House; New Canaan, CT; 1950; Philip Johnson; had to design separate living quarters/guest quarters, better known as the 'Brick House' |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Dymaxion House; Project; 1930; Buckminster Fuller; grouped all utilities and most of the structure on the inside core – like the opposite of the Centre Pompidou |
|
|
