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| group of chicago architects who came together at the turn of the century with like minded ideas about architecture |
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| Window that projected out to provide for air circulation |
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| curtain wall construction |
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| The structural elements of a building were on the inside so that the façade was free to be played with |
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| approach that draws from many styles |
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| romanesque revival started by henry richardson |
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| the space between and arch and the rectangular enclosure |
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| skeleton frame construction |
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| constructing the structure out of steel beams. this allows for flexibility when designing the walls |
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| 1893 world's fair in chicago that set the standard for neo classical architecture |
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| russian movement that disbanded the philosophy 'art for art's sake.' Instead it |
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Dutch collection of artists
Primary colors
isometric designs |
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Collection of german manufacturers and artists concerned with increasing the quality of work coming out of their home country.
minimalist |
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Conveys emotion through art
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| Originated in italy. Artists created abstract designs (in art work) and buildings of the future (so they thought) |
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essay by adolf loos that stated that ornament was the tell tale sign of a primitive culture.
for a culture to mature, he said, it must abandon frivolous ornamentation |
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| housing organized by the government for the good of the people |
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| the spirit or essence of an age |
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| cruciform or pinwheel plan |
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| The elements of the design are massed around a central axis |
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| Houses that strive to blend with the prairie by staying low to the ground and emphasizing the horizontal |
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| Architecture that borrows themes and motifs from nature |
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| Architecture that borrows themes and motifs from nature |
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| group of architects who studied under wright |
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houses that followed wright's ideas on how a society should function.
single story, simple houses |
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| Architecture of the new century that strived to be new but really just borrowed ideas from different schools of thought. |
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| sky scraper like, megalithic structure |
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| wedding cake or setback skyscrapers |
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| forced to meet building codes in NYC, the floors of skyscrapers had smaller foot prints that the ones below them |
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| ‘smoother’ form of art deco. More curves. |
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| More perpendicular planes and such |
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| Corb’s concept for a house that separated the structure from the living area |
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| five points of architecture |
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Corb’s guidelines to good architecture (in his opinion)
1. elevated first floor
2. flat, roof garden
3. interior walls independent of support system
4. horizontal windows
5. facade independent of support system |
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| Corb’s book of essays on architecture |
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Corb’s grid system that dictated the measurements of a house
this system is based on human measurements |
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| neo-platonic or ideal forms |
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| simple forms: circle, square, triangle |
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| temporary structure erected at an exposition by a group or country |
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| columns that look like a cross in section |
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| wall that serves no structural purpose other than to keep the weather out |
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open architectural container
structural rationalism
modularity |
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designing a building so it appears very logical.
the support system is apparent |
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| structural component used in a lot of buildings. looks like an I in elevation |
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concrete that is left unfinished and rough.
this technique is used a lot in brutalism |
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| using structure and form to shade a building. Think of the Milwaukee art museum |
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spawned from modernism. made famous by Cord.
Think of poured concrete and the projects |
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| vault with a 'lip' in the middle. like in the kimball museum. |
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| the structural and utilities of a building are on the outside. look at the pompidou musuem |
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| having the form or qualities of a machine |
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open architectural container
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| kahns served and servant spaces |
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| design that serves as a monument to something |
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| saarinen's neo-expressionism |
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built off of expressionist ideas.
prominent in 50's and 60's
alluded to forms of the surrounding landscape |
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furniture maker who created the chippendale dresser.
this is were the nickname for the ATT building comes from |
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| complexity and contradiction in architecture |
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| theme derived by robert venturi |
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| the duck and decorated shed |
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| themes derived by robert veturi |
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| the motto of robert venturi |
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| took historic themes and motifs and interpreted them into modern times. think of vanna venturi's house and the disney headquarters |
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| rejected the formal attitude of modernism. think robert venturi |
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| the housing projects in st. louis that failed |
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| computer program originally used to design jets, that is now used by gehry to design buidlings |
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| the ability through, the use of computer technology, to customize designs for the masses |
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| design that uses themes from the local context |
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| the native architecture of an area |
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| a design that embodies multiple styles/ideas |
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| what was the concert hall I.M. Pei was standing in in the video? |
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| McKim, Mead, and White designed this house in New York City, a residence inspired by Italian palazzo |
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| What materials were used to clad early metal-frame construction skyscrapers? |
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| 6. Why is “form follows function,” attributed to Louis Sullivan, a vast oversimplification of this architect’s design philosophy? |
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| 6. Why is “form follows function,” attributed to Louis Sullivan, a vast oversimplification of this architect’s design philosophy? |
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| Who were some of the designers/architects who worked for Peter Behrens office? |
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| Walter Gropius, Adolf Meyer, Mies Van Der Rohe, and Le Corbusier |
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| What type of window does the Wright House and Studio feature under the large gable end turned toward the street? (there are two possible names for this window) |
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| The influences on Art Deco were numerous. What were some of them? |
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| Constructivism, futurism. Ancient Egypt, Africa and Asia |
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| In Los Angeles, Art Deco building took two forms, |
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| zig-zag modern and streamline modern. |
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| 1. His apprenticeship in Auguste Perret’s office provided Le Corbusier with a strong understanding of this building material |
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| Villa Stein’s main living floor is at the piano-nobile level. Where is this? |
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| After Gropius left the Bauhaus, he was succeeded by two men |
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| Hannes Meyer and then Mies Van Der Rohe |
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| 2. What significant skyscraper located in Philadelphia was one of the few American buildings included in the MOMA exhibition book, The International Style. |
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| Philadelphia savings fund society building |
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| Who wrote The International Style |
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| What building on the IIT campus houses the School of Architecture |
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| 5. What two 18th century French architects did Louis Kahn admire |
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| 1. In Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, Robert Venturi discussed the work of a large number of historic architects. Name three of them |
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| Palladio, Michelangelo, and le Corbusier |
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| 1. The launch of Deconstructivist Architecture in 1988 shares this in common with the International Style of 1933. |
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| It was featured in an exhibition at MoMA |
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| What art museum did Zaha Hadid design in downtown Cincinnati? |
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| Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Arts |
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| 2. Who was the founder of the Rural Studio |
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| What spatial and material qualities characterize Richard Meier’s highly personal vocabulary |
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