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| Name two details Eliel Saarinen employed in Christ Lutheran Church in order to minimize acoustic shadows |
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| undulating wall and sloped ceiling |
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| Name the consensus choice by American architects as the best design in the U.S. a nd its architect in each category, as expressed in this course |
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best building in America: Salk Institute, kahn
best urban space: Rockefeller Center, hood
best site planning: Cranbrook, eliel saarinen |
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| Sketch the typical floor plan of a classroom wing in the Crow Island School |
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| get off your ass and look it up |
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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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1. neoprene gasket to hold glazing panel within metal frame
2. lightweight insulated panel sandwich wall |
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| Which architect 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 reservation about the design of Dulles did Larson express? |
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| central drain in the middle looks like a column |
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| What two major reservations about the design of Kresge auditorium did Larson express? |
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| structure isn’t expressed inside, corner shows no support for heavy roof |
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| Sketch the transverse cross-section of the Yale Hockey Rink |
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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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| Eliel Saarinen with Perkins, Wheeler, & Will |
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| The inspiration for the scale of Eero Saarinen's site plan of the GM Tech Center was |
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| List three technological innovations in construction developed by Eero Saarinen that would become standard techniques during the late 1960s |
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1. neoprene gasket to hold glazing panel within metal frame
2. lightweight insulated panel sandwich wall
3. self oxidizing steel (cortan)
4. mirrored glass |
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| What grade school established the prototype for the post WWII baby boom and who designed it |
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| Crow Island School by Eliel Saarinen |
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| -28-2 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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