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The first American structure to be erected with an iron frame that also supported its
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structure-McCullough Shot Tower, Bogardus, NYC, 1855 (1st non-loadbearing masonry on an iron frame)?
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- U.S. Warehousing grain elevator, Badger, Brooklyn, 1860 (1st building w/ non-loadbearing masonry) |
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| The cast iron-fronted building in America is generally regarded as the invention of |
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| Describe Bogardus' proposed design for the 1853 New York World's Fair : |
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| - central tower 350 ft tall consisting of 4 concentric towers supporting each other cast iron front four stories high about 300 feet out all the way around building and then roofed it with iron chains swung in caternary shape and then enclosed it with sheet metal … multi-story system to build tall towers |
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| Describe the construction system Bogardus used in the McCollough Shot Tower: |
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-1st non-loadbearing masonry on an iron frame
iron columns with iron beams with masonry infill |
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| Bogardusʼs primary competitor in the New York City market was ____________________ |
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| The inventor of the American iron skeleton frame was ____________________________ |
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| The first city in the U. S. where cast iron was used to any great degree was: __________ |
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| Briefly discuss the major difference between the theories of Pugin, Ruskin, and Violet-le- Duc as they apply to their view of gothic architecture |
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- Viollet-le-Duc's choice of Gothic was based intellectually more on his perception of its structural rationalism
rather than Pugin's and Ruskin's morally-based issues
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| What was the effect on architecture of the Franco-Prussian War? |
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America was stalled during the Civil War. During this period, the
French, enabled by Haussmann's redevelopment of Paris, caught up with America and quickly became the leading designers of iron-framed buildings, until the Franco-Prussian War slowed the French economy, in turn putting a stop to the architectural progress they were making |
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The name given the style of architecture constructed during the reign of
Napoleon III is ____________________________________ |
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Napoleon III appointed ___________________________ as Prefect of the Seine,
who was responsible for the urban renovation of Paris in the mid-19th century. |
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| -Georges‐Euguene Haussmann |
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| List three laws that controlled the design of buildings in Haussmann's Paris: |
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-eclectic (but mainly Classical) decoration
-mansard roof
-heroic statues |
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| The architect of the Bauakademie in Berlin was _________________________________ |
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11. Name the four types of construction that Semper used to order The Four Elements of
Architecture: |
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1. Hearth and ceramics (fired material)
2. Earthen platform and stome (layered material)
3. Roof on columns and carpentry (connect two pieces together)
4. Enclosure and weaving (intertwined pieces) |
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| What past style did Semper champion as being capable of further development? |
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| What was the precedent for the Brandenburg Gate? _____________________________ |
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The first theoretician to speculate about the woven qualities of the primitive curtain wall
was_____________________________ |
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| 17. The German artist usually credited as having coined the term “gesamtkunstwerk” is |
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| 12. Der Stil was written by _______________________________ |
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The German architectural theorist who noted the inferior quality of German manufactured
goods at the 1851 World's Fair was ______________________ |
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