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| What does Larson credit for having inspired Richardson to eliminate the horizontal banding in his elevations in favor of one continuous surface? |
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| List three factors that influenced the final site plan of the Glessner: |
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1. Social unrest
2. South side is more open to let in sun, north faces street and is strongly protected |
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| A checkerboard pattern of square stones credit by alternating dark and light stones was a Characteristic motif in the early work of _____________. |
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| The term used by many 19th Century American architects used to describe the quality they were searching for in their designs was _____________. |
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| What reason did Richardson give for choosing the the Romanesque as his point of inspiration for his work? |
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| He did not think that the French perfected Romanesque revival, He wanted to further investigate it. |
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| What building was first responsible for establishing Richardson as a national-known architect? |
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| Which material first led Richardson to eliminate the horizontal layering of his elevations? |
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| The Atrium skylight in a single loaded corridor office building would be located at the ____________ |
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| Besides the Roman House, What was the other historical precedent for the interior atrium of 19th century skyscrapers? |
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| Firmness, commodity, delight |
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| The style closest to describing the Equitable Life Insurance Building was? |
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| Why is the Equitable Building considered by many historians to be the first Skyscraper? |
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| It had an elevator, and taller floors b/c you didn't have to walk down stairs |
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| The first skyscraper designed (but not built) for Chicago was? |
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| The Renaissance palazzo provided what two precedents for the early Skyscraper? |
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1. Courtyard
2. Horizontal Striping |
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| What was the tallest building under construction in the U.S. during the last 25 years of the 19th Century |
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| _________ is given credit for designing what most historians regard as the first Skyscraper in the U.S. |
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| ________ would have been the first skyscraper erected in Chicago had the fire not occurred |
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| What was the conventional color scheme of many of the buildings designed in the U.S. during 1870s? |
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| What was the geopolitical significance of Chicago's Location at the time of its founding? |
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| Canal linked it to Mississippi Rivera and the Great Lakes, Lincoln gifts Transcontinental Railroad to Illinois |
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| Name two 19th century American writers whose search for an American style paralleled the work of Richardson, Root, and Sullivan |
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| What two advantages did Root's iron reinforced pad foundation have over the tradition foundations of the time? |
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| The depth of the foundation went from being 10ft tall, to about 2' tall saves a lot of weight by getting rid of the stone pyramid |
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| Was Richardson responsible for bringing the "box" to Chicago? |
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| Root has been doing blocks long before Richardson. Richardson improves the form of the box. |
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| According to Larson, the major departure from Root's prior designs in Richardson's design of the Marshall Field Wholesale Store was? |
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| Richardson gets rid of the layering of floor allowing the building to take a vertical orientation |
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| List Three technical innovations incorporated in the design of the Rookery: |
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1. An elevation with an iron skeletal frame, with a single width of brick. This was possible because the structure was internally located, and the insurance companies couldn't complain about it.
2. Inverts modern pad foundation with concrete.
3. Terra Cotta Fireproofing? |
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| Name two buildings that used the progression of layered arcades as their elevation idea prior to the Field Wholesale Store: |
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1. Hunt's New York Tribune Building
2. Post's New York Produce Exchange |
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| The first Skyscraper built in Chicago _____________. Designed by __________ |
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| The Montauk Block; Burnham and Root |
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| Larson credits Richardson with what achievement in the design of the Field Wholesale store? |
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| Getting rid of the horizontally of the skyscrapers by floor emphasis |
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| The atrium skylight in the Rookery is located at the __________? |
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| center of the building, inside the doughnut at the second floor. |
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| List two technical firsts developed by Root that allowed the skyscraper to evolve in Chicago: |
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1. Non load bearing masonry wall on an iron skeletal frame.
2. Pad foundation, instead of the old pyramid style foundation |
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| The _________ was the tall masonry bearing wall office building erected in Chicago. |
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| The first use of iron columns in the exterior of a skyscraper was the |
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| ______________ was the leading figure in the first Chicago school that were |
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| List three major architectural firms of the Chicago School that were in practice from 1881-1891 |
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1. Adler and Sullivan
2. Burnham and Root
3. Holabird and Roche |
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| What was the primary reason for the lack of ornament in the Montauk and Monadnock Blocks? |
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| They were in an area heavily affected by soot and grime, ornament would be covered in a couple of months |
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| The architect who was the first to be granted a U.S. patent for iron framing in skyscrapers was? |
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| The atrium skylight in the Masonic Temple was located at the? |
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| 21st story in the center of the building; double loaded corridor |
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| The model for the design of the elevations of the First Leiter Building was |
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| The Shilito's Department Store in Cincinnati |
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| If Chicago cannot claim to have been the birthplace of the iron frame, what technical achievement central to the evolution of the skyscraper can it call its own |
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| Bringing Iron back to the exterior, developing a lightweight fireproofing system |
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| What does Larson credit Root with having pioneered in the design of the elevations of the Monadnock and Masonic Temple? |
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- Monadnock: bearing wall
- Masonic Temple: Iron skeletal frame |
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| Is Sullivan's design of the Wainright Building's elevations honest? Why? |
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| No. Heavy corner piers. Iron columns do not express true structure integrity |
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| The leading figure of the Chicago school was? |
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| List three conceptual ways to design the elevation of a skeletal-framed skyscraper based on rational factors: |
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1. emphasis of the cage
2. emphasis of the layers
3. emphasis of versatility of skyscraper |
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| What two skyscrapers represent Root's ultimate achievement of using the buildings's structural system as the primary basis for the design of a skyscraper's elevations? |
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1. Monadnock
2. Masonic Temple |
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| The construction technique of the exterior of the Tacoma Building was first used in the: |
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| List three ways in which weight was reduced in the construction of Chicago skyscrapers which enabled them to be built taller on the city's relatively weak soil: |
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1. replacement of masonry floor arches with flat arched hollow tile floors
2. replacement of masonry bearing walls with iron skeleton framing upon which was supported the brick skin
3. replacement of brick in the exterior with lightweight architectural terra cotta. Chicago was responsible for the American development of this material, which, in essence, had all the ornamental advantages of the cast iron front of the 1850s, with the extra bonus of being truly
fireproof. |
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| The tallest building erected in Chicago during the First Chicago school was the |
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| Following his dictum "Form follows Function" Sullivan designed all the exterior columns in the Wainwright Building as |
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| The tallest atrium designed by Root was the |
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What building in Chicago was almost a direct copy of the Shilito's store?
Who was the architect |
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| First Leiter Building , Jenny |
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The first exterior use of the Rookery atrium hung masonry curtain wall was on the?
Who was the architect? |
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| Tacoma building, Holabird and Roche |
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| What two different differences were there in Buffington's patent that proves he was not influenced by the Home Insurance building |
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| Jenny had cast iron columns, Buffington had wrot iron plates riveted together Buffingtons masonry was completely independent, jennys was not Jenny had no rivioted connections between iron pieces |
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| Sullivan's best remembered phrase was? |
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| Draw a section of a Phoenix column and describe how it was fabricated |
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What was the major difference in the way Wright designed the interiors of his houses versus those of his
institutional buildings during his Prairie House period? |
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| The interior of his buildings deny visual connection with outside and instead opens up building to sky. The Prairie houses are always open to ground, and there is no basement. |
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Define inglenook
What was the symbolism intended by Wright when he used it? |
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| geometric centroid of home, family sits there together, family coming together there rather than around a fireplace |
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Term
The only two non-residential buildings designed by Wright during his Prairie School phase that were
constructed were: |
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| Larkin building and Unity Temple |
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| Describe why and how Wright used ornamental banding in his interiors: |
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emphasis horizontality
deemphasis corners |
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| What was Wright's view of contemporary technology with respect to his designs? |
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| he pushed the envelope, he had no fear of new technologies |
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Term
| The type of geometric organization used in the plans of Wright's prairie houses is known as the |
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List three influences on the development of Wright's design process that occured prior to the start of his Prairie
houses: |
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| Froebel blocks, Japanese Pavilion at Chicago world's fair, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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| List two details that Wright used to impart a horizontal accent to the exteriors of his Prairie Houses: |
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Definition
| roman brick with recessed mortar to create shadow, stone trim |
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| The term used to describe the geometry of the plans Wright's Prairie Houses is |
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Definition
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| List 3 characteristics of Wright's Prairie Houses: |
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| Emphasize horizontal, tartan grid, centered around inglebrook |
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| pictures of a floating world, japanese art with no sense of gravity |
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| What two structural elements unique to his time did Gaudi employ in many of his buildings? |
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| parabolic curve and inclined/slanted columns |
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| Hector Guimard is best known for the design of the |
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Definition
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| Why did Gaudi incline his Columns |
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| to minimize thrust, to incorporate compression instead of bending |
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| The other major Belgian Art Nouveau architect besides Horta was |
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| The trademark formal element of Art Nouveau was the |
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| What theoretician was very influential on the work of Victor Horta? |
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| Describe Gaudi's technique of structural analysis and design |
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| ration is spiritual, uses fishing wire weights to determine forces on arch, then flip |
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| The German equivalent of Art Nouveau was called |
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Definition
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Term
List three architectural movements in the 19th Century that we have studied this quarter that were
manifestations of the rise of nationalism: |
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| arts and crafts, art nouveau, national romanticism |
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| The theoretician who had the greatest influence on the development of Art Nouveau architecture was: |
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| Gaudi's patron in Barcelona was |
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| Victor Horta is know for what style of architecture |
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| A distinguishing motif of Art Nouveau was the |
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| The Arches used by Gaudi had a ___________ profile. |
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| Art Nouveau architecture originated in what country? |
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| The architect known for his wire and fishing weight models used to determine the structure of his buildings was |
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| What project by Mackintosh exhibited at the Secession had a profound influence on these designers? |
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The nickname given to the group of four designers centered around Mackintosh because of the colors and
forms they used was the |
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| Margaret McDonald's signature motif was the |
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| The city that was the center of German applied arts and the home of the Ernst Ludwig school of art was |
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| What influence did Glasgow have on Mackintosh's design approach? |
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| shipbuilding-efficient uses of space, scottish nationalism |
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| The architect of the Secession building was |
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| The winner of the competition for the Vienna subway system was |
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| Describe Mackintosh's approach to the design of interior spaces |
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| individual creativity, japanese inspired |
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| Compare Hoffmann's approach in design of surface and volume with that of Wright's: |
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| hoffman used planes and emphasized the corners, wright used masses and de-emphasized the corner |
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| What city did Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig try to make into a German "Athens?" |
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Name the firm that Joseph Hoffmann helped to start that produced high quality objects and furnishings for
houses:_______________ |
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| ______________ was the "father figure" of the Secessionists |
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| The painter who collaborated with Olbrich in the design of the Secession Building was _______________ |
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| The Secessionists were located in what city? |
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| The two people responsible for designing the Secession Building were: |
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| Charles Rennie Mackintosh had a connection with which continental European art movement? |
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The elevational treatment used in the entrance facade of Grundtvig church is best described
as___
Where did this form originate in Denmark? |
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| stepped gables, local churches |
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Term
| What device is used in the Stockholm City Hall to link it with the adjacent lake? |
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Definition
| Arcade and collinade, courtyard |
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| List two precedents for Saarinen's final design of the main entry in the Helsinki Railroad Station: |
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| large entry arch flanked by heroic figures, louis sullivan |
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| The Kallio Church was designed by |
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Definition
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| Describe the elevation treatment Saarinen typically used in the towers of his Finnish buildings: |
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| corner bookends and unbroken vertical center |
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| The building typically credited with the start of the National Romantic movement in Scandinavia is |
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Definition
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| The Tampere Cathedral was designed by |
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"The arrangement of a vertical force against a contrasting and balancing horizontal volume" best
describes the compositional theory employed by |
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Definition
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The movement in Scandinavia at the turn of the century that was a genuine attempt to interpret the
indigenous tradition of each of the respective countries is referred to as |
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Definition
| National Romantic Movement |
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| List two reasons why Saarinen preferred to incorporate a vertical element in the massing of his buildings: |
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Definition
a. centroid for massing scheme
b. anchors building in environment |
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Term
The style that evolved in Finland to express and preserve the indigenous culture in the face of increasing
pressure by the czar to 'russify' Finland was |
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| Saarinen's favorite interior color was |
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| The typical Saarinen formal composition incorporated a ______________ element to_________________ |
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| ________________________ is the name of residential compound of Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen |
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| "Hvittrask" was the name given to the residential complex of _________________. |
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| gesellius, lindgren, saairen |
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What two things were necessary to be developed in the late 18th/early 19th centuries to enable the
evolution of modern concrete structures? |
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Definition
| hydrolic cement, way of reinforcing concrete |
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Term
List three reasons why Larson considers reinforced concrete, and not iron, to have been the material more
responsible for the development of modern architecture: |
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Definition
1.plasticity-can do anything you want with it
2. fireproofing
3. honest structure-don't have to cover it |
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Term
Ernest Ransome's concrete framed factories bore a stunning resemblance to those designed at the
same time by what French pioneer in concrete? |
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Definition
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| The first important French contractor of reinforced concrete prior to the Franco-Prussian War was: |
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| The architect chosen by Henry Ford to design his factories in Detroit was |
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| What economic advantage did the Hennebique system enjoy in Paris? |
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Definition
| reduced cross section of beams by 50%, which lead to thinner floors allowing for a sixth floor to be added |
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| What was the secret of Roman cement that was rediscovered in the 19th Century? |
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The French rationalist tradition, started by Soufflot, and best represented by the work of Perret, was a quest to
synthesize the ideas of what two historic styles? |
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| classical/greek and gothic |
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Term
| What two theoreticians influenced the work of Perret? |
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| violet-le-Duc and Soufflot |
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| The architect responsible for the early use of reinforce concrete structures in the design of the first automobile factories in Detroit was ? |
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| The first skyscraper constructed with a reinforce concrete frame was the ? |
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| The Swiss engineer famous for his graceful, shallow arched, three-hinged concrete bridges was ? |
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Definition
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| Portland Cement was first invented in what country? |
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| The demise of terracotta fireproofing that led to the universal acceptance of reinforced concrete was a result of |
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| San Francisco Earthquake in 1906 |
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| In which country was the principle of reinforcing concrete first developed? |
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Definition
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| What advantage did reinforced concrete enjoy over iron from the viewpoint of structural rationalist? |
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Definition
| Iron had to be covered because it was not fireproof |
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| Which French engineer built an international concrete company after the Franco-Prussian war? |
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| What was the name of Tony Garnier's socialist Utopian city which employed concrete housing and solar power? |
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| What is generally regarded as the first American reinforce concrete building |
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| The German architectural theorist who noted the interior quality of German manufactured goods at the 1851 World's Fair was |
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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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| The German artist usually credited as having coined the term "gesamthunstwerk: |
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| The Wasmuth Volumnes documented the early work of |
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| The German architectural writer who mythologized the English Arts and Crafts House at the turn of the century was |
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| Gropius was responsible for what building at the 1914 Deutscher Werkbund Exhibition |
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Definition
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| Name two leading designers that were placed in charge of a major German school of design prior to WWI |
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| Loos' major criticism of the Deutscher Werkbund was that it |
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Definition
| attempted to artistically misrepresent the reality of objects they were trying to improve |
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| The Deutscher Werkbund chose _________ to design the model factory for its 1914. The final design was influenced by what Wright Building? |
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Definition
| Gropius and Meyer; Mason City Bank |
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| AEG of Germany hired ______ to redesign its entire image, production, and buildings. |
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| One of the three founders of the Deutscher Werkbund was |
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| Des Englische Hause was written by |
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| What was the primary difference in intention between a Kahn-designed factory and the Behrens-designed AEG factory? |
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| AEG was a building and a piece of art while Kahn was just a building |
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Term
| The ________________ was founded to encourage the improvement of machine production in Germany. |
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| Behrens was greatly influnced by which philosopher? |
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| Herman Muthesius used which type of building as the model for Germany to emulate in order to improve its building design? |
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| How can one view the design of the Fagus factory as an inverse of the AEG Turbine Factory? |
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| AEG columns outside, Fagus columns inside AEG have corner, Fagus eliminates corner. |
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Term
| The Fagus Works was designed by? |
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Definition
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| What three shapes did Cezanne say that nature reveals itself? |
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Definition
| cylinder, sphere and the cone |
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Term
| The Futurist Manifesto was written by? |
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Definition
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Term
| List two factors which occurred prior to 11860 that influenced the evolution towards abstraction on modern painting: |
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Definition
1. Japanese Prints
2. Technology |
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Term
| The primary objective of cubist painting was: |
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Definition
| Representing different views at the same time |
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Term
| What three shapes did cubists painters employ in their paintings? |
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Definition
| Circles, squares, triangles |
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Definition
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| What is the name given to a group of radical Italian designers who were prominent just prior to the start of WW1 |
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Definition
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| The Futurist movement was centered in: |
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Definition
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| What was one of the compositional goals of cubist paintings? |
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Definition
| Different views at the same time. |
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Term
| Concerning the spiritual art was written by |
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Definition
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| The first expressionist glass skyscraper was designed by |
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Definition
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| Who designed the Weimer governments's new research tower for Einstein |
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Definition
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Term
| Who designed the second Goetheanum? |
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Definition
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| List three buildings at the Werkbun's 1914 Cologne exhibition that represented the 3 main movements in German architecture prior to the start of WW1 |
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Definition
1. Glass Pavilion
2. Model Tower
3. Model Factory |
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Term
| What is the crystal chain? |
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Definition
| An avantguard group of underground expressionists in Germany |
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Term
| Did Mies extrude the lotlines of the site in both of his glass skyscrapers? |
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Definition
| No, he understood the need for reflection |
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Term
| The designer of the German glass industry pavilion at the 1914 Deutscher Werkbund exhibition was: |
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Definition
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Give an example of a different German expressionist architect who designed in each of the following materials:
glass:
brick:
dynamism (concrete): |
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1. Taut
2. Van de Velde
3. Mendelson |
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Term
| Why was the cathedral viewed as the ideal historic building type for the German expressionists? |
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Definition
| Total work of art - all disciplines of art working together. |
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Term
| What was the major building project that focused the energies of German expressionists immediately following the end of WW1 |
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Definition
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Term
| The Chilehaus in Hamburg was designed by |
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| The Author of Glass Architecture was? |
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| The cathedral of socialism was the ultimate goal of what movement? |
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| The Grosses Schauspielhaus in Berlin was designed by: |
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Definition
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| The architect of the proposed Lenigrad Pravada building in Moscow was: |
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Definition
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Term
| The architect of the Rusakov worker's club |
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Definition
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| Name two avant-garde art movements which emerged in Russia just prior to the Soviet Revolution and the leader of each: |
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Definition
1. Suprematist; Malevich
2. Constructavist: Vladmir Tatlin |
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| Name the two Avant garde architecture movements that emerged in Russia during the leadership of Lenin and an architect from each: |
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Definition
1. Rationalism : Ladovsky
2. Constructavist : Tatlin |
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Term
| The spiraling design for the proposed monument to the Third International was conceived by |
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Definition
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| Constructivist architecture was primarily a product of this country: |
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Definition
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| What was the design school in communist russia that preceded the Bauhaus? |
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Definition
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Term
| Name a Russian Suprematist |
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Definition
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Term
| Prouns ideograms with a utopian content were conceived by |
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Definition
| Art piece in corner. must walk around, denies frontatlity |
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| What rationalist approach was manifested in Melnikov's design of the 1925 USSR pavilion? |
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| Diagonals will make it look bigger conceptually |
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| Who was the first to make architectons? |
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| The Leningrad paravda building for Moscow was a project designed by |
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| The competition devised by the Soviets as a response to the Chicago Tribune building was |
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| Palace of Labor compeition |
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| Describe three details in the Vesnin's Palace of Labor that identify as a constructtivist building |
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1. Radial masts
2. Exposed mechanical
3. Rigging |
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| Who was the architect invited by Gropius to give the keynote speech at the Bauhaus week of 1923? |
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| Name two abstract painters who played a major role in the aesthetic change in the Bauhaus curriculum: |
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1. Kandinsky
2. Van Doesburg |
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| What was the typeface used in Bauhaus publications after teh arrival of Moholy-Nagy? |
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| what 2 avant-garde artists were credited by larson as being somewhat responsible for the change int its teaching ideology/pedogogy from expressionism to abstract formalism |
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| Mondrien and Van Doesburg |
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| Van Doesburg's term for the new way he composed space as a continuous but non linear flow of space was |
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| Towards a plastic architecture was written by |
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| What was the difference in how wright approached the design of his interiors and how van doesburg designed his interiors? |
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Wright- arranged continuous flow
van Doesburg- lacked understanding of space |
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| Neo-plasticism ism is a term associated with what movement |
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| The De Stijl movement received much of its initial impetus from the non-objective paintings by: |
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| Describe the spacial sequence implied in the paintings by Van Doesburg |
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| One continual space/ continuous. free flowing |
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| The Red Blue Chair was deigned by |
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| Describe the changes made in the first year designed at the Bauhuas made when Maholy Nagy replaced Itten as the teacher |
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| Expressionist to mechanist style |
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| What was the major design difference between mies' concrete and brick country house projects? |
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| Brick country house did not have any 4 corner rooms |
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| The german term used by German Designers after WW1 who relied solely on realism and functionalism to describe their work was |
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| the schroder house was designed by |
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| the objective of the vorkurs (foundation course) at the bauhaus was |
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| to get everyone on the same level of basic skills |
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| the german term that describes the spirit of Mie's Concrete Office Building of 1923 was |
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| What architectural theortician was responsible for the shift in design theory away from Expressionism at the Weimar Bauhas? |
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| Marcel Breuer is best known for the design of the ____________ chair while working at the Bahaus |
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| The 'Wassily' chair was designed by |
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| List three important design ideas Mies employed in the Barcelona Pavilion |
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created reflections
free-standing walls
non-axial paths |
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| The Dutch architect known for his sachlich housing projects was |
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| Who was the leading theoretician of the De Stijl movement? |
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| The architect in overall charge of planning the 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung was |
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| What was the major building type that brought the international style to the forefront of german design in the 1920s |
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| the 'barcelona chair' was designed by |
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| the event most responsible for the philosophical switch at the bauhaus from expressionism to "the new architecture" was |
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| The Vkhutemas exposition in Berlin |
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| used by german designers after WWI who relied solely on realism and functionalism to describe their work |
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| describe Mies' spatial order in his designs of 1923-1929 |
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| can't interrupt space-time |
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| The Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Monument was designed by |
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| The first building designed by Corbusier that incorporated pilotis was: |
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| the original purpose of the Dom-ino system was to |
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| reconstruct buildings after WW1 |
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| what was the elevational design advantage of the Dom-ino system? was this the 1st realization of this advantage? |
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| the structure was not on the exterior so you could do what you wanted with the elevations |
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| why did le corbusier use ramps in the interiors of his early houses? |
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| no breaks from one space to another |
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| list 2 influences on corbusier's interest in the two-story living space: |
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parisian artist's studio
parisian restaurant |
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| 'a machine for living in' is a concept associated with the work of |
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| what 3 major architectural figures worked in Peter Behrens' office? |
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| List Corbusier's five points of a new architecture |
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free plan
free facade
ribbon window
pilotis
roof garden |
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| le corbusier used this term to describe the spatial sequence in his buildings: |
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| le corbusier worked for what two major european figures pre-WWI europe which had a marked influence on his career |
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| the golden section as an ordering system best represented in the work of what architet we studied this period? |
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| what was the term le corbusier and ozenfant chose for their painting style, which was a conscious rejection of much of what cubism represented |
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| Towards a New Architecture is written by |
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