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| The first American structure to be erected with an iron frame that also supported its masonry envelope was |
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The cast iron-fronted building in America is generally regarded as the invention of
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- central 350 ft tower (4 concentric towers)
- cast iron front
- 4 stories,
- iron chain and sheet metal roof
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| Describe Bogardus' proposed design for the 1853 New York World's Fair: |
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| iron skeleton, 12in brick on each floor (masonry infill) |
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| Describe the construction system Bogardus used in the McCoullough Shot Tower |
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Bogardus' 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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Pugin: gothic spiritual
Ruskin: moral, handmade, human passion
Violer-le-duc: rationalism, vaulting system, context: fits the time and function |
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| Briefly discuss the major difference between the theories of Pugin, Ruskin, and Violet-le-duc, as they apple to their view of Gothic architecture |
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| France did not build the first skyscraper because of the declaration of war, America did |
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| What was the effect on architecture of the Franco-Prussian War? |
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| 2nd empire (beaux arts, or mansard also?) |
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| The name given to 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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a. Constant cornice and floor height
b. roof at 45 degree slope
c. required use of quarry stone |
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| List three laws laws that controlled the design of buildings in Haussmann's Paris: |
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The architect of the Bauakademie in Berlin was
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1. ceramics (hearth)
2. stone masonry (platform)
3. carpentry (roof on columns)
4. woven fabric (enclosure) |
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| Name the four types of construction that Semper used to order The Four Elements of Architecture: |
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| What past style did Semper champion as being capable of further development? |
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| The Propylaea at the Acropolis |
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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 "gesamthkunstwerk" is: |
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| The German architectural theoris who noted the inferior quality of German manufactured goods at the 1851 World's Fair was: |
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