FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT cz. 2 - text

Question 1

Name other modern architects

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Le Corbusier, Alvaro Aalto

Question 2

Cantilever support some extended …………….., like ………….., ……………………, protruding ………..

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platforms;
balcony, terraces;
levels

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wysuwający się / wystający

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protruding

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ADVANTAGES of open-plan office

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• we can mix and mingle with other people
• higher density of people - save place
• change views with other people
• work in groups will be easier

Question 5

another words for media

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utilities / services

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DISADVANTAGES of open-plan office

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• everyone prefer other temperature (heating)
• I think ventilation will be quicker in set of small rooms
• more power consumption (one person, turns on the light for the entire floor)

Question 7

streetscape

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Appearance / design
of the streets in the city

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What should architect take into consideration while creating a streetscape project?

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• enough space for everyone
• pavement near
• driveways to most important buildings
• same style
• landscape of the street (trees, benches -> small architecture)

Question 9

An idea, feeling, or feature that connects the different parts of an explanation, story etc

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thread

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wątek

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thread

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The way that the inside of a building is decorated

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décor

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A flat piece of plastic, metal, or wood, with raised edges, used for carrying things such as plates, food

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tray

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Przenoszenie

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Carrying

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Taca

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tray

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The most important or central part of sth

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core

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rdzeń

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core

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sth that happens or exists as a result of things that happenedat an earlier time

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legacy

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Dziedzictwo

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legacy

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A long and complicated argument

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wrangle

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walka

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wrangle

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A room or building where an artist works

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atelier

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Pracownia

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atelier

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A gradual change towards behaviour or a situation that is very bad

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descent

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Stopniowy

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Gradual

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Spadek

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Descent

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noisy exciting activity that is intended to attract people's attention (for example launch of a new car on the market)

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razzmatazz (np wprowadzenie nowego samochodu na rynek)

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Przeznaczony do

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Intended to

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Przyciągnąć uwagę ludzi

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attract people's attention

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The bricks or stone from which a building, wall etc has been made

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masonry

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murarstwo, kamieniarstwo

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masonry

Question 31

Franks Lloyd Wright private life - he built his own house when he was 22 years old (T/F)

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T

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zamożni / nowobogaccy

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newly wealthy

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majątek / dobrobyt

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Wealthy

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Franks Lloyd Wright private life He designed the so-called Usonian houses for the newly wealthy (T/F)

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F

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Znak rozpoznawczy

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Landmark

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Krajobraz

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Landscape

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Postrzegany jako

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Is meant to be thought of

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make ends meet

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have just enought money to support yourself

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follow in somebody's footsteps

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live or work in the way as somebody else before you

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If you are aloof from something, you

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deliberately do not want to become involved in something

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If a person is ingenious, they

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are very good at inventing things

Question 42

A sweeping horizontal roof is

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very big

Question 43

If you know something firsthand, it means that

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you know a lot about the thing

Question 44

Why is Frank Lloyd Wright called a ‘monster and genius’?

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He was one of the geatest architects in twentieth century but his buildings were seen as radical when he was alive

Question 45

How did he influence architecture ever since?

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- he was a great interpreter of his time and provide buildings for people needs - to be closer to the nature for example

Question 46

define "organic architecture"

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harmony between human architecture and nature word

Question 47

Which of his designs from the text comply with the rules of organic architecture?

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"Falling water"

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Podstawowe zasady

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Basic principles

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one of the basic principles of Modern architecture

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‘Form follows function’

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How was it put into practice by Wright? - the principle

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He take care about the form - to compare building with the sorrounding, and when the forms changed - the function must follow the shape - to make it functional

Question 51

Wright is also famous for a technique he called ‘breaking the box’. What is this ‘box’? How was it ‘broken’ by Wright?

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The box is most known principles in this time F.L.Wright broke the box while staring to create new forms and functions

Question 52

What are Usonian houses? Where does the name come from?

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1. Usonian - usually refers to a group of approximately 60 middle-income family homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright 2. Name from Usona - Unated States of North America

Question 53

"Every great architect... must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age" - how do I understand this?

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Every great architect must create word for current needs

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Aktualne

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Current

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TEKST

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TEXT

Question 56

his wife and his children were ........

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murdered

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kontrowersyjny

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controversial

Question 58

Wright worked with ......

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Louis Sullivan