Test 11 Flashcards
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.. 1899–1903 C.E. Iron, steel, glass, and terra cotta. (3 images)
Louis Sullivan (architect) The Father of Skyscrapers Form must follow function”
135.Poissy-sur-Seine, France. Le Corbusier (architect). 1929 C.E. Steel and reinforced concrete.
Villa Savoye
The house should be a machine for living in..
pilotis (slender columns)
to raise the building off the ground and allow air to circulate beneath
ribbon windows
which let in light but also reinforced the planarity of the wall.
Fallingwater. Pennsylvania, U.S.. 1936–1939 C.E. Reinforced concrete, sandstone, steel, and glass.
Frank Lloyd Wright (architect)
He believed buildings should serve to honor & enhance the natural beauty surrounding them
Prairie school
- which strove for an “organic architecture” in designs for homes and commercial buildings.
- Simplicity & natural beauty
- Specifically American
- Contrast to the ornate architecture that prevailed in Europe
mullions
(vertical bar between panes of glass)
ferro-concrete
Ferro concrete refers to concrete strengthened using iron or steel bars. It is also called as reinforced concrete. Ferro concrete remains a popular technique used in construction industry.
cantilevers
architecture, a beam or structure that is anchored at one end and projects horizontally beyond its vertical support
Seagram Building. New York City, U.S. 1954–1958 C.E. Steel frame with glass curtain wall and bronze.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson (architects).
Father of post modernism
Less is bore
Robert Venturi
House in New Castle County. Delaware, U.S. 1978–1983 C.E. Wood frame and stucco.
Robert Venturi, John Rauch, and Denise Scott Brown (architects).
Build for a family of 3
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Spain. 1997 C.E. Titanium, glass, and limestone. (3 images)
Frank Gehry (architect). Krens urged Gehry to “make it better than Wright”
CAD
Computer Assisted Design: dismantling hard geometry of modernism
Gehry’s use of cutting-edge computer-aided design technology enabled him to translate poetic forms into reality. The resulting architecture is sculptural and expressionistic, with spaces unlike any others for the presentation of art.
Deconstructivist architecture
development of postmodern architecture that began in the late
•characterized by fragmentation, an interest in manipulating a structure’s surface, skin, non-rectilinear shapes which appear to distort and dislocate elements of architecture
•The finished visual appearance is characterized by unpredictability and controlled chaos.
MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts. Rome, Italy.
2009 C.E. Glass, steel, and cement.
Zaha Hadid (architect). designed to embody the chaotic fluidity of modern lif