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62 Cards in this Set
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Panopticon, Bentham, 1791 Prison with tower in center Feeling you are always being watched |
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North Mill, Belper, Strutt, 1804 Textile mill Cast iron columns holding up brick arches Space is opened up Allowed one to see the whole space School at top Early fireproofing |
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Bank of England, London, Sloane, 1800 Neo-classist Set of creating a British style Classic images Tivoli corner- symbolism of strength. Public and private entrances Gothic meets classic Light and fluid Like Pantheon |
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Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Nash, 1818
Pleasure palace Looks like masonry but is metal Modern use of gas inside Shows connection to the colonies |
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Palmhouse, London, Burton, and Turner, 1845
To grow exotic in own country Taxes on glass go down Learn from new plants Knowledge is power Lights, bright, and open |
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Crystal Palace, London, Paxton, 1851
Show of wealth and power Extremely large Built around foliage that is already there For an exhibition Prefabrication Mass production of simple parts |
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Bibliotheque Ste Genevieve, Paris, Labrouste, 1842
Understated Gas lights extend the working day Two strong horizontal lines Reference to Alberti Names of authors Painted park scenes in entrance Doesn't hide iron Bright, light, and open Entire space bisected by iron columns Space for the people Thin delicacy of the gothic Can see structure from outside |
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Concert Hall for 3000 people, Viollet-le-Duc, 1863
Ornament is also support Use ideas from many periods Think about function Modern materials |
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Houses of Parliament, London, Barry and Pugin, 1850
Neo-gothic Inspiration from Westminster Victorian tower Picturesque Ornament comes from construction Nationalism in a building |
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Midland Grand Hotel, London, Scott, 1870
Built around mobility Across from train station Modern materials to create historic picture Modern building in Gothic attire |
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Red House, Kent, Webb, 1860 Very humble Asymmetrical Architecture for the people Arts and crafts Morality to architecture Opposition to industrialism Less is more Design around function |
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University Museum, Oxford, Deane, and Woodward, 1860 Strong, bold Enlivened with some structure Handy craft Dedicated to natural history Looks like a skeleton |
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Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Duban, 1835 Has ruins of French renaissance Ordered Huge space to study sculpture Classical tradition Different materials as a visual learning tool |
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The Breakers, Newport, Hunt, 1892 First American to go to the Ecole Built for a rich family Showing off wealth Renaissance style Exquisite marble |
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Trinity church, Boston, Richardson, 1875 Mix of styles Romanesque Very heavy Looks like it's been there forever Rusticated stone Multiple colours of stone in checker pattern Ornamentation References to other buildings |
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Watts Sherman House, Newport, Richardson, 1875 Shingle style Rusticated stone below Picturesque composition No symmetry Interior is functional Looking back to colonial architecture to create and American style |
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Marshall Field Wholesale, Chicago, Richardson, 1885 Hammer pressed stone Rusticated Rounded arch windows of the Romanesque Heavy bottom, light top Looks natural Iron structure on the inside |
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First Leiter Building, Chicago, Jenney, 1880 Tons of glass so people can see while shopping Cast iron structure Rhythm Structural rationalism |
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Monadnock Building, Chicago, Burnham, and Root, 1890 Projections provide rhythm Wanted cheap building Looks like a solid piece Projections provide light and air Looks like windows cut from surface to reveal glass Flairs at the top Reduce extra clutter |
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Reliance Building, Chicago, Burnham and root, 1890 Undulating surface Glass Steel frame free of masonry Curtain wall Steel frame hold building Terracotta walls Bay windows- Chicago windows Flexibility to change spaces |
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Wainwright, St.Louis, Alder and Sullivan, 1890 1st power, heating, lighting 2nd banks, larger subdivisions Middle is offices Bring eye up Form follows function Roots, trunk, branches Leaves carved into the top Can have beauty without ornament |
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Carson Pirie Scott Department store, Chicago, Sullivan, 1900 Chicago windows. Ornament on street level Emphasis on the entrance |
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Pennsylvanian Station, New York, Mead and White, 1910 Huge power station Train gateway to city Reminds of baths of Caracalla Reference to huge public building Classical form in public buildings is the American trend |
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Central Park, NYCm Olmstead and Vaux, 1860 Becomes green space of city Pulls from English garden Encourages connection with nature Bridges over paths so that carriages didn't interrupt walks |
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Winslow House, Chicago, Wright, 1890 Symmetrical front but not back Roof floats over the building Public private Central fireplace which everything is centered around Permanence and stability Humble materials |
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Robie House, Chicago, Wright, 1910 Wants to see neighbors but not be seen Flat building to reflect landscape Fireplace centre Designed around function Designs furniture No need for decorator Modern Materials |
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Asilomar Conference center, Morgan, 1920 The first female to attend Ecole. Used connections to get jobs Space for meetings Arts and crafts Design for the local Local materials Shingle style |
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Hill House, Helensburgh, Mackintosh, 1902 Husband and wife duo Grouping of different forms Picturesque Unassuming entrance Furniture designed by architect Large public spaces by entrance |
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Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Gaudi, 1884 Basilica planned church Strong religious messages Still not complete Draws from natural landscape (mountains) Looks almost like mud Like entering a cave Made to overwhelm the senses Columns like tree trunks |
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Casa Mila, Barcelona, Gaudi 1905 From nature but modern Internal parking garages Wrought iron looks like seaweed brushing against a cliff Doorway like cells Use of broken bottles to catch light |
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Hotel van Eetvelde, Brussels, Horta, 1895 Iron used Large dramatic hall in the middle that acts like a lightwell Iron carried inside Iron looks alive |
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Haby's Barber Shop, Berlin, Van der Velde, 1901 Power of line Lines create boundaries Don't hide electricity Don't be dishonest |
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Metro Station Entrance, Paris, Guimard, 1900 Stands out from other buildings Looks like its growing out of the ground Can be mass produced |
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Secession Exhibition, Vienna, Olbrich, 1897 Very symmetrical Images of vegetation Trying to create something modern Dome with laurel motif symbolic of Apollo (poetry, music, and learning) |
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Post office savings building, Vienna, Wagner, 1905 Rusticated lower floor Statues on top architecture is art Column look like screws Suggestion of metallic structure Efficient and cheap but grand the middle looks like a basilica Give grander purpose to building |
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Palais Stoclet, Brussels, Hoffmann, 1905 Marble exterior rectangular shapes Pristine Back to geometry Feel important Plumbing not hidden everything designed by architect |
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Steiner House, Vienna, Loos, 1910 Best form is English suit Outside is simple and symmetrical Inside comfortable |
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A.E.G Turbine Factory, Berlin, Betrans, 1908 Large space to create large turbines Tons of light for works Walls f glass Heavy Seems to reference history |
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Fagus shoe-last factory, Alfeld-an-der-Leine, Gropius and Meyer, 1911 Walls of windows Windows as structure Looks like walls are receding and glass is emerging stairs seem to be floating Lots of light |
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Eigen Haard Housing, Amsterdam, Klerk, 1920 Made of brick (cheap) Windows seem to be small Big green space in the center Organic, fluid, and varied Cooperative social housing Creates identity for those who live there Known as the ship community center Expressionism |
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Schroeder House, Utrecht, Rietvold, 1924 Doesn't try to blend in Many windows Geometric shapes Primary colours and black and white Each facade is unique Asymmetrical Spaces multifunctional and can be changed wanted to suggest dimension of time |
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L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion, Paris, Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, 1925 Access to greenery Market bought furniture Based on what's available Double story windows mark living room as most important space Believed France was behind the world Create a more efficient city |
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Villa Savoye, Poissy, Le Corbusier, 1930 Opened up bottom space Ribbon windows ramp to take you through the house Uses pure forms like circles Colour to mark out walls Emphasis on nature Play of inside and outside Vehicles for inspiration Roof garden Framed view of nature |
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Rusakov Worker's club, Moscow, Melnikov, 1930 Social condenser Constructivism Inspiration from material Dynamic forms Idea of progress and motion Take form of interior and express it on the exterior Teach people about the new Soviet Union Push political ideals |
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Bauhaus, Dessau, Gropius, 1926 Education people to recognize the basic nature of the world Almost impossible to read All facades are different Industrial glass Tubular furniture |
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Frankfurt Kitchen, Schutte-Lihotzky, 1926 Efficient kitchen Preassembled kitchen Women will have more free time if their kitchen is more efficient Functional minimalism |
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Tugendhat, Brno, Van der Roche, 1920 Designed on a slope Take in the views Open living space Basic parts of architecture supports are embellished with chrome Winter garden Volume rather than mass Regularity, flexibility |
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Kaufmann House, Ohiophyle, Wright, 1935 Get away from the city Open plan Blends with the environment Cave like interior Sound from the environment (river) Coolness to the inside Floor is rock Fireplace is center |
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Farnsworth House, Plano, Van der Rohe, 1945 Whole walls of glass Reminder of the domino house strict geometry Bones of architecture Structural rationalism Can see all components Tension between main rectangles Very privacy Blurring of inside and outside |
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Seagram Building, NYC, Vander Rohe, 1955 Space in front of building Almost like civic monument Bronze, windows sepia I-beams outside People see structure without actually seeing it Rhythm and uniformity Walls of glass Conversation with buildings around it Inside is calm Flexible space high end materials |
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Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Venturi, 1963 Sense symmetrical but not Postmodernism "Less is a bore" Complex exterior is carried inside Not about subtlety |
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AT&T Building, NYC, Johnson, 1978 Historical references (broken pediment) No longer about the truth of materials Creating a unique image Modernism to cold Reference to renaissance Light and airy |
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Mississauga City Centre, Jones and Kirkland, 1982 Reference to farm architecture Historical refernces Says something to the viewers |
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Wexner Center for Visual Arts, Eisenmann, Columbus, 1985 Suggestion of grid over building Suggestion that grids of modernism are man made Decoration is seemingly arbitrary Building itself is art Reference to armory that was there before Flipping of ordered world |
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Guggenheim, Bilbao, Gehry, 1997 Sweeping curving forms made from titanium Captures light from the harbour Form references the river and boats New software allowed for the creation |
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Unite d' habitation, Marseille, Le Corbusier, 1946 Monumentality Neighborhood within one building Standing on cement pillars Brutalism Pilotis Free design of ground plan Free design of the facade Horizontal ribbon windows Roof garden |
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Toronto City Hall, Revell, 1960 Seems to be ahead of its time Baroque sensibility Makes concrete seem high end Optimism for the future Beside the old town hall |
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Saynatsalo Town Hall, Aalto, 1949 Made of brick and wood Psychology of user Modern regionalism Sense of primeval seem outside of history but also a reference to history Play of light and Shadow Thinks about material Reference to saunas |
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Seabird Island Community School, Agassiz, Patkau architects Follows form of mountains Building looks like a salmon Timber from sustainability projects |
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Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai, Toyo Ito, 1995 Advent of internet Show the world we are fluid and connected Aquatic feeling Structure looks like seaweed but is supportive Organic metaphors Metaphor for digital age |
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High Line, NYC, Diller, Scofidio and Renfro, 2004 Elevated structure from when trains were key Linear garden Creates social space Promotes exercise and socialization |
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Reichstag, Berlin, Foster, 1993 Remained a relic of past after WW2 Left graffiti from Soviets Remember the past even if it's painful cone dome allows light in Believed buildings should be energy efficient Ecological flagship |
