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15 Cards in this Set
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Scale
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Relationship of the size of a building to the human form
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Context
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Environment surrounding a work of architecture
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Function
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The basic purpose of a building
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Proportion
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Relationship of individual elements to eachother
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Tools with which the architect can create straightforward or deceptive relationships... (2)
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Proportion and Scale
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Has a psychological bearing on scale...
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Context
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"Design of Space"
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The design and flow of contiguous spaces relative to function
Also. should take into account various needs peripheral to the primary functions of the building |
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Style of Architecture led by Frank Lloyd Wright...
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the Prairie School
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Characteristics of "the Prairie School" Architecture...
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Low-pitched roofs
Strong, horizontal lines (Reflect flat landscape of American prairie) |
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Established the "Taliesin Fellowship" ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Period of intense creative output for Wright...
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mid-1930s
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"Passive System"
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Design that accomodates natural phenomena rather than adding technological devices such as solar collectors.
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"California Lifestyle"
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Requires design that accomodates easy access to the out-of-dorrs and large, open spaces with free-flowing traffic patterns
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Credited with the concept that says the "form or shape or design of any building must grow from the function the building serves"
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Louis Sullivan
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Aestheticism
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"Art for Art's Sake"
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