term1 Definition1term2 Definition2term3 Definition3
Please sign in to your Google account to access your documents:
Building: Gamble HouseArchitect: Charles and Henry GreeneYears: 1907-1908Significant Features: Built for one of the millionaire partners of the soap firm Procter and Gamble. California Bungalow. Striking building for its intimacy and human scale. Sleeping Porches. Tiffany Lamps and stained glass panels.
Building: Goldman & Salatsch StoreArchitect: Adolf LoosYears: 1910-1911Significant Features: Directly across from the Imperial Palace. Includes Doric Columns. Windows lacks detail. Window boxes were later installed.
Building: Schroder HouseArchitect: Gerrit Thomas RietveldYears: 1923-1924Significant Features: Rectangular, smooth shapes, and bright primary color elements. The building is formed from intersecting planar walls in such a way that some of them appear to hover in space.
Building: Robie HouseArchitect: Frank Lloyd WrightYears: 1909Significant Features: Prairie Style House. The projecting cantilevered roof eaves, continuous bands of art-glass windows, and the use of Roman brick emphasize the horizontal. The chimney mass contains four fireplaces.
Building: University of VirginiaArchitect: Thomas JeffersonYears: 1817-1864Significant Features: Modeled on the Roman Pantheon. The Rotunda originally housed the library.
Building: US Capital BuildingArchitect: Benjamin LatrobeYears: 1811-1864Significant Features: The Capitol building is marked by its central dome above a rotunda and two wings, one for each chamber of Congress
Building: Boston Public LibraryArchitect: McKim, Mead & WhiteYears: 1882Significant Features: The building included lavish decorations, a children's room (the first in the nation), and a central courtyard surrounded by an arcaded gallery in the manner of a Renaissance cloister.
Building: World Columbian ExpositionArchitect: Burnham, Olmsted & othersYears: 1893Significant Features: aka The Chicago World's Fair. Prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. Featured nearly 200 new buildings of classical architecture, canals and lagoons
Building: Palace of Fine ArtsArchitect: Barnard MaybeckYears: 1915Significant Features: Inspiration from Roman and Greek architecture. It was one of only three buildings from the exposition not to be demolished. The lagoon was intended to echo those found in classical settings in Europe.
Need help typing ? See our FAQ (opens in new window)
Please sign in to create this set. We'll bring you back here when you are done.
Discard Changes Sign in
Please sign in to add to folders.
Sign in
Don't have an account? Sign Up »
You have created 2 folders. Please upgrade to Cram Premium to create hundreds of folders!