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What was the major difference between de Klerk and Kramer's exterior design methodologies?
de klerk - additive
kramer - subtractive
The two young Dutch expressionists who worked in the office of Johan van der Meij were:
michael de klerk
piet kramer
The father of modern Dutch architecture who was an early advocate of Wright's work was
berlage
The home of Dutch Expressionism was
amsterdam
Which building represented Berlage's revival of the Dutch indigenous masonry tradition?
amsterdam stock exchange
Name the two Dutch "expressionist" architects best known for their designs of worker housing in Amsterdam
during WWI.
j.m. van der meij
michael de klerk
piet kramer
What was Berlage's opinion of Dutch urban housing?
thought it should be efficient, constructively accurate, simple and have clear organization
What typeface was used in Bauhaus publications after the arrival of Moholy-Nagy?
sans-serif
What two avant-garde artists were credited by Larson as being somewhat responsible for the change in its
teaching ideology/pedogogy from Expressionism to Abstract formalism
El Lissitzky
Van Doesburg
Van Doesburg's term for the new way he composed space as a continuous, but non-linear flow of space
was
neo-plasticism
Towards a Plastic Architecture was written by
Van Doesburg
What was the difference in how Wright approached the design of his interiors and how
van Doesburg designed his interiors?________________________________________________
wright emphasized space through materials, v. van doesburg's planes which composed spced

wright-implied axis v. van doesburg-destroys axis and primary point of view
Neo-Plasticism is a term associated with what movement?
de stijl
The De Stijl movement received much of its initial impetus from the non-objective paintings by :
mondrian
Describe the spatial sequence implied in the paintings by van Doesburg:
destroys the primary point of view; planes to form a continuous, non-linear flow of space
Name a De Stijl painter:______________________
mondrian
The Red-Blue Chair was designed by
reitveld
The Schröder House was designed by
reitveld
Describe the changes made in the first-year design at the Bauhaus made when Maholy-Nagy replaced Itten as
the teacher
emphasis on rectilinear machine abstraction like that at Russian VkHUTEMAS
What does Larson credit for the eventual appearance of columns in the Barcelona pavilion?
opposition to the free standing planes
What was the major design difference between Mies' Concrete and Brick Country House projects?
Brick Country House elimates openings for windows-creates voids through grouping of planes (walls)
The German term used by German designers after WWI who relied solely on realism and functionalism to
describe their work was
Neue Sachlichkeit
The objective of the Vorkurs (foundation course) at the Bauhaus was
'unlearn' the habits and cliches of European academic tradition - make a new beginning with abstract forms and natural materials
The German term that describes the spirit of Mies' Concrete Office Building of 1923 was:
Neue Sachlichkeit
The Zonnestraal Sanitarium was designed by
bijvoet & duiker
What architectural theoretician was responsible for the shift in design theory away from Expressionism at the
Weimar Bauhaus?
Van Doesburg
Sketch the entry sequence for the German State Pavilion at the 1929 Barcelona Fair:
up stairs and around in a sort of spiral. i think.
Sketch the elevation of the Barcelona chair:
two slightly curved intersecting planes
The event most responsible for the philosophical switch at the Bauhaus from Expressionism to
"The New Architecture" was
the international style
Define Neue Sachlichkeit:_______________________________________________________________
New Objectivity, functional architecture proceeding WWI, opposition to expressionism
Describe Mies' spatial order in his designs of 1923-1929:________________________________
non-hierarchical spatial order
The Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Monument was designed by
mies van der rohe
Marcel Breuer is best known for the design of the _______________________ chair while working at the
Bauhaus.
wassily
The'Wassily' chair was designed by
marcel bruer
List three important design ideas Mies employed in the Barcelona Pavilion
reflectivity, freestanding planes, procession of entry?
The Dutch architect known for his sachlich housing projects was
jj oud
Sketch the typical floor plan of a dormitory wing of the Zonnestraal Sanitarium:
rectangle with two angled arms to let in light
The architect in overall charge of planning the 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung was
mies
___________________ was the major building type that brought the International Style to the forefront of
German design in the 1920s.
housing?
The "Barcelona Chair" was designed by
mies van der rohe
The De Stijl theoretician whose lectures at the Bauhaus influenced its switch from Expressionism to
Internationalism was _________________.
van doesburg
When Walter Gropius assembled his faculty for the Bauhaus School, he drew many of them from which field of
expertise?
painters
_________________ was the director of the trade/design school in Weimar when its name was changed to
the Staatliches Bauhaus.
gropius
One major different element in the work of Willem Dudok's from that of Wright's?
wright-volumes v. dudok- sliding planes
Willem Dudok's building show a major influence from the work of what American architect?
frank lloyd wright
The Hilversum Townhall was designed by
willem dudok
The Dutch architect responsible for spreading the influence of Wright throughout Holland was:
berlage
The father of modern Dutch architecture who was an early advocate of Wright's work was
berlage
List two Wrightian motifs evident in the Hilversum Town Hall:
brickwork, pinwheel plan, horizontal trim, cantilevers
J. J. P. Oud belonged to the ________________________ School.
Amsterdam
Rotterdam School
What is it?
Amsterdam stock exchange,Hendrik Berlage
What is it?
Amsterdam Stock Exchange,
Hendrik Berlage
What is it?
Amsterdam Stock Exchange,
Hendrik Berlage
What is it?
"Barcelona Chair," Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
The Bauhaus, Walter Gropius and Hannes Meyer
What is it?
The Bauhaus, Walter Gropius and Hannes Meyer
What is it?
First page of the Bauhausbuch No. 1,
Lazlo Moholy-Nagy
What is it?
The Bauhaus, Walter Gropius and Hannes Meyer
What is it?
The Bauhaus, Walter Gropius and Hannes Meyer
What is it?
Brick Country House, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Brick Country House, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Cantilever chair, Marcel Breuer
What is it?
De Bijenkorf Department Store, Willem Dudok
What is it?
De Bijenkorf Department Store, Willem Dudok
What is it?
De Bijenkorf Department Store, Willem Dudok
What is it?
De Bijenkorf Department Store, Willem Dudok
What is it?
De Dageraad (The Dawn) Estate, Pieter Kramer
What is it?
Our Hearth, Klerk
What is it?
German State Pavilion, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
German State Pavilion, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
German State Pavilion, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Hilversum Town Hall, Willem Dudok
What is it?
Hilversum Town Hall, Willem Dudok
What is it?
Housing, Hook of Holland, J.J.P. Oud
What is it?
Housing, Hook of Holland, site plan, J.J.P. Oud
What is it?
Kiefhoek housing, J.J.P. Oud
What is it?
Maison de Verre, Chareau and Bijvoet
What is it?
Maison de Verre, Chareau and Bijvoet
What is it?
Van Nelle Packing Factory, Brinkman and van der Vlugt
What is it?
Van Nelle Packing Factory, Brinkman and van der Vlugt
What is it?
Open Air School, Bijvoet and Duiker, Amsterdam,
What is it?
Hilversum Town Hall, Willem Dudok
What is it?
"Prairie House" Villa, Rob van t'Hoff
What is it?
Proposed Concrete Office Tower, Mies van der
What is it?
Red-Blue Chair, Gerrit Rietveld
What is it?
Scheepvaarthuis, J. M. van der Meij
What is it?
Shroeder House,Gerrit Rietveld
What is it?
Shroeder House,Gerrit Rietveld
What is it?
Shroeder House,Gerrit Rietveld
What is it?
Tribune Competition, Walter Gropius
What is it?
Tugendhat House, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Tugendhat House, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Tugendhat House, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Tugendhat House, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Tugendhat House, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Tugendhat House, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Tugendhat House, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Wassily Chair, Marcel Breuer
What is it?
Weissenhof Siedlung site plan, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Weissenhof Siedlung, J.J.P. Oud units
What is it?
Weissenhof Siedlung, Mies Van Der Rohe Units
What is it?
Weissenhof Siedlung, Mies Van Der Rohe
What is it?
Zonnestraal Sanitarium(Sun's Ray), Bijvoet and Duiker
What is it?
Zonnestraal Sanitarium(Sun's Ray), Bijvoet and Duiker
What is it?
Strandboulevard housing project, J.J.P. Oud
Frank Lloyd Wright's design of the Johnson Wax Building can be best described as his interpretation of what
style?
art moderne
The major design innovation in the Usonian houses that influenced the design of post-WW II suburban tract
homes was
SLAB FOUNDATION AND CARPORT (bringing house and garage together)
List two major details that Wright used in the Usonian house to control construction costs:
WINDOWS ; CARPORT
The "Usonian" house was designed by __________________.
WRIGHT
Broadacre City was a project envisioned by _________________.
Frank Lloyd Wright
The client for Wright's "Fallingwater" house was ________________.
EDGAR KAUFFMAN
Sketch the plan concept of the Johnson Wax complex:
Sketch how the RCA building meets the ground:
(hint: as it hits the ground it integrates the tower by insetting two story base to hold the street edge;
corner pavillions;
at side entry the curve of moderne enters into project)
List two important differences in the American city in 1960 between the actual International Style designs and the
prediction of Bel Geddes in the 1939 GM Pavilion:
Bel holds the street
Bel streamlines everything
List two aspects of the design of Rockelfeller Center that contribute to its success as an urban space:
pedestrian level is below street level-separates but doesn't isolate pedestrian from street
The roof terraces in Rockefeller Center were said to be influenced by what ancient precedent?
HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
The trademark image of the 1939 World's Fair was the ________________________________________
Trylon and perisphere
List one exterior detail that allowed the Empire State Building to be constructed so quickly:
FLUSH MOUNTED GLAZING ; LIMESTONE PANELS
What determined the locations of the setbacks in the RCA building?
elevator shafts
_________________________ was the American architect whose urban idea of the tower in the park
paralleled Le Corbusier's proposal for the city for 3 million.
RAYMOND HOOD
Norman Bel Geddes' trademark motif was the _______________________________________________
TEARDROP
The designer in charge of the initial planning of Rockefeller Center was ___________________________
Hood
Name three major industrial designers who were active in the 1930s.
BUCK FULLER, RAYMOND LOWEY, NORMAN BEL GEDDES
The apparent precedent for the massing of the Empire State Building was:__________________________
CAREW TOWER
The designer of the Dymaxion House was ____________.
BUCK FULLER
The one word that best described the forms used to style Art Moderne designs was _________.
CURVILINEAR/STREAMLINE
__________________________was the term used to describe the method of wrapping objects with sheet
metal in an attempt to give them a futurist image.
ABSORPTION/STREAMLINING
"Why not try nothing" was the rationale of ________________________ for the design of what building?
HOOD ; NY DAILY NEWS
"Dymaxion" was the term coined by ____________________ which meant ________________________
buck fuller; dynamic maximum ion
Briefly describe how Hood developed the massing of the RCA Building:
'slab architecture' thin-
series of elevator cores surrounded by corridor and 27' office space, elevators cut-off as they go up
List three differences between Art Deco buildings and Art Moderne buildings:
DECO- ANGULAR, HANDWORKED, PROSPERITY/LAVISH
MODERNE - CURVE, MACHINE, CONSERVATIVE/STREAMILINED
Art Moderne was symbolized by the use of the______________________
CURVE AND MACHINE
"Far from being a handicap, this discipline of being obliged to make a project stand on its own financial feet
and to submit its details and materials to a constant critical analysis, leads to honesty and integrity of design.
Under this stimulation the cobwebs of whimsey, taste, fashion, and vanity are brushed aside, and the architect
finds himself face to face with the essential elements that go to make real architecture and real beauty." This is
a quote by ______________________.
HOOD
The beach house in Newport Beach for Dr. Phillip Lovell was designed by ________________________
rudolph schindler
2-4 Upon his arrival in the US, Gropius assumed the directorship of the architecture school at _____________ while Mies eventually was named head of the school at ______________________
harvard
iit
R. How does Philip Johnson's Glass House minimize heat gain in the summer?
tree cover
R. Another early post-WW II house that made use of steel, but differed from the essays of Mies and Johnson in that it utilized standardized parts and was composed in a sensitive irregularity which reflected a refined sense of the ordinary
was designed by __________________________.
eames
10-3 List two requirements that had to be met by a building in order to qualify to be included in MOMA's 1932
"International Style" exhibition:
a.________________________________________ b. ______________________________________
1. architecture as volume, continuity of surface rather than mass
2. regularity and compositional balance rather than axial symmetry
3. no arbitrary, applied decoration
12-2 The projects most often associated with Nazi Germany were designed by architect __________________
albert speer
2-4 List two reasons why the Farnsworth House was an environmental disaster:
a.________________________________________ b. ______________________________________
1. single pane glass: hot in summer; cold in winter
2. had to open doors in the summer for ventilation (windows didn't open), mosquitos came in
14-2 The only totalitarian regime in PreWWII Europe that did not adopt a literal Neo-classicism as the official style of the state was in what country?_____________________________
Italy
15-2 Sketch a cross-section of the Lovell Beach House:
20-2 The beach house in Newport Beach for Dr. Phillip Lovell was designed by ________________________
rudolph schindler
27-2 How did the elevation of the McGraw-Hill Building differ from other skyscrapers designed by Hood?
____________________________________________________________________________________
horizontal banding (rather than vertical)
13-4 List two architects who immigrated to the US before Hitler rose to power who were early practitioners of the
International Style in the US:
a. rudolph schindler
b. richard neutra
13-4 List two architects who immigrated to the US after Hitler rose to power who were early practitioners of the International Style in the US:
a. gropius
b. mies van der rohe
1-4 The two Austrian architects who came to the U.S. and worked with Wright were:
a. ____________________________________ b.___________________________________________
a. rudolph schindler
b. richard neutra
6. The first European architect to bring the International Style to California was _______________________
rudolph schindler
24-2 Who is credited with the coining the term "International Style" and for what reason?_________________
philip johnson
moma exhibit, 1932
16-2 Who was the last director of the German Bauhaus?__________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________
mies van der rohe
12-4 Name two skyscrapers built before WWII that exhibited the International Style in some of their parts, list the
architect of each:
a._______________________________________ _________________________________________
b._______________________________________ _________________________________________
a. McGraw Hill (by hood)
b. psfs building (by howe and lescaze)
2. Sketch the plan of a typical office floor of the PSFS Building:
1. The first skyscraper in the U.S. to exhibit the massing and the exterior language of the European "International
Style" was the _____________________
McGraw Hill
("PSFS was a transitional building")
4. The two curators of the MOMA show, "The International Style," were _________.
a. philip johnson
henry-russell hitchcock
9-2 The McGraw-Hill Building was designed by ____________________.
raymond hood
22-2 The Casa del Fascio was designed by ________________________
guisseppe terragni
23. High Point I, an early Le Corbusier-inspired, International Style apartment building outside of London, was
designed by ____________________________.
Bertold Lubetkin
Tecton
24. Adolf Hitler chose ____________ architecture as symbolic of the Third Reich.
stripped down monumental stark classicism
25. The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building was designed by _____________________.
howe & lescaze
building and architect?
Phillip Lovell Beach House, Rudolph Schindler, Newport Beach, 1922
building and architect?
Phillip Lovell Beach House, Rudolph Schindler, Newport Beach, 1922
Phillip Lovell Beach House, Rudolph Schindler, Newport Beach, 1922
Phillip Lovell Health House, Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1927
Phillip Lovell Health House, Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1927
Phillip Lovell Health House, Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1927
Phillip Lovell Health House, Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1927
Phillip Lovell Health House, Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1927
Phillip Lovell Health House, Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1927
PSFS Building, Howe and Lescaze, Philadelphia, 1929
PSFS Building, Howe and Lescaze, Philadelphia, 1929
PSFS Building, Howe and Lescaze, Philadelphia, 1929
PSFS Building, Howe and Lescaze, Philadelphia, 1929
PSFS Building, Howe and Lescaze, Philadelphia, 1929
PSFS Building, Howe and Lescaze, Philadelphia, 1929
McGraw-Hill Building, Hood, NYC, 1929
McGraw-Hill Building, Hood, NYC, 1929
McGraw-Hill Building, Hood, NYC, 1929
McGraw-Hill Building, Hood, NYC, 1929
McGraw-Hill Building, Hood, NYC, 1929
McGraw-Hill Building, Hood, NYC, 1929
Casa del Fascio, Guiseppe Terragni, Como, 1932
Casa del Fascio, Guiseppe Terragni, Como, 1932
Casa del Fascio, Guiseppe Terragni, Como, 1932
Casa del Fascio, Guiseppe Terragni, Como, 1932
Leningrad Pravda Building
vesnin bros
Museum of Modern Art, Philip Goodman and Edward Stone, New York, 1938
Leningrad Pravda Building
Vesnin Brothers
New Berlin
Nazi Parliment
Speer
Nazi Zeppelin Field, albert speer
Nazi Zeppelin Field, albert speer
Hitler's Chancellory Buildin
Hitler's Chancellory Building
Albert Speer
Phillip Lovell Beach House, Rudolph Schindler, Newport Beach, 1922
IIT Campus Plan
mies
Bomber Plant auditorium collage, Mies, 1942
Alumni Hall, IIT, Mies, 1945
Alumni Hall, IIT, Mies, 1945
Edith Farnsworth House, Mies, Plano, IL, 1946 (const. 1949)
building and architect?
Edith Farnsworth House, Mies, Plano, IL, 1946 (const. 1949)
Glass House, Philip Johnson, New Canaan, CT, 1949
?
Glass House, Philip Johnson, New Canaan, CT, 1949
Glass House, Philip Johnson, New Canaan, CT, 1949
Crown Hall, IIT, Mies, 1950
Crown Hall, IIT, Mies, 1950
Crown Hall, IIT, Mies, 1950
Crown Hall, IIT, Mies, 1950
Le Corbusier's utopian city plan developed in the 1930's was named___
Ville Radieuse
New research indicates that WWII had two influences on the subsequent designs of Le Corbusier.
1.
Concrete would remain after atomic war, leaving a memorial to humans -Uses concrete because it would make a good ruin -German concrete bunkers
2. pilotis
List two design ideas incorporated in Ville Radieuse that were a direct response to teh new battle techniques
Piloti-above poison gasses
Spaced towers--air raids
Define brise-soleil
Balcony/Sun baffle; horizontal and vertical louvres
A relatively new interpretation of Le Corb's use of concrete following WWII state that he was influenced by____
Atomic War
Atlantic wall gun bunkers
What project was conceived as an experimental fragment of vr (Villa Radiuse)
Unite d'Habitation
Where did Corb get the idea for linear housing and cities?
Luxury Liners/Ships
Where did the term Brutalism initially come from?
Fernand Leger's "brutalist" paintings
The proportioning system developed and used by Corb was _________
le Modulor
The French term for the type of concrete construction used by Corb in his later projects is_____
beton brut
Sketch Plan of Tourette
Draw a section of Unite d'Habitation which shows how Corb acheived a dual exposure for the apartments.
apartments run through entire floor no central corridor like in US apartments, allows for cross ventilation
-interlocking units with circulation on every third floor
What does Corb wear when he paints?
yeah, baby, yeah!
Sketch Ville Radieuse
The building designed by Aalto that best represents his interpretation of Corbu's five points is the:
Turun Sanomat
What was the inspiration for Aalto's design of the interior of the Finnish pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair?
Aurora borealis
What did Aalto say the reason was for his incorporating a courtyard in many his projects?
Something for nothing, based off of old Finnish farm layouts for protection from harsh climate
List two design decisions Aalto made in consideration of the comfort of the patients at the Paimio Sanitarium:
sink and wood cart that don’t make noise, radiant ceiling, Paimio chair
Aalto's first International Style building was the:
Turun Sanomat
Aalto's first use of the undulating surface of wood slats was in what building?
Viipuri Library
The bent-wood "Paimio chair" was designed by:
Aalto
What new science apparently had a great influence on Asplund's designs?
?Psychology?
Why did Asplund incorporate spaces with skewed (non-parallel) walls in his early houses?
?Psychic order in built evironment? Emotional vs physical?
The name of the firm founded by Maire and Hary Gullichsen to market Aalto-designed home furnishings is:
Artek
Describe the two design criteria used by Aalto to determine the longitudinal section of the meeting hall in the library in Viipuri:
a. sound bounces so you can hear speaker?
b. speaker can hear you?
Describe Aalto's use of colors on the exterior of the Paimio Sanitarium:
adds color whenever he cuts into the building, like its bleeding
Which space is used by Aalto as the high point or visual anchor of the massing composition in Villa Mairea?
the studio
Sketch how the RCA building meets the ground:
Describe Aalto's use of colors on the exterior of the Paimio Sanitarium:
adds color whenever he cuts into the building, like its bleeding
Sketch the longitudinal section of the major chapel of the Woodland Crematorium:
Sketch the overall plan of the Paimio Sanitarium:
Sketch the overall site plan of the Woodlawn Cemetery Crematorium, noting both pedestrian and vehicular approaches:
This plan is really unclear to me, all I know is you never saw parking because it was a story below, and that the procession of people allowed there to be different locations for different stages of mourning.
What two deviations from the International Style in the Yale Art Gallery represent Kahn's initial break with this style?
a. horizontal sill courses
b. expressed concrete structure
Kahn's pyramidal waffle slab in the Yale Art Museum was inspired by:
Buckminster Fuller
The occupiable exterior wall was a technique that evolved in the work of:
Kahn
The "occupiable wall" is a major theme used by:
Kahn
In describing the atrium of the Yale Museum of British Art, Larson pointed out a problem that has always
plagued architects. This was:
Column disappears on interior corner when trying to express structure.
Kahn's use of hollow structure is thought to have derived from what technique of his Beaux-Arts training?
poche
"Let me tell you how I was made" describes whose approach to ornament?
Kahn
What did Louis Kahn mean by "discovering the 'form' of a problem?"
what is the character of the building
Kahn's concept of "served and servant spaces" which developed out of his early use of hollow structures is
thought by some historians to have been derived from what Beaux-Arts principle?
poche
"Each space must be defined by its structure and the character of its natural light" is a quote by:
Kahn
Sketch Kahn's concept for the elevations of the Exeter Academy Library:
circle in a square
Sketch Kahn's plan concept for the First Unitarian Church:
Sketch the structure of a typical floor in the Richards Medical Center:
Sketch the plan of the Trenton Jewish Community Center bath house and diagram the movement pattern from
entrance through locker rooms to pool.
Sketch a structural bay of the Kimball Art Museum:
Describe the difference between Mies' and Corbu's column grids?
Corb's grid was juxtaposed with curved, angular forms within the grid. Mies - used the grid as a way of juxtaposing the free standing plane
MIES KEPT THE GRID RIGID AND PLAYED WITH/MOVED GRID WHILE CORBUSIER SHIFTED EVERYTHING AROUND (TO BREAK OR EMPHASIS AXIS) CONSISTENCY WAS NOT AN ISSUE
What was the elevational design advantage of the Dom-ino system? Was this the first realization of this
advantage?
structure without needing load-bearing infill; first used in Flanders after WWI
Why did Le Corbusier use ramps in the interiors of his early houses?
ramp doesn't break the space/time continuum
What was different between Perret's concrete frames and Le Corbusier's concrete frames?
corb developed his use of concrete into an aesthetic?
Le Corbusier used this term to describe the spatial sequence in his buidlings
promenade architecturale
List two influences on Corbusier's interest in the two-story living space:
parisian apts
cafe across street from him
"A machine for living in" is a concept associated with the work of
Le Corbusier
What three major architectural figures worked in Peter Behrens' office?
Gropius, Le Corbuisier, Mies van der Rohe
List Corbusier's Five Points of a New Architecture:
free plan
free facade
ribbon window
pilotis
roof garden
Le Corbusier first used the all-glass wall in what project?
cite de refuge
Le Corbusier worked for what two major European figures in pre-WWI Europe which had a marked influence on his
career:
Perret and Ozenfant
The golden section as an ordering system was best represented in the work of what architect we studied
this period?
Le Corbusier
________________________ was the term Le Corbusier and Ozenfant chose for their painting style, which was a conscious rejection of much of what Cubism represented.
purism
Le Corbusier's ideal of the "pure man-made object set in dramatic contrast to nature" was probably
something he picked up in what country?
Greece
"Towards an Architecture" was written by ____________________.
Le Corbusier
The early work of Le Corbusier is known for its sensitive environmental response: True or False.
False

(Initially more "machine-like" then moved towards more 'natural' laws in his later work.)
Le Corbusier made an abrupt swerve away from white purity of form when he designed which building?
colonie pessac or baizeau?
Le Corbusier's "Five Points" for a new architecture as evident in the "Citrohan" projects and the Villa
Savoye, basically derived from __________________________.
Dom-ino principles
Draw Le Corbusier's four compositions and name the building which each is an example.
Maison la Roche-function expressed
Villa Stein - Platonic form, program fit it
Villa Baiseau- Evokes form, but functional
Villa Sovoye - collage of previous
Name this project and architect.
Maison Citrohan, Le Corbusier, 1920
Name this project and architect.
Maison Citrohan, Le Corbusier, 1922
Name this project and architect.
Maison La Roche-Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, 1923
Name this project and architect.
Maison La Roche-Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, 1923
Name this project and architect.
Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier, 1929
Name this project and architect.
Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier, 1929
Sketch the car approach to the ground floor of the Villa Savoye.
Name this project and architect.
Villa Stein, Le Corbusier, 1927
Name this project and architect.
Ville Contemporaine, Le Corbusier, 1922
The building that best represents the coming together of Wright's ideas of plan, Section, and elevation in creating continuity of space and movement is
860-880 lake shore dr.
List two details Mies used in his American buildings to divorce them from the existing urban fabric:
A. Creating Plazas B. Lifting building off ground
What advantages is there in offsetting the location of the core in the plan of a high-rise office building
4 different footprints
What detail in the Lever House allows the pedestrian to reconnect with the tower after leaving the sidewalk
Light-well
What was the new architectural material whose price had dropped significantly after the end of WW2, that it quickly was adopted as the exterior material of choice or the next twenty years
Aluminum
Describe the lateral (wind) load structure of the Sears Building:
Had to add a shear wall
-bundled hollow tube structure
Describe the problem that "rationalist" International Style designers tried to avoid and what was the typical solution?
a. resolving the corner
b. glazing v. structure (cantilevered floor slabs)
What was the last and tallest of the International Style glass box skyscrapers?
Chase Manhattan
What kept the International Style glass box skyscraper from going no taller than the Chase Manhattan Bank?
Lateral Stability (stiffness)
Discuss the interrelationship between exterior and interior detailing in choosing between a centerline to centerline curtain wall and one that is inserted between the sides of the columns:
Different glass and different detailing
The first post WWII glass box skyscraper in the US was the:
Equitable Savings Bank
What two major projects were responsible for the large size of SOM by the end of WWII?
a. Manhattan Project
b. Military Training Facilities
What skyscraper marked the ultimate retreat from the street and the start of "Plaza-mania?"
Seagram Building
The conceptual design of the UN office tower was the product of who?
Corbusier and Niemeyer
Who was responsible for the conceptual design of the UN office tower?
Niemeyer and Corbusier
"I don't want to be interesting, I want to be good" is a quote ascribed to who?
Mies
Describe the difference in how Mies designed spaces in his pre-WWII European buildings and those in his post-WWII American buildings:
pre-WWII=more asymmetrical
post-WWII=more symmetrical
"Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space" is a quote by who?
Mies van der Rohe
The SOM partner responsible for the design of the Lever House was who?
gordon bunSHAFT
Why were the Lever House and the Seagram's Building much more expensive than the face value of their construction:
materials continued on inside (bronze, marble) internal structure (diagonals)
Didn't build on valuable realestate
List the three locations for a glass skin in a skyscraper and list a building from class that is an example of each type:
a. In front b. Lever House
c. Within d. Lake Shore Apt.
e. Behind f. Inland Steel Building
The difference between SOM's typical corner detail as represented in the Inland Steel Building and Mies' typical corner detail as represented in the Seagram's Building is:
Both tried to minimize the visual weight of the corner; Mies by putting the curtain wall in front of the columns, SOM by cantilevering the floor out from the last corner to eliminate a corner column.
860-880 Lake Shore Drive
Bomber Plant Auditorium collage
Mies van der Rohe
Chase Manhattan Bank
City of Needles
Hood
Equitable Savings Bank
Futurama-City in 1960
Inland Steel Building
som
John Hancock Building
som
Lever House
gordon bunshaft
som
Odd Fellows Temple
Pavillion Suisse
corb
Promontory Apartments
Project for Concrete Office Building
Mies van der Rohe
Rockefeller Center
raymond hood
Seagram Building
Mies
Sears Tower
SOM
UN Headquarters
Ville Contemporaine
corb
World Trade Center
minoru yamasaki
who? what? where? when?
carew tower
walter ahlshlager/delano and aldrich
cincinnati, 1929
who? what? where? when?
empire states building
shreve, lamb, and harmon
nyc, 1929
who? what? where? when?
new york daily news building
raymond hood
nyc, 1929
who? what? where? when?
rca building
hood
nyc, 1931
who? what? where? when?
rockefeller center - rca building
hood, et al
nyc, 1929-30s
who? what? where? when?
air liner #4
bel geddes
1929
who? what? where? when?
douglas DC-3
1935
who? what? where? when?
dymaxion car
buck fuller
1933 chicago world's fair
who? what? where? when?
johnson wax building
'the great workroom'
f.l.wright
1936-47
who? what? where? when?
johnson wax building
wright
racine,WI, 1936
who? what? where? when?
falling water
kauffman house
wright
bear run, PA, 1936
who? what? where? when?
pavillion suisse
city university of paris
le corbusier
1930
The formal pivot point of the composition in the Otaniemi Technical Institute is the __________________
auditorium/amphitheater
Sketch the section of the Säynätsalo Town Hall, showing all three levels:
top-government
middle- residents
bottom- commercial
Sketch the ground plan of the Säynätsalo Town Hall
List three points of human contact in buildings that Aalto exploited with a change of materials:
stair rail, steps, lights, handles
The building usually credited as the inspiration for the design of the interview floor in Aalto's National
Pension Institute is:
larken building
The formal pivot point of the massing in the Säynätsalo Town Hall is the __________________________
courtyard
The best example of Aalto's undulating wall in his American buildings is ____________________
baker house
The fan-shaped plan is a typical scheme in the planning of many buildings designed by _______________
aalto
Which building by Aalto was the first to use wood in any significant way, marking his move away from
pure Functionalism?__________________
finnish pavillion
Discuss the reasons for the final configuration of the floor plan of the Vuoksenniska Church:
ronschamp- merge roof to wall, cost , partitions
Describe the ideas behind the massing of the Baker House:
change in material - brick to stucco?
Sketch the cross-section of a reading room in a typical Aalto-designed library:
What did Aalto do in the National Pensions Institute to articulate the massing of the building so that it reads
as interpenetrating masses rather than a continuous volume?
does not line up coursing on the facades of the two volumes
Which of the following buildings designed by Alvar Aalto marked his departure from the International Style?
a. Villa Mairea
b. Viipuri Library
c. Turun Sanomat
d. Paimio Sanitarium
e. none of the above
a and/or b one or the other ?
Who is the biggest drag queen in Iowa?
Bella Butte