Styles
Characterized by an embrace of new building technologies (glass, steel, concrete), rectilinear forms, functionalism, minimalism
What is Modernism? (International Style)
Le Corbusier's iconic house in Poissy, France built in 1931.
What is Villa Savoye?
Where the Spanish Guggenheim is
What is Bilbao?
2022 Pritzker Prize winner
Francis Kéré
The US Green Building Council rating system
What is LEED?
Pointed arches, rib vaults, flying buttresses, towers and spires
What is Gothic?
Diller Scofidio and Renfro's museum in Seaport, Boston
What is the ICA?
Where Robert and Denise "Learned From..."
What is Las Vegas?
Emerald Necklace bro
Who is Frederick Law Olmsted?
The most ornate Greek classical order
What is Corinthian?
Decorative elements, color, asymmetry, emulating historical forms, buildings as signs
What is Postmodern?
Gaudi's unfinished cathedral
What is La Sagrada Familia?
Where Oscar Niemeyer, Lucio Costa, + Roberto Burle Marx collabed
What is Brasilia?
Case Study Couple
Who are Charles + Ray Eames?
A wood paneling system of lumber panels stacked crosswise and glued into place
What is CLT?
Late nineteenth century revival style, rounded arches, stone masonry (hint: local!)
What is Richardsonian Romanesque?
Jackie O chose I M Pei to design this building in Boston
What is the JFK Memorial Library
Home city of Casa Barragán
What is Mexico City?
Known for his innovative paper + bamboo shelters
Who is Shigeru Ban?
An orthogonal projection with lines at 30- and 90-degrees from the horizontal
What is isometric?
Futurist, Southern California, motels, gas stations, airports (hint: funny name)
What is Googie?
Zaha's museum in Italy
What is the MAXXI?
Where OMA's Fondazione Prada shines bright
What is Milan?
Second female Pritzker winner, the "s" of SANAA
Who is Kazuyo Sejima?
Type of decoration, usually on domes, used in Islamic architecture that may resemble stalactites
What is Muqarnas?