Who am I?
I believe that the more building was pared to its essential structural and functional elements, the more a building could express its structure and form. I designed the Barcelona Pavilion. Who am I?
Mies van der Rohe
__________ is a branch of Art Deco, Popularized circa 1930-1945. It was influenced by ocean liners, sleek curves, aerodynamic lines and often includes reduced ornamentation.
Streamline moderne
Which statements below best apply to the Hennebique Method? Select two
a. Deeper wood foundations
b. Strengthened the capacity of concrete
c. Greater ease of Ironwork prefabrication
d. Used iron stirrups created continuous T-beams connected to columns
e. Ease of Installation of Gypsum wall board panels
b. Strengthened the capacity of concrete
d. Used iron stirrups created continuous T-beams connected to columns
In what style is this building? Question 12
e. none of the above - Expressionism
In Adolf Loos' work "Ornament and Crime," what was he arguing for? Select all that apply.
a. The evolution of culture through the addition of ornamentation
b. Public acceptance of tattoos
c. Gesamtkunstwerk in school curriculum
d. Art Nouveau as the New Style
e. The evolution of culture through the elimination of ornamentation
e. The evolution of culture through the elimination of ornamentation
I am a German painter, sculptor, photographer, metalsmith. I studied design at the Bauhaus and found there my love for industrial design. Later I became the first female director of the metal shop at the Bauhaus school.
Marianne Brandt
The statements below describe the Deutscher Werkbund (German Work Federation) except which? Select all that apply
a. Sought to establish a partnership of product manufacturers with designers
b. Aimed to elevate the level of German industrial production ot the level of Britain and the US
c. It was an association of French artists, architects, designers and industrial designers
d. Peter Behrens was one of the founders
e. It was significant in the development of modern architecture and industrial design
c. It was an association of French artists, architects, designers and industrial designers
____ is when two or more wood or stone surfaces are layed out that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other.
Bookmatch
___________________ is considered a seminal work of the International Style in Poissy, France. Designed in reaction to the machine age, it contains the five points of architecture and explores the notion of a house as a machine for living in. What is it's name, architect?
Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier
Who said this quote: "A house is not a machine to live in" ?
Eileen Gray
I am an American architect. I am often called the father of skyscrapers and have a famous quote "form follows function".
Louis Sullivan
The _______________ was a revolutionary school of art, architecture and design that operated in Germany from 1919 to 1933. Its beliefs were further expounded upon in the manifesto and program curriculum goals.
Bauhaus
Which statement best describes the International Style characteristics:
a. Rusticated massive wall structures, semi-circle arches, barrel vaults, squat columns and limited ornamentation, Romanesque revival
b. Minimalist often with exposed structure, free plan, steel, glass
c. Elevating with pointed arches, ribbed vaulting and flying buttresses, gothic revival
d. Return of the architectural principles of Greek and Romans, austere, monumental
e. Dynamic, full of movement, highly ornamental with bright colors
b. Minimalist often with exposed structure, free plan, steel, glass
Place the following in order from oldest to newest:
A. Wainwright Building
B. Bauhaus
C. AEG Turbine Factory
D. Fagus Factory
A, C, D, B
Which statements best align with the Futurist views on war? Multiple select
a. War was a time of peace and complacency
b. War allowed the past and elements of history to remain intact
c. War brought about destruction.
d. War should never occur
e. All of the above
a. War was a time of peace and complacency
c. War brought about destruction
I am a German American architect and educator. I was a member of the Deutscher Werkbund, a designer and director of the Bauhaus between 1919 and 1928. I became an influential modern architect.
Walter Gropius
This avant-garde artistic and architectural movement developed circa 1913 -1940s. It called artists to use art for industry and social causes. It combined advanced technology and engineering with a communist social agenda.
Construcitvism
__________ is a technique used to cover structures with a mosaic, normally abstract, of irregular pieces of ceramic, glass or marble tiles. It was commonly used by the architect _______________.
Trencadis mosaic, Antoni Gaudi
Looking at the floorplan Image 2 define the building and what characteristics is has?
Wainwright building. Steel frame high-rise, terracotta tiles, natural ventilation, maximize daylight and ornamentation
What were the implications of the Zoning Resolution NYC 1916? Select all that apply.
a. Permitted more light to enter the streets
b. New guidelines on maximum building masses
c. Impacted skyscraper design
d. Established the maximum mass of buildings allowed
e. Resulted in no setbacks in volumes
a. Permitted more light to enter the streets
b. New guidelines on maximum building masses
c. Impacted skyscraper design
d. Established the maximum mass of buildings allowed
Who wrote the following: "... destroy the museums, the libraries, every type of academy ... We will glorify war - the world's only hygiene - militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of freedom-bringers, beautiful ideas worth dying for, and scorn for woman ... We affirm that the world's magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed."
Filippo Marinetti
This movement, ______, advocated pure extraction and universality by reduction to the essentials of form and order. Works primarily included primary colors, black and white. Piet Mondrian and Gerrit Rietveld were among its members.
Name the architectural style. This is an early modern movement circa 1910 and 1924 popularized in Germany, Austria, and Denmark. It is characterized by the distortion of form for an emotional effect. It often contains unusual massing inspired by natural biomorphic forms to achieve new, original, and visionary forms. It often integrated new technical possibilities of the mass production.
Expressionism
Place the following in chronological order from oldest to newest. Question 2
c. 4,3,1,2
What is the building, who built it and where is it located? Question 20
a. Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona Spain
b. Narkomfin Building, Ginzburg and Milinis, Moscow Russia
c. Schröder house, Gerrit Rietveld, Utrecht Netherlands
d. Barcelona Pavilion, Mies and Reich, Barcelona Spain
e. Bauhaus, Gropius, Dessau Germany