Who am I?
I am a french architect and am famous for my Art Nouveau Paris metro stations.
Hector Guimard
Italian avant garde art, architectural and social movement of 20th century. This architectural style is aimed to destroy old forms of culture, sought to bring about new world order and renewed social consciousness.
Futurism
The ____________________ is defined as an open plan with non-load bearing walls dividing interior space that uses a column grid separate from load bearing partitions.
free plan
The glass curtain wall on this factory building influenced the Bauhaus and later architectural projects. It permitted more light to enter the factory and altered the design of the building complex. Identify the structure, architect, location and date.
Fagus Factory, Alfeld, Germany, Gropius & Meyer, 1911-1926
______ are cross shaped columns.
Cruciform columns
I am an architect, author, and well-known theorist. I wrote "Ornament and Crime." I believe that "stragglers slow down the cultural progress of nations and humanity; for ornament is not only produced by criminals; it itself commits a crime, by damaging men's health, the national economy and cultural development." Who am I?
Adolf Loos
__________ rose in popularity circa 1880-1910 in the USA and is also called Commercial style. It promoted early skyscrapers and utilized new technologies of steel-frame construction in commercial buildings. Members included Sullivan, Adler and Jenney.
Chicago School
_______ is a work, event and moment that strongly influences later development.
Seminal
True or false: The Chrysler Building in New York is Art Nouveau
False - Art Deco
______ relates to or of the nature of an icon, person or thing regarded as representative simply or as worth of it.
Icon(ic)
I was an American architect, the first woman to study architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and first licensed architect in California. I often used Arts and Crafts elements in my buildings. After my death, I recieved an AIA Gold Metal recipient. Who am I?
Julia Morgan
Which statement most clearly describes the differences between the International Style and Art Nouveau?
a. International Style often included emphasis on industrial materials, minimal ornamentation, and free plan while Art Nouveau was often more decorative in form with integration of naturalistic motifs and sinuous lines.
b. The International Style and Art Nouveau are the same.
c. The International Style was sinuous, vibrant, naturalistic and undulating in form while Art Nouveau used cubic blocky forms, strong lines, repetitive geometries and influences from ancient ziggurats.
d. International Style used heavy, monolithic blocky forms with influences from ancient ziggurats while Art Nouveau was more sinuous, asymmetrical, naturalistic and undulating in form.
e. Art Nouveau was characterized by an emphasis on free interior space and advocated the use of modern industrial techniques. The International Style was a movement that focused on architectural megastructures that are not static entities but can organically change.
a. International Style often included emphasis on industrial materials, minimal ornamentation, and free plan while Art Nouveau was often more decorative in form with integration of naturalistic motifs and sinuous lines.
_____________ can be translated as a ‘total work of art.’ This methodology was employed by architects and designers, who sought to consider and design nearly every facet of a project in its entirety.
Gesamtkunstwerk
E-1027, Eileen Gray & Jean Badovici, International Style, Roquebrune-Cap Martin France, 1926-1929
A prototype for mass-produced European housing that proposed an open floor plan. It consists of concrete slab, minimal number of thin reinforced columns and stairways provide access to each level on one side of the floorplan. What is this called?
Maison Domino
I was a leader in modern design, a furniture designer, a teacher at the Bauhaus, on the board of the Deutscher Werkbund. I was one of the designers of the Barcelona Pavilion, and the Barcelona chair.
Lilly Reich
This architectural style includes bands of color, zigzag designs, sun rays and a strong sense of line. It includes a vertical emphasis, cubic forms with a use of chrome and glass with stainless steel.
Art Deco
Which statements best apply to the International Exposition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industries 1925 in Paris, France? Select three.
a. Program required that all pavilions be exclusively modern
b. Founded on the belief that streamliners could shape new human communities
c. This international exhibition was instrumental to the rise of Art Deco
d. Stipulations included that design should be based solely on historical styles
e. Stipulations included that no design should be based on historical styles
a. Program required that all pavilions be exclusively modern
c. This international exhibition was instrumental to the rise of Art Deco
e. Stipulations included that no design should be based on historical styles
Match the Chicago Tribune Tower Competition designers and their respective proposals. Question 21
A. Second prize - Elliel Saarinen, Wallace, Grenman
B. No prize - Gropius & Meyer
C. No prize - Adolf Loos
D. Winner - John Mead Howells & Raymond Hood
What building is Image 3, the architect, the year it was built, the location and the architectural style?
Casa Mila, Antoni Gaudi, 1906-1910, Barcelona Spain, Art Nouveau
I am a Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, painter and engineer. I am considered a pioneer of modern architecture and international style. I developed multiple design principles in my book "Towards a new Architecture".
Le Corbusier
Match the building(s) with the style/movement. Elements may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
A. Chrysler Tower
B. Bauhaus School
C. Potsdam Tower
D. Schroder House
E. La Città Nuova
F. Narkomfin Building
1. De Stijl
2. Futurism
3. Bauhaus
4. Expressionism
5. Art Deco
6. Art Nouveau
7. Constructivism
A5, B3, C4, D1, E2, F7
_________ is coined by constructivists new type of post-revolutionary architecture with integrated, overlapping and shared social functions.
Social condensor
Match structure with designer. Names can be used once, more or not at all. Question 1
C: a5, b2, c6, d1, e7
What are the five points of architecture?
1. Piloti - columns that raise a structure from the ground
2. Free plan - open plan with non load bearing walls dividing interior spaces, columns hold structure
3. Free Facade - exterior walls are no longer load bearing
4. Horizontal Band windows - horizontal windows in uninterrupted bands
5. Roof terrace - sand covered by cement slab