Time Period
Chartres Cathedral
TRICK QUESTION: Gothic
Gateway Arch
Modernism
Who built the Palace of Versailles?
Mansard
One of the most famous skyscrapers in New York City, a symbol of postmodern architecture.
AT&T building
What were some of the struggles in constructing the Florence Duomo?
- Florentine decided to build it without wooden scaffolding
- Unbuttressed dome with octagonal base threatened collapse, so Brunelleschi engineered a self-supporting double-shell design (inner and outer dome) to manage the weight.
Florence Duomo (Santa Maria Del Fiore)
Renaissance
AT&T Building
Post Modernism
Who build Falling water?
Frank Lloyd Wright
A famous art museum and masterpiece of modern architecture in Bilbao, Spain
Guggenheim Museum
what were some of the struggles during the construction of falling water?
- Bold, extended concrete terraces: the structure sagged slightly
- Difficult location by waterfall
- Tension between architect and client
-Budget overruns
Dome at St. Peter's Basillica
Renaissance
Guggenheim Museum
Post Modernism
Who built the Gateway Arch?
Saarinen
What were some of the struggles with constructing the Gateway Arch?
- Engineering a perfect curve
- Safety and height challenges
- Thermal expansion issues
- Political and public controversy
- Risk of collapse
Palace of Versailles
Baroque
Who constructed the AT&T building?
Philip Johnson
What were some of the architectural problems with the construction of the AT&T building?
- Heavy granite roof
- chippendale structure (broken pediment top)
- Precision problems
Fallingwater
Modernism
Who was the architect of the Guggenheim Museum?
Frank Gehry