Modern Architecture Mid Term

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Flashcards on Modern Architecture Mid Term, created by Griffin Beaney on 09/10/2018.
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Oxford University Museum of Natural History Deane & Woodward Oxford, England, 1854-1860 Gothic Revival/Neogothic
Eiffel Tower Gustave Eiffel Paris, France, 1889 Beaux-Arts Classicism
Bibliotheque Ste.-Genevieve Henir Labrouste Paris, France, 1842-1850 Beaux Arts Classicism
Crystal Palace Joseph Paxton London, England, 1851 Beaux Arts Classicism
Red House Philip Webb (for William Morris) Bexley Heath, England, 1859-1860 Arts & Crafts
David Gamble House Charles and Henry Greene Pasadena, California, 1907-1908 Arts & Crafts
Tassel House (Hotel) Victor Horta Brussels, Belgium, 1892-1893 Art Nouveau
Casa Batllo Antoni Gaudi Barcelona, Spain, 1904-1907 Modernisme (Spanish Art Nouveau)
Postal Savings Bank Otto Wagner Vienna, Austria, 1904 Neoclassicism (but with glass)
AEG Turbine Factory Peter Behrens Berlin, Germany, 1908-09 German Werkbund
Looshaus (Michaeler House) Adolf Loos Vienna, Austria 1909-1911 Adolf Loos Style (opposed to Ornament, Art Nouveau, Vienna Succession, Hermann muthesius, Werkbund)
Glass Pavilion (made for German Werkbund Exhibition) Bruno Taut Cologne, Germany, 1914 German Expressionism
La Citta Nuova (the New City) Antionio Sant'Elia, 1914 Italian Futurism
Schroder House Gerrit Rietveld Utrecht, Netherlands, 1923-1924 De Stijl
Carson, Pirie, Scott Department Store Louis Sullivan Chicago, Illinois, 1899 Chicago School, Skyscraper
World's Colombian Exposition Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and others Cihcago, Illinois 1893 American Renaissance
Robie House Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago, IL 1909 Prairie School
Fallingwater Frank Lloyd Wright Bear Run, PA 1935-1937 Organic Architecture ("breaking the box")
Zeitgeist Spirit of the Age. The certain style(s) that encompass an era
Ecole des Beaux-Arts Prominent Art School in Paris. Inspired the Beaux Arts Classicism style. Emphasized the study of ancient and renaissance architecture, but in a modern way (the use of iron
Arts and Crafts Wood based, natural "Asylistic but has a style" Anti machine (apart from US) Anti academic (opposed to EBA) Values simplicity, handicraft, workmanship Celebrates the human mind/hand
Art Nouveau Anti EBA (just like Arts&Crafts) Focused on the craftsmen, but with an emphasis on iron and ornament Whiplash Lines, Colors Jugendstil (germany), Stile Liberty (italy), Modernisme (Spain)
German Werkbund (deutscher werkbund) Architecture should value modernization, industry, and progress the world forward Machinzation Use of steel frames Embrace new technology "From sofa cushions to city-building" No real style, focus on industry practically
Adolf Loos Opposed to ideas of Art Nouveau, Viennese Succession, Muthesius, Van de Velde, and Werkbund "Tattoos are criminal" hated ornamentation Only use ornament when necessary Very plain Tuscan columns (most basic column)
German Expressionism Embraced anti rational designs Glass was symbolic Utopian Ideals Showcase human emotion through architecture
Italian Futurism Focused on technology Did not have utopian aims "A totally new, mahcine based culture of the masses" Triumph of technology, industry over nature Forget the past, look toward the future
De Stijl Influenced by cubism, abstraction Emphasized open planes of space Straight lines, the 3 primary colors "Red yellow blue chair" Schroder house
Constructivism Celebration of machine and stylism Abstract forms, angles Construction of art (where the name comes from)
Chicago School Steel Frame buildings Rise of skyscrapers Terra Cotta surrounding frames "form ever follows function" Origination of the Chicago Window Curtain walls
American Rennaisance Reversion to classicism Modeled after italian Renaissance Columns, symmetry, ornamentation
Organic Architecture Harmony between nature and man Unified environment (total work of art)
Prairie School Echoed the Arts&Crafts movement Horizontal lines, rectangles Open floor plans Privacy, shadows
Breaking the Box Went away from a box style building Pinwheel features inside Spiral staircase, which includes fireplace Good example - Robie House
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