11-The Two Modernisms 1920-1960

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Name the 4 buildings by Raymond Hood 1.Chicago Tribute tower 1922 2. American Radiator Building 1924 3.McGraw-Hill Building 1929 4. Rockefeller Center 1927-35
Raymond Hood Chicago Tribune Tower Chicago 1922 (with John Howells)
Raymond Hood American Radiator Building New York, NY 1924
Raymond Hood McGraw-Hill Building New York,NY 1929
Raymond Hood Rockefeller Center New York,NY 1927-35
Raymond Hood Rockefeller Center New York,NY 1927-35
Howe & Lescaze Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Philadelphia PA 1929
William Van Alen Chrysler Building New York,NY 1926
Walter Gropius Faguswerke Alfeld, Germany 1911 (Shoe Last)
Walter Gropius Bauhaus School Building Dessau, Germany
Walter Gropius Bauhaus School Building Dessau, Germany
Walter Gropius Bauhaus School Building Dessau, Germany
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe German Pavilion Barcelona, Spain 1929
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe German Pavilion Barcelona, Spain 1929
Frank Loyd Wright Kauffman House Bear Run PA 1936 (Falling Water)
Designed on a gridded concrete slab that integrated the house's radiant heating system, the house featured new approaches to construction, including sandwich walls that consisted of layers of wood siding, plywood cores and building paper, a significant change from typically framed walls. Usonian houses most commonly featured flat roofs and were mostly constructed without basements, completing the excision of attics and basements from houses, a feat Wright had been attempting since the early 20th century Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian Houses
Frank Lloyd Wright Johnson Wax Corporate Headquarters Racine WI 1936
Frank Lloyd Wright Johnson Wax Corporate Headquarters Racine WI 1936
Frank Lloyd Wright Guggenheim Museum New York, NY 1946-1959
Name the three buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright Kauffman House 1936 Johnson Wax Corporate Headquarters1936 Guggenheim Museum 1946-59
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