Interbellum - Art Deco and Totalitarianism

Flashcards covering key architectural terms, buildings, and urban concepts from the Art Deco and Totalitarianism lecture.

Arts Déco

Derived from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts décoratifs modernes in Paris, representing a prominent architectural style of the Interbellum.

Pavillon de l’Esprit nouveau

A pavilion designed by Le Corbusier for the 1925 Paris World Exhibition.

Résidence Palace

An Art Deco apartment building in Brussels (1923-1928) designed by M. Pollak.

Auguste Perret

Architect of the Théâtre des Champs Élysées (1913), an early example of modern architecture.

The Bund

The waterfront area in Shanghai, known as 'The Paris of the East,' featuring significant Art Deco buildings like the Sassoon House ($1926-1929$).

Marché Central (Phnom Penh)

A notable example of Art Deco colonial architecture in Cambodia, designed by Louis Chauchon in $1935$.

Chicago Tribune Tower

A $141\,m$ skyscraper built between $1923-1925$ following a famous $1922$ design competition.

Chrysler Building

A landmark New York skyscraper built between $1928-1930$ with a height of $319\,m$.

Empire State Building

A New York skyscraper completed in $1931$ reaching a height of $381\,m$.

Rockefeller Center

A complex of $14$ buildings in New York ($1930-1939$), with the tallest building reaching $417\,m$.

Metropolis

A $1926$ film by Fritz Lang that explored the fiction and reality of the futuristic skyscraper city.

Boerentoren

Located in Antwerp ($1929$) and designed by Jos Smolderen and Jan Van Hoenacker, it is considered the first European skyscraper with an original height of $87.50\,m$.

Mass Production

An industrial process associated with Henry Ford involving the assembly line (lopende band), which influenced Interbellum urban development.

Groot Paleis (Heizel)

The centerpiece of the $1935$ Brussels World Exhibition, designed by Joseph Van Neck and Louis Baes.

Palais de Chaillot

A building complex for the $1937$ Paris World Exhibition designed by Léon Azéma, Jacques Carlu, and Louis-Hyppolyte Boileau.

Albert Speer

The architect responsible for the Reich Chancellery ($1936-1939$) and the 'Germania' (Groot Berlijn) plan for Nazi Germany.

Palace of the Soviets

A design by Boris Iofan ($1931$) for Moscow intended to be $415\,m$ high with a hall for $20,000$ people.

Heimatstil

An anti-modernist and regionalist architectural style promoted during totalitarianism, exemplified by the Trier Hauptmarkt in $1939$.

Weissenhof Siedlung

A $1927$ modern housing estate in Stuttgart that became a target of anti-modernist pamphlets by $1933$.

Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

Also known as the 'Colosseo quadrato,' it was an architectural project for the planned $1942$ World Exhibition in Rome under Mussolini.

Volkshalle

A massive domed building planned by Albert Speer for Germania, designed to hold $180,000$ seats.