IAD 1780 Exam 1

Who is this? What is he Known for?

HH Richardsen; Richardsen Romanesque

What building is this and who is the architect?

Trinity Church - HH Richardsen

Who are the recognized trinity of American architecture?

HH Richardsen, FLW, Louis sullivan

Who is this? What is their saying? What 2 things was he known for?

Louis Sullivan, form follows function, Organic ornamentation, father of the modern skyscraper

Romanesque in Utah

Old main and Salt Lake city + county building

Building Name, Architect, two Characteristics

Wainwright building, Louis Sullivan, height changes, skeleton frame

Building, Architect, 3 characteristics

Chicago Auditoriam, Louis Sullivan

• Connected to a hotel and office block

• H.H. Richardsen inspired; FLW helped on it

• Functional ornamentation

Why did Sullivan use Ornaments?

Ornaments made buildings approachable; confer character

What Building Did Louis sullivan build in SLC?

SLC Dooley Building, demolished in 1964

Name for these buildings, architect,

Jewel box Banks, Louis Sullivan

Building, Architect

National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna, Louis Sullivan

Who is This? What is His saying/style

Frank Lloyd Wright

Prairie style

Architecture should grow out of the land

What is this item

Who’s your kitchen/Hoosier cabinet

What is this piece of furniture? Who designed it?

Midway beer gardens chair - frank lloyd wright

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristics (4)

Hollyhock house, L.A, Frank Lloyd Wright

• Inspired by flower

• Window Height

• fireplace

• japanese architecture

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristics

Usonian homes, FLW, multiple, easily duplicated, 60 built

What did FLW run at Taliesin West?

Fellowship

What did FLW call the architects who did big tall buildings? and who are they?

Glass box boys: Le corbusier, walter gropius, philip johnson

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristics (2)

SC Johnson building, wisconson, FLW, Posture Chair, Lily Pads, skylights

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristic

Unity temple, FLW, illinois, Compression and release

Title, Architect, Location

Allen house, FLW, Kansas

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristics (4)

Larkin Building, FLW, NYC, Demolished in 1950, values on wall, swivel chair and desk

Title, Architect, Location,

Oak Park home and studio, Illinois, FLW

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristic

Robie house, FLW, illinois, high back chairs

What were frank lloyd wrights personal homes called?

Taliesin & taliesin west

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristics (2)

Guggenheim, FLW, NYC

• International style

• Protestant barn/washing machine

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristics

Imperial hotel, FLW, Japan

• Earthquake

• Peacock Chair

• Demolished

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristics

Falling water, FLW, Pennsylvania

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristics

Ennis Brown House, FLW, LA

• Mayan Revival

• Movies like Blade runner

Did FLW build a house in Utah?

Yes, the Donald Stromquist house in Bountiful

Title, Architect, Location, Characteristics

Marin County civic center, Cali, Naboo in Star wars inspo

Who designed textile blocks?

FLW, with a meso-American cultural theme

Name 6 Louis Kahn Projects

Kimbell art museum, bath house, salk institute, four freedoms park, national assembly of bangladesh, phillips exeter library

What school marked the shift in architecture

Bauhaus

Founding details about the Bauhaus (4)

1919-1934

Germany

Walter Gropius

3 cities

Bauhaus philosophy

Art and technology must be combined

Teachers at the Bauhaus (8)

• Walter Gropius

• vassily kandinsky

• paul klee

• marcel bruer

• josef albers

• Annie albers

• mies van der rohe

• piet mondrion

Name this architect and their philosopy

Walter gropius; total architecture

Walter Gropius Carrer (3)

• Studied under peter behens

• Head of bauhaus in 1919

• taught at harvard from 1938-41

Define Canteliever

Where an element is anchored at only one end, projecting horizontally to support overhang

What is this chair and why is it well known?

Thonet chair - 1st mass produced chair

Name this furniture

F52 Armchair and Sofa - gropius

Name this furniture

D51 Armchair and sofa - Gropuis

Title, architect

JFK Federal Building - Gropuis

Title, architect

Met-Life, NYC - Gropius

Title, architect

Berlin Bauhaus archive and museum

What characteristics did the Fagus Factory and Bauhaus school have? (3)

Facade in glass, openness between inside and out, corners left without any support 

Title, Arcitect

Bayard-condict Building, Louis Sullivan

Title, Architect, Style

Former Whitney Museum, Bruer, Brutalist Style,

Title, Architect, Characteristic (2)

Hotel Marcel, Breuer, Empty space, Net-zero building

Name Furniture and Designer

Wassily Chair - Breuer (bicycle)

Name Furniture and Designer

Laccio Coffee table - breuer

Name Furniture and Designer

Cesca Chair - breuer

Name Furniture and Designer

B9 Nesting Tables - Bruerer

Who is this

Marcel Breuer

Who is this & Motto

Le Cobusier; A house is a machine for living in

Title, Architect, 5 Points of Architecture

Villa Savoye, Cobusier

• Lift building over pilotis

• Free designing of the ground plan

• The free facade

• Horizontal Window

• The roof garden

Title, Architect, Detail

Hedi Weber Museum, Cobusier; He was also an artist

Title, Architect, Detail

Palace of Justice, Cobusier, Color blocking

Title, Architect, Detail (3)

Chapel at Ronchamp, Cobusier, flying nuns hat, stained glass, sloped walls, roof and floor

Furniture and Designer

LC4 Chaise Lounge - Cobusier

Furniture and Designer

Lc2 Petit Modele Armchair - Cobusier

Furniture and Designer

LC8 Swivel Stool - Cobusier

Furniture and Designer

LC7 Swivel Chair - cobusier

Furniture and Designer

LC1 Sling Chair - Cobusier

Who is this, and what are his 2 sayings

Mies Van der Rohe; God is in the details; Less is more

Title, Architect

Crown Hall, Mies Van der Rohe

Title, Architect

Barcelona Pavillion, Mies Van der Rohe

Title, Architect

Farnsworth House, Mies Van der Rohe

Title, architect

Tugendhat House, Mies Van der Rohe

Title, Architect, Nickname

Carr Memorial Chapel, Mies Van der Rohe, “God Box”

Title, Architect

Seagram Building, Mies Van der Rohe

Title, Architect

Chicago Twin Towers, Mies Van der Rohe

Title, Architect

330 N Wabash Chicago, Mies Van der Rohe

Title, Architect

New National Gallery, Mies Van der Rohe

Furniture Name and Designer

MR Flat Chair

Furniture Name and Designer

MR ArmChair

Furniture Name and Designer

MR Chair

Furniture Name and Designer

Barcelona Chair and Ottoman

Furniture Name and Designer

MR Chaise Lounge

Furniture Name and Designer

Barcelona Couch - Van der rohe

Furniture Name and Designer

Tugendhat Chair - Van der rohe

Who is this? What is he known for designing?

Renee Lalique, Art Deco Object designer

What is art deco also referred to

French Moderne

What themes and forms did Art Deco focus on (7)

Egyption, geometric, machine age, popular colors, motifs, laquer and shiny pieces

Who is this? Design Timeline

Eileen Gray

• Laquer furniture design

• First Store in Paris

• Architecture

Furniture and Designer

Non-Conformist Chair - grey

Furniture and Designer

Bibendum Chair - Grey

Furniture and Designer

Lotus Sofa - Grey

Furniture and Designer

Smoking Table - Grey

Furniture and Designer

S-Chair; Grey

Furniture and Designer

Bonaparte Chair - Grey

Who is this? What artist did he take inspo from?

Gerrit Reitveld; Piet Mondrion

Title, Architect

Schroder house - Reitveld

Furniture and Designer

zig zag chair - Reitveld

Furniture and Designer

Military Chair - Reitveld

Furniture and Designer

Red and Blue Chair - Rietveld

Furniture and Designer

Steltman Chair - Rietveld

Furniture and Designer

Berlin Chair - Rietveld

Furniture and Designer

Crate Chair - Rietveld