Architecture History Flashcards

Flashcards from Architecture Lecture Notes

Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Architect of Church of Sainte-Geneviève (“Le Panthéon”), Paris, France, 1755–1790.

Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Architect of Barrière de la Villette, Paris, France, 1784–1789.

Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Architect of Royal Saltworks at Chaux (Saline de Chaux), Arc-et-Senans, near Besançon, France, begun c. 1775.

Richard Boyle, Third Earl of Burlington, Architect of Chiswick House, Chiswick, outside London, England, 1725

Charles Bridgeman and William Kent, Designers of Ionic Temple, Gardens, Chiswick house

Thomas Jefferson, Architect of Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1771; 1793-1809

Thomas Jefferson, Architect of Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, 1785–1789

Thomas Jefferson, Architect of University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1817

Charles Pierre L’Enfant, Designer of Plan for the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, designed in 1791

John Wilkinson, Thomas F. Pritchard, and Abraham Darby III, Architects of Coalbrookdale Bridge, Coalbrookdale (Ironbridge), England, 1777–1779.

Leo von Klenze, Architect of Glyptothek (Sculpture Gallery), Munich, Germany, 1816–1830.

Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Architects of New Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), London, England, 1836–1870.

Charles Garnier, Architect of Paris Opéra (Opéra Garnier), Paris, France, 1861–1875

Henri Labrouste, Architect of Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, France, 1838–1850.

Sir George Gilbert Scott, Architect of Saint Pancras Station and Midland Grand Hotel, London, England, 1868-1874.

W. H. Barlow and R. M. Ordish, Engineers of Saint Pancras Station Train Shed, London, England, 1863–1865.

Sir Joseph Paxton, Architect of Crystal Palace, London, England, 1851 (destroyed 1936)

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Gustave Eiffel, Architect of Eiffel Tower for the World’s Fair, Paris, France, 1884–1889.

Louis Sullivan, Architect of Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri. 1890–91.

Philip Webb, Architect of Red House, in Bexleyheath, London, designed for William Morris in 1859

Victor Horta, Architect of Interior stairwell of the Tassel House, Brussels. 1892–93

Joseph Maria Olbrich, Architect of The Secession Building, Vienna 1897-1898

Antoni Gaudí, Architect of Casa Milà, Barcelona. 1905–10

Gaudi,

Architect of Sagrada Familia, begun 1882 under construction (2026)

Peter Behrens,

Architect of AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) Turbine Factory, Berlin, Germany, 1909

Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer,

Architects of Fagus Factory, 1913 Alfeld-an-der-Leine, Germany

Walter Gropius

Architect of Bauhaus. Dessau, Germany 1924

Gerrit Rietveld

Architect of Schröder House, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 1924

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architect of German Pavilion, 1929, Barcelona, Spain

Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeannaret

Architects of Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1931

Frank Lloyd Wright,

Architect of Robie House, Chicago. 1908–10

Frank Lloyd Wright,

Architect of Fallingwater, steps to stream (Edgar J. Kaufmann House), Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1936-39

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson,

Architects of Seagram Building, New York. 1954–58

Bruno Taut,

Architect of Glass Pavilion, Werkbund Exhibition, Cologne. 1914

Erich Mendelsohn,

Architect of Einsteinturm, Potsdam, Germany, 1924

Le Corbusier,

Architect of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France 1954

Robert Venturi,

Architect of Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, PA, 1964

Michael Graves,

Architect of Public Services Building, Portland, Oregon. 1980–82

Philip Johnson,

Architect of AT&T (Sony) Building, New York, NY,1978–1983.

James Stirling,

Architect of Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart. 1977–83

Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano,

Architects of Centre National d’Art et Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris. 1971–77

Norman Foster,

Architect of Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China. 1979–86

Frank Gehry,

Architect of Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain. 1992–97

Zaha Hadid,

Architect of Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati. Opened 2003

Renzo Piano,

Architect of California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, 2005–2008

Priene,

Hellenistic city in Turkey

Timgad,

Roman City in Algeria

Piazza del Popolo,

Baroque Piazza in Rome, Italy, 1585

Vincenzo Scamozzi,

Architect of Palmanova, Baroque

Pyramid Complex, La Venta,

Olmec Pyramid Complex, La Venta, 900-400 BCE, Mexico

Temple of the Moon,

Located in Teotihuacan, Mexico, c. 200-250 CE

Temple of the Feathered Serpent (Quetzalcoatl),

Located in Teotihuacan, Mexico, ca. 350 CE

The Palace at Palenque,

Located in Palenque, Mexico 7-8 Centuries CE

Temple of the Inscriptions,

Located in Palenque, Mexico, 7th c. CE

Ball court,

Located in Chichen Itza, Mexico

Temple of the Moon, Teotihuacan, Mexico, c. 200-250 CE