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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Started in England and spread throughout Europe & America; change from agrarian handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture
SEVERN RIVER BRDGE
World’s first arch iron bridge by Abraham Darby, England
CRYSTAL PALACE
Cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park London
ST. PANCRAS STATION
Train shed by Barlow 1868; largest single-span roof in the world at that time
GALLERIA VITTORIO EMMANUEL
A magnificent shopping arcade in Milan, covered with glass and iron roof
EIFFEL TOWER
An icon of technological prowess in pre-fabricated iron, it is France’s symbol in the world
BATTLE OF STYLES
Term used to refer to the conflict between Gothic and Classical ideas
COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE
Style applied to settlements built by immigrants; combines the architecture of their mother country to that of their new lands
GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE
19th century style patterned after the Middle ages
GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE
Masonry construction; vertical proportions; tall pointed windows w/tracery; stained glass; carved stone ornament like gargoyles
ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL
By James Renwick, largest Neo-Gothic style cathedral in North America
MANCHESTER TOWN HALL
By Alfred Waterhouse, regarded as one of the finest interpretations of Gothic revival architecture in the world
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
Style derived from the architecture of Classical Greece and Rome and the architecture of Italian Architect Andrea Palladio
ADAM/FEDERAL STYLE
Derived from the architecture of Scottish brothers James and Robert Adam; elliptical and round spaces; symmetrical; simple exterior box; projecting wings; Greek/roman character
MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE
Widely acclaimed as one of the more magnificent public buildings in the country
JEFFERSONIAN
American form of Palladian inspired architecture
EMPIRE STYLE
Inspired by the grandeur of ancient Egypt and Imperial Rome
MADELEINE CHURCH, PARIS
Built as a temple to the glory of Napoleon’s army
ITALIANTE ARCHITECTURE
Developed in Britain by John Nash; derived from Italy’s rambling farmhouses, usually built of masonry, with their characteristic square tower and informal detailing
GREEK REVIVAL
Simple moulding; heavy cornices; gables with pediments; unadorned friezes
BRITISH MUSEUM SOUTH FACADE
One of the largest and most comprehensive museum of natural history with 8 million collections from all over the world
RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
Classical orders; round arches; symmetrical composition; wide overhands supported by brackets
SEMPER OPERA HOUSE
By Gottfried Semper, one of the most beautiful opera house in the world
SECOND EMPIRE
Also called Napoleon III style, it was the modern fashion of the later 19th century copying the vogue French building styles
OLD CITY HALL, BOSTON
One of the First buildings in the Second Empire style to be built in the US
STICK STYLE
A celebration of woof technology; style stressed the wall surface rather than applying decorative elements
QUEEN ANNE STYLE
Introduced b Richard Norman Shaw; took inspiration from England; often called romantic and feminine
CARPENTER GOTHIC
Largely confined to small domestic buildings and small churches; meant to improvise and emphasize charm and quaintness
FOLK VICTORIAN
Style used for simple homes made elaborate with factory-made decorative trimmings
ROMANESQUE REVIVAL
Specially suited for public buildings, schools, churches and mansions; introduced by Henry Hobson Richardson
SHINGE STYLE
Conveyed a sense of continuous volume; emphasis is on mass and horizontal continuity
COLONIAL REVIVAL
Mixture of all styles, uniquely American; reflects the late 19th century fascination with home built by the Early English and Dutch settlers
DUTCH COLONIAL REVIVAL
Features variations of the gamrel roof being flared and having a double slope with a chimney at the middle
GEORGIAN COLONIAL REVIVAL
Orderly symmetry; sash windows; accentuated front door
GARRISON COLONIAL REVIVAL
Variation on the Georgian Colonial Revival style; features as second story that projects out, over the first story
SALTBOX COLONIAL REVIVAL
Two stories at the back and one story at the rear
CAPE COD
One and a half story Colonial Revival home w/attic bedrooms tucked underneath its steeply pitched roofs
TUDOR REVIVAL
Dominated by steeply pitched gabled roofs and half timbering
SPANISH COLONIAL REVIAL
Clay tile roofs; round arches and details from eras of Baroque, Morish and Churrigueresque
MISSION REVIVAL
Regional vernacular style w/hispanic past and associated w/spanish colonial revival
PUEBLO REVIVAL
Regional architectural style of the Southwestern US inspired by the Hopi Indian Pueblo and the Spanish Colonial Style
MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL
Inspired by the architecture of the coasts of Spain, France, Italy, and North Africa
MOORISH REVIVAL
Exotic revival adopted in Europe and America due to the Romanticist fascination with all things oriental
BEAUX ARTS
Expresses the academic neoclassical architectural style of an influential arts schools in France
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL
Largest train terminal in the world by number of platforms
PENN STATION
Major intercity train station and major commuter rail hub in NYC
PACO TRAIN STATION
Willian Parsons in Beaux Arts Style, biggest train station in Manila when it was built
ARTS & CRAFTS
An anti-industrial movement centered on vernacular architecture
ART NOUVEAU
Innovative, revolutionary and new; An ornamental style of art that flourished in Europe and US
TASSEL HOUSE, BELGIUM
Considered as the first true Art Nouveau building because of its highly innovative plan and its ground breaking use of materials and decoration
VICTOR HORTA’S HOUSE AND MUSEUM
UNESCO World Heritage, true example of the Art Nouveau
SAGRADA FAMILIA
By Antoni Gaudi; The basilica combines gothic and art nouveau forms
BUNGALOW
Detached, single low-rise house; developed in India fashioned for warm weather
PRAIRIE STYLE
Marked by horizontal lines, gently sloping roofs, broad overhanging eaves, ribbon windows and integration w/landscapes.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
Father of Prairie style, and the acknowledged master of the prairie house
FREDERICK C. ROBIE HOUSE
Renowned as the greatest example of the Prairie school style by FLW
USONIAN HOUSE
Cost-efficient style popularize by FLW due to the economic depression in America
USONIAN HOUSE
No attics; no basements; open carport; little ornamentation
COTSWOLD STYLE
Unique style based on houses from the Cotswold region built of local yellow limestone
COTSWOLD STYLE
Steep gables, chimneys, stone-finished
ART DECO
Decorative arts that originated in France inspired by industrialization and technical progress, using bold line and simple shapes
ART DECO
Contrasting vivid colors; streamline geometric shapes; symmetrical repeating patters; simple and clean
CHRYSLER BUILDING, MANHATTAN
A stunning masterpiece of Art Deco style; tallest building in the world in 1930
GENERAL ELECTRIC BUILDING, NY
By John W. Cross, has a filigree style decoration and lighting bolt motifs
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
By Shreve Lamb & Harmon, world’s tallest skyscraper until the completion of World Trade center; its name is derived from the nickname of New York
METROPOLITAN THEATER
By Juan Arellano, one of the few remaining Art deco in the Philippines
RIZAL MEMORIAL STADIUM
Juan Arellano, the only art deco sporting facility in Southeast Asia
STREAMLINE MODERNE / ART MODERNE
Late type of art deco architecture; curving forms, long horizontal lines, nautical concept, wedding cake arrangement
GREYHOUND BUS TERMINAL
Last of the series to be built in streamline mordern style and the first and most ambitious building constructed; World’s largest bus terminal
MANILA JAI ALAI BUILDING
Finest streamline modern building in Asia; the 4-storey building was said to be one of the most beautiful frontons in the world
GOOGIE ARCHITECTURE
Doo Wop or Populuxe; intended of commercial purposes to entice people to buy
NOVELTY ARCHITECTURE
Mimetic and Programmatic architecture
INTERNATIONAL STYLE
Dominant tendency in western architecture during the middle decades of 20th century
INTERNATIONAL STYLE
Rectilinear forms; devoid of ornamentation; open interiors; visual weightless w/cantilever construction; glass and steel
FARNSWORTH HOUSE
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; iconic masterpiece of the International style
WORLD TRADE CENTER
By Minoru Yamasaki; Twin 110-storey towers used a tube-frame structural design; destroyed in terrorist attack
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER
A 104 storey building replacing the original twin towers; tallest building in western hemisphere
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
Style that reacted against the classic, hence it was called barbaric; defined as a style that departed from the classic lines
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
Light, airy & heavenly, pointed, elaborately & ornately decorated
GOTHIC AGE
Considered as one of Europe’s outstanding artistic eras
PLATE TRACERY
Tracery uses thick areas of stone to separate glazed areas ; stone dominates rather than the glass
BAR TRACERY
Composed of thin stone elements rather than thick ones; glass dominates rather than stone
FINIAL
Decorative upper termination of a spire
CROCKET
Foliage decoration on the raking of a spire
PINNACLE
Small spire
GROTESQUES
A chimera, serves only an ornamental function
GARGOYLES
Functional waterspouts that are said to scare off evil spirits
GOTHIC STYLE
Called ‘L’ architecture Ogivale’ from the word ogive referring to a pointed arch
OGIVAL SYSTEM
Vaulting framework of intersecting pointed arch ribs
CHEVET
An apse having a surrounding ambulatory of which are chapels
LADY CHAPEL
Chapel dedicated to Virgin Mary
CHANTRY CHAPEL
For religious services to whomever the donor directs
FLECHE
Slender spire rising from a roof
PRIMAIRE PERIOD
Lancettes; distinguished by pointed arches and geometric tracery windows
SECONDAIRE PERIOD
Rayonnant; distinguished by circular windows with wheel tracery
TERTIARE
Flamboyant; florid style of late Gothic, characterized by flame-like window tracery
ALBI CATHEDRAL
Fortress church with a large vaulted hall, widest in France
AMIENS CATHEDRAL
Originally painted in multiple colors; has slightly projecting transepts and sweeping chevet of 7 chapels
BEAUVAIS CATHEDRAL
Most daring achievement of Gothic architecture, having the highest nave in Europe and it has 3 tiers of flying buttresses
BOURGES CATHEDRAL
Remarkable for the absence of transepts and shortness in proportion to width