Module 5.2: The Search for New Forms

Chicago School

A group of architects working in Chicago engaged in the development of skyscrapers characterized by external expression of their skeletal steel frame

Cladding

A lightweight external covering or skin applied to a structure for protected or aesthetic purposes; the load bearing function of the wall being taken by some other element of the structure

Skeleton construction

A method of construction consisting of a load bearing framework and outer covering which takes no load

What building is an example of skeleton contruction?

The Home Insurance Building, Chicago, Illinois, by William Le Baron Jenney

Spandrel

In a skyscraper, the horizonal band or panel between the windows of successive floors

What building has examples of Spandrels?

Adler & Sullivan, Wainwright Building, St. Louis

Roman Brick

A type of brick used in ancient Roman architecture, or a modern brick inspired by the ancient style; longer and flatter than modern bricks

What building uses roman brick?

William H Winslow House, River Forest, by Frank Lloyd Wright

Running bond

A brickwork pattern consisting entirely of stretchers, where each brick is laid with its long side exposed

porte-cochère

A porch large enough for wheeled vehicles to pass through

Prairie School

Architectural movement in the American Midwest, mainly in residential building'; inspired by Sullivan, led by Frank Lloyd Wright; typified by horizontally open plans, and emphasis on natural qualities of materials

Home Insurance Building

Chicago, Illinois, USA,1855

Who designed the Home Insurance Building?

William Le Baran Jenney

Auditorium Building

Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1889

Who designed the Auditorium Building?

Louis Sullivan & Dankmar Adler

Wainwright Building

St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 1890-1891

Who designed the Wainwright Building?

Louis Sullivan

Home and Studio

Oak Park (chicago), Illinois, USA<1889

Who designed the Home and Studio in Oak Park?

Frank Lloyd Wright

William H Winslow House

River Forest (Chicago), Illinois, USA, 1893

Who designed William H Winslow’s House?

Frank Lloyd Wright

“A Home in a Prairie Town”

Ladies Home Journal, 1901

Who designed “A Home in a Prairie Town”?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Dana House

Springfield, Illinois, USA, 1902

Who designed the Dana House?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Willits House

Highland Park (Chicago), Illinois, USA 1902

Who designed Willits House?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Robie House

Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1906

Who designed the Robie House?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Friedrich Froebel

1782-1852

Joseph Lyman Silsbee

1848-1913

Louis Sullivan

1856-1924

Frank Lloyd Wright

1867-1959