Hist of Modern Archt Exam 2

Eiffel Tower

Gustave Eiffel

Paris

Hall of Machines

Contamin and Dutert

Paris

AEG Turbine Factory

Peter Behrens

Berlin

Werkbund Pavilion

Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer

Cologne

Glass Pavilion

Bruno Taut

Cologne

Einstein Observatory

Eric Mendelsohn

Potsdam

Drawings for “La Citta’ Nuova:”

Antonio St.’Elia

Futurism

Bauhaus Academy

Walter Gropius

Dessau, Germany

Weissenhofsiedlung Exhibit

Le Corbusier

Stuttgart

Barcelona Pavilion

Mies Van Der Rohe

Barcelona

Tugendhat House

Mies Van Der Rohe

Brno, Czech Rep.

The Chicago Tribune Tower

Howells & Hood

Chicago, IL

The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building

Howe & Lescaze

Philadelphia, PA

Chrysler Building

William van Alen

New York, NY

The Seagram Building

Mies van der Rohe

New York, NY

Villa Favre-Jacot

Le Corbusier

Le Locle, Switzerland

Citrohan House

Le Corbusier

(1920s)

“Towards a New Architecture” (original French edition: 1923)

Five Points of Architecture:

1. Raised on pilotis.

2. Open plan.

3. Free façade.

4. Ribbon windows.

5. Roof garden.

Villa Savoye

Le Corbusier

Poissy, France

Unité d’Habitation

Le Corbusier

Marseilles, France

Notre-Dame du Haut

Le Corbusier

Ronchamp, France

Friary at La Tourette

Le Corbusier

near Lyons, France

Fallingwater

Frank Lloyd Wright

Bear Run, PA

Johnson Wax Complex

Frank Lloyd Wright

Racine, WI

Taliesen West

Frank Lloyd Wright

Scottsdale, AZ

Guggenheim Museum

Frank Lloyd Wright

New York, NY

Paimio Sanatorium

Alvar Aalto

Finland

Villa Mairea

Alvar Aalto

Finland

Saynatsalo Town Hall

Alvar Aalto

Finland

Church of Three Crosses

Alvar Aalto

Finland