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Back Bay, Boston, plans of 1861 and 1872;
Commonwealth Avenue, c. 1880;
plan of 1888 |
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Compared to other plans
No row housing
Commonwealth comnects common to the rest of e town |
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Henry Hobson Richardson
*Trinity Church, Boston |
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1873-77
Richardsonian Romanesque. Picturesque massing. Round romanesque arches (not gothic) |
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Henry Hobson Richardson
*Watts Sherman House, Newport, R.I. |
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1874+
Prototype for shingle style. plain colonial shingled surfaces and massing. shingles create the effect of the building as a continuous envelope of space rather than a great mass. |
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cf Richard Norman Shaw
*Leyswood, Sussex, England |
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1866; 1868-1869 (partially demolished)
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cf Richard Norman Shaw
Hopedene, Surrey, England |
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published in 1874
Mix of masonry and glass
Importance lies in axial alignment of roofs unifying the otherwise oddly discontinuous structure |
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Henry Hobson Richardson
*Crane Library, Quincy, MA. |
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1881
Windows and forms represent function
Many pieces within envelope |
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Henry Hobson Richardson
*Ames Memorial Library, No. Easton, MA. |
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1877-1879
Ornament represents natural form
Three superimposed horizontal zones |
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Henry Hobson Richardson
*Ames Gate Lodge, No. Easton, MA. |
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1880-1881
Arch powerful entry. Eyebrow windows represent richardsonian motif |
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Henry Hobson Richardson
*Railroad Station, No. Easton, MA. |
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1881-1882
heavy masonry oversized roof |
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Henry Hobson Richardson
*Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail Pittsburgh
(cf Bridge of Sighs + Rialto Bridge, Venice) |
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1884-1886
Example ofRichardsonian romanesque. Connects the jail and courthouse using a bridge.arches and columns = rmnsq |
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Henry Hobson Richardson
*Marshall Field Wholesale Store, Chicago |
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1885-1886 (demolished)
The building is a solid form with voids. Uses piers and arches
Rustification makes the top appear smaller |
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Henry Hobson Richardson
*Stoughton House, Brattle Street, Cambridge |
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1882-1883
minimal ornament shingle style |
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McKim, Mead & White
*H.A.C. Taylor House, Newport |
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shingle style (lol chimneys)
Colonial revival based off classical style |
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McKim, Mead & White
*Low House, Bristol, R.I. |
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1886 (demolished)
shingle triangle house
Simplicity |
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William LeBaron Jenney
skeletal steel frame |
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Definition
1890
2nd phase of devlepment of skyscrapers
Alowed much taller buildings |
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William LeBaron Jenney
*First Leiter Store, Chicago |
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1879
Opens the masonry box to show the cast iron wall of windows |
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William LeBaron Jenney
*Home Insurance Building, Chicago |
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Definition
1883-85
Terracotta masonry base
Development of refinement of steel |
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William LeBaron Jenney
*Home Insurance Building, Chicago |
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Definition
1883-85
Before total steel frame |
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William LeBaron Jenney
*Second Leiter, Store, Chicago |
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1889-1891
Progression of changes from bottom to top |
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| Daniel Burnham and John Root *Monadnock Building, Chicago |
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1889-1891
All masonry tapers out at bottom unlike rleliance |
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Daniel Burnham and John Root
*Reliance Building, Chicago |
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Definition
1890 (Root); 1895+ Charles Atwood
All steel coated in terra cotta |
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Louis Sullivan
*Auditorium, Chicago |
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1887-1889
Expressive quality of the building--Like buildings have life force organic. Starts out as a seed, idea. Buildings have order. Base, shaft, capital. The separation of parts acted as a solution to the newfound freedom of steel. Result is a new simple form separate from historIcal styles |
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Louis Sullivan
*Gage Building and Gage Group (Holabird and Roche), Chicago |
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Louis Sullivan
*Getty Tomb, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago |
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1890
Skyscraper stripped down to the base. Ornament integrate to surface. Arch |
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Louis Sullivan
*Wainwright Building, St. Louis |
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1890-1899
A step in the development Of steel
Classical formula throughout |
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Louis Sullivan
*Schlesinger and Mayer Store (Carson, Pirie, Scott) Chicago |
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Definition
1899-1906
Commercial base grid offices on top |
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New York City Tenement Housing
James Ware
*"dumb-bell" tenement plan |
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1879
Improvements lead to more money
Importance lies in the development of the tenement plan |
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New York City Tenement Housing
Ernest Flagg
* model tenement house (light court) plan |
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1894
Sanitary =$$
Prioritize safety |
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New York City Tenement Housing
Henry Atterbury Smith
*Shively Sanitary Tenements, East 77 and 78th Streets, NYC |
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1911
Ernest Flagg ideas
Tuberculosis |
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Olmsted and Picturesque Planning in the City and Suburb
Alexander Wadsworth
*Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA. |
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Olmsted and Picturesque Planning in the City and Suburb
Frederick Law Olmsted
*Central Park, New York |
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1863 (with Calvert Vaux)
Insert public space into city
Cultivate the soul city dweller
Opportunity to shownbeauty |
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Olmsted and Picturesque Planning in the City and Suburb
Frederick Law Olmsted
*Riverside, Ill. |
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1868-1869
Resmbles mt auburn cemetary- irregular pot sizes curvelinear streets. Picturesque natural landscape |
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Olmsted and Picturesque Planning in the City and Suburb
Frederick Law Olmsted
*Boston Park System |
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Daniel Burnham, Master planner
*World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago |
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Charles Atwood
*Palace of Fine Arts, Columbian Exposition, Chicago
cf Bénard. Palais projet |
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1893, 1867
Based on beaux arts |
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McKim, Mead and White
*Boston Public Library |
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1888-1895
Inspired by Marshal field Wholesale
Symbol of boston heritage
Movement from front to back |
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Richard Morris Hunt
*"The Breakers," Newport, R.I. |
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Definition
1892-1895
Archetype for the gilded age
Conveys culture |
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Julia Morgan
*Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California |
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1919-1947
First woman to graduate from ecole
Using spanish missionary style = heavy on masonry work with detailed ornamentation |
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Edwin Lutyens
*“Munstead Wood,” Gertrude Jekyll House, Godalming, Surrey, England |
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1896
Combination of vernacular and classical. Medieval interior . Natural materials creating picturesque feel |
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Edwin Lutyens
*Tigbourne Court, Withey, Surrey, England |
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Definition
1897-1899
Vernacular style but more abstract than queen anne
Renaissance axiality |
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Frederick Froebel
"Gifts" from Pedagogical Writings |
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Definition
1874
Horizontality, connect to landscape, natural ornamentation, simplicity and repose |
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Frank Lloyd Wright
*Wright House and Studio, Oak Park, Ill |
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Definition
1889
Like low house but more suburban so steeper
Living hall idea - connected space between hall fireplace stair |
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Frank Lloyd Wright
*Charnley House, Astor Place, Chicago |
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Definition
1892 (Sullivan's Office)
Bridge like element conncts blocks
Simplicity |
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Frank Lloyd Wright
*Winslow House, River Forest, Ill. |
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Definition
1893-1894
Another study of the block like composition
Dining room spills into the landscape
Hearth roots to site |
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Frank Lloyd Wright
*Ward Willitts House, Highland Park, Ill. |
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Definition
1902
Shows frank lloyd style of this kinda kernal where the building is the densest in the center. Uses pinwheel setup |
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Frank Lloyd Wright
*Robie House, Chicago |
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Definition
1904-1908
Wanted to see his neighbors without being seen
Maintains horizontal by combining the dining and living room |
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