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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
08/31/2009

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The building that best represents the coming together of Wright's ideas of plan, section, and elevation in creating continuity of space and movement is
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the Guggenheim
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List two details Mies used in his American buildings to divorce them from the existing urban fabric
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a. lifted buildings off of the ground plane

b. set the building back from the sidewalk

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What advantage is there in offsetting the location of the core in the plan of a highrise office
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It is better for space planning
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What detail in the Lever House allows the pedestrian to reconnect with tower after leaving the sidewalk
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The U-shaped, lifted terrace
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What was the new architectural material whose price had dropped significantly after the end of WWII, that it quickly was adopted as the exterior material of choice for the next twenty years
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Aluminum
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Describe the lateral (wind) load structure of the Sears Building
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9 square as a bundled tube
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Describe the problem that "rationalist" International Style designers tried to avoid and what was the typical solution
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a. cannot express each column the same

b. would cantilever the ends

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___________was the last and tallest of the International Style glass box skyscrapers
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Chase Manhattan Bank
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What three environmental systems were combined in the development of the suspended ceiling during the 1950's
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a. lighting

b. ventilation

c. sprinklers

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What kept the International Style glass box skyscraper from going no taller than the Chase Manhattan Bank
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Wind structure cost too high
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Discuss the interrelationship between exterior and interior detailing in choosing between a centerline to centerline curtain wall and one that is inserted between the sides of the columns
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Cantilever the curtain wall out from the columns so that all of the windows can be the same
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The first post WWII glass box skyscraper in the US was the
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Equitable Savings Building
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What two major projects were responsible for the large size of SOM by the end of WWII
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a. Manhattan Projects

b. VA Hospitals

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What skyscraper marked the ultimate retreat from the street and the start of "Plaza-mania"
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Seagram Building
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The conceptual design of the UN office tower was the product of
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Le Corbusier
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___________was responsible for the conceptual design of the UN office tower
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Le Corbusier

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"I don't want to be interesting, I want to be good" is a quote ascribed to
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Mies
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Describe the difference in how Mies designed spaces in his pre-WWII European buildings and those in his post-WWII American buildings
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pre-WWII: flow of space and simplicity

post-WWII: rational and symmetrical

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"Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space" is a quote by
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Mies
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The SOM partner responsible for the design of the Lever House was
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Bunshaft
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Why were the Lever House and the Seagram's Building much more expensive than the face value of their construction
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They did not build on the full site
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List the three locations for a glass skin in a skyscraper and list a building from class that is an example of each type
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a.Structural frame glass infill-Equitable Savings Bank

b.In front of the structure-UN Headquarters

c.Behind the structure-Inland Steel Building

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The difference between SOM's typical corner detail as represented in the Inland Steel Building and Mies' typical corner detail as represented in the Seagram's Building is
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A. Mies would cantilever the floor half a bay past the last column while SOM placed a column in the corner to create a full bay
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