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9. Name two details Eliel Saarinen employed in Christ Lutheran Church in order to minimize acoustic shadows |
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a. undulating wall
b. sloped ceiling |
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38. Name the consensus choice by American architects as the best design in the U.S. and its architect in each category, as expressed in this course:
best building in America:
best urban space:
best site planning in a collection of buildings, employing portal, path and place:
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best building in America: Salk Institute by Kahn
best urban space: Rockefeller Center by Hood
best site planning in a collection of buildings, employing portal, path and place: Cranbrook by Saarinen |
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12. Sketch the typical floor plan of a classroom wing in the Crow Island School: |
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16-2 What technology did Eero Saarinen adopt from the automobile industry in the detailing of the GM Tech Center? |
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neoprene glazing gasket and lightweight insulating panel |
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24-2 __________ was given the responsibility for the design of all of the buildings at the Cranbrook School of Design |
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3-4 What one major reservation about the design of Dulles did Larson express: |
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central drain in the middle looks like a couple |
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21-2 What two major reservations about the design of Kresge auditorium did Larson express: |
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a. structure not expressed inside
b. corners show no support for heavy roof |
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30-3 Sketch the traverse cross section of the Yale Hockey Rink: |
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7-2 Crow Island School, which set the model for the design of the post WWII elementary school in the U.S. was designed by ___________ |
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10. The inspiration for the scale of Eero Saarinen's site plan of the GM Tech Center was _________ |
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27-6 List three technological innovations in construction developed by Eero Saarinen that would become standard techniques during the late 1960s: |
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a. neoprene glazing gasket
b. lightweight insulated panel wall
c. self oxidizing steel |
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25-4 What grade school established the prototype for the post WWII baby boom and who designed it: |
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a. Crow Island School
b. Saarinen |
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28-2 What is the name of the school of art in Detroit designed by Eliel Saarinen? |
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30-2 "The thing itself" was the objective of whose work? |
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