Sketch the typical elevational/massing  scheme for an Art Deco skyscraper:  

Stepped back, massive corner ends, unbroken verticals 

The traditional atrium in 19th century skyscrapers was quickly replaced by what?

Elevators

What were three influences on the Art Deco skyscraper that came from Europe?

German Expressionist movies, Scandinavian City Halls, 1925 Paris World’s Fair

Which architect was the second-place winner of the Chicago Tribune competition?

Saarinan

What World's Fair (date and city) played a pivotal role in the development of Art Deco in the US?

1925 Paris World’s Fair

What building project finally forced New York to initiate proceedings toward a zoning code that  would limit the size of skyscrapers?

Equitable Building

Who drew conte crayon renderings of the design potential of the 1916 New York zoning code?

Ferriss/Corbett

Who wrote the Autobiography of an Idea?

Sullivan

What was the first Neo-Gothic skyscraper to break the stranglehold of Neo-Classicism in New York City?

Woolworth Building

What were two precedents for the ornament used on the Art Deco skyscraper? 

The Chicago School, Hand crafted material

What were two precedents for the massing of the Art Deco skyscraper?

The Masonic Temple, NYC Zoning Sketches

Who designed the Nebraska state Capitol?

Goodhue

Who designed the Singer Building, the first U.S. building to break the 600' mark?

Flagg

What is the style of the Woolworth Building in New York City designed by Cass Gilbert?

Neo-Gothic

Who designed the building that forced New York City to enact a zoning code in 1916?

Ernest Flagg's design of the Singer Building in New York can best be described as what?

 Neo-Classical Tower

The Chicago Tribune competition was won by which architect?

Which European city was the inspiration for Wiley Corbet's and Hugh Ferris' multi-level city studies?

Venice

Art Deco was based on rejecting contemporary technology and using the vocabulary of "traditional" architecture true or false?

False

Wright would later state that he was influenced by what in the design of

his Californian "knit-block" houses?

Primative American architecture, Aztec, Incan, Mayan

Which two highrise projects in the 1920s did Wright design?

National Life Insurance Building, Price Tower

Maybeck

How did Wright achieve a two-story living area in the apartment in his proposed tower for St. Mark's in the Bowrie? 

Wright cantilevered his floors off a single core in the middle of the building, which allowed for two story spaces to be created

Which architect is noted as the first American architect to completely eschew the use of all ornament in his designs in favor of an asymmetrical massing of rectilinear forms with smooth, white-washed walls

with frameless windows?

Gill

Who is best known for his eclecticism, being able to synthesize a diverse collection of stylistic elements with the technology of the day, including such off-the-shelf materials as industrial metal sash and sheet asbestos panels?

Maybeck

What is the term that best describes the style of buildings designed by Bernard Maybeck?

Eclecticism

What was the work of Greene and Greene known as? 

Bungalow

What is "knit-block" construction?

Decorative concrete blocks stacked on top of each other

One of the major differences between roofs designed by Wright and those designed by Greene and Greene?

Who said "There is something very restful and satisfying to my mind in the simple cube house with creamy walls, sheer and plain, rising boldly into the sky, unrelieved by cornices or overhang of roof?”?

Gill

What were three precautions Wright designed into the Imperial Hotel in anticipation of seismic action?

Uses lightweight stone to lower the center of gravity, we breaks the building up into parts, uses a friction pile foundation and concrete on top, he doesn’t use a tile roof, instead he gave it a copper roof.

Which architect was recognized as the master of the early California "bungalow with sensuously-detailed wood construction and deep overhanging balconies?

Greene & Greene

What is the name of Wright's compound in Spring Green?

Taliesin