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| The first American structure to be erected with an iron frame that also supported it masonry envelope was ______________. |
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| The cast iron-fronted building in America is generally regarded as the invention of ___________. |
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| Decribe Bogardus' proposed design for the 1853 New York World's Fair. |
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| Concentric towers w/four story cast iron front |
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| Describe the construction system Bogardus used in the McCullough Shot Tower. |
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| Iron Frame with a masonry infill |
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| Bogardus' primary competitor in New York City was _____________. |
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| The inventor of the American iron skeleton frame was ___________. |
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| The first city in the U.S. where cast iron was used to any great degree was ___________. |
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| Briefly discuss the major difference between the theories of Pugin, Ruskin, and Violet-le-duc, as they apply to their view of Gothic architecture. |
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Violet-le-duc: structural rationalism
Pugin and Ruskin: morally reform architecture |
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| What was the effect on architecture of the Franco-Prussian War? |
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| It slowed the French economy, allowing the U.S. to catch up with steel. |
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| The name given the style of architecture constructed during the reign of Napolean III is ___________. |
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| Napolean III appointed ___________ as Prefect of the Siene, who was responsible for the urban renovation of Paris in the mid-19th century. |
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| List three laws that controlled the design of buildings in Haussmann's Paris: |
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1. Constant Cornice Height
2. Mansard roof
3. Floors must be at the same height |
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| The architect of the Bauakademie in Berlin was ____________. |
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| Name the four types of construction that Semper used to order the The Four Elements of Architecture. |
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1. Ceramics
2. Woven Fabrics
3. Stone Masonry
4. Wood Carpentry |
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| What past style did Semper champion as being capable of further development? |
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| What was the precedent of the Brandenburg Gate? |
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| The first theoretician to speculate about the woven qualities of the primitive curtain wall was _________. |
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| The German artist credited as having coined the term "gesamtkunstwerk" is __________. |
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| Der Stil was written by ____________. |
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| The German architectural theorist who noted the inferior quality of German manufactured goods at the 1851 World's Fair was __________. |
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