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| List three influences on the Art Deco skyscraper that came from Europe: |
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| The second-place winner of the Chicago Tribune competition was |
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| What World's Fair (date & city) playe d apivotal role in the development of Art Deco in the US? |
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| What building project finally forced New York to initiate proceedings toward a zoning code that would limit the size of skyscrapers: |
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| The conte crayon renderings of the design potential of the 1916 New York zoning code were drawn by |
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| The Autobiography of an Idea was written by |
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| The first Neo-Gothic skyscraper to break the stranglehold of Neo-Classicism in New York City was the |
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a. German Expressionist masonry detailed like woven fabric
b. 1925 Paris World's Fair |
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| List two precedents for the ornament used on the Art Deco skyscraper: |
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a. Saarinen's Chicago Tribune entry
b. Sullivan's Odd Fellow's Tower |
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| List two precedents for the massing of the Art Deco skyscraper: |
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| _____ designed the Nebraska State Capitol |
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| ______ designed the Singer Building, the first US building to break the 600' mark |
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| The style of the Woolworht Building in NYC designed by Cass Gilbert can best be described as |
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| The building that forced NYC to enact a zoning code in 1916 was designed by |
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| Ernest Flagg's design of the Singer Building in New York can best be described as |
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| The Chicago Tribune competition was won by |
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| The European city that was the inspiration for Wiley Corbet's and Hugh Ferris' multi-level studies was |
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| Wright would later state that he was influenced by ______ in the design of his Californian "knit-block" houses. |
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a. National Life Insurance
b. Prince Tower |
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| Wright designed two highrise projects in the 1920's. They are |
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| __________ designed the First Church, Christ the Scientist in Berkley |
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| floors are cantilevered off the main core |
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| Describe how Wright achieved a two-story living area in the aparments in his proposed tower for St Mark's in the Bowrie: |
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| _______ is noted as the first American architect to completely eschew the used of all ornament in his designs in favor of an asymmetrical massing of rectilinear forms with smooth, white-washed walls with frameless windows. |
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| _____ 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. |
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| The term that best describes the style of buildings designed by Bernard Maybeck is |
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| The type of California house that influenced the work of Green and Greene was known as the: |
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| walls of masonry detailed like woven fabric that is structural and architectural |
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| Describe "knit-block" construction: |
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| One of the major differences between the houses designed by Wright adn those designed by Greene and Greene was that Wright used _____ roofs while Greene & Greene used _____ roofs. |
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| 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 a roof", is a quote by ______ which describes his inner feelings of his residential designs. |
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1. lightweight stone & battered walls to keep center of gravity low
2. raft foundation
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| List three precautions Wright designed into the Imperial Hotel in anticipation of seismic action |
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| The architect recognized as the amster of the early California "bungalow" in which sensuously-detailed wood construction and deep overhanging balconies were used was |
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| ______ is the name of Wright's compound in Spring Green |
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