1750036
| Question | Answer |
| Riverside is arguably the first planned community in the United States | Frederick Law Olmsted Plan for Riverside, IL 1868 |
|
Image:
riverside.JPG (image/JPG)
|
Frederick Law Olmsted Plan for Riverside, IL 1868 |
| unrealised project designed by the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier in 1922 | Le Corbusier Ville Radieuse "Radiant City" Plan for Paris 1922 |
|
Image:
ville-radieuse (image/jpg)
|
unrealised project designed by the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier in 1924. |
| Radburn was explicitly designed to separate traffic by mode, with a pedestrian path system that does not cross any major roads at grade. Radburn introduced the largely residential "superblock" and is credited with incorporating some of the earliest culs-de-sac in the United States. | Stein & Wright Plan of Radburn New Jersey 1928 |
| founded in 1928 as "a town for the motor age" | Stein & Wright Plan of Radburn New Jersey 1928 |
| Stein & Wright Plan of Radburn New Jersey 1928 | |
| Robert Venturi Mother's House Chestnut Hill PA 1962 | |
| Architects can no longer afford to be intimidated by the puritanically moral language of orthodox Modern architecture. I like elements which are hybrid rather than "pure," compromising rather than "clear," distorted rather than "straightforward." ... I am for messy vitality over obvious unity. I include the non sequitur and proclaim duality. | Robert Venturi Mother's House Chestnut Hill, PA 1962 |
| "Less is a bore" | Robert Venturi Post- modern Maxim |
| The "gentle manifesto" The book demonstrated, through countless examples, an approach to understanding architectural composition and complexity, and the resulting richness and interest. | Robert Venturi "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture" 1966 |
| A criticism of the functionalist and symbolically vacuous architecture of corporate modernism during the 1950s | Robert Venturi "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture" 1966 |
| second manifesto-even more stinging rebuke to orthodox modernism and elite architectural tastes. | Robert Venturi Learning from Las Vegas 1972 |
|
Image:
Exterior_9--crop (image/jpg)
|
Robert Venturi Art Museum Addition Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 1973 |
|
Image:
Art_Museum_add (image/jpg)
|
Robert Venturi Art Museum Addition Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 1973 |
|
Image:
dsc05532_shift (image/jpg)
|
Robert Venturi LEWIS THOMAS LABORATORIES PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Princeton, NJ 1983 |
|
Image:
00003270 (image/jpg)
|
Robert Venturi LEWIS THOMAS LABORATORIES PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Princeton, NJ 1983 |
| Charles Moore Kresge College University of California Santa Cruz, CA 1973 | |
|
Image:
cid_3150571 (image/jpg)
|
Charles Moore Sea Ranch Condominiums Sea Ranch, CA 1964 |
|
Image:
cid_3149920 (image/jpg)
|
Charles Moore Sea Ranch Condominiums Sea Ranch, CA 1964 |
| The authors establish the basis for good building by examining houses. These examples demonstrate how individual houses can express the care, energies, and dreams of the people who live in them, and can contribute to a larger sense of place. | Charles Moore "The Place of Houses" 1974 |
| Charles Moore Kresge College University of California Santa Cruz, CA 1973 | |
|
Image:
imgres (image/jpg)
|
Charles Moore Kresge College University of California Santa Cruz, CA 1973 |
| It became immediately controversial for its ornamental top , but enjoyed for its spectacular arched entranceway, measuring about seven stories in height. With these ornamental additions, the building challenged architectural modernism's demand for stark functionalism and purely efficient design. For this it is considered by many critics to be a prime exemplar of postmodern architecture. | Philip Johnson AT&T corporate Headquarters New York, NY 1978 |
| Philip Johnson AT&T corporate Headquarters New York, NY 1978 | |
| Philip Johnson AT&T corporate Headquarters New York, NY 1978 | |
| "the crown jewel in Pittsburgh's skyline," "the towering success of downtown Pittsburgh," | Philip Johnson PPG Corporate Headquarters Pittsburgh, PA 1982 |
|
Image:
Oneppgplace (image/jpg)
|
Philip Johnson PPG Corporate Headquarters Pittsburgh, PA 1982 |
| Philip Johnson PPG Corporate Headquarters Pittsburgh, PA 1982 | |
|
Image:
Oneppgplace (image/jpg)
|
Philip Johnson PPG Corporate Headquarters Pittsburgh, PA 1982 |
|
Image:
Exeter_library (image/jpg)
|
Louis L. Kahn Library, Phillips Academy Exeter NH 1967 (exterior) |
| Louis L. Kahn Library, Phillips Academy Exeter NH 1967 (atrium) | |
| created a style that was monumental and monolithic; his heavy buildings do not hide their weight, their materials, or the way they are assembled. | Louis Kahn |
| monumental beyond modernism. Famous for his meticulously built works, his provocative unbuilt proposals, and his teaching, one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. | Louis Kahn |
| use of a variety of surface materials and colors, small windows, and inclusion of prominent decorative flourishes, was in stark contrast to the architectural style most commonly used for large office buildings at the time, and made the building an icon of postmodern architecture. It is the first major postmodern building, | Michael Graves State Office Building Portland OR 1981 |
| Michael Graves State Office Building Portland OR 1981 | |
| Michael Graves State Office Building Portland OR 1981 | |
|
Image:
Humana (image/jpg)
|
Michael Graves Humana Corporate Headquarters Louisville KY 1985 |
| Richard Meier Athenaeum New Harmony, IN 1975 | |
| Richard Meier Athenaeum New Harmony, IN 1975 | |
| Richard Meier Athenaeum New Harmony, IN 1975 | |
| american abstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white. | Richard Meier Athenaeum -1975 Getty Museum- 1997 |
|
Image:
Getty_Center_2 (image/jpg)
|
Richard Meier J Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, CA 1997 |
|
Image:
640px-Getty_USGS (image/jpg)
|
Richard Meier J Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, CA 1997 |
| Frank Gehry Guggenhiem Museum Bilbao Spain 1997 | |
|
Image:
stata-center-mit (image/jpg)
|
Frank Gehry Stata Center MIT Cambridge MA 2004 |
|
Image:
Wfm_stata_center (image/jpg)
|
Frank Gehry Stata Center MIT Cambridge MA 2004 |
| Frank Gehry Disney Hall Los Angeles CA 2005 |
Want to create your own Flashcards for free with GoConqr? Learn more.