Intro to Architecture
Highland Park Ford Plant
Albert Kahn, Highland Park, MI Ford required a large uninterrupted space and huge windows made possible by the concrete frame which allowed the assembly line to be possible set the pattern for american industrial architecture
Wainwright Building
Louis Sullivan, St Louis MO The first skyscraper that appears tall in an elegant way "every inch a proud and soaring thing" 2 story base for solidity followed by 8 stacked floors with horizontal spandrels recessed and vertical piers continuing to the ornamental cornice at the top Set the tone for the next century of skyscraper construction showing off steel frames
Seagram Building
Mies van der Rohe NYC use of international style made corporations look cutting edge and efficient the large empty space in front of the building addresses NYC building code without doing a setback building
Vanna Venturi House
Robert Venturi Chestnut Hill PA first postmodern building to challenge the modernist movement contradiction is important for the idea of surprise
Silence
The Pyramids of Giza Temples (Athena, Hera I, and Hera II) Uxmal, Yucatan Mexico Cloister Santa Maria della Pace in Rome by Bramante Chapel and Convent of Capuchinas Mexico City by Luis Barragan Salk Institute in La Jolla by Louis Kahn
Virginia State Capitol
Thomas Jefferson, Richmond VA "A temple on a hilltop" roman copy of Maison Carree in southern france, inspired american architects to use greco-roman architecture for significant government buildings
Southdale Shopping Center
Victor Gruen, Edina, MN first indoor mall to take downtown to the suburbs
Dwelling
Dogon Village Bandiagara, Upper Niger River, Mali Roman Atrium House, Pompeii Italy Villa Rotonda, Vicenza Italy by Palladio Darwin Martin House, Buffalo NY by FLW Villa Mairea, Noormarkku Finland by Alvar Aalto Simpson-Lee House in New South Wales Australia by Murcutt
Dulles International Airport
Eero Saarinen, Chantilly VA first airport made for jets single narrow terminal with mobile lounge transporting passengers to the plane, 20th century gateway to the capitol with abstraction of roman columns making concrete look delicate
Disney Concert Hall
Frank Gehry, Los Angeles CA highly complex forms newly using tech for planes and other engineering, liberating architects to be bold
Robie House
Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, IL a departure from a tall gabled house to long horizontal prairie houses that address the context, open plan of one continuous space with continuous windows builders drew inspiration like in ranch style homes
Trinity Church
HH Richardson, Boston MA Richardsonian Romanesque influenced churches, city halls, post offices A heavy "muscular" masonry style, broad earthbound tower with four piers
Room
Laurentian Library in Florence Italy by Michelangelo Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris by Labrouste American Bar in Vienna by Adolf Loos Schroder House in Utrecht by Rietveld Johnson Wax Building in Racine WI by FLW Chapel of St Ignatius in Seattle by Steven Holl
