HUM Test #2
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Frank Gehry modern approach to sculpture architecture
the pompidou centre
Parisian moden art museum inside out design
facade
an exterior face of a building that hides its underlying structure is
Stone Henge
ancient and mysterious stones in England
dome
the structure formed when arches have legs that form a circle
Romanesque
1000-1150 walls and pillars
Renissance
1400-1600 revival of classic roman style
Baroque
1600-1750 Grandeur display of wealth
neo classical
1750-1825 revival of greeks
romantic period
1825-1900 historic western and eastern styles
international style
1900 glass and steel box think sky scrapers
geodesic dome
Buckminster Fuller exterior frame work of metal rods
Organic Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright, used this type of architecture. This style flowed in harmony with its natural surroundings
falling water
Frank Loyd master piece Pennsylvania 1930s
Versailes
King Louis 14th french summer palace
The Guggenheim
Manhattan modern art museum, resembles a parking garage FLW
Montechello
Thomas Jefferson home
a buttress
a masonry wall built on the outside of the leg of an arch divided by additional support
prototype
a model that serves as the basis or inspo for another design
a pediment
a triangular casing above a door or window is called
arch
ancient romans developed a structural technique that over came the main limitation of the post and lintel system structure
Eclecticism
combining together of aesthetic elements taken from more than one style
a pitched roof
in climates where there is heavy snow fall, what kind of a roof
Lewis Sullivan
late 19th century Chicago architect deign emphasized careful consideration of the use of spaces within his designs FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION
partenon
post and lintel greek structure
compressionary
property of a material to support weight w.o being crushed
tensile strength
property of a material to withstand the bending force
the pantheon
roman masterpiece second century concrete dome of an oculus
Burj Khalifa
sky scraper, tallest building
compressive strength of the concrete with the tensile strength of the steel
steel and concrete are usually used together in modern architecture in order to combine the
unable to enclose large spaces
the primary disadvantage of post and lintel structures
Flutting
vertical ridges cut into the shaft of a column are
