International Style

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what did Bauhaus school emphasise

necessity for a rational and systematic analysis

International modern was thought to be a total architecture that..

rejected all styles

what was different about the Seagram building

set back from street to give full view of building

what does the civic centre look like

small collection of pitched roves buildings in red brick, wood and copper

what states rose to authority in Europe

socialist and fascist

what was the most disliked feature of modern architecture

the flat roof

which was the most sophisticated animal enclosure at London zoo

the penguin pool

what building has a deceptively simple appearance

town hall at Hilversum

this was the first time in history walls weren't...

used to hold up floors

who taught at the Bauhaus school

Miles Van der Rohe

who designed the Barcelona pavilion

Miles van der Rohe

what was the crucial element to Corbs theories

Modulor man

which Le Corbusier building produced in 1950-1954 a small church which is considered by many to be the greatest single architectural work of the century.

Notre-Dame-du-Haut

who was the architect for most central buildings

Oscar Niemeyer

what building was the most famous and influential Aalto building

Paimio Sanatorium

which building introduced the idea of a hierarchy

Pavillon Suisse at the Cite Universitaire

who took up Van der Rohes themes of steel and glass

Philip Johnson

what was the centre piece of the festival of Britain of 1951

Royal festival hall

which building is a cubist construction of smooth planes at right-angles, set in space and articulated by primary colours. Inside the walls slide away to make a large uninterrupted space. Outside it is an abstract sculpture,

Schroder House

where was a more spectacular architecture rising

South America

what was the final building of the Bauhaus school

The Seagram Building, New York

which Corb building shows the five points of new architecture

Villa Savoye

who founded Bauhaus school of design 1919

Walter Gropius

what did corb building provide

a vocabulary of the modern architect

when did the style get underway in Britain

after world war 2

when was the international style mainstream

1920-1970

whose work was influential in Scandinavia

Alvar Aalto

'On the architectural front, in the early 1920's he designed projects for houses and skyscrapers of glass and steel, and in the ______________________ of 1929 he created the most pure and elemental example of the free plan under a flat roof. It influenced architects everywhere.

Barcelona Pavilion

what is Le Corbusiers real name

Charles Edward Jeanneret

what building is the most attractive Aalto building

Civic centre

The ________________________ was founded in 1928

Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne

what was the name of the group of architects formed in the Netherlands

De Stijl

In his seminal book: Vers une architecture (1923), translated into English under the title Towards a New Architecture (1927), Le Corbusier announced the _______________________. We can see all of them in the Villa Savoye at Poissy

Five points of a mew architecture

who was Candela influenced by

Gaudi

who designed the Schroder House

Gerrit Rietveld

what was the first example of the style in Britain

House High and Over at Amershan

The term ____________________ was coined in 1932 by the organisers of the first International exhibition of Modern Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

International Style

who was the towering genius of the movement and one of the founding members of CIAM

Le Corbusier

The freedom of the plan and of the facades are explained by another simple, but profoundly influential diagram. The project for the ______________ house

Maison Dom-ino

where did Felix Candela turn architecture around

Mexico

when did architects start yearning for something new

end on 1950's

what are the five points of new architecture

free plan, roof garden, piloties, ribbon windows and freely composed facades

'mainstream architects saw themselves as part of a social revolution...it was logical and in keeping with this ideology that for the first, and possibly only time in the history of architecture, _________________ for the ordinary man and woman became the vehicle for great architecture, the material out of which, like the cathedrals of an earlier epoch, great architectural statements would be made

housing

what is the Pilgrimage Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut a case study of

light


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