International Style
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