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Modern Architecture

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a reaction against a mixing of styles Modern Architecture
In what time period is the function more directly expressed? 1890-1920
"Buildings should be true to their function and structure" Viollet le Duc
international style of modernism is... Idealistic
What building is an example of American architecture influencing European architecture? Robie House (1909) by Frank Lloyd Wright
Who were some of the pioneers of modern architecture? Walter Gropius (Germany) and Nice Van Der Ella (Chicago)
who designed the Bauhaus with the intent of facilitation work? Gropius
an experimental house which was designed by Alvar Aalto who was attuned to human needs Villa Mairea (1938)
What building brings together different styles like Villa Mairea? Pompidou Center
an example of Post Modernism Pompidou Center
an example of Deconstructionist architecture Jewish Museum, Berlin
flaws emerge as decoration Deconstructionist architecture
what building is in the shape of a thunderbolt/ broken star of David? Jewish Museum, Berlin
Emphasizes disruption and imbalance Jewish Museum, Berlin
an example of green architecture California Academy of Sciences
octagonal dome, sides are different, one porch, columns (corinthian, grooves, decretive), based on Renaissance Chiswick House
wonderful views, great cylinder in cube, decretive sculptures, four porches, columns are smooth Villa Rotonda
know for his prints, Roman architecture, felt Roman classicalism were supreme, people in pictures to depict size Piranesi
felt greek art was better, thought the sculpture of Apollo was noble simplicity Winckelman
played a part in French Revolution Charles-Nicolas Ledoux
messiness of the mind Piranesi
what build gives a 360 degree views, no sculpture in pediment Barriere de la Villette
based of "tempeo", simplicity in tablature, simple doric columns Barriere Monceau
"speaking architecture"- expresses use and purpose Boullee (memorial for Isaac Newton)
movement of planets and bodies in heaven memorial for Isaac Newton
spherical tomb -500ft dynamiter memorial for Isaac Newton
light to express the Divine Boullee (memorial for Isaac Newton)
who designed University of Virginia? Thomas Jefferson
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