HOA 2
Class COMPRE
EXAM FINALS MIDTERMS
Status Not started
Subject HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - Started in Britain and spread throughout the
world although it was not seen as revolution but only new ways of making
things. The “age of revivals” and “age of innovation”.
LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN - Famous Modern Architect and has been called
the “father of skyscrapers” and “prophet of modern architecture”
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE - Definable broadly as the building style
of the present day.
WALTER GROPIUS - Created prototype of modern architecture: free-
standing glass sheath suspended on a structural framework, curtain wall
PETER EISENMAN - Known for being a Structuralist with his designs. He
designed an innovative façade for the University of Phoenix Stadium in
Arizona
The following are characteristics of Desert Modernism except:
WAINWRIGHT BUILDING - One of the first skyscrapers in the world, it is a
10-story red brick office building designed by architect Louis Henry Sullivan
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, CONSTRUCTIVISM - An architectural style that combined engineering and
technology with political ideology. Most of its features include: glass and
steel, abstract geometric shapes, technological details such as antennae,
signs, and projection screens
BROOKLYN BRIDGE - A suspension bridge during the Industrial Revolution,
its tower structure is made up of stone masonry. Its architectural style is
Gothic piers, with structural expressionist cables and bridge deck
Which of the following is a feature of modern architecture?
ITALINATE RENAISSANCE STYLE - The Building Below is an architectural
landmark in in Los Angeles, California build during the Industrial Revolution,
what is its architectural style?
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Class COMPRE
EXAM FINALS MIDTERMS
Status Not started
Subject HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - Started in Britain and spread throughout the
world although it was not seen as revolution but only new ways of making
things. The “age of revivals” and “age of innovation”.
LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN - Famous Modern Architect and has been called
the “father of skyscrapers” and “prophet of modern architecture”
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE - Definable broadly as the building style
of the present day.
WALTER GROPIUS - Created prototype of modern architecture: free-
standing glass sheath suspended on a structural framework, curtain wall
PETER EISENMAN - Known for being a Structuralist with his designs. He
designed an innovative façade for the University of Phoenix Stadium in
Arizona
The following are characteristics of Desert Modernism except:
WAINWRIGHT BUILDING - One of the first skyscrapers in the world, it is a
10-story red brick office building designed by architect Louis Henry Sullivan
HOA 2 1
, CONSTRUCTIVISM - An architectural style that combined engineering and
technology with political ideology. Most of its features include: glass and
steel, abstract geometric shapes, technological details such as antennae,
signs, and projection screens
BROOKLYN BRIDGE - A suspension bridge during the Industrial Revolution,
its tower structure is made up of stone masonry. Its architectural style is
Gothic piers, with structural expressionist cables and bridge deck
Which of the following is a feature of modern architecture?
ITALINATE RENAISSANCE STYLE - The Building Below is an architectural
landmark in in Los Angeles, California build during the Industrial Revolution,
what is its architectural style?
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