42- The Critique of Modernism

Question 1

Vanna Venturi House

Answer 1

-Robert Venturi -Chesnut Hill, PA, 1963 -based on intentional effort to reposition expectations of observer -questions conventional

Question 2

Guild House

Answer 2

-Venturi -Philadelphia, 1961-3 -client is more important than the architect -allowed seniors to bring their own furniture to the home with them

Question 3

Faculty Club

Answer 3

-Charles Moore -UCSB 1968

Question 4

Piazza d’ Italia

Answer 4

-Charles Moore -New Orleans, 1976-78 -classical elements present

Question 5

Snyderman House

Answer 5

-Michael Graves -FT Wayne, IN, 1972-7 -destroyed 2002

Question 6

Sunar Hauserman Showroom

Answer 6

-Michael Graves -Dallas TX, 1982

Question 7

Sainsbury Wing

Answer 7

-Venturi National Gallery, London, 1986-91 -makes the observer straighten their mind through tensions and contrasts of perspective

Question 8

Pennzoil Place

Answer 8

-Philip Johnson -Houston TX 1977

Question 9

AT&T building

Answer 9

-Philip Johnson NYC, built 1981-84 -public space on ground level

Question 10

Public Services building

Answer 10

-Michael Graves -Portland OR 1979-82 first major post modern building -rejection of modernist principles