Architecture Flashcards

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Florence Cathedral Dome Designer

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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St. Peter’s of Rome Dome Designer

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Michaelangelo

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US Capital and Boston State House

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Charles Bulfinch

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4
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Vietnam War Memorial

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Maya Lin

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5
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West Tower of Westminster Abbey

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Christopher Wren

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Glass Pyramid at the Louvre

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IM Pei

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Sydney Opera House

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Jorn Utzon

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Geodesic Dome

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B. Buckminster Fuller

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Central Park in NYC

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Charles Law Olmsted

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10
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Guggenheim Museum, NY

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain

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Frank Gehry

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12
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Layout for DC

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Peirre L’enfant

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13
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White House

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Jame Hoban

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14
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Barcelone Chair

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Mies Van Der Rohe

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15
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Tupic Chair

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eero saarinen

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16
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St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1669

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Christopher Wren

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17
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Bauhaus Building (Germany)

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Walter Gropius

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18
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Taj Mahal

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Shah Jahan

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World Trade Center Arch

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Minoru Yamasaki

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TWA Terminal at JFK

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Eero Saarinen

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Woolworth Building in NYC

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Cass Gilbert

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Presidential Palace in Brasilia

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Oscar Niemyer

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Imperial Hotel in Japan

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Experience Music Project, Seattle

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Frank Gehry

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New Reich Chancellery

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Albert Speer

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Gateway Arch in St Louis

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Eero Saarinen

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One World Trade Center

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David Childs

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High-pitched Roof that bears his name

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Francois Mansard

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Types of COlums

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Ionic, Doric, Corinthian

30
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Rectangular Column Set in Walls

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Pilaster

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“Flying” support

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Buttress

32
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Covered, Arched Walkway at a Monastery

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Cloister

33
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Covered walk supported by columns

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Portico

34
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Central stone of an arch

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Keystone

35
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Horizontal Beam Supported at Only one End

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Cantilever

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Hagia Sofia Architecture style

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Byzantine

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Architectural style of notre dame Cathedral

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Gothic

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Gothic Exterior beastly figures

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Gargoyles

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Cottage with low, sloping roofs

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Bungalow

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“less is more” style

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Mies van der rohe

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Mid-19th century English Style

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Victorian

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Architectural Style populare in the 1920s and 30s

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Art Deco (Chrysler Building)

43
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Swiss Architect who designed houses on stilts

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La Corbusier

44
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He influenced Frank Lloyd Wright

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Louis Henry Sullivan

45
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Name of Frank Lloyd Wright’s PA home

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Falling Water

46
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Riverboat, bridge and Mississippi river jetty designer

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James Eads