Architecture- Houses and Architects

Question 1

Villa Rotunda

Answer 1

Andrea Palladio

Question 2

Glessner House

Answer 2

Henry Hobson Richardson

Question 3

Robie House

Answer 3

Frank Lloyd Wright

Question 4

Villa Savoye

Answer 4

Le Corbusier

Question 5

Fallingwater

Answer 5

Frank Lloyd Wright

Question 6

Villa Mairea

Answer 6

Alvar Aalto

Question 7

Unite d’ Habitation

Answer 7

Le Corbusier

Question 8

Magney House

Answer 8

Glenn Murcutt

Question 9

Koshino House

Answer 9

Tadao Ando

Question 10

-Symmetrical on four sides
- Form generator: grid (central place)
-Frontal approach
- Was built to show the wealth of the church
-Projected entrance
-Dome, ornamentation, statue garden, expensive material
- Rebirth for church
-Priest lives there
- Made of limestone

Answer 10

Villa Rotunda- Andrea Palladio

Question 11

• E-shape
• Oblique approach
• Recessed entrance
• Linear form generator
• Granite, brick, wood
• Symbolized privacy and protection
• Precursor to Arts and Crafts

Answer 11

Glessner House- Henery Hobson Richardson

Question 12

• Weird squares stacked on each other with walls on each side
• Spiral Approach
• Recessed entrance
• Shows protection an privacy because house looks open, but has walls blocking outer views
• Spiral form generator with fireplace as center
• Stucco, brick, wood
• Provides privacy while appearing open

Answer 12

Robie House- Frank Lloyd Wright

Question 13

• Spiral approach
• Made to enhance automobile
• Held up on white pillars
• Recessed entrance
• Blends in with nature and look like it is floating
• Grid shaped by columns of building
• Grid provides fluidity because you can get to rooms more than one way
• Steel, glass, reinforced concrete
• Modernism and piano nobile (first foor isn’t on ground floor)
• Form follows function

Answer 13

Villa Savoye- Le Corbusier

Question 14

• Squares stacked one top of each other near waterfall
• Spiral approach
• Projected entrance
• Centralized form generator
• Reinforced concrete, stone, glass
• Showcases nature

Answer 14

Fallingwater- Frank Lloyd Wright

Question 15

• Oblique approach
• Projected entrance
• Long straight shape with organic shape portruding
• Stone, bamboo, wood
• Modernism and usage of natural materials. Large windows
• Modern and Organic

Answer 15

Villa Mairea- Alvar Aalto

Question 16

• Long concrete rectangle with colored windows and crazy stuff on the top
• Spiral approach
• Projected entrance
• Used as a house for refugees of WWll
• Many little apartments connected with central hallway
• Looks like steam ship

Answer 16

Unite d’ Habitation 1947- Le Corbusier

Question 17

• Rectangle with curved roof and triangle support beams
• Spiral approach
• Projected entrance
• Linear form generator to capture northern lights and sustainable to protect environment
• Glass, steel
• Solves problem of heat load and internal temperature control and is built from sustainable materials
• Collects rainwater for drinking and cooling

Answer 17

Magney House-Glenn Murcutt

Question 18

• Three houses built in front of hill and forest
• Oblique approach
• Recessed entrance
• Concrete, wood, glass
• Incorporates nature with arcitecture. Traditional Japanese architecture mixed with traditional architecture
• Uses weird shapes to play with light and make decoration
• Almost no ornamentation
• Zen and contemplation

Answer 18

Koshino House- Tadao Ando