Architecture I: Frank Gehry, Mies van Der Rohe, Oscar Niemeyer

Question 1

Name for the Gehry-designed museum in Seattle that has a monorail running through it, and was inspired by the shape of a smashed guitar.

Answer 1

Museum of Pop Culture

Question 2

Common name for the Gehry designed building in Prague that is an office for the NN (Nationale-Nederlanden) asset management company. Vlado Milunic helped with the design. It was originally called ‘Fred and Ginger.”

Answer 2

Dancing House (Fred and Ginger were two famous dancers) (It’s in the shape of a dancing couple)

Question 3

Massive outdoor music venue in Millennium Park (a portion of Grant Park), designed by Gehry. It’s made up of a bunch of high steel bands. Named after the founder of Hyatt.

Answer 3

Jay Pritzker Pavilion (NOT JB)

Question 4

Awesome museum created by Gehry, probably his most famous work, described as a “fantastic dream ship” by The New Yorker. It sits on the Nervion River.

Answer 4

Guggenheim Bilbao

Question 5

Common name for a large commercial building built by Gehry, named for a huge Claes Oldenberg designed sculpture of a type of glasses outside it.

Answer 5

Binoculars Building

Question 6

Cool MIT academic complex designed by Gehry which splits into the Gates and Dreyfoos towers on the fourth floor. MIT sued Gehry after a water leakage here.

Answer 6

Stata Center

Question 7

Cool tower designed by Gehry in Manhattan’s Financial district. It used to be called Beekman Tower and was criticized by Donald Trump for surpassing the Trump World Tower in height by one foot. It was inspired by the Aqua building in Chicago (the tallest building designed by a woman).

Answer 7

8 Spruce Street

Question 8

Mies’s favorite phrase

Answer 8

Less is More

Question 9

Mies building built as the German post for the 1929 Expo that contains a statue named “Alba” by George Kolbe.

Answer 9

Barcelona Pavilion

Question 10

House built for a Jewish German family in Czechia by Mies with Lily Reich that was the original place where the Barcelona and Brno Chairs were both first used. Now a symbol of modernism.

Answer 10

Villa Tugendhat

Question 11

Nice one room weekend retreat in rural Illinois designed by Mies. A symbol of Mies’ International Style.

Answer 11

Farnsworth House

Question 12

Probably one of the most famous buildings in NYC, if not the world. Exterior was designed by Mies, interior, including the Four Seasons Restaurant, was designed by Philip Johnson.

Answer 12

Seagram Building

Question 13

Two major Chicago apartments designed by Mies which became controversial because there are mullions (dividers between screens and windows) that are intentionally not functional. One of Mies’ most famous works.

Answer 13

Lake Shore Drive Apartments 860 - 880

Question 14

Mies designed building that is the home of the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology. Designed to give students perspective on ‘less is more.’

Answer 14

S.R Crown Hall

Question 15

Mies’ designed library named for a civil rights activist, a rare example of modern architecture in DC.

Answer 15

MLK Memorial LIbrary

Question 16

Architect of who designed a lot of buildings in Brasilia.

Answer 16

Oscar Niemeyer

Question 17

Interesting Niemeyer building shaped like a flying saucer, like a UFO. It’s a museum.

Answer 17

Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum

Question 18

Project of buildings near Belo Horizante authorized by Juscelino Kubitschek and designed by Niemeyer.

Answer 18

Pampulha Project

Question 19

The final design for this project was a joint submission by Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer. It’s in NYC.

Answer 19

UN HQ