Buildings Flashcards
Perrault
East Facade of Louvre
Paris
Rationalism
Laugier
Frontispiece of Essai Sur l’Architecture
Rationalism
Allegory of the beginning of architecture. Shows perfect proportions and represents how mimicking natures minimalism is the simplest was to achieve beauty
Le Roy
Les Ruins des plus beaux monuments de la Grece
Rationalsim
one of the first publications of a greek monument (accurately). Le Roy “corrected” proportions of building from origional to meet the standards of the contemporary classical antiquity. model of symmetry, regularity, etc
Stuart
Doric Temple
England
Rationalism
replicated pantheon to show accurate style and scale of the ancient ruin. located in garden
Soufflot
Ste. Genevieve (ext.)
Paris, France
Neoclassical
combination of classical portico temple with dome, refelcts soufflots notion that modern architecture would be an evolution of past major elements/styles
Soufflot
Ste. Genevieve (int.)
Paris, France
Neoclassical
minimal structure, light filled cage, large windows, free standing columns
Lord Burlington and William Kent
Chiswick House
London, England
Palladianism
model for palladianism
Robert Adam
Kedleston Hall
England
Palladianism
Every aspect of the house was designed by him. classical palladian characteristics, rusticated basement, roof balistrate, large central portico, etc
Jefferson
Monticello
Charlottesville
Palladianism
Brought Palladianism to the United States
Jefferson
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Neoclassical
Flitcroft
Stourhead
Wiltshire, England
Picturesque
Example of picturesque landscape - most like william kents
Walpole
Strawberry Hill (ext)
Twickenham, England
Gothic Revival
Combination of gothic revival but not the best example
Walpole
Strawberry Hill (int)
Twickenham, England
Gothic Revival
(Overdone gothic elements on classical structure)
John Nash
Cronkhill
Shrewsbury, England
Picturesque
Standard for villa design
John Nash
Blaise Hamlet
Bristol, England
Picturesque
raised standards for economy living
What impact on society and the prisoners do these prisons have?
Ledoux
Project for Chaux
Paper architecture
Shows possiblities of sublime design
Boullee
Project for a Centaph to Isaac Newton
Paris
Paper architecture
Shows possiblities of sublime design
Soane
Bank of England
London
Rationalism
Bridged gap between function and user, pendentive vault
Latrobe
Baltimore Cathedral (ext)
Baltimore
Neoclassical
Established Neoclassicism in religous work in the U.S.
Latrobe
Baltimore Cathedral (int)
Baltimore
Schinkel
Schauspielhaus
Berlin
Rationist
Not archeologically correct, but made to look so and blend into the context of the buildings around it
Schinkel
Bauakademie
Berlin
Rationalist
Schinkel
Altes Museum
Berlin
Neoclassicism
British Museum
Smirke
London
Von Klenze
Walhalla
Regensburg, Germany
Barry
Reform Club (Right), Travellers Club (Left)
London
Pugin
St. Maries Grange
Salisbury, England
Decorated Gothic
Set the mold for enlish style homes and looked at architecture from the inside out
Pugin
St. Giles Cheadle (ext)
Staffordshire, England
Pugin
St. Giles Cheadle (int)
Staffordshire, England
Upjohn
Trinity Church
New York City
