Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

PP&P > Famous People and Places > Flashcards

Famous People and Places Flashcards

1
Q

Christopher Wren

A

Master Plan for London after Great Fire in 1666
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Baroque

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Kevin Lynch

A

1950s and 60s
Urban Planner in New England
coined imageability and wayfinding
The Image of the City

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Christopher Alexander

A

1970s

A Pattern Language

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Camillo Sitte

A

1800s
European architect/planner
City Planning According to Artistic Principles
preferred irregular space - 3d, not 2d - quality of urban space more important than architectural forms
open spaces as enclosed rooms - agora and forum
integrate, don’t isolate churches and monuments

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Baron Haussmann

A

1850s
Napoleon II’s civic planner to modernize Paris
designed wide, tree-lined boulevards
some zoning and code set up

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Tony Garnier

A 
1920s
French architect/planner
Cite Industrial: leisure, industry, work and transportation: response to Industrial Revolution
vocational schools near industries
no church, govt, or police
large open spaces
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Pierre Charles L’Enfant

A

1790/1800s
Washington D.C. master plan in baroque style
radial avenues from great sights
plan eventually given to Andrew Ellicott instead but 1901 redesign used L’Enfant’s

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Daniel Burnham

A 
1890s/1900s
Architect/Urban planner
Chicago school and skyscraper
World's Columbian Exposition
Masonic Temple, Flatiron, D.C. Union Station
Monadnock, Reilance and Rookery
prepared Chicago plan - anyone can walk to a park
helped with McMillan plan
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

William LeBaron Jenney

A 
1890s
architect in Chicago
Father of the American Skyscraper
Home Insurance Building - first fully metal framed/first skyscraper at 8 stories
fireproof construction
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Lewis Mumford

A

1950s-80s
historian in NYC
language and symbols over tools
critic of urban sprawl and social effects - proponent of medieval city design

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Frederick Law Olmstead

A

1890s
journalist/LA in NYC
Central and Prospect Parks
Father of Landscape Architecture

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Patrick Geddes

A 
1890s
planner/biologist in France
concept of region in architecture
form and society tied together
preserve life and energy instead of superficial beauty
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Le Corbusier

A

1910s-50s
architect in France
Modern Architecture - distanced himself from the past
function without ornamentation
developed The Modulor - golden section, Fibonacci, double unit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Louis Sullivan

A

1890s-1900s
Architect in Chicago
Father of the Modern Skyscrape
rinspired FLW and the Prairie School
steel frames, terra cotta, emphasis on verticality
exterior to reflect interior, orientation based on nature

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

FLW

A

1900s
Architect in Chicago
Prairie School - harmony with nature

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Walter Gropius

A

1910s-1950s
Architect in Germany and Boston
Bauhaus School, modern, and International Style
gesamtkunstwerk or total work of art

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Ludwig Hilbersimer

A

1920s-50s
Architect and urban planner in Germany and Chicago
Bauhaus teacher
wrote City Plan with emphasis on street hierarchy
concept of new town center
sustainable= habitation built to secure against disaster and crises

18
Q

Jane Jacobs

A

1950s and 60s
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
dense mixed use
coined ‘eyes on the street’

19
Q

Ebenezer Howard

A

1910s
London writer
Garden City Movement: live in harmony with nature
small suburban towns, financially independent with ag. belt
connected by ring of rail transit connected to major city

20
Q

Clarence Perry

A

1920s-30s
planner/writer in NYC
proponent of community and rec center
The Neighborhood Theory

21
Q

Buckminster Fuller

A

1950s
Architect engineer inventor in LA
geodesic dome

22
Q

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

A 
1920s-50s
architect in Germany and Chicago
pioneer of modern architecture
less is more
God is in the details
Rationality
23
Q

Charles McKim

A

1890s
architect in Germany and Boston
McKim, Mead and White - brought beaux arts architecture to America
Boston Public Library, Penn Station, New York Herald Building

24
Q

Phillip Johnson

A

1940s-2000
New England
modern, simple
Glass House and Seagram Building

26
Q

World’s Columbian Exposition

A

Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmstead
ideal city
Beaux Arts and French neoclassical - symmetry, balance, and splendor

27
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: ROMANESQUE

A

900s-1100s
medieval Europe
round arches, arcades
symbolism

28
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: GOTHIC

A

1100s-1300s
Europe
pointed arch, buttress, ribs
thinner, airier construction

29
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: GEORGIAN

A

1760s-90s
Colonial America
5 bays, 2 stories, 12 over 12 windows
symmetry, gambrel roof, lots of detailing

30
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: FEDERAL/ADAMESQUE

A 
1790s-1820s
America
pompeii
delicate and ornamental; circularwindow in pediment, pilaster arcade
12 over 12 windows, transoms
31
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE:GREEK REVIVAL

A 
1840s-1860s
America
chunky temple
6 over 6 windows
squared lintel
2 columns and 2 pilasters on facade
32
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE:GOTHIC REVIVAL

A

1850s-1860s
England (not America)
revival in response to neoclassical/ beaux arts
steep roof, pointed arch, irregular L plan

33
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: ITALIANATE

A 
1865-1880
Northern Europe, America
16th c. Italy
tall, irregular or symmetrical
2 over 2 long windows
quoining, squared
34
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE:SECOND EMPIRE

A

1870s-1880s
America
Italianate with mansard roofs

35
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: SHINGLE STYLE

A 
1880s
England and America
mimics shapes of stone
volume instead of elements
curved gambrel
36
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE

A

1880s
America
wild colors, scalloped shingles, gable screens, turrets, irregular roof, starburst, finials
decorative

37
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: AMERICAN 4 SQUARE

A

1890s-1930s
America
type that fits any style
cube with 2 windows over 1 door 1 window

38
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: COLONIAL REVIVAL

A 
1890s-1930s
America
excessive, out-of-scale details
classical columns
8 over 8
39
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: PRAIRIE SCHOOL

A

1890s-1920s
America
horizontal
stucco, broad eaves, private

40
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: BUNGALOW / CRAFTSMAN

A

1913-1920
America
japanese influence
square battered columns, exposed rafter tails, wide eaves

41
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: ART DECO

A

1920s
Western Europe
stripped-down gothic
vertical, ornamental mechanics

42
Q

Oscar Newman

A

1970s
city planner in America
book Defensible Space (and Design Guidelines for Creating Defensible Space)

43
Q

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: INTERNATIONAL STYLE

A

1920s
Western Style
industrialization of crafts
Bauhaus

PP&P (10 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions