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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT cz. 2 - text Flashcards

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Name other modern architects

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Le Corbusier, Alvaro Aalto

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Cantilever support some extended …………….., like ………….., ……………………, protruding ………..

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platforms;
balcony, terraces;
levels

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wysuwający się / wystający

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protruding

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ADVANTAGES of open-plan office

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  • we can mix and mingle with other people
  • higher density of people - save place
  • change views with other people
  • work in groups will be easier
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another words for media

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utilities / services

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DISADVANTAGES of open-plan office

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  • everyone prefer other temperature (heating)
  • I think ventilation will be quicker in set of small rooms
  • more power consumption (one person, turns on the light for the entire floor)
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7
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streetscape

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Appearance / design
of the streets in the city

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What should architect take into consideration while creating a streetscape project?

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  • enough space for everyone
  • pavement near
  • driveways to most important buildings
  • same style
  • landscape of the street (trees, benches -> small architecture)
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An idea, feeling, or feature that connects the different parts of an explanation, story etc

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thread

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wątek

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thread

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The way that the inside of a building is decorated

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décor

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A flat piece of plastic, metal, or wood, with raised edges, used for carrying things such as plates, food

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tray

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Przenoszenie

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Carrying

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Taca

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tray

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The most important or central part of sth

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core

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rdzeń

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core

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17
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sth that happens or exists as a result of things that happenedat an earlier time

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legacy

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Dziedzictwo

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legacy

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19
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A long and complicated argument

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wrangle

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20
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walka

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wrangle

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21
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A room or building where an artist works

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atelier

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Pracownia

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atelier

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23
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A gradual change towards behaviour or a situation that is very bad

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descent

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Stopniowy

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Gradual

25
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Spadek

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Descent

26
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noisy exciting activity that is intended to attract people’s attention

(for example launch of a new car on the market)

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razzmatazz

(np wprowadzenie nowego samochodu na rynek)

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Przeznaczony do

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Intended to

28
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Przyciągnąć uwagę ludzi

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attract people’s attention

29
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The bricks or stone from which a building, wall etc has been made

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masonry

30
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murarstwo, kamieniarstwo

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masonry

31
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Franks Lloyd Wright private life
- he built his own house when he was 22 years old (T/F)

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T

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zamożni / nowobogaccy

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newly wealthy

33
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majątek / dobrobyt

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Wealthy

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Franks Lloyd Wright private life
He designed the so-called Usonian houses for the newly wealthy (T/F)

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F

35
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Znak rozpoznawczy

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Landmark

36
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Krajobraz

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Landscape

37
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Postrzegany jako

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Is meant to be thought of

38
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make ends meet

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have just enought money to support yourself

39
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follow in somebody’s footsteps

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live or work in the way as somebody else before you

40
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If you are aloof from something, you

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deliberately do not want to become involved in something

41
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If a person is ingenious, they

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are very good at inventing things

42
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A sweeping horizontal roof is

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very big

43
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If you know something firsthand, it means that

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you know a lot about the thing

44
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Why is Frank Lloyd Wright called a ‘monster and genius’?

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He was one of the geatest architects in twentieth century
but his buildings were seen as radical when he was alive

45
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How did he influence architecture ever since?

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  • he was a great interpreter of his time and provide buildings for people needs - to be closer to the nature for example
46
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define “organic architecture”

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harmony between human architecture and nature word

47
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Which of his designs from the
text comply with the rules of organic architecture?

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“Falling water”

48
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Podstawowe zasady

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Basic principles

49
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one of the basic principles of Modern architecture

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‘Form follows function’

50
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How was it put into practice by Wright? - the principle

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He take care about the form - to compare building with the sorrounding, and when the forms changed - the function must follow the shape - to make it functional

51
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Wright is also famous for a technique he called ‘breaking the box’. What is this ‘box’? How was it ‘broken’ by Wright?

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The box is most known principles in this time
F.L.Wright broke the box while staring to create new forms and functions

52
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What are Usonian houses? Where does the name come from?

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  1. Usonian - usually refers to a group of approximately 60 middle-income family homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
  2. Name from Usona - Unated States of North America
53
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“Every great architect… must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age” - how do I understand this?

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Every great architect must create word for current needs

54
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Aktualne

A

Current

55
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TEKST

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TEXT

56
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his wife and his children were ……..

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murdered

57
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kontrowersyjny

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controversial

58
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Wright worked with ……

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Louis Sullivan

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