HOA2 MOD3 Flashcards
The architecture used by the first settlers in North America.
Colonial Architecture
In all, there were about SEVEN BASIC COLONIAL DESIGNS, including:
Spanish colonial architecture
New England colonial architecture
Dutch colonial architecture
Swedish colonial
Pennsylvania colonial
French colonial architecture
Southern colonial
largely based on Spanish Baroque architecture, which was the earliest style to appear in America
Spanish colonial architecture
characterized by oak frames and clapboard siding, and based on English models.
New England colonial architecture
with multiple flues so that fires could be lit in two or more rooms on each floor.
central chimneys
employed more stone and brick
based on prototypes in Flanders and Holland
Dutch colonial architecture
seen along the lower Delaware River, from which was derived the American ‘log cabin’ design, characterized by round logs with protruding ends.
Swedish colonial
typically involving brick-built structures with large projecting chimneys, which sprang up through out Virginia and the Carolinas
Southern colonial
the basic architectural style (or more accurately ‘styles’)used in the English colonies in America was labelled
Georgian
a reversion to Greek and Roman architectural principles - which came into fashion in the second half of the 18th century
Neoclassical style
Independence Hall, Philadelphia Architects:
Andrew Hamilton with Edmund Wooley
the King’s Chapel congregation dates to1686, making it Boston’s oldest Anglican church.
King’s Chapel, Boston
It was the final work of architect William Buckland.
Hammond-Harwood House, Maryland, USA
A Georgian mansion in the Palladian style* designed by the Irish-American architect James Hoban, who modeled it on Leinster House in Dublin
The White House
The White House Architect:
James Hoban
U.S. architect who was the designer and builder of the White House in Washington, DC , was trained in the Irish and English Georgian style and worked in this design tradition throughout his architectural career.
James Hoban
also known as the Adam style
Federal style
directly inspired by the classical architecture of ancient Greece.
Greek-revival style
features a balanced and symmetrical facade with an emphasis on geometric shapes, often incorporating elliptical or semi-circular elements.
Federal style
strict adherence to Greek architectural forms, including columns, pediments, and entablatures.
Greek-revival style
delicate moldings, decorative friezes, and motifs such as swags, garlands, and urns
Federal style
more austere and simple approach to ornamentation, in keeping with the classical Greek aesthetic
Greek-revival style
designed by American-born architect Charles Bulfinch, most recognizable feature = golden dome
Massachusetts State House
A Federal Style building used as a public hall and contained Town offices until 1837, is the earliest surviving municipal structure in Salem
Old Town Hall
South Carolina State House designed first by architect:
P. H. Hammarskold
redesigned the structure South Carolina State House
John Niernsee
commonly known as “My Old Kentucky Home”,
Federal Hill Mansion
Federal Hill Mansion, a historic mansion planned and commissioned by
Judge John Rowan and his wife Ann Lytle
the third President of the United States(1801-1809) was also a fine architect
Thomas Jefferson
Among the architectural masterpieces of Thomas Jefferson, In his design of this prototype of the American public building, Jefferson used simplifications of French Neoclassicism,
Virginia State Capitol
British-American neoclassical architect, one of the first formally trained, professional architects in the new United States
Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe
designed the basic plan of Washington State capitol
Pierre Charles L’Enfant
a physician with no formal architectural training
Dr. William Thornton
Philadelphia’s Merchants’ Exchange
William Strickland
Patent Office and the Treasury
Washington Monument in Baltimore
Robert Mills
Founder’s Hall, Girard College
Thomas Walter
Bowers House (1825-26) in Northampton, Massachusetts
Alexander Jackson Davis
“Dean of American architecture” for his contribution to the profession and for his statesmanlike behavior.
Richard Morris Hunt
Famous for his bent plywood furniture, began designing Scandinavian furniture in the early 1930s
Alvar Aalto
SEINÄJOKI CIVIL GUARD HOUSE
STEPHANUSKIRCHE
ROVANIEMI CITY HALL
Alvar Aalto
LE CORBUSIER
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris
Villa Savoye
Colline Notre Dame du Haut
Unité d’Habitation
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris
(LE CORBUSIER)
Widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th Century
LE CORBUSIER
Sleek white box with horizontal windows running around nearly the total length of its exterior walls
Villa Savoye
A renowned German-American architect, left an indelible mark on 20th-century architecture with his modernist approach characterized by minimalism, functionality, and innovative use of materials
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Barcelona Pavilion
SEAGRAM BUILDING
FARNSWORTH HOUSE
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
is an American Architect, critic, museum director, curator, and author
Philip Cortelyou Johnson
THE GLASS HOUSE
THE AT&T BUILDING
THE ELMER HOLMES BOBST LIBRARY,
Philip Cortelyou Johnson
(Philip Johnson)
