International Style

Question 1

an architectural style developed in Europe and United States in1920s and 1930s; became dominant in Western architecture during middledecades of the 20th century

Answer 1

International style

Question 2

Common characteristics of International style

Answer 2

Rectilinear forms
Light Plane surfaces
Open Interior spaces
Visually weightless quality

Question 3

the term International Style was first used in 1932 by __________in their essay titled The International Style: Architecture Since 1922, which served as a catalog for an architectural exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art

Answer 3

Henry Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson

Question 4

characteristic materials of construction in an international style

Answer 4

glass and steel
less visible reinforced concrete

Question 5

International style grew out of ________ that confronted architects in the late 19th century

Answer 5

three phenomena

Question 6

International Style grew out of the work of a small group of brilliant and original architects in the 1920s who went on to achieve great influence in their field (Germany and United States)

Answer 6

Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe

Question 7

International Style grew out of the work of a small group of brilliant and original architects in the 1920s who went on to achieve great influence in their field (Netherlands)

Answer 7

Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud

Question 8

International Style grew out of the work of a small group of brilliant and original architects in the 1920s who went on to achieve great influence in their field (France)

Answer 8

Le Corbusier

Question 9

International Style grew out of the work of a small group of brilliant and original architects in the 1920s who went on to achieve great influence in their field (United States)

Answer 9

Richard Neutra and Philip Johnson

Question 10

leading German architect and painter; regarded as the leading designer of the 20th century to have made a great and long-lasting influence on European architecture for generations to come

Answer 10

Peter Behrens

Question 11

located in the Moabit district of Berlin, it was Behrens’ first factory design; was linked to the rise of modernism

Answer 11

AEG Turbine Factory

Question 12

German-American architect & educator. director of the Bauhaus who exerted a major influence on the development of modern architecture

Answer 12

Walter Adolph Gropius

Question 13

Walter Gropius created the prototype of modern architecture: free-standing glass sheath suspended on a structural framework -aka

Answer 13

curtain wall

Question 14

school of design, architecture, and applied arts that existed in Germany from 1919 to 1933.

Answer 14

Bauhaus or Staatliches Bauhaus

Question 15

Staatliches Bauhaus is founded by the architect

Answer 15

Walter Gropius

Question 16

Two schools that Walter Gropius combined

Answer 16

Weimar Academy of Arts and the Weimar School of Arts and Crafts