International Style architects Flashcards
Full name of Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
A Finnish architect and designer; Famous for his bent plywood furniture, began designing
Scandinavian furniture in the early 1930s
Alvar Aalto
The main building comprises three storeys and is of masonry (ground floor) and timber (first and second floors); Serve as the headquarters of the South Ostrobothnia division of the Finnish Civil Guard
Seinajoki Civil Guard House
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Stephen aka Detmerode Church; a prominent example of international modernism
Stephanuskirche
Design work started in the 1960s as part of the rebuilding of the Rovaniemi city center; Completed in 1986 after Aalto’s death
Rovaniemi City Hall
Alvar Aalto graduated in
1921
Full name of Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris
Widely acclaimed as the most influential
architect of the 20th Century; Born in Switzerland and obtained French
citizenship in 1930
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier entered municipal art school in
La Chaux de Fonds
Le Corbusier later attended higher course of decoration founded by
Charles L’Eplattenier
An Art school that Art Nouveau found an
original field of expression.
La Chaux de Fonds
Swiss painter and architect; One of the most important representatives of Swiss Art Nouveau
Charles L’Eplattenier
What was the most notable books of Le Corbusier
The Modulor and Toward an Architecture
A congress founded in June 1928 by 28 leading
European architects in La Sarraz,
Switzerland.
Congrès International d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
What are the five points of architecture of Le Corbusier?
Pilots, Roof Garden, Open Floor Plan, long windows, Long facades
Commissioned by Pierre and Eugénie
Savoye; Icon of modernist architecture. It summed up the five points of architecture
Villa Savoye
More extreme design of Le Corbusier’s late
style; Commissioned by the Association de
l’Oeuvre
Colline Notre Dame du Haut
Commissioned by the French state; A response to the housing shortages after World War II ended
Unité d’Habitation
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 De Rohe
What is the design philosophy of Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe?
Functionalism, Open Space, Innovative Materials
is an iconic piece of furniture. With its sleek
chrome frame and leather upholstery, it has become synonymous with modern design. It was first used in Villa Tugendhat
Barcelona Chair
Sits upon a polished tubular stainless steel
base and a strong ash wood platform finished with a protective clear lacquer. This piece of furniture is integrated into the Farnsworth House, designed by Mies.
Barcelona Daybed
A notable structure of Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe with a minimalist Design and has an open-plan that is located in Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona Pavillion
A notable structure of Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe with a simple rectangular box with clean lines and a lack of ornamental detailing and is - Elevated above the ground on slender steel columns, which give it the appearance of floating above the landscape.
Farnsworth House
is a 38-story skyscraper, and its design emphasizes verticality. The bronze mullions on the glass curtain walls extend from the ground to the roof, emphasizing the building’s height.
Seagram Building
is an American Architect, critic, museum
director, curator, and author. Most famous for his promotion of the International Style and, later, for his role in defining the postmodernist architecture
Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson became the founder and director of the Department of _____________ the first museum-affiliated program in the United States
Architecture and Design of the Museum of Modern Art in New York
the one-story house has a 32’x56’ open floor plan enclosed in 18-foot-wide floor-to-ceiling sheets of glass; The interior is completely exposed to the outdoors except
for the cylinder brick structure with the entrance to the bathroom on one side and a fireplace on the other side
The Glasshouse
built on a steel frame with a structural system consisting of steel columns; an example of a rectilinear prism sheathed in glass and bronze
Seagram building
Regarded as one of the first Postmodern skyscrapers; featured several ornamental flourishes, from its granite cladding and “Chippendale” roof line to its brass and
marble finishes on the interior. Also known as “Sony Tower”
The AT&T Building
It houses over 4 million volumes and provides more than 2,500 seats for student study; It became the new nave of NYU’s library system and a symbol of the school
The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
it is a two-36-story trapezoidal high-rise tower made up of dark bronze glass and aluminum and won the 2014 Digie Award for the “Most Intelligent Office Building”
The Pennzoil Place
Founder of the Bauhaus School in 1919; Influential in the development of the International Style
Walter Gropius
Pioneering example of early modernist industrial architecture; The floor-ceiling glass creates a sense of light and the large rectangular panes, punctuated by steel mullions and brickwork, wrap the factory in
a continuous manner is rarely seen in the building design before
Fagus Factory
Designed as the main building for the Bauhaus
school; Incorporates functional design principles and innovative use of materials.
Bauhaus building
Designed after Gropius immigrated to the United States; Represents the International Style of architecture
Harvard Graduate Center
A prime example of Bauhaus-inspired
architecture; Features a combination of modernist design and traditional New England elements.
Gropius House
is also known as the “Bauhaus Memorial.” It commemorates the victims of the March 1920
uprising in Weimar, during the early days of the
Weimar Republic.
The Monument to the March Dead
