MIES VAN DER ROCHE Flashcards

1
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Ludwig Mies van der Roche
was a …………… son

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stonemason’s

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Kamieniarz

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Stonemason

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3
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He was from ………. in …………….

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Aachen;
Germany

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4
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He had little ……….. education

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formal

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5
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He was one of the three most important and influential architects of the tweentieth century
with ………………, …………………

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F.L.Wright;
Le Corbusier

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6
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Wpływowy

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Influential

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7
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pozbawiony

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stripped of

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8
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kapryśny

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whimsical

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9
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metal

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steel

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10
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Najwyższa integralność

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Supreme integrity

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11
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Seagram building is in the ……….

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New York

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12
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Seagram building is a building of supreme ……………… in which ……….., ……….. and the finest ……………… are truly one and the same thing

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integrity;
form, function;
materials

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13
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Seagram building - materials

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bronze, brass and marble,
steel and glass

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14
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mosiądz

A

brass

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15
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Seagram building is set ………… on its own plaza on Park ……………..

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back;
Avenue

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16
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Why is Seagram building set back?

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Mies want to show respect for italian palazzo which is located near

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17
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vertical lines of Seagram building extend the facility into ……….

A

infinity

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18
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obiekt

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facility

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19
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His building can be experienced as much as works of …………….

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contemplation

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20
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His building were designed to be models of ………….

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perfection

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21
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Seagram building was Mies ……….. project????

A

latest

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22
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Mies first building

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Neoclassical house for Professor Riehl

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23
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schemat

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scheme

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24
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Mies also design the German ……………. in ……………..

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pavilon;
Barcelona

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Zankomity
Exquisite
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Jednopiętrowy
Single-storey
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Barcelona pavilon is one of the most exquisite modern ................
"temples"
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Barcelona pavilon there is one ..............., .................... roof
horizontal; sweeping
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Barcelona pavilon is a ......-storey building
single
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Barcelona pavilon divide space by ...... and ......... ..........
glass; marble screens
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Barcelona pavilon is set on a ............. ................
cokół z trawertynu
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cokół
plinth
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bogate materiały
lavish materials
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Barcelona pavilon there are ................ materials
lavish
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Barcelona pavilon is ranked with Le Corbusier's ................ ................ and Frank Lloyd Wright ............... .......... as one of the three most important twentieth-century houses
Villa Savoye; Robie house
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Mies building were created at the ............ possible ............... and also show that "......... ............... .............."
highest; standard; less is more
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Finding it increasingly hard to work under Hitler's regime, Mies ............. Germany in 1937, having closed down to the ............. (his third and the last director)
left; Bauhaus
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Mies went to teach the .......... .............. of architects
whole generation
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Mies designed the ........ Crown Hall in Chicago
memorable
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Crown Hall is a great use of ........., its ............
steel and glass; transparent
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Przezroczyste
Transparent
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His last designs - included an unbuilt headquarters in Havana AND Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin - had .......... ............. roof
prefabricated steel
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Wzmocniony
Prefabricated ?????????????????
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Mies was one who connectedthe spirit of ................ ............... with Modern ...............
ancient Greece; movement
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pillars in the Seagram building looks like ........ columns from Parthenon
Fluted
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Mies broke the stereotype of modernism that modern architects .....................
don't use decorations
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Seagram building is deeply set back to pay respect to the ...................... (great italian palazzo)
Racquet and Tenis Club
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Mies "I don't want to be .............. I want to be ........."
interesting; good
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Użyłby (bo używał regularnie)
He would use
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Byłam tam 4 razy (w zeszłym roku)
I have been there 4 times
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Byłam tam 4 razy (w tym roku)
I was there 4 times
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wieżowiec
skyscraper
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Najwyższy budynek na świecie
Burj Khalifa in Dubai
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Burj Khalifa is ...... years old (...........), has ............... levels and ............ meters
14 (2010); 162; 828
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.......... was the tallest word's building
Taipei (in Tajwan?)
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odporny na
resistant to
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Why is Taipei resistant to eartquakes?
Taipei has ability to bend under seismic forces
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uginać się
bend
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Curtain wall
don't bear any loads, cover building - decoration light material
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ściana osłonowa
curtain wall
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load-bearing wall
wall that bears the building
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Ściana nośna
load-bearing wall
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partition wall
wall that doesn't bear the building and divide the interior space
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Ściana działowa
partition wall
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tinted glass
coloured glass; it could be a material for stained glass
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szkło barwione
tinted glass
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I-beam
shape use in architecture (for example in Seagram buildig - Mies van der Roche use this as part of curtain wall - to decorate exterior)
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Teownik
I-beam
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Mies was fascinated by .............. architecture in his home town
cathedral
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whimical
capricious, unusual
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nieustępliwy
relentless
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relentless
persistent, never stopping
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trwały
persistent
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nieskazitelny
immaculate
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immaculate
extravagant, over-the-top
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przesadny
over-the-top
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uderzający
striking
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striking
conspicious, noticeable
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rzucający się w oczy, zauważalny
conspicious, noticeable
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sweeping
extensive, wide
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szeroki
wide
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lavish
spotless, perfect
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refined
sophisticated, superior
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wyrafinowany
refined
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sophisticated, superior
wyrafinowany, doskonały
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philistine
filozof ?????????????
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zniechęcający
daunting
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daunting
discouraging, frightening
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discouraging, frightening
zniechęcający, przerażający
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incalculable
vast, enormous, countless
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vast, enormous, countless
rozległy, ogromny, niezliczony
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konfigurować, ustawić
configure
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zapadnięty
sunken
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blachownica, dźwigar zbudowany z odpowiednich blach
plate girder
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spawać, zgrzewać
weld
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Dwuteownik
H-column
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wyrażać
articulate
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Przezroczystość
Transparency
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Rozczłonkować, podzielić na części
compartmentalize