Modern Architecture Flashcards
Lloyds of London architect and date?
1978- Richard Rogers
The Gherkin architect and date
2003- Norman Foster
British Museum Glass Roofing architect and date?
2000 - Norman Foster
Who was one of the first contemporary london architects
What
Arne Jacobesn
The Ritz was built by who and when?
Mews & Davies
1906
Which shop in Oxford Street is known on the inside as the Parthenon?
Marks And Spencer
Who designed Palladium House and when?
Hood & Jeves 1929
Where would you find the Isokon flats?
Hampstead 1934 Wells Coates
Modernism (style)
Where was Erno Goldfingers house ?
2 Willow Road - Hampstead.
When was the Royal festival Hall built, and by who?
M+M
1951- Mathew + Martin
Modernism ( style)
What style is the Hoover Building on the A4
Art Deco - 1931 and 1933. The Art Deco building was designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners
Who built the Carreras cigarette Factory and when?
M.E and O.H ?
1926–28 by the Carreras Tobacco Company owned by the Russian-Jewish inventor and philanthropist Bernhard Baron on the communal garden area of Mornington Crescent, to a design by architects M. E. and O. H. Collins and A. G. Porri.
In what style is the Euston Tower?
Millbank tower and marathon house?
International Style
Euston Tower 1970
Millbank Tower 1963
Marathon house 1960
Who coined the term Brutalisim ?
Smithson ?
The term Brutalism was first used by Architects ‘ Alison and Peter Smithson 1954
Who was the architect for the Barbican, and what year
C.P.B ?
1982- Chamberlain, Powell and Bon .
Who was the architect for the Trellick Tower, and when? And what style
1972- Erno Goldfinger, Brutalism style
Who was the architect who designed Centre Point and what year /Style
G.M.S ?
1966- George Marsh / Seifert
Brutalism Style
National Theatre was built when and by who?
Lesdrum ?
1976 - Denys Lasdum
Brutalism style
The Broadgate Development was built when and by who ?
A.P
1980s- Arup and Peter Foggo
Which Royal Hated the Post modernist style?
Prince Charles has been critical of Postmodern architecture, calling it “unfruitful” and “offensive.”
Who built ‘ One Poultry and when?
Sir J—- S——-
1997- Sir james Sterling
What is the youngest listed Building?
One Poultry ( Youngest listed building 1990s ) Post Modernism
What style is the M16 headquarters?
Post Modernism.
Who designed the MI6 Building and when?
Terry Farrell -1994
What style is charing cross station?
1990s Post Modernism
What are the features of Brutalist architecture.
Raw in design rough and just plane brick.
On a building of classical design, where would you find the “ Entablature ?
The entablature is found above the columns of a structure but below the roof. Entablature elements such as the cornice, frieze, and architrave are supported by the columns below and offered support for the roof above.
List the Three phases of English Gothic in order
Early English.
Decorated.
Perpendicular
In architecture what is blind arcading
Arch does not penetrate through to the other side of the wall.
Edward lutyens often worked with a famous female gardener , who was she
Gertrude jekyll
Long and short work was a method of Building used in which period?
Anglo -saxon
What is the name of the Royal horticultural society garden in Surrey.
Wisely
Which landscape gardener was known as Moher nature’s husband
Lancelot
Capability
Brown
