Final Exam – 20 th Century Building Identifications – 10 identifications/5 points each During the Final you will be given 1-1/2 minutes to look at each slide and complete the following information Name Location Date Architect Style or Culture This review will give you 30 seconds to look at the slide and then display the image and building data for 1 minute total. The images shown here may or may not be the exact ones used on the quiz.
Essay Questions – 2 essay questions / 25 points each Both Essay questions will include slide ID’s One essay will be a compare and contrast Both essays will focus on key figures or buildings in 20 th century architecture Tips for preparing: Know all slide ID’s Review lecture notes – focus on architects and key concepts that shaped 20 th century architecture Read chapters 15 and 16 in your textbook Understand and identify key figures in 20 th century architecture. Be prepared to write and discuss their philosophies and ideas as they relate to each other and to their own work.
Robie House Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie Style Chicago, Illinois
Unity Temple Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie Style 1906 Oak Park, IL
AEG Turbine Factory Peter Behrens Early Modern 1909 Berlin, Germany
Einstein Tower Erich Mendelsohn Expressionist Potsdam, Germany
Schroeder House Gerrit Rietveld 1924 International Utrecht, Netherlands
Bauhaus Art and Architecture School Walter Gropius 1926 International Dessau, Germany
Barcelona Pavilion Mies van der Rohe 1929 International Barcelona, Spain
Lakeshore Drive Mies van der Rohe International Chicago, Illinois
Farnsworth House Mies van der Rohe International Plano, Illinois
Edgar J. Kaufmann Residence Falling Water Frank Lloyd Wright Expressionist Modern Bear Run, Pennsylvania
Guggenheim Museum Frank Lloyd Wright Modern New York City, New York
Unite’ d’Habitacion Le Corbusier Brutalist Marseilles, France
Notre Dame du Haut LeCorbusier Expressionist Ronchamp, France
Palazetto dello sport Nervi Modern Rome, Italy
TWA Terminal Eero Saarinen Expressionism NYC, NY
Villa Mairea Alvar Aalto Modern Noormarkku, Finland
Salk Institute Louis Kahn Modern La Jolla, California
Kimbell Art Museum Louis Kahn Modern Fort Worth, Texas
Chestnut Hill House (Vanna Venturi House) Chestnut Hill (outside of Philadelphia), Pennsylvania Robert Venturi Postmodern 1961
Guild House Robert Venturi Postmodern 1961 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Athenaeum Richard Meier Late Modern New Harmony, Indiana
Centre Pompidou Rogers and Piano High-Tech
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Norman Foster High-Tech Hong Kong, China
Guggenheim-Bilbao Frank Gehry Expressionist 1997 Bilbao, Spain