1. The Hornbostel Era

2. Key Issues:
New age of American campus design at the turn-of-the-century.
New wealth and elevation of culture.
Additive growth (“Old Main” plus…) replaced by grand schemes.
American architects influenced by École des Beaux Arts (Paris).
Campuses adopt group plans of Beaux Arts planning.
Carnegie Tech founded in 1900 as secondary technical school.
Beaux Arts campus integrates technology and culture.
Imprint of Andrew Carnegie and architect Henry Hornbostel.
Recognition by the architectural press.
Key Issues

3. Carnegie Technical Schools Competition. 1904.

4. Carnegie Technical Schools Competition. 1904.
Carnegie Technical Schools Competition Program:
Design of buildings for Administration, School of Applied Sciences, School for Apprentices and Journeymen, Technical School for Women, School of Applied Design, Service (592,000 square feet)
Buildings should have an architectural treatment of great simplicity.
Instructive examples for laboratories and shops include technical institutes (e.g. Pratt Institute) and industrial plants (e.g. Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.)
Special attention must be given to natural lighting
Special attention must be given to the simultaneous movement of large numbers of students and the movement of wagons of heavy materials
Carnegie Technical Schools Competition

5. Carnegie Technical Schools Competition. 1904.
Invited Competitors:
Carrere & Hastings
Frank Miles Day & Brother
Cass Gilbert
Howells & Stokes
George B. Post
Winner:
Palmer & Hornbostel
Carnegie Technical Schools Competition

6. Howells, Stokes and Hornbostel
Howells, Stokes and Hornbostel. University of California Competition [second place]

7. World’s Columbian Exposition. Chicago. 1893.

8. Beaux Arts Beaux Arts. Group Plan Monumental scale
Unified organization and architecture
Grid
Strong axes
Symmetry
Hierarchy of major and minor buildings and spaces
Ability to accommodate many buildings and additions within plan
Architecture
Italian Renaissance pavilions
Tall round-arched windows
Low pitched roofs
Beaux Arts.

9. Palmer & Hornbostel. Carnegie Technical Schools Competition [winner]

10. Palmer & Hornbostel. Carnegie Technical Schools Competition [winner]

11. Palmer & Hornbostel. Campus Master Plan. 1906.

12. Palmer & Hornbostel. Campus Master Plan. 1906.

13. Palmer & Hornbostel. Campus Master Plan. 1911.

14. Palmer & Hornbostel. Campus Master Plan. 1911.

15. Palmer & Hornbostel. Campus Master Plan. 1911.

16. Thomas Jefferson. University of Virginia. 1817-1826.

17. Palmer & Hornbostel. Hornbostel Mall. 1905-1916.

18. Palmer & Hornbostel. School of Applied Industries (Porter Hall). 1906.

19. Palmer & Hornbostel. School of Applied Industries (Porter Hall). 1906.

20. Henry Hornbostel. Administration Hall (Baker Hall). 1914.

21. Leon Battista Alberti. Sant’Andrea. Mantua. 1470-1472.
Roman Triumphal Arch
Greek Temple Front
Leon Battista Alberti. Sant’Andrea. Mantua

22. Henry Hornbostel. Administration Hall (Baker Hall). 1914.
R. Guastavino Company
Henry Hornbostel. Administration Hall (Baker Hall)

23. Henry Hornbostel. Machinery Hall (Hamerschlag Hall). 1912-1914

24. Henry Hornbostel. Machinery Hall (Hamerschlag Hall). 1912-1914.

25. Andrea Palladio. Villa Barbaro. Ca. 1549-1558.

26. Henry Hornbostel. Machinery Hall (Hamerschlag Hall). 1912-1914

27. Claude-Nicholas Ledoux. Blacksmith Building at Saltworks of Chaux
Claude-Nicholas Ledoux. Blacksmith Building at Saltworks of Chaux s.

28. Henry Hornbostel. Machinery Hall (Hamerschlag Hall). 1912-1914

29. Henry Hornbostel. Machinery Hall (Hamerschlag Hall). 1912-1914

30. Temple of Vesta. Rome. Late 2nd century B. C. Claude-Nicholas Ledoux
Temple of Vesta. Rome. Late 2nd century B.C. Claude-Nicholas Ledoux. Barriére de Reuilly. Paris Richard Mique. Temple de l’Amour. Versailles

31. Henry Hornbostel. Machinery Hall (Hamerschlag Hall). 1912-1914

32. Henry Hornbostel. U.S.S. Pennsylvania Prow. Ca. 1915.

33. Henry Hornbostel. School of Applied Design (CFA). 1912-1914, 1916.

34. Henry Hornbostel. School of Applied Design (CFA). 1912-1914, 1916.

35. Raphael et al. Villa Madama. Rome. 1516-1617.

36. Henry Hornbostel. School of Applied Design (CFA). 1912-1914, 1916.

37. Baldessare Peruzzi. Villa Farnesina. Rome. 1508-1511
Baldessare Peruzzi. Villa Farnesina. Rome McKim Mead & White. Villard Houses. New York

38. Henry Hornbostel. School of Applied Design (CFA). 1912-1914, 1916.

39. Henry Hornbostel. School of Applied Design (CFA). 1912-1914, 1916.

40. Bruce Lindsey Paul Rosenblatt Associates. Niches Project. 1987-1995.

41. Henry Hornbostel. School of Applied Design (CFA). 1912-1914, 1916
Henry Hornbostel. School of Applied Design (CFA) , Studio of J. Monroe Hewlett, Charles Basing, and Arthur T. Hewlett. Murals

42. Palmer & Hornbostel. Margaret Morrison Carnegie College. 1905-1907.

43. Flaminio Ponzio. Villa Borghesia. Rome. 1608-1613

44. Jean Aubert. Stables at Chantilly. Paris. 1721-1735.

45. Palmer & Hornbostel. Margaret Morrison Carnegie College. 1905-1907.

46. Palmer & Hornbostel. Margaret Morrison Carnegie College. 1905-1907.

47. Palmer & Hornbostel. Margaret Morrison Carnegie College, proposed additions. ca. 1913.

48. Raphael et al. Villa Madama. Rome. 1516-1617.

49. Henry Hornbostel. U.S. Bureau of Mines (Hamburg Hall). 1915.

50. Henry Hornbostel. U.S. Bureau of Mines (Hamburg Hall). 1915.

51. Henry Hornbostel. U.S. Bureau of Mines (Hamburg Hall). 1915.

52. Henry Hornbostel. Dormitories. 1915-1918.

53. Henry Hornbostel. “Ledge House.” ca. 1909.

54. Henry Hornbostel. Langley Laboratory. 1917-1918.

55. Henry Hornbostel. Gymnasium. 1923-1924.

56. Albert Davis Taylor. Campus Landscape Plan. 1924-1926?.

57. Hornbostel Campus

58. “The Fence”. Ca