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The Late Nineteenth Century
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The Crystal Palace, 1851
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1851 International Exhibition Joseph Paxton June 11, 1850-May 1, 1851 1,851 feet by 400 3300 cast iron columns
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Interior of Houses of Parliament
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The rise of the Civil Engineer Using the science of statics (based upon Newton’s Laws of Motion) to measure and calculate forces of gravity and stress. “Civil” because addressing structures in civilian life. Beginning of separation of “architect” and “engineer”
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Pont-Neuf, Paris
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Gustave Eiffel Garabit Viaduct: the truss
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The Eiffel Tower 1889 World’s Fair, Paris 1000 feet high
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Bessemer Process, 1860
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The Skyscraper: The Chicago School The engineer: William Lebaron Jenney The architect: Louis Sullivan
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Chicago in 1863
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Great Chicago Fire, 1871 17,450 buildings destroyed Four square miles of the downtown area in ruins Opportunity to build a “modern” city Population boom: 325,000in 1871; 1.5 million by 1893
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William LeBaron Jenney Home Insurance Building, 1883-85
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Steel Frame
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The Bird Cage Legend
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Curtain Wall Construction
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Louis Sullivan (1856-1924) “Father of the Skyscraper”
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The Wainwright St. Louis 1890
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The skyscraper (Tall office Building)
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Carson Pirie Scott Department Store, 1899
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Consequences of the Industrial Revolution Wage labor Crowded cities Cheap, shoddy goods Dore: “Over London By Rail” 1872
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Victorian Interior
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Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
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The Prairie House, c. 1900
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Thomas House, Oak Park, Chicago
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Ward Willitts House, 1900
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Japanese Prints
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The Robie House, 1906
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Victorian Interior
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Steel
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Roman Brick
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Gull-wing gutters
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“Prairie House,” 1910 for a German magazine
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