HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE II
in 19th century
FLORENCE-
MICHAEL GRAVES- Architect of PORTLAND BUILDING
INTERNATIONAL STYLE- Name of major architectural style
of the 90s
INDUSTRIAL STYLE - Best architectural style for the factory
GOTHIC- Rebirth of the flying buttress between 12th and
16th century
Examples of Palladian style buildings designed by Andrea
Palladio:
 VILLA “CAPRA LA ROTONDA”, Italy
 SAN GIORGIO MAGGIORE, Italy
 WHITE HOUSE, USA
Le Corbusier’s five design principles:
 PILOTIS
 OPEN PLAN
 FREE FAÇADE
 HORIZONTAL WINDOW
 ROOF GARDEN
MORDERN/MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE- Architectural
group of style emerging the first half of 20th century and
become dominant after World War 2.
SKIDMORE, OWENS AND MERILL- 3 partners who acted
as foreign consultants for the P.B. Com tower (Philippine
Bank Communication)
NORMAN ARCHITECTURE- Other term of “English
Romanesque”
ELIZABETHAN- Establishment of renaissance style in
England.
ECLECTICISM- Different historical style
GIAN LORENZO BERMINI- Renaissance architect who
added 284 ionic columns at the entrance plaza of St. Peters
Basilica
FILIPPPO BRUNELLISHI- Inventor of Perspective Drawing.
ROCOCO- Style which is a primarily French in origin/ last
phase in the baroque period.
GEOMETRIC- type of tracery window that is formed by the
geometric flat form.
JUAN NAKPIL- National artist in 1973; Designer of Quiapo
Church.
TALIESIN- Winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright
LOUIS SULLIVAN- Father of modernism
NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL- Oldest French cathedral
begun by bishop Maurice de Sully; Located Paris, France
DONATO BRAMANTE- Proposed a Greek cross plan in a
dome similar in Rome
JUJENDSTIL- Other term for Art Nouveau.
ILLUSTRATE THE BUILDING:
 GHERKIN BUILDING (FOSTER)
 CCTV BUILDING/CHINA CENTRAL TV HEADQUARTERS
 GLASSHOUSE (PHILIP JOHNSON)
 VILLA SAVOYE (LE CORBUSIER)
FINDESIECLE- Another term for end of the century art
PLATERIA- Rich in poetic style named for its similarity
in silversmith’s work
PLATERESQUE- influenced by arch, extremely florid
and decorative
FRANK GHERRRY- The Constructivism style thru
equilibrium structural concept belongs to Frank Gherry
BAUHAUS- Art school by Arch. Walter Gropius
SPIRO KONSTANTINE KOSTOF- Author of History of
Architecture
RICHARD MEIER- Arch. of Atlanta high museum
EDGE CITIES- New landscape of America composed of
new houses, shopping malls, hotels etc.
NORMAN FOSTER- Designed the office tower of
Hong Kong and Shanghai bank.
I.M. PEI- Designed the tallest building of the Hong
Kong skyline
TRANSWORLD AIRLINES TERMINAL-
RCA VICTOR BUILDING-
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT-
ROBERT VENTURI- “Less is a bore”
LE CORBUSIER- “Contemporary for 3 million people”
EINSTEIN TOWER- an astrophysical observatory in
the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany
built by an architect named Erich Mendelsohn
ORLY HANGARS- Eugene Freyssinet pioneered that
called space frame parabolic shape.
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE- Master mind of
Seagram building.
BENJAMIN HENRY LATROBE- Designer of U.S.
capitol followed by William Thornton
IDENTIFY THE BUILDINGS:
1. NOTHRE DAME CATHEDRAL, GOTHIC
2. ST. CHAPELLE, GOTHIC
3. CATHEDRAL OF LADY CHARTRES, GOTHIC
4. ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL
5. ABBEY CHURCH
6. .
7. CATHEDRAL OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
8. PAOY CHRUCH, BAROQUE
9. PISA COMPLEX CATHEDRAL
10. TALEISIN WEST, AZ (MODERN AND ORGANIC)
11. GROPIUS HOUSE
12. GEGGUENHEIM MUSEUM
13. SAME AS #7
14. HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, ATLANTA
15. BANK OF CHINA, HK
16. HK AND SHANGHAI BANK
17. PALACE OF THE ASSEMBLY (INTERIOR)
18. TRANSWORLD AIRLINE TERMINAL, N.Y.
19. RELIQUARY OF SAINTE FOY, CONQUES
20. SEAGRAM BLDG.