ARC 082 - Theory of Architecture 2 (Masters of Architecture) || with Accurate Answers 100%.
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ARC 082 - Theory Of Architecture 2
ALVAR AALTO correct answers Born in Finland in 1898. He graduated with honors from Helsinki Polytechnic in 1921 after which he opened his own practice.
He held the position of Professor of Architecture at MIT 1946 to 1948, and was president of the Academy of Finland.
functionalism correct ans...
ARC 082 - Theory of Architecture 2 (Masters of
Architecture) || with Accurate Answers 100%.
ALVAR AALTO correct answers Born in Finland in 1898. He graduated with honors from
Helsinki Polytechnic in 1921 after which he opened his own practice.
He held the position of Professor of Architecture at MIT 1946 to 1948, and was president of the
Academy of Finland.
functionalism correct answers Alvar Aalto generated a style of ______________ which avoided
romantic excess and neoclassical monotony. He utilized texture, color, and structure in creative
new ways.
Aalto's designs were particularly significant because of their response to site, material and form.
ANTONI GAUDI correct answers Born in Spain in 1852. He studied at the Escola Superior
d'Arquitectura and designed his first major commission for the Casa Vincens using a Gothic
Revival style.
Spanish Art Nouveau movement correct answers Gaudi developed a sensuous, curving, almost
surreal design style which established him as the leader of what movement?
His characteristically warped form of Gothic architecture drew admiration from other avantgarde
artists
FRANK GEHRY correct answers Born in Canada in 1929. He studied at the Universities of
Southern California and Harvard before he established his first practice.
deconstructed correct answers Gehry moved away from a conventional commercial practice to
an artistically directed atelier.
His _____________ architectural style began to emerge in late 1970s when he created
collagelike compositions out of found materials. He created pieces of functional sculpture.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT correct answers Born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1867. He
was educated at Second Ward School, Madison and at the University of Wisconsin where he
took some mechanical drawing and basic mathematics courses.
He then departed for Chicago where he spent several months in J. L. Silsbee's office before
seeking employment with Adler and Sullivan.
organic architecture correct answers Wright believed in designing structures that were in
harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called?
, prairie house correct answers A long, low building with hovering planes and horizontal
emphasis. Through experimentation, Wright developed this idea.
Ieoh Ming Pei correct answers Born in China in 1917. He studied architecture at MIT and
Harvard. He worked for several companies and as a professor at Harvard before he founded his
own architectural firm in 1960.
high-tech movement correct answers Due to his reliance on abstract form and materials such as
stone, concrete, glass, and steel, he has been considered a disciple of Gropius.
Pei generally designs sophisticated glass clad buildings loosely related to what movement?
JØRN UTZON correct answers Born in Copenhagen in 1918. After studying at the Academy of
Arts in Copenhagen, he travelled through Europe, the United States and Mexico. He established
his own practice in Copenhagen in 1950 when he returned from his travels.
Sculptural and Organic correct answers Utzon has created a style which incorporates?
Influenced by architectural tradition, he attempts to create architecture for living that adheres to a
strict structural and constructive process.
KENZO TANGE correct answers Born in Osaka, Japan in 1913. He graduated from the
University of Tokyo in 1938 and studied city planning at the graduate school at the University of
Tokyo. He received a degree in engineering in 1959.
Two years later, he established his own firm. He also served as professor of urban engineering at
the University of Tokyo from 1963 to 1974.
international style correct answers Tange's early designs attempted to combine modernism with
traditional Japanese forms of architecture.
In the late 1960s he rejected this earlier regionalism in favor of an abstract—?
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris (LE CORBUSIER) correct answers Born in Switzerland in
1887.
Trained as an artist, he travelled extensively through Germany and the East. In Paris, he studied
under Auguste Perret and absorbed the cultural and artistic life of the city.
a machine for living in correct answers From 1922 Le Corbusier worked with his cousin Pierre
Jeanneret.
During this time, Le Corbusier's ideas began to take physical form, mainly as houses which he
created as "_ _______ ___ ______ __" and which incorporated his trademark five points of
architecture.
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