Exam 3 - Global Architectural History 2 - Modules 24-28

Which of these was a major feature of the plan for Moscow developed in the late 30s under Stalin?

• Mass housing after the model of the Bauhaus

• Large towers spaced through the city

• Preserving old narrow streets

• Promoting small businesses

What organization helped introduce the modernist style to the United States?

• American Institute of Architects

• Museum of Modern Art

• Harvard University

• Tennessee Valley Authority

What architect worked with Hitler on a series of grand projects for Berlin?

• Richard Neutra

• Le Corbusier

• Albert Speer

• Erich Mendelsohn

Which of these was a major concern of Mussolini in guiding architectural policy in fascist Italy?

• Imitating the baroque

• Recalling the glory of the Roman Empire

• Showing industrial materials to best effect

• Ribbon windows

Which of these is NOT a concern that modernist architects in the West needed to address in the aftermath of World War II?

• Glorifying socialism

• Making new public spaces in bombed urban cores

• Finding abstract forms for monuments

• Expressing shared humanity

Who was the designer of this building?

• Le Corbusier

• Albert Speer

• Giuseppe Terragni

Which of these is not a core principle of the garden city concept?

• Land owned cooperatively

• Limited in size

• Includes industry

• Buildings must have roof gardens

About when was this building designed?

• 1970

• 1946

• 1924

• 1933

Which of these is a difference between Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation and his buildings from the 20's?

• Emphasis on the automobile

• Two story apartments with a lofted living room

• Raising the building on pilotis

• Use of bare concrete

What is the name of this building, and who worked with the architect to choreograph the user's experience of it?

• School of Art and Architecture/Eero Saarinen

• Brazilian Capitol Building/Lucio Costa

• Dulles Airport/Charels and Ray Eames

• Ministry of Education/Roberto Burle-Marx