Arch History Exam 3

Who designed this building and about when?

• Bruno Taut/1919

• Raymond Hood/1920

• Domenikus Bohm/1928

• Erich Mendelsohn/1928

Who designed this building?

• Raymond Hood

• Bruno Taut

• Erich Mendelsohn

• Domenikus Bohm

Which of these is NOT a condition Mendelsohn was attentive to in his commercial buildings?

• Use of curves to relate to traffic an dynamism of the city

• Design of bold signage

• Subtle use of lighting to give building nighttime presence

• Importance of keeping facades completely flat

Which of these is a design implication of the 1916 New York zoning code?

• Limited height of all buildings in the city

• Required that all buildings include affordable housing

• Required use of glass curtain walls

• Required that tall buildings have setbacks

Where is this buildign?

• Chicago, USA

• New York, USA

• Berlin, Germany

• Stuttgart, Germany

What was the function of this building?

• Social Housing

• Embassy

• Office Building

• Department Store

Which of these is a shared characteristic of Alvar Aalto's and Le Corbusier's house designs of the 1930's?

• Use of "pilotis"

• Use of a single material, usually concrete

• Use of rammed earth construction

• Integration with natural context and greenery

Which of these is NOT a concern that modernist architects in the West needed to address in the aftermath of World War 2?

• Making new public spaces in bombed urban cores

• Finding abstract forms for monuments

• Expressing shared humanity

• Glorifying socialism

What organization helped introduce the modernist style to the US?

• Museum of Modern Art

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• American Institute of Architects

• Harvard University

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

• Emphasis on the automobile

• Use of bare concrete

• Two story apartments with a lofted living room

• Raising the building on pilotis