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WorksheetsHistory of contemporary Architecture
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 15mins
The Mid-Century modern movement in the U.S.A. was an American reflection of which European styles?
None of these
Art Nouveau and Art Deco
Post Modernism and Scandinavian
International and Bauhaus
This famous California house was built in 1949 by _________ as his private residence.
Charles and Ray Eames
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Charles and Ray Eames are among the most important American Mid-Century designers, known for their groundbreaking architecture, furniture, industrial design, manufacturing, and the photographic arts.
true
false
How did Mid-Century architecture influenced modern society?
influenced a new way of thinking where designers/architects turned traditional designs into new original aesthetics.
popularized seemingly futuristic aesthetics and function that promoted living in urban settings.
both
what is Mid-Century architecture?
a twentieth-century architecture characterized by clean lines, muted curves, flat planes, large windows that integrates nature in its design connecting both function and aesthetics
a ninetieth-century architecture described as "doll-house" type, with ornate windows, curlicue trim pieces, bright colors, and asymmetrical designs
Modernist housing projects were failed. Why ?
Many collapse
Became vertical slums
Poor aesthetic value
Not sustainable
This is why social aspect is one of the key failure of International Style EXCEPT?
Create big gap of social hierarchy
Serves the elites and power
Ordinary people have no powers and choices
Lack of spiritual conscience
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Lacaton & Vassal
Grafton Architects
Arata Isozaki
Balkrishna Doshi
RCR Arquitectos
Postmodern architects turned towards the past, quoting past aspects of various buildings and melding them together to create a new means of designing buildings.
True
False
Postmodern architecture often disregarded the context in terms of the materials, forms and details of the buildings around it—the cultural context.
True
False
His book "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture" (published in 1966), was instrumental in opening readers eyes to new ways of thinking about buildings,
Charles Moore
Philip Johnson
Robert Venturi
James Stirling
The move away from modernism’s functionalism is well illustrated by Venturi’s adaptation of Mies van der Rohe’s famous maxim “Less is more” to " (a) "
In which country was Le Corbusier born?
Switzerland
England
France
Germany
a style of decoration that was especially popular in the 1930s and uses simple shapes and lines and strong colours...
Baroque
Concrete
Gothic
Art-deco
Starting in the 1990's, a movement known as _________ began to feature mixed-use neighborhoods with businesses and residential properties, walkable areas and a variety of price ranges for homes.
blockbusting
gentrification
leapfrogging
new urbanism
