Final Exam – 20th Century
Building Identifications – 10 identifications/5 points each
During the Final you will be given 1-1/2 minutes to look at
each slide and complete the following information
•Name
•Location
•Date
•Architect
•Style or Culture
This review will give you 30 seconds to look at the slide
and then display the image and building data for 1 minute
total. The images shown here may or may not be the exact
ones used on the quiz.
Essay Questions – 2 essay questions / 25 points each
Both Essay questions will include slide ID’s
One essay will be a compare and contrast
Both essays will focus on key figures or buildings in 20th century
architecture
Tips for preparing:
Know all slide ID’s
Review lecture notes – focus on architects and key concepts that
shaped 20th century architecture
Read chapters 15 and 16 in your textbook
Understand and identify key figures in 20th century architecture.
Be prepared to write and discuss their philosophies and ideas as
they relate to each other and to their own work.
Robie House
Frank Lloyd Wright
1906-1909
Prairie Style
Chicago, Illinois
Unity Temple
Frank Lloyd Wright
Prairie Style
1906
Oak Park, IL
AEG Turbine Factory
Peter Behrens
Early Modern
1909
Berlin, Germany
Einstein Tower
Erich Mendelsohn
1919-1921
Expressionist
Potsdam, Germany
Schroeder House
Gerrit Rietveld
1924
International
Utrecht, Netherlands
Bauhaus
Art and Architecture School
Walter Gropius
1926
International
Dessau, Germany
Barcelona Pavilion
Mies van der Rohe
1929
International
Barcelona, Spain
860-880 Lakeshore Drive
Mies van der Rohe
1949-51
International
Chicago, Illinois
Farnsworth House
Mies van der Rohe
1950-52
International
Plano, Illinois
Edgar J. Kaufmann Residence
Falling Water
Frank Lloyd Wright
Expressionist Modern
1934-37
Bear Run, Pennsylvania
Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright
Modern
1957-59
New York City, New York
Unite’ d’Habitacion
Le Corbusier
Brutalist
1947-1952
Marseilles, France
Notre Dame du Haut
LeCorbusier
Expressionist
1950-55
Ronchamp, France
Palazetto dello sport
Nervi
Modern
Rome, Italy
TWA Terminal
Eero Saarinen
Expressionism
1956-1962
NYC, NY
Villa Mairea
Alvar Aalto
Modern 1937-1939
Noormarkku, Finland
Salk Institute
Louis Kahn
Modern
1959-1962
La Jolla, California
Kimbell Art Museum
Louis Kahn
Modern
1967-1972
Fort Worth, Texas
Chestnut Hill House (Vanna Venturi House)
Chestnut Hill (outside of Philadelphia),
Pennsylvania
Robert Venturi
Postmodern
1961
Guild House
Robert Venturi
Postmodern
1961
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Athenaeum
Richard Meier
1975-1979
Late Modern
New Harmony, Indiana
Centre Pompidou
Rogers and Piano
High-Tech
1972-1076
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
Norman Foster
High-Tech
1979-1986
Hong Kong, China
Guggenheim-Bilbao
Frank Gehry
Expressionist
1997
Bilbao, Spain