Pluralism Flashcards

1
Q

What did Nikolaus Pevsner think it was folly to abandon?

A

The international style

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When the ???? Flats in St. Louis designed by Minori Yamasaki, were blown up.

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Pruitt Igoe

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…. were the two kinds which made up the bulk of the later modern movement and characterized modern cities- mass housing and ????

A

Office development

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…. the latest architecture is characterised by ?????

A

Pluralism

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5
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If steel and concrete were the essential structural materials of the early modern movement, the ubiquitous material for today is ?????

A

Glass

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???? Startled America with his supple, soaring and bird like TWA Terminal…..

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Week Saarinen

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The architect who expressed the mood most clearly and concisely, both in words and in actions, was ?????’

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Robert Venturi

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8
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After a brief interlude known as the New ????, in which architects influenced by the later buildings of Le corb used materials…..

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Brutalism

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9
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In Finland, formerly dominated by the unique and thoughtful Alvar Aalto, an outstanding and even more original follower has been ????

A

Reina Pietila

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10
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What style of architecture does it represent?

A

Postmodernism

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