An architecture for a new century: the search for a new style

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On page 252 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘The period with which this chapter deals is relatively short, between _____and______.  But it is a most distinctive and stimulating moment in architectural history.  It saw the formulation of theories and slogans and new types of buildings which were to change the shape of towns and cities.’

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1880 and 1920

On page 252 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘In the 1880’s and 1890’s an architectural revolution was under way in America, in particular in ______________.’

Chicago

On page 252 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘What brought the Chicago School into prominence was the _______________________.’

the fire of 1871
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On page 252 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘The opportunity and the challenge provided Chicago architects with a programme of building which had in its very nature to dispense with historical styles.  In doing so it set the scene for _____________________.’

the Modern Movement 

On page 254 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘_____________ principle, inherited from nineteenth-century theorists,  that ‘form follows function’ was to provide a slogan for many years to come.’ ___________.’

: Louis Sullivan’s  

On page 254 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘The two principle materials for the new high and massive buildings were steel, which we have seen had been pioneered in Britain and brought into general use in America, and reinforced concrete, which was developed in ____________.’

France

On page 254 and 255 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘One of the first examples of reinforced concrete was Anatole de Baudot’s church of St-Jean-de-Montmartre in Paris of 1897-1904.  De Boudot had been a pupil of ____________________ and followed his master’s ideal of using modern technology to develop further traditional structural principles.

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Viollet-le-Duc

On page 255 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘Elimination of unnecessary ornament and expression of _______________ are basic to any understanding of modern architecture.

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structure

On page 256 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘______________ was essentially a decorative style for special buildings, it was inappropriate for ordinary building functions.’  The building depicted is an example.

: Art Nouveau 

Which architect noted below was heavily influenced by traditional Japanese design?

Frank Lloyd Wright  

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