The Late Nineteenth Century
The Crystal Palace, 1851
1851 International Exhibition Joseph Paxton June 11, 1850-May 1, ,851 feet by cast iron columns
Interior of Houses of Parliament
The rise of the Civil Engineer Using the science of statics (based upon Newton’s Laws of Motion) to measure and calculate forces of gravity and stress. “Civil” because addressing structures in civilian life. Beginning of separation of “architect” and “engineer”
Pont-Neuf, Paris
Gustave Eiffel Garabit Viaduct: the truss
The Eiffel Tower 1889 World’s Fair, Paris 1000 feet high
Bessemer Process, 1860
The Skyscraper: The Chicago School The engineer: William Lebaron Jenney The architect: Louis Sullivan
Chicago in 1863
Great Chicago Fire, ,450 buildings destroyed Four square miles of the downtown area in ruins Opportunity to build a “modern” city Population boom: 325,000in 1871; 1.5 million by 1893
William LeBaron Jenney Home Insurance Building,
Steel Frame
The Bird Cage Legend
Curtain Wall Construction
Louis Sullivan ( ) “Father of the Skyscraper”
The Wainwright St. Louis 1890
The skyscraper (Tall office Building)
Carson Pirie Scott Department Store, 1899
Consequences of the Industrial Revolution Wage labor Crowded cities Cheap, shoddy goods Dore: “Over London By Rail” 1872
Victorian Interior
Frank Lloyd Wright ( )
The Prairie House, c. 1900
Thomas House, Oak Park, Chicago
Ward Willitts House, 1900
Japanese Prints
The Robie House, 1906
Victorian Interior
Steel
Roman Brick
Gull-wing gutters
“Prairie House,” 1910 for a German magazine