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The Late Nineteenth Century. The Crystal Palace, 1851.

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1 The Late Nineteenth Century

2 The Crystal Palace, 1851

3 1851 International Exhibition Joseph Paxton June 11, 1850-May 1, 1851 1,851 feet by 400 3300 cast iron columns

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7 Interior of Houses of Parliament

8 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”

9 Pont-Neuf, Paris

10 Gustave Eiffel Garabit Viaduct: the truss

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14 The Eiffel Tower 1889 World’s Fair, Paris 1000 feet high

15 Bessemer Process, 1860

16 The Skyscraper: The Chicago School The engineer: William Lebaron Jenney The architect: Louis Sullivan

17 Chicago in 1863

18 Great Chicago Fire, 1871 17,450 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

19 William LeBaron Jenney Home Insurance Building, 1883-85

20 Steel Frame

21 The Bird Cage Legend

22 Curtain Wall Construction

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24 Louis Sullivan (1856-1924) “Father of the Skyscraper”

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26 The Wainwright St. Louis 1890

27 The skyscraper (Tall office Building)

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32 Carson Pirie Scott Department Store, 1899

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39 Consequences of the Industrial Revolution Wage labor Crowded cities Cheap, shoddy goods Dore: “Over London By Rail” 1872

40 Victorian Interior

41 Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)

42 The Prairie House, c. 1900

43 Thomas House, Oak Park, Chicago

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46 Ward Willitts House, 1900

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51 Japanese Prints

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53 The Robie House, 1906

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69 Steel

70 Roman Brick

71 Gull-wing gutters

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73 “Prairie House,” 1910 for a German magazine


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