ARCH 350 1stEdition Lecture 3Outline of Last Lecture I. Joseph PaxtonA. Crystal Palacea. Architecture detailsb. ImportanceB. Gustave Eiffela. Ponte Dona Mariab. Eiffel TowerOutline of Current Lecture I. HistoryII. Development of SkyscrapersA. Technological advancementsB. Period of ReconstructionC. AestheticsIII. Francois HenebiqueIV. William Le Baron Jenney A. Home Insurance Building B. Fair StoreV. Daniel Burnham and John RootA. Monadnock BuildingB. Reliance BuildingVI. Cyrus Eidlitz A. Washington Life BuildingVII. Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan A. Auditorium Building B. Guranty BuildingVIII. Louis SullivanThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.A. Transportation BuildingB. Carson Pirie Scott Department StoreCurrent LectureChicago SchoolI. HistoryA. In 1871 the Great Chicago Fire burned and destroyed almost all Chicago after a droughtB. Period of ReconstructionII. Development of SkyscrapersA. Technological advancementsa. mass produced structural elementb. strong and resist with shearc. safety elevatorsB. Economy and regulationsa. free market form of capitalismC. AestheticsIII. Francois Hennebique - French engineer- patented his Monolithic Reinforced Concrete System- used vertical slender posts, thin lateral beams on brackets, concrete floor slabs- responsible for the wide spread of reinforced concreteIV. William Le Baron Jenney A. Home Insurance Building- masonry load bearing wall on ground floor- columns of cast and wrought iron- girders and floor beams of iron and steel used above the 6th floorB. Fair Store- iron framing frees walls to not carry gravity loadsV. Daniel Burnham and John RootA. Monadnock Building- office building (16 stories)- masonry load bearing walls - expensive to build b/c of thickness of walls- iron frame windows with riveted girder column- bay windowsB. Reliance Building- precursor of all glass skyskrapper- office building (15 stories tall)- high speed elevator- internal steel frame- decorative terracotta and glass- extensive use of glass on facades - Chicago window- natural light was important element for design-large windows and high ceilingsVI. Cyrus Eidlitz A. Washington Life BuildingVII. Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan A. Auditorium Building - 10 story hotel and 17 story office building, concert hall in the center- Adler(engineering) and Sullivan (design and architecture)- built with masonry load bearing wallsB. Guranty Building- Sullivan’ s design in the building was to make it into three parts (base, middle, and top)VIII. Louis SullivanA. Transportation Building B. Carson Pirie Scott Department Store- Chicago windows- emphasize horizontally - ground floor has iron cast panels on the windows- middle part has shopping stores and offices- top section displays cornice- terracotta
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