Architecture. Зайцева И.В. - 67 стр.

of Palladio and the Mannerist details of Giulio Romano in an imaginative paradigm of
Neoclassicism. Holland was architect to the Prince of Wales and his most important
work in this capacity was the extensive remodeling of Carlton House begun in 1783, a
refined and elegant whole with a joint debt to Adam and to France

        6.7 Audial practice

        6.7.1 Listen to the text and render it either in English or in Russian

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         Louis Sullivan was the “father” of modern architecture in the United States of
America. He designed buildings with new ideas that have shaped American
architecture since his time. He disapproved of classical stone columns and sculpture
because they disguised buildings that were beginning to be constructed essentially of
metal.
         Up until one hundred years ago, the height of a building was limited by the
amount of weight the walls could carry. High buildings required very thick masonry
walls, which took up valuable inside floor space.
         New methods, devised at the end of the 1890s, made use of metal beams and
columns encased in masonry or concrete. The beam supported only the single story
that rested upon it, and therefore the wall could be very thin. The weight passed to the
end of each beam and was carried downward by the vertical columns to which the
beams were attached. This method made higher buildings possible.
         The Prudental Building, Buffalo, New York, was designed by Sullivan. The
lines of the first two stories are strongly horizontal, suggesting a firm foundation for
the building that rises ten stories. The windows are divided by slender, continuous
bands that suggest columns supporting the floors. Flat ornamentation, invented by the
architect, enriches but does not hide the structure. This is not the first building of this
kind, but from such construction the skyscraper was born.

       6.8 With your partner, make up a dialogue about one of the famous
architects using information from the texts and your own knowledge on the
subject. Don’t forget to mention:

when and where he worked
what his favourite motifs in architecture are
what his works are

       6.9 Summarize your knowledge of the question under consideration. Tell
what you think about the architecture of the future and the prospects of its
development. Was the architecture of the past better in your opinion?




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