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Describe how reinforced concrete works and explain how this product lends itself to create free-form organic shapes. Give an example of a building that employs this material, how it was innovative in design, and how the design integrated with the location of the structure.

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Reinforced concrete's base is a mixture ...

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Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the "organic" architecture of:

A) Frank Lloyd Wright.
B) Le Corbusier.
C) Frank Gehry.
D) I. M. Pei.
E) John Russell Pope.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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Two factors that decide the success of any structural system are:

When a large hall is built using post-and-lintel construction methods, the resulting "virtual forest of columns" is called a:

A ________ is a horizontal form supported at only one end.

A flying buttress is an arched exterior support system found on:

Using a steel framework with masonry sheathing, the ________, designed by Louis Sullivan, is thought by many to be the first genuinely modern building.

Consider Lever House and Fallingwater. Identify the architects who designed each structure and the ways that purpose, location, and the architect's understanding of modernism influenced the appearance and design of each structure.

Evaluate R. Buckminster Fuller's impact on architectural design and philosophy.

Identify and describe the impact of one architect of the 20^th and/or 21^st century whom you consider a major technical, artistic, or philosophical innovator. Discuss at least one structure designed by this architect as an example of his/her innovations. F. Buckminster Fuller, Zaha Hadid, Moshe Safdie, and Frank Gehry.