IND 123 MIDTERM CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
2026 QUESTIONS WITH PRACTICE SOLUTION
GRADED A+
◉ Casa Mila. Answer: Antonio Gaudi (Barcelona, 1900s)
arts and crafts
◉ Chicago School. Answer: arts and crafts + tall office buildings
ornament classical and historical
new building type, need for height, ability to build and inhabit
i) structural system
ii) expression of structure
iii) design guided by theory
◉ William Jenny. Answer: engineer, opened firm in chicago
1) point load with thermally insulated steel
2) curtain wall construction
◉ First Leiter Building. Answer: William Jenny (Chicago 1870s)
,point load (iron columns connected to exterior masonry piers, tie
rods connecting masonry vaults)
little detail, mullions, expression of structure, brick cornice,
rationalist tendencies
◉ H. H. Richardson. Answer: ecole de beaux arts to america
didn't like ecole
brought back Romanesque to US (heavy and compressive stone)
◉ Marshall Fields Wholesale Store. Answer: H.H. Richardson
(Chicago, 1880)
clear tripartite composition - beaux arts
stone - can see structural piers thin going up - romanesque
expression of structure - rationalistic
proportions, geometry, material
◉ Louis Sullivan. Answer: educated at MIT (based on ecole)
apprenticed and US then went to France to apprentice again
- organic design process
- emphasis on basic design of building
, - ornament accentuated purpose of building
Adler and Sullivan
◉ Auditorium Building. Answer: Louis Sullivan and Adler (Chicago,
1880s)
wanted to be considered for worlds fair needed more public
buildings
office space, auditorium, hotel space
(adler contributes to the structure of floating islands under piers)
lots of new tech (iron trusses, electric lighting, basic a/c, accoustics
(sullivan contributes to desgin- stone facade, geometry of openings
interior ornament
two main entrances hotel and auditorium
◉ Wainwright Building. Answer: Sullivan and Adler (St Louis,
1890s)
point load insulated steel
building exterior reflects zones of interior functions
uninterrupted vertical lines to exaggerate height
form follows function
2026 QUESTIONS WITH PRACTICE SOLUTION
GRADED A+
◉ Casa Mila. Answer: Antonio Gaudi (Barcelona, 1900s)
arts and crafts
◉ Chicago School. Answer: arts and crafts + tall office buildings
ornament classical and historical
new building type, need for height, ability to build and inhabit
i) structural system
ii) expression of structure
iii) design guided by theory
◉ William Jenny. Answer: engineer, opened firm in chicago
1) point load with thermally insulated steel
2) curtain wall construction
◉ First Leiter Building. Answer: William Jenny (Chicago 1870s)
,point load (iron columns connected to exterior masonry piers, tie
rods connecting masonry vaults)
little detail, mullions, expression of structure, brick cornice,
rationalist tendencies
◉ H. H. Richardson. Answer: ecole de beaux arts to america
didn't like ecole
brought back Romanesque to US (heavy and compressive stone)
◉ Marshall Fields Wholesale Store. Answer: H.H. Richardson
(Chicago, 1880)
clear tripartite composition - beaux arts
stone - can see structural piers thin going up - romanesque
expression of structure - rationalistic
proportions, geometry, material
◉ Louis Sullivan. Answer: educated at MIT (based on ecole)
apprenticed and US then went to France to apprentice again
- organic design process
- emphasis on basic design of building
, - ornament accentuated purpose of building
Adler and Sullivan
◉ Auditorium Building. Answer: Louis Sullivan and Adler (Chicago,
1880s)
wanted to be considered for worlds fair needed more public
buildings
office space, auditorium, hotel space
(adler contributes to the structure of floating islands under piers)
lots of new tech (iron trusses, electric lighting, basic a/c, accoustics
(sullivan contributes to desgin- stone facade, geometry of openings
interior ornament
two main entrances hotel and auditorium
◉ Wainwright Building. Answer: Sullivan and Adler (St Louis,
1890s)
point load insulated steel
building exterior reflects zones of interior functions
uninterrupted vertical lines to exaggerate height
form follows function
