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The International Style or internationalism is a major architectural style that was developed in the 1920s and 1930s and was closely related to modernism and modernist architecture. It was first defined by Museum of Modern Art curators Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson in 1932, based on works of architecture from the 1920s.
International Style, the dominant style of Western architecture during the middle decades of the 20th century. Its common characteristics include rectilinear forms, little applied ornamentation and decoration, and open interior spaces.
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Mar 7, 2023 · The International Style represented technological and industrial progress and a renaissance of social constructs that would forever influence the way that we think about the use of space across...
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German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the Seagram Building in the International Style. Philip Johnson was the co-architect and the partnership of Ely Jacques Kahn and Robert Allan Jacobs were the associate architects.
An architectural style is characterized by the features that make a building or other structure notable and historically identifiable. A style may include such elements as form , method of construction , building materials , and regional character.
Historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock and architect Philip Johnson coined the term International Style to describe this plain, unadorned architecture of rectilinear forms built of steel, reinforced concrete, and glass. The style transformed the skylines of many major cities around the world.
The phrase 'International Style' was one among many terms used in the 1920s to denote modern architecture. Introduced by an American to characterize a particular kind of European architecture, the term became generally applied in later decades to a broad range of contemporary buildings.
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