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The International Style or internationalism [1] 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.
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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. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Le Corbusier were well-known practitioners.
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Apr 14, 2017 · The International Style is often thought of as the "architecture of the machine age," which symbolized for many the crystallization of modernism in building design. This became particularly true after World War II, when the postwar economic building boom made the International Style a kind of "unofficial" American architecture.
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The “International Style” exhibition coined the style name and introduced these radically modern buildings to an American audience. Hitchcock and Johnson laid out three key design principles of the International Style: 1) Architecture as volume – thin planes or surfaces create the building’s form, as opposed to a solid mass.
Mar 7, 2023 · The International Style first emerged from an interest in building advancements and warehouse typologie s in the early 1900s. These spaces demanded large, airy rooms that could allow for a variety ...
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