International Style

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architectural style modernist architecture movement

International Style is a modernist architectural movement characterized by functional design, minimal ornamentation, and the use of glass, steel, and concrete in simple geometric forms.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
International Style canonical 233
International Style architecture 22
International Style modernism 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
modernist architecture movement ⓘ
aimsFor absence of regional ornament ⓘ
universality of form ⓘ
associatedWith Henry-Russell Hitchcock ⓘ
Le Corbusier ⓘ
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
Philip Johnson ⓘ
Walter Gropius ⓘ
contrastsWith Art Deco ⓘ
Beaux-Arts ⓘ
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

traditional historicist styles ⓘ
emergedInPeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
emphasizes expression of structure ⓘ
industrial materials ⓘ
lack of applied decoration ⓘ
open floor plans ⓘ
regularity of form ⓘ
volume over mass ⓘ
exhibitionHeldAt Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York City
exhibitionYear 1932 ⓘ
geographicSpread Europe ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North America ⓘ
hasCharacteristic functional design ⓘ
minimal ornamentation ⓘ
simple geometric forms ⓘ
hasDesignFeature curtain wall facades ⓘ
flat roof ⓘ
free façade ⓘ
free floor plan ⓘ
pilotis (supporting columns) ⓘ
ribbon windows ⓘ
influencedBy Bauhaus ⓘ
International Style self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: De Stijl

modernism ⓘ
movementIn architecture ⓘ
peakPopularity mid-20th century ⓘ
popularizedByExhibition Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form: Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
popularizedByPublication International Style self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The International Style: Architecture Since 1922
relatedConcept Internationalism in architecture ⓘ
typicalBuildingType apartment block ⓘ
institutional building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
usesMaterial glass ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ

Referenced by (270)

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United Nations Headquarters → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
International Style → influencedBy → International Style self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: De Stijl
International Style → popularizedByPublication → International Style self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The International Style: Architecture Since 1922
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
Le Corbusier → movement → International Style ⓘ
Le Corbusier → architecturalConcept → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Five Points of Architecture
Willis Tower → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
Bauhaus → legacy → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Style architecture
Villa Savoye → style → International Style ⓘ
Villa Savoye → influenced → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Style residential architecture
Villa La Roche → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
Immeuble Clarté → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne → movement → International Style ⓘ
Port Authority Bus Terminal → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
Walter Gropius → movement → International Style ⓘ
Walter Gropius → influenced → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Style architects
Wallace Harrison → movement → International Style ⓘ
Philip Johnson → movement → International Style ⓘ
Maison Guiette → style → International Style ⓘ
Maison Curutchet → style → International Style ⓘ
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe → movement → International Style ⓘ
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe → influenced → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Style architecture
Henry-Russell Hitchcock → notableWork → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: The International Style
Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau → influenced → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Style architecture
Postmodern architecture → influencedBy → International Style ⓘ
Postmodern architecture → reactionAgainst → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Style orthodoxy
Lever House → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
Brutalism → wasInfluencedBy → International Style ⓘ
LC4 chaise longue → style → International Style ⓘ
Vers une architecture → influenced → International Style ⓘ
Richard Meier → influencedBy → International Style ⓘ
Memorial Coliseum → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
2 Broadway, Manhattan → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
subject surface form: 2 Broadway
Time-Life Building → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
John Graham & Company → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
General Assembly Hall → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
De Stijl → influenced → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Style architecture
Bauhaus Dessau building → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
Marcel Breuer → influenced → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Style architecture
Welton Becket → style → International Style ⓘ
James Ingo Freed → movement → International Style ⓘ
Manhattan skyline → influencedBy → International Style ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Style architecture
Starrett-Lehigh Building → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
Emery Roth & Sons → architecturalStyle → International Style ⓘ
Chicago School architecture → influenced → International Style ⓘ
New Formalism → relatedMovement → International Style ⓘ
Bauhaus movement → influenced → International Style ⓘ
Savoye family → architecturalMovementSupported → International Style ⓘ
La Sarraz Congress → movement → International Style ⓘ
LC2 Petit Modèle → hasStyle → International Style ⓘ