La Sarraz Congress
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La Sarraz Congress was the 1928 meeting of avant-garde architects in Switzerland that led to the creation of the influential modernist group CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Sarraz Congress canonical | 2 |
| CIAM I, La Sarraz 1928 | 1 |
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Target entity: La Sarraz Congress Context triple: [Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne, foundingEvent, La Sarraz Congress]
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Concert of Europe
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Marburg Colloquy
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Lausanne Conference of 1932
The Lausanne Conference of 1932 was an international meeting held in Switzerland where European powers, particularly Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, negotiated the reduction and eventual cancellation of German reparations from World War I amid the Great Depression.
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Second International
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San Remo Conference
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: La Sarraz Congress Target entity description: La Sarraz Congress was the 1928 meeting of avant-garde architects in Switzerland that led to the creation of the influential modernist group CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne).
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A.
Concert of Europe
The Concert of Europe was a 19th-century diplomatic system in which the major European powers cooperated to maintain the balance of power and suppress revolutionary movements after the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Marburg Colloquy
The Marburg Colloquy was a 1529 theological conference in Marburg where leading Protestant reformers, notably Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli, debated key doctrinal issues in an unsuccessful attempt to achieve unity.
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C.
Lausanne Conference of 1932
The Lausanne Conference of 1932 was an international meeting held in Switzerland where European powers, particularly Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, negotiated the reduction and eventual cancellation of German reparations from World War I amid the Great Depression.
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D.
Second International
The Second International was a federation of socialist and labor parties founded in 1889 that played a key role in coordinating international workers’ movements and advancing socialist politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
San Remo Conference
The San Remo Conference was a 1920 meeting of the Allied Powers after World War I that determined the postwar division of former Ottoman territories, including assigning Britain the mandate over Palestine.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural conference
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architectural congress ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| chronologyWithin | early 20th-century modernism ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| describedAs | pivotal event in the history of modern architecture ⓘ |
| endDate | 1928-06-28 ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
ⓘ
urbanism ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
ⓘ
surface form:
CIAM I (1929, La Sarraz)
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| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
adoption of a common platform for modern architecture
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establishment of an international network of modernist architects ⓘ |
| hostedBy | Helene de Mandrot ⓘ |
| inception | 1928 ⓘ |
| location |
Canton of Vaud
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La Sarraz ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
avant-garde architecture
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functionalism in architecture ⓘ modern architecture ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| movement |
International Style
ⓘ
Modern architecture ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Movement in architecture
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| name | La Sarraz Congress self-link ⓘ |
| organizedIn | La Sarraz Castle ⓘ |
| participant |
Alberto Sartoris
ⓘ
Ernst May ⓘ Gabriel Guevrekian ⓘ Hendrik Petrus Berlage ⓘ
surface form:
H. P. Berlage
Hannes Meyer ⓘ Helene de Mandrot ⓘ Josep Lluís Sert ⓘ Karl Moser ⓘ Le Corbusier ⓘ Mart Stam ⓘ Sigfried Giedion ⓘ Hannes Meyer ⓘ
surface form:
Sven Markelius
Werner M. Moser ⓘ |
| purpose |
to coordinate avant-garde architects internationally
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to define principles of modern architecture ⓘ to prepare the creation of CIAM ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
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surface form:
CIAM
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne ⓘ |
| significance | founding meeting of CIAM ⓘ |
| startDate | 1928-06-26 ⓘ |
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Subject: La Sarraz Congress Description of subject: La Sarraz Congress was the 1928 meeting of avant-garde architects in Switzerland that led to the creation of the influential modernist group CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne).
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