Interwar architecture

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architectural style historical period in architecture

Interwar architecture is the style of building design that emerged between World War I and World War II, characterized by a mix of traditional revival styles and modernist movements such as Art Deco and early International Style.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Interwar Art Deco	1
Interwar Classical Revival	1
Interwar architecture canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural style ⓘ historical period in architecture ⓘ
followedBy	Mid-century modern architecture ⓘ postwar modern architecture ⓘ
follows	19th-century historicist architecture ⓘ Edwardian architecture ⓘ Victorian architecture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	combination of traditional and modernist elements ⓘ emphasis on verticality in high-rise buildings ⓘ experimentation with functional planning ⓘ geometric ornament ⓘ influence of industrial design and transportation aesthetics ⓘ setback skyscraper forms ⓘ simplified classical forms ⓘ use of decorative materials such as terracotta and glazed tiles ⓘ use of new construction technologies ⓘ use of reinforced concrete ⓘ use of structural steel ⓘ use of stylized motifs ⓘ
hasContext	period between World War I and World War II ⓘ
hasEndTime	1939 ⓘ
hasMovement	Art Deco ⓘ Streamline Moderne ⓘ surface form: Art Moderne Bauhaus ⓘ Beaux-Arts ⓘ Constructivism ⓘ Expressionism ⓘ surface form: Expressionist architecture Modernism ⓘ Georgian Revival ⓘ surface form: Neo-Georgian Neoclassical architecture ⓘ surface form: Neoclassical revival Streamline Moderne ⓘ Stripped Classical ⓘ surface form: Stripped Classicism Tudor Revival ⓘ early International Style ⓘ traditional revival styles ⓘ
hasStartTime	1918 ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	interwar period ⓘ
influencedBy	Great Depression ⓘ economic boom of the 1920s ⓘ industrialization ⓘ mass production ⓘ rise of modernist theory in architecture ⓘ social change after World War I ⓘ
precededBy	World War I ⓘ
usedFor	apartment blocks ⓘ cinemas and theaters ⓘ commercial buildings ⓘ government buildings ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ suburban housing developments ⓘ transportation terminals ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edwardian architecture → followedBy → Interwar architecture ⓘ

Old Parliament House, Canberra → architecturalStyle → Interwar architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interwar Classical Revival

City Mutual Building, Sydney → architecturalStyle → Interwar architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interwar Art Deco