INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE


In real estate, International Style architecture is an early-twentieth century-style house whose design is very simple with no ornamentation.

The windows appear to be continuous rather than a series of holes in the walls.

The International Style emerged in Europe 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.

The most common characteristics of International Style buildings are rectilinear forms; light, taut plane surfaces that have been completely stripped of applied ornamentation and decoration; open interior spaces; and a visually weightless quality engendered by the use of cantilever construction.

International Style architecture is characterized by an emphasis on volume over mass, the use of lightweight, mass-produced, industrial materials, rejection of all ornament and color, repetitive modular forms, and the use of flat surfaces, typically alternating with areas of glass.

In summary, International Style architecture is an early-twentieth century-style house whose design is very simple with no ornamentation. The windows appear to be continuous rather than a series of holes in the walls. It emerged in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s and was closely related to modernism and modernist architecture. The most common characteristics of International Style buildings are rectilinear forms; light, taut plane surfaces that have been completely stripped of applied ornamentation and decoration; open interior spaces; and a visually weightless quality engendered by the use of cantilever construction.


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