International Style 1920-1980
We can find the
international style in architecture, which it describes the type of the design
that have been developed in Germany, Holland and additionally in France which
this transpired during the 1920s afore it spreded to America in the 1930s.
During the middle of the 20th century we could visually perceive that it have
become ascendant in the American architecture. the international style was mostly
kenned as the skyscraper architecture where it give the conception
of modern look absence of the embellishment and withal was a style that the steel and glass were
utilized, it was withal corporate with
the modernism during the period of the 1955-70. We can additionally optically
discern that this particular style have been ascendant mostly of the 20th
century of the architecture which was for the institutional and commercial
building, it has withal been a tradition for the historical style.
The characteristics of
the international style of the buildings includes the rectilinear forms which
fundamentally plane surfaces which
these will be thoroughly devoid form the
ornamentation and additionally open , even fluid and additionally interior spaces. We additionally can
optically discern that from the early form of the minimalism it had a ‘modern
look’ where we can visually perceive that it has been reinforced by the utilization of modern materials which these materials includes
the glass for the façade, steel for the exterior support
and withal the concrete for interior
fortifies and floors.
We can see that the
international style was first coined in the 1932 which was by the curators Henry-Russell
Hitchcock (1903-1987) and Philip Johnson (1906-2005 which these
are shown in the literature for
the show of the
international exhibition of the modern exhibition 1932 which this
exhibition was placed
in the museum of the Modern Art in New
York. the aim of it was
to explain and also to promote what they have considered to be an exemplary modern style of the architecture. We
can see that the only American structures in display were the Lovell House
which was done
by Richard Neutra in the 1929 and
we can also see the Film Guid Cinema
which this one was designer by Frederick John Kiesler 1890-1965.
Some famous artist and
designers that took part in the international style are Walter Gropius, Jacobus
Johannes Pieter Oud, Le Corbusier and also Florence Knoll.
We can see that these artists
have worked in the International Style where most of their works have been done
in 3D aspect which means Product and also furniture designs.
Corbusier Chaise Lounge
Le Corbusier
He is one of the artists
that have worked in the international style. He also worked a lot in furniture
designs such as the Corbusier Chaise Lounge.
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius who was
the founder of the Bauhaus design school which was in Weimar, Dessau and also in
Berlin. Walter have emigrated to America
in the 1937, where there he became the Head of
the Graduate School of Design at the Harvard University, and this was
also set up to the partnership which it was been known as The Architects’
Collaborative.
Some examples we find
of Walter in the International Style architecture are the Fagus Factory which it
is in Aldeld on the Lein in the 1911-25, the model of the factory for the
Deutscher Werkbund Exhibition at Cologne in the 1914, we also can see the
Bauhaus School building1925 which it is a Dessau, the Graduate Center 1950 at
Harvard University and also Pan Am Building 1963 in New York.
International style
International Style of Modern Architecture:
Origins, Characteristics. 2015.International Style of Modern Architecture:
Origins, Characteristics. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/architecture/international-style.htm#definition.
[Accessed 27 January 2015].
Author: Charlotte and
Peter Fiell, Title of the Book : Design of the 20 th century, Published:
Taschen, pg 344-348
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