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Plate 1A International Style |
(Toronto) |
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1B Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier |
(France) |
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1C Glass Palace |
(The Netherlands) |
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International Style in Architecture
The Bauhaus created major impact on architectural design in Europe and in the North America. The philosophy and the spirit of Bauhaus had striped the ornamentation and introduced simplicity in form and true to material. The International Style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture.
(Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_style_%28architecture%29 ; February 27, 2013)
The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style, whichtried to analyze various aspects of architectural design in new concept. “The authors identified three principles: the expression of volume rather than mass, the emphasis on balance rather than preconceived symmetry, and the expulsion of applied ornament.”
(Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_style_%28architecture%29 ; February 27, 2013)
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