International Style

インターナショナル・スタイル / 1920s–1960s / Style / Modern Architecture

Strips ornament and aims at a universal architectural language crossing borders: the box, the free plan, steel, concrete and glass.

Rectangular volumes / Glass planes / No ornament / The free plan

International Style — ミース 860–880レイクショア・ドライブ（CC BY-SA 2.5）International Style — バルセロナ・パビリオン（CC BY-SA 2.5）International Style — シーグラム・ビル（CC BY-SA 3.0）
ミース 860–880レイクショア・ドライブ（CC BY-SA 2.5） ／ バルセロナ・パビリオン（CC BY-SA 2.5） ／ シーグラム・ビル（CC BY-SA 3.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs space and gaze
Material
Verify materials specific to region, period and process
Caution
Not just a white box. Read the structure, the plan, the industrial materials, the social thought.
Further study
Le Corbusier / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Philip Johnson

Related entries

Source: MoMA — International Style

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