International Style
- the general form of architecture developed in the 1920s and 1930s by Gropius, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and others, characterized by simple geometric forms, large untextured, often white, surfaces, large areas of glass, and general use of steel or reinforced concrete construction.
- (sometimes lowercase) any of various 20th-century styles in art, as cubism or abstract expressionism, that have gained wide currency in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and elsewhere.
- International Gothic.
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Origin of International Style
First recorded in 1930–35
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Contemporary Examples
The wealthy spend millions of U.S. dollars overseas for private, international-style education.
China’s Schools Teaches Kids to Take Tests, Obey the State, and Not Much MoreJunheng Li
November 30, 2013
International Style
Modernism
- a 20th-century architectural style characterized by undecorated rectilinear forms and the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete
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