International Style Flashcards
Preferred materials of the style
Glass, steel, reinforced concrete
Overview of aesthetics
Radical simplification of form and rejection of applied ornament
When did it emerge
Developed in Europe and the USA in the 1290s an d 30s
relationship between form and function?
A clear one; honest expression of structure
How do they achieve the weightless quality of their buildings
Often has large and open interior spaces
overall sense of weightlessness made possible by the use if cantilever construction
How do classical principles link to the style
It shares the classical principle of emphasis on regularity and balance
when was the term ‘International Style’ first used
in 1932 by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson when they wrote an essay named the international style
what three phenomena did the style grow out of
- architect’s were dissatisfied by the constant merging of different periods and styles within buildings
- the mass creation of office buildings to accommodate for the rapidly industrialising society
- development of new building technologies that centred around glass, steel and concrete
The international style can be summed up as a harmony between ….
A harmony between artistic expression, function, and technology established in an austere and disciplined new architecture
What were Le Corbusier’s five Point of a new architecture
- Flexible façade
- Piloti - raise the building
- Reinforced concrete frame - no ad-bearing walls needed
- ribbon windows - horizontal
- Roof gardens - reclaim the land
Villa Tugendhat
Location, date, architect
Brno, Czech Republic, 1930
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Villa Savoye
location, date, architect
Poissy, 1928-31
Le Corbusier
The de La Warr Pavilion
location, date, architect
Bexhill on Sea, Sussex, 1933-35
Erich Mendelsohn
