Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

International Style: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Date c. 1920 - c. 1970
Related Artists Le Corbusier • Frank Lloyd Wright • Walter Gropius • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe • Richard Meier • Philip Johnson • Juan O’Gorman • Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud • Marcel Breuer • Richard Joseph Neutra • Gordon Bunshaft • William Lescaze • Sven Markelius

Photos

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Esplanade Apartments and Lake Shore Drive Apartments
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson: Seagram Building
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Farnsworth House
Le Corbusier: Villa Savoye
Walter Gropius
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The Bauhaus Dessau building designed by Walter Gropius features a modernist facade with large glass windows and the word Bauhaus in bold letters on a vertical gray tower.
Philip Johnson: Glass House
Michael Graves: Portland Public Service Building
The Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, designed by Mies van der Rohe; photographed in 1955
See All Images →

Related Topics and References

Topics