International Congresses of Modern Architecture

…modernist planning promulgated through the Congrès International d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM), based on the ideas of art and architectural historian Siegfried Giedion, Swiss architect Le Corbusier, and the International school rooted in Germany’s Bauhaus. High-rise structures separated by green spaces prevailed in the developments built during this period. Their form reflected…

…Switzerland, in 1928, of the International Congresses of Modern Architecture (CIAM), intended at first to defend the avant-garde architectural values defeated in Geneva. By 1930 the organization had become oriented toward city planning theory. Le Corbusier, as secretary of the French section, played an influential role in the five prewar…