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Styles of The Modern Era

Art Deco emerged in the 1920s-1930s featuring sleek geometric and stylized forms. Notable examples include the Chrysler Building and Empire State Building. The International Style of the 1920s-1930s used rectilinear forms, open plans, and cantilever construction with glass, steel, and concrete. Pioneers included Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Neutra, and Johnson. Postmodernism emerged in the 1960s challenging modernism with styles like Venturi's Modern Classicism, Deconstructivism, and High-tech Architecture.

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Styles of The Modern Era

Art Deco emerged in the 1920s-1930s featuring sleek geometric and stylized forms. Notable examples include the Chrysler Building and Empire State Building. The International Style of the 1920s-1930s used rectilinear forms, open plans, and cantilever construction with glass, steel, and concrete. Pioneers included Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Neutra, and Johnson. Postmodernism emerged in the 1960s challenging modernism with styles like Venturi's Modern Classicism, Deconstructivism, and High-tech Architecture.

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STYLES OF THE

MODERN ERA
Architecture
Art Deco (Style Moderne)
■ 1920s in Europe and 1930s in United States
■ Sleek geometric or stylized from representational forms.

Chrysler Building (1930) Empire State Building (1931)


William Van Allen William F. Lamb
International Style

■ Rectilinear forms; rejection of all ornaments and decorations; open interior spaces;
and a visually weightless quality engendered by the use of cantilever construction.
Glass and steel, in combination with usually less visible reinforced concrete, are the
characteristic materials of construction.
■ Walter Gropius
■ Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
■ Le Corbusier
■ Richard Neutra
■ Philip Johnson
Postmodern Architecture

■ Is a style or movement
emerged in 1960s
■ Robert Venturi
■ Modern Classicism
■ Deconstructivism
■ High-tech Architecture

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