INTERNATIONAL MODERNISM (aug 20, 1923 – mar 22, 1958)

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- symbolic of Capitalism
- European and North American movement
- high quality and expensive materials
- emphasized simplicity (simple white, black, and grey planes)

MIES VAN DER ROCHE

Pavilions 1930
- marble, green bottle glass, and other high-end materials
- open and flowing space
- also designed the furniture for the home
- walls defined the space rather than support it
- refined, simple, and proportionate

Seagram Buildling 1955
- set back buildings (wide spaces in front of the buildings)
- dark tinted glass walls

LE CORBUSIER 1925
- architecture made of reinforced concrete and pre-fabricated materials
- flat roofs
- non-load bearing walls allow for different layouts on each floor

Villa Savoye
- floor is supported by columns

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