Modern Architecture

Modern Architecture information

"If you had to describe your decorating style, what would it be? Do you like filling your shelves with antiques? Or maybe you like more rustic looking furniture? Or perhaps you like filling your geometric-shaped shelves with nothing at all? All of these are different styles for the inside of a home or building. Much like this, people have different tastes and styles for designing the outside of homes and buildings. The character, design, and style of a building or home is referred to as architecture.

There are many different architectural styles characterized by the features that make a building or a home. In architecture, these features are classified as visual appearance, structure, materials, and historic period and apply to all styles of architecture, including modern.

Modern architecture is an architectural style that refers to a large group of similar buildings that emerged in many countries by the practice of many architects between the 1920s and 1950s. Modern architecture first took off in Europe and then made its way into the American style.

Bauhaus, a German school of art and architecture, made a large impact on the style of modern architecture, such as the 'less is more' principle. When the school was closed due to pressure from the rising Nazi regime, its faculty immigrated to the United States. Thus, the Bauhaus influence traveled to America and was renamed the International Style. The International Style was suitable for all countries and cultures, because it was for the 'modern man' at anyplace he existed. The International Style is comprised of key characteristics, including simplicity of form, functionality, clean structure, lack of ornamentation, and rejection of traditional styles.

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