International Exhibition of Modern Architecture  

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International style (architecture)

The International Style (1932) is the title of an exhibition and book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson which identified, categorized and expanded upon characteristics common to Modernist architecture across the world and its stylistic aspects. The authors identified three principles: the expression of volume rather than mass, the emphasis on balance rather than preconceived symmetry, and the expulsion of applied ornament. The aim of Hitchcock and Johnson was to define a style that would encapsulate this modern architecture, doing this by the inclusion of specific architects.

The book was written to record the International Exhibition of Modern Architecture held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1932. All the works in the exhibition were carefully selected, only displaying those that strictly followed these rules.

Important buildings in the exhibition included:




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