International style (book)
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1932 MOMA exhibition The International style has its origin from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson written to record the International Exhibition of Modern Architecture held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1932 which identified, categorised and expanded upon characteristics common to Modernism across the world. As a result, the focus was more on the stylistic aspects of Modernism. Hitchcock's and Johnson's aims were to define a style of the time, which would encapsulate this modern architecture. They identified three different principles: the expression of volume rather than mass, balance rather than preconceived symmetry and the expulsion of applied ornament. All the works which were displayed as part of the exhibition were carefully selected, as only works which strictly followed the set of rules were displayed.
Important buildings at the exhibition
Alvar Aalto: turun sanomat building, Abo, Finland 1930
Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret: stein house, Garches, Near St. Cloud 1928
Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret: savoye house, Poissy-Sur-Seine 1930
Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret: De Beistegui Pent House, Champs-Elysees, Paris 1931
Otto Eisler: Double House,Brno, Czechoslovakia 1926
Walter Gropius: Bauhaus School, Dessau, Germany 1926
Walter Gropius: City Employment Office, Dessau, Germany 1928
Erich Mendelsohn: Schocken Department Store, Chemnitz, Germany 1928-30
Mies Van Der Rohe: Apartment House, Weissenhof Siedlung, Stuttgart 1927
Mies Van Der Rohe: German pavilion at the Barcelona Exposition, Spain 1929
Mies Van Der Rohe: Tugendhat House, Brno, Czechoslovakia 1930
JJP Oud: Workers Houses,(Seidlung,Kiefhoek), Hook of Holland 1924-7
Karl Schneider: Kunstverein, Humburg, Germany 1930
