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    The document discusses the International Style, a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s-1930s. It was first defined by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson in 1932 based on modernist works from the 1920s. The style used modern materials like steel, glass and concrete, expressed structure directly, and eliminated ornamentation. It provided an achievable style option for large urban projects. Characteristics included rectilinear forms, light planes stripped of decoration, and occasionally revealed skeleton frames. Mies van der Rohe was a pioneer of the International Style, emphasizing open spaces and industrial materials. His works like the Barcelona Pavilion, Crown Hall and Seagram Building embodied the style's simplicity and functional aesthetic.

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    The document discusses the International Style, a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s-1930s. It was first defined by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson in 1932 based on modernist works from the 1920s. The style used modern materials like steel, glass and concrete, expressed structure directly, and eliminated ornamentation. It provided an achievable style option for large urban projects. Characteristics included rectilinear forms, light planes stripped of decoration, and occasionally revealed skeleton frames. Mies van der Rohe was a pioneer of the International Style, emphasizing open spaces and industrial materials. His works like the Barcelona Pavilion, Crown Hall and Seagram Building embodied the style's simplicity and functional aesthetic.

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    The document discusses the International Style, a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s-1930s. It was first defined by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson in 1932 based on modernist works from the 1920s. The style used modern materials like steel, glass and concrete, expressed structure directly, and eliminated ornamentation. It provided an achievable style option for large urban projects. Characteristics included rectilinear forms, light planes stripped of decoration, and occasionally revealed skeleton frames. Mies van der Rohe was a pioneer of the International Style, emphasizing open spaces and industrial materials. His works like the Barcelona Pavilion, Crown Hall and Seagram Building embodied the style's simplicity and functional aesthetic.

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    'International Style + M V Rohe

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    The document discusses the International Style, a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s-1930s. It was first defined by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson in 1932 based on modernist works from the 1920s. The style used modern materials like steel, glass and concrete, expressed structure directly, and eliminated ornamentation. It provided an achievable style option for large urban projects. Characteristics included rectilinear forms, light planes stripped of decoration, and occasionally revealed skeleton frames. Mies van der Rohe was a pioneer of the International Style, emphasizing open spaces and industrial materials. His works like the Barcelona Pavilion, Crown Hall and Seagram Building embodied the style's simplicity and functional aesthetic.

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    INTRODUCTION:-

     THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE IS THE NAME OF A MAJOR


    ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THAT EMERGED IN 1920s TO 1930s.
     IT WAS FIRST DEFINED BY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE HENRY
    RUSSEL HITCHCOCK AND PHILIP JOHNSON IN 1932, BASED ON
    WORKS OF ARCHITECTURE FROM 1920s.
     IT WAS CLOSELY RELATED TO MODERNISM OR MODERN
    ARCHITECTURE.
     IT IS A STYLE IN ARCHITECTURE WHICH USES MODERN
    MATERIALS (STEEL , GLASS AND REINFORCED CONCRETE ) ,
    EXPRESSES STRUCTURE DIRECTLY ,AND ELIMINATES NON
    STRUCTURAL ORNAMENT.
     INTERNATIONAL STYLE PROVIDED AN EASILY ACHIEVABLE STYLE
    OPTION FOR VAST – SCALE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
     INTERNATIONAL STYLE INCLUDES :-
    • VOLUME
    • REGULARITY
    • AND , AVOIDS DECORATION
    CHARECTERISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL STYLE

     BUILDING FORMS ARE RECTILINEAR . FOR EXAMPLE LA


    HOUSE BY STUDIO GUILHERME TORRES .
     THE USE OF LIGHT , EXTENDED PLANE SURFACE THAT
    HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY STRIPPED OF APPLIED
    ORNAMENTATION AND DECORATION. FOR EXAMPLE
    JOSEPH M SPITERI ( MANIKATA CHURCH ). LA HOUSE BY STUDIO GUILHERM E TORRES

     OCCASIONALLY REVEALS SKELETON FRAMED STRUCTURE.


     RIBBON WINDOWS
     CORNER WINDOWS
     BAND OF GLASS

    JOSEPH M SPITERI ( M ANIKATA CHURCH )


     OCCASIONALLY REVEALS SKELETON FRAMED STRUCTURE.
     RIBBON WINDOWS
     CORNER WINDOWS
     BAND OF GLASS
     BALANCE AND REGULARITY
    VENICE BEACH CA
     FLAT ROOFS WITHOUT LEDGE.
     EXPOSING ITS STRUCTURE –CONCRETE , GLASS , STEEL . THE
    USE OF HORIZONTAL BEAM LIKE STRUCTURE , FIRM PLANE
    SURFACE WITH LIGHT TONES , USE OF CONCRETE AND GLASS
    FRAMED WINDOWS.
     REJECTION OF ALL ORNAMENT AND COLOUR. FOR EXAMPLE
    VENICE BEACH CA.
    OPEN INTERIOR SPACES . FOR EXAMPLE CROWN HALL , CHICAGO.
    CROWN HALL , CHICAGO.
    CROWN HALL , CHICAGO.
    DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF INERNATIONAL STYLE
     SYMMETRIC ASYMMETRIC

     RHYTHM
     REPETITION

    • GUGGENHEIM OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

    • WITH A REPETITIVE NATURAL SMOOTH CURVES THAT ILLUSRATE A SENSE OF


    MOTION WITH USES OF LIGHT TONES AND FLAT ROOFING MAKES IT A SIMILAR
    DESIGN OR ATLEAST A RESEMBLENCE IN BOTH THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE AND
    THE GUGGENHIEM ITSELF.
    LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
    INTRODUCTION
     LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE WAS A GERMANY BORN
    ARCHITECT AND EDUCATOR AND IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED
    AS ONE OF THE 20TH CENTURIES GREATEST ARCHITECTS.
     BY EMPHASISNG OPEN SPACES AND REVEALING THE
    INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION , HE
    HELPED DEFINE MODERN ARCHITECTURE.
     ALONG WITH LE CORBUSIER ,WALER GROUPIUS AND FRANK
    LLOYD WRIGHT HE IS REGARDED AS A PIONEER OF THE
    MODERN ARCHITECTURE.
     MIES QUICKLY BECAME A LEADING FIGURE AVANTGARDE LIFE
    OF BERLIN AND WAS WIDELY RESPECTED IN EUROPE FOR
    HIS INNOVATIVE STRUCTURES INCLUDING BARCELONA
    PAVILION.
     IN 1930 , HE WAS NAMED THE DIRECTOR OF BAUHAUS , THE
    RENOWED GERMAN SCHOOL OF EXPERIMENTAL ART AND
    DESIGN.
    PHILOSOPHY
     MIES BUILDINGS BEYOND AFFECTING THE LIVES ENDOW THEM WITH GREATER
    SIGNIFICANCE AND BEAUTY.
     THE ABSENCE OF ANY DECORATIVE TREATMENT WAS FUNDAMENTAL .
     HIS BUILDINGS RADIATE THE CONFIDENCE , RATIONALITY AND ELEGENCE OF THE
    CREATOR .
     HIS BUILDINGS WERE FREE OF ANY ORNAMENTATION.
     HIS WORKS CONFESS THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF ONE ‘S LIFE.
     HE FOLLOWED THE REDUCTIONIST APPROACH ( LESS IS MORE).

    STYLE
    • MIES SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH A NEW ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THAT
    COULD REPRESENT , MODERN TIMES .
    • MIES ARCHITECTURE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS EXPRESSIVE OF INDUSTRIAL
    AGE .
    • HE CREATED AN INFLUENCIAL 20 TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
    WITH EXTREAME CLARITY AND SIMPLICITY
    FEATURES

     HIS MATURE BUILDINGS MADE USE OF MODERN MATERIALS SUCH AS


    INDUSTRIAL STEEL AND PLATE GLASS TO DEFINE INTERIOR SPACES .
     HE STROVED TOWARDS AN ARCHITECTURE WITH MINIMAL FRAMEWORK OF
    STRUCTURAL ORDER BALANCED AGAINST THE IMPLIED FREEDOM OF
    UNOBSTRUCTED FREE FLOWING OPEN SPACE.
     HE CALLECD HIS BUILDINGS SKIN AND BONES ARCHITECTURE .
     MIES FOUND APPEAL IN THE USE OF SIMPLE RECTILINEAR AND PLANAR
    FORMS CLEAN LINES , PURE USE OF COLOUR AND EXTENSION OF SPACE
    ARTOUND AND BEYOND INTERIOR WALLS.
     MATERIALS AT 90 DEGREE TO EACH OTHER.
     VISUAL EXPRESSION OF STRUCTURE.
    HIS WORKS
     BARCELONA PAVILION

    • GERMAN PAVILION AT BARCELONA EXPOSITIONS HAS SIMPLICITY , CLARITY OF


    MEANS AND INTENTIONS . EVERYTHING IS OPENED NOTHING IS CONCEALED.
    • FREE OF EXTENAL ORNAMENTS THE BUILDING IS MADE UP OF MOST LUXURIOUS
    MATERIALS. WALLS WERE FASHIONED OF THIN PLATES OF LUMINOUS SEMI
    PRECIOUS STONE FROM GREEN POLISHED MARBLE TO GOLDEN ONYX.
    • THEY DIDN’T PHISYCALLY LIMIT SPACE.
    • MATERIALS : GLASS , STEEL AND 4 TYPES OF MARBLES .
     S R CROWN HALL

    • MIES REFINED THE BASIC STEEL AND GLASS CONSTRUCTION STYLE


    BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURING SIMPLICITY AND OPENNESS.
    • THE BUILDING IS CONFIGURED AS A SELF CONTAINED RECTANGULAR SPACE ON
    2 LEVELS .
    • IS A FREE VOLUME WITH 4 GLASS WALLS , SURROUNDED BY A LARGE GREEN
    AREA WITH LARGE TREES IN SOUTH FAÇADE.
    • IT IS CHARACTERISED BY THE INDUSTRIAL AESTHETICS OF SIMPLICITY CLEARLY
    STATED IN THEIR STEEL FRAMES.
     SEAGRAM BUILDING

    • THE INTERIOR PLAZA BUILDING , THE STONE FACED FAÇADE AND DISTINCTIVE
    GLASS AND BRONZE EXTERIOR WERE DESIGNED BY LUDWIG MIES VAN DER
    ROHE.
    • IT IS 160 M TALL SKYSCRAPER.
    • IT STANDS AS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF FUNCTIONALIST AESTHETIC
    AND ,MASTERPIECE OF CORPORATE MODERNISM .
    • IT WAS BUILT OF STEEL FRAME FROM WHICH GLASS WALLS ARE HUNG .
    • THE BUIDING EMPHASISES TRANSPARENCY THROUGH THE USE OF GLASS.
    THANK YOU

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