Movement
International Style
Explore in the Atlas →The name given by Hitchcock and Johnson in their 1932 MoMA exhibition to the formal language of 1920s European modernism — volume over mass, regularity, and the rejection of ornament — establishing a worldwide modern aesthetic.
Collectivity Production
Details
- Origin
- Western Europe
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ReasonObservation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- influenced Brutalism
Referenced by
- Postmodern Architecture reacted against
- De Stijl influenced
- Russian Constructivism influenced
- Walter Gropius associated with
- The International Style: Architecture Since 1922 exemplifies
- Contemporary Global South Practice reacted against
- The International Style: Architecture Since 1922 associated with
Sources
- Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson. The International Style: Architecture Since 1922. W. W. Norton & Co., 1932.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "International Style." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/international-style/. Accessed July 17, 2026.