International Style
A style of modern architecture that emerged in Europe (principally Germany and France) in the 1920s and 1930s. Historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock and architect Philip Johnson coined the term International Style to describe this plain, unadorned architecture of rectilinear forms built of steel, reinforced concrete, and glass. The style transformed the skylines of many major cities around the world.
Featured Works
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Swiss Pavilion, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France (Scale ...
Pierre Jeanneret
1930-32
Villa Savoye, Poissy-sur-Seine, France (Scale model, 1:33.3)
Pierre Jeanneret
1932
Les Terrasses, Villa Stein-de-Monzie, Garches, France (Sc...
Pierre Jeanneret
1926–1928 (model 1970)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
Edward Durell Stone
1939
Lever House, New York, New York (Scale model, 1/8" = 1')
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1950–1952
Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic (Scale model of fin...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1928-1930
Concrete Country House Project (Perspective)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1923
Façade from the United Nations Secretariat Building, New ...
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)
1950
House with Three Courts project (Interior perspective)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1938
Silk Administration Building project, Krefeld, Germany (E...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1938
Column Cover for the Tugendhat House, Brno, Czechoslovakia
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1928-30
Column Cover for the German Pavilion, International Expos...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1928-29
IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, Illinoi...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1944-45
Silk Administration Building project, Krefeld, Germany (P...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1938
Cité de Refuge, Paris, France (Scale model, 1:100)
Pierre Jeanneret
1929-1933, model 1987
Illinois Institute of Technology, Library and Administrat...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1944
Convention Hall, project, Chicago, Illinois, Final versio...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1953
German Pavilion, International Exposition, Barcelona, Spa...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1929
Illinois Institute of Technology, Architecture and Applie...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1945
Court House Project, Plan
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1945-46
IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, Illinoi...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1944-45
IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, Illinoi...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1944-45
IIT Master Plan, Chicago, Illinois, Campus, perspective, ...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1939-40
IIT Master Plan, Chicago, IL (Campus, aerial perspective,...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1939-40
Resor House project, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (Interior pers...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1937-41
Gericke House Project, Berlin-Wannsee, Germany, Interior ...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Gericke House Project, Berlin-Wannsee, Germany (Perspecti...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Court House project (Two perspectives)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1934
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of fl...
Oscar Nitzchke
1936
Court House Project, Interior perspective
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
after 1938
Miller House, Norristown, Pennsylvania, Rear patio, exter...
Richard Neutra
c. 1955
Miller House, Norristown, Pennsylvania, Exterior perspect...
Richard Neutra
c. 1955
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Office Building, New York, New...
Philip Johnson
1954-58
Convention Hall Project, Chicago, IL (Structural model of...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1953–1954
Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut (Scale model, 3/8" =...
Philip Johnson
1947-1949
Landfair Apartments, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA
Richard Neutra
1937
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Scheme 4, First Varia...
George Howe
1930
Hadassah University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusal...
Erich Mendelsohn
1936
Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois (Scale model, 3/8" = 1' )
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1945–1951
Doldertal Apartments, Zurich, Switzerland (Scale model, 1...
Marcel Breuer
1936
Misc. objects
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
n.d.
Silk Administration Building project, Krefeld, Germany (P...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1938
Silk Administration Building, project, Krefeld, Germany (...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1938
Il Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, Cité EUR, Rome, Italy,
Ernesto Bruno La Padula
1938
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of pe...
Oscar Nitzchke
1936
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Section)
Oscar Nitzchke
1936
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of ba...
Oscar Nitzchke
1936
Row House with Interior Court project (Interior perspective)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
after 1938
Hubbe House project, Magdeburg, Germany (Interior perspec...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1935
Museum for a Small City project (Perspective sketch)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1943
IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, Illinoi...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1944-45
Illinois Institute of Technology, Metallurgy and Chemical...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1945-46
Ron Bacardi y Compania, S.A., Administration Building, pr...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1957-58
Conchoidal Chair with Arms. Conchoidal Chair without Arms...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
early 1940s
Dr. Phillip M. Lovell House, Los Angeles, California (Sca...
Richard Neutra
1927–1929 (model 1979)
Eames House, Los Angeles, California (Scale model, 3/8" =...
Charles Eames
1949
Glass Skyscraper, project, no intended site known (Scale ...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1922 (model 1985)
Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project, Berlin-Mitte, German...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1921 (model 1985)
German Pavilion, International Exposition, Barcelona, Spa...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1928-29
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana (Scale model, 1/8" = 1')
Richard Meier & Associates, Architects
1975-79
Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Islip, New...
Richard Meier & Partners, Architects
1993-2000
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Scale mod...
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1977–1983
Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Perspecti...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Ron Bacardi y Compania, S.A., Administration Building pro...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1957
Convention Hall Project, Chicago, Illinois (Preliminary v...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1954
Gericke House project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany (Perspecti...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Museum for a Small City project (Plan)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1941-43
Gericke House project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany (Street an...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Museum for a Small City project (Interior perspective)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1941-43
Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Elevation...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plans)
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1977
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Site plan, study
Richard Meier
1975-79
Court House project (Aerial perspective)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1934
Brick Country House, project, Potsdam-Neubabelsberg, Plan
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1964
Gericke House Project, Berlin-Wannsee, Germany, Interior ...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Glass Skyscraper project (Elevation study)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1922
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, (Pow...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1944
Governor's Palace (Raj Bhaven) project, Chandigarh, India
Pierre Jeanneret
1951–1976
Plans for Algiers and Barcelona and “cité-jardin vertical...
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)
1935
Illinois Institute of Technology, Metallurgy and Chemical...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1945-46
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chemistry Building (Wis...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1945-46
Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, Preliminary version: plan
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1945-51
Promontory Apartment, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective rend...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1946
Courthouse Interior: Perspective Sketch
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1926-36
Concrete Office Building Project, Berlin, Germany (Exteri...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1923
Court House project (Interior perspective)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
after 1938
Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project, Berlin-Mitte, German...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1921
Court House, project (Interior perspective)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1938
Row House with Interior Court, project (Interior perspect...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
after 1938
Hubbe House Project, Magdeburg, Germany (Perspective view...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1934-35
Row House with Interior Court, project (Interior perspect...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
after 1938
Gericke House Project, Berlin-Wannsee, Germany, Plan of u...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Resor House Project, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 588 sketches
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1938
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Axonometric
Richard Meier
c.1976
Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Main floo...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Elevation
Richard Meier
1976
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Thirteen ...
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1977
Court House project (Elevation)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1934
Court House Project, Exterior sketches: elevation, two pe...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
n.d.
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Edward Larrabee Barnes
1958–1961
Court House, project, Interior perspective
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
after 1938
Gericke House project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany (Perspecti...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Mountain House Studies, No intended site known (possibly ...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1934
Hadassah University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusal...
Erich Mendelsohn
1935
Hubbe House Project, Magdeburg, Germany (Perspective terr...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1935
Hubbe House Project , Magdeburg, Germany (Perspective vie...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1934-35
Ulrich Lange House project, Krefeld, Germany, (Plan: seco...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1935
Resor House project, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (Interior pers...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1939
IIT Alumni Memorial Hall (Navy Building), Chicago, IL, (V...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1946-47
The Atheneum, New Harmony, IN (Plan, preliminary sketch)
Richard Meier
1979
IIT Master Plan, Chicago, IL, Campus, site plan, early sc...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1939-40
Museum for a Small City project (Interior perspective)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1941-43
Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Ex...
Erich Mendelsohn
1935
IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, Illinoi...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1944-45
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Site plan, study
Richard Meier
1979
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Site plan, study
Richard Meier
c.1976
IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, IL, (Ve...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1946-47
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Plan, preliminary study
Richard Meier
1975
Stockholm Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden (Elevation of adv...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1930
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Perspective
Richard Meier
c.1976
Museum for a Small City project (Interior perspective)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1941-43
Bacardi Office Building project, Santiago de Cuba (Perspe...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1957
Conchoidal Chair with Arms (Elevation sketch)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
early 1940s
Conchoidal Chair with Arms. Conchoidal Chair without Arms...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
early 1940s
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Three pla...
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1977
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plan...
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1977
Courthouse Interior: 5 Perspective Sketches
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1926-36
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Elevation)
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1978
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Elevation...
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1977
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Section)
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1977
The Atheneum, New Harmony, IN (Interior persepective)
Richard Meier
1975–1979
The Atheneum, New Harmony, IN (Preliminary sketch: plan)
Richard Meier
1975-79
House with Three Courts project (Plan)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
after 1938
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Principal...
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1977
Mountain House Studies Project, No intended site known (p...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
after 1938
Palais de la Découverte Project, Paris, France (Longitudi...
Oscar Nitzchke
1938
Mountain House Studies Project, No intended site known (p...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
after 1938
Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: ...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1935
Silk Administration Building project, Krefeld, Germany (I...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1938
Law Courts Annex, Gothenburg, Sweden, Plan of courtroom a...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
Unknown
Resor House Project, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (Vertical sect...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1938
Promontory Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois, Perspec...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1946
Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Elevation...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Library and Office Building of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem...
Erich Mendelsohn
Unknown
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Exterior a...
Oscar Nitzchke
1936
Concert Hall project (Interior perspective)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1942
Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Swede...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1935
Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project, Berlin-Mitte, German...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1921
Theater project (Combined elevation and section)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1947
Urban projects for Montevideo and São Paulo, Brazil. Aeri...
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)
1929
Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois (Elevation)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1945
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of fl...
Oscar Nitzchke
1936
Hubbe House Project, Magdeburg, Germany (Floor plan with ...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1934–1935
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of en...
Oscar Nitzchke
1936
Hadassah University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusal...
Erich Mendelsohn
1936