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Chicago School
1880′s-1910′s The Chicago School comprises an intellectually elite group of progressive architects in late-19th-century Chicago, Illinois. They introduce the skyscraper, a new building type for the new...
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Modern Forerunners
1900-1920′s At the beginning of the 20th century, certain architects advance the search for a modern architecture to express the spirit of a new age. Industrialization continues unabated in Europe...
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De Stijl
1917-1931 De Stijl, or The Style, is an art and design movement founded in Holland by painters and architects around 1917. The movement strives to express universal concepts through elimination,...
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The Bauhaus
1919-1933 The Bauhaus, an innovative German school of art and design, strives to unite art, craftsmanship, technology in an aesthetic expression that reflects modern industrial life. Founded in 1919 by...
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International Style
1920′s-1930′s The International Style broadly refers to a modern architectural style arising in Europe in the 1920′s, and in the United States and rest of the world from the 1930′s onward. The style...
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Art Deco, Art Moderne
1920′s – Early 1940′s Art Deco is a worldwide style with a diversity of expressions in all the design arts, including architecture, interior design, furniture, decorative arts, graphic design, book...
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Scandinavian Modern
1900′s – 1960′s Scandinavian Modern refers to a specific architecture and design from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway in the early 20th century. Although adopting elements of Bauhaus and...
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Geometric Modern
1930′s-1960′s Geometric Modern continues the design language and many of the ideas of the Bauhaus and International Style through work of the originators and their followers. Key characteristics...
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Organic and Sculptural Modern
1930′s-Early 1970′s Organic and Sculptural Modern, inspired by sculptural forms or abstracted living organisms, rejects the hard edges and geometry of the International Style. It seeks total unity...
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Modern Historicism
1930′s-2000′s Developing in the first decades of the 20th century and continuing into the 21st century, Modern Historicism emphasizes the importance of history by using attributes and/or elements from...
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