Title: Masterworks of the 1920s Architecture | Widewalls
Headings: Masterworks of the 1920s Architecture
Masterworks of the 1920s Architecture
Dominant Styles of the 1920s Architecture
The Rise of a Skyscraper
Chicago School of Architecture
Architecture in New York in the 1920s
The Legacy

Content: RCA Building, Rockefeller Center, general view from old Union Club, via pinterest.com / Center: Aerial View Of Rockefeller Center New York City, via picclick.com / Right: The Empire State Building in 1933, via vintagemanhattanskyline.com
The Legacy
Art Deco that dominated the architecture of the second decade of the 20th century has lost its popularity after the World War II. It gave a way to Modernism that became the single most important new style or philosophy of architecture and design of the 20th century. It promoted an analytical approach to the function of buildings, a strictly rational use of materials, and an openness to structural innovation and the elimination of ornament. The boom in skyscraper construction began to falter due to the Wall Street Crash and years of the Great Depression. In Chicago, the final pre-war skyscraper was built in 1934. The development was paused during the Second World War, only to begin again in the 1950s and '60s. The skyscraper culture that rose at the turn of the century in the United States continues even today. Today, many U.S. cities which have been historically short are now looking up, with new towers rising high above their skylines.