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Modernist architecture
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Introduction
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History
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Principles and characteristics
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International variations
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American Modernism
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British Modernism
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Dutch Modernism
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Germanic Modernism
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Italian Modernism
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Nordic Modernism
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Brazilian Modernism
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International variations
Modernist architecture evolved in different forms in different countries. [ edit]
American Modernism
Frank Lloyd Wright developed an approach to the design of houses pre-World War I, known as the ‘Prairie Style ’, which lay the groundwork for the influx of European modernism during the 1920s and 30s, most notably in Art Deco. The ‘ International Style ’, as it was referred to, flourished in the US post-World War II, and was identified most famously by the design of high-rise corporate office buildings by the likes of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (see the Seagram Building above). The Chicago School of Architecture was established in the wake of this architectural migration by the likes of Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, as they educated young architects in much the same way as in the Bauhaus . Modernism developed further in the 1960s, as architects such as Louis Kahn and Eero Saarinen began to react against the International Style, disenchanted by the sterile aestheticism of much post-war urban design. Kahn introduced principles from the Beaux Arts style, while Robert Venturi encouraged the study of the vernacular and commercial landscapes. Gradually, these developments gave rise to Postmodernism as the most dominant style in the United States by the early-1980s, with many countries around the world following their lead .