The International Style - Hardcover

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, Jr.; Johnson, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393003116 ISBN 13: 9780393003116

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1966

Synopsis

This work sets out to describe the aesthetic qualities intrinsic to the work of such architects as Le Corbusier, Oud, Gropius and Mies van der Rohe. The authors observed the distinguishing features that made possible a definition of a new "style": emphasis on volume as opposed to mass; regularity as opposed to symmetry; and dependence on the intrinsic elegance of materials as opposed to applied decoration. First published in 1932 to coincide with an architectural exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, this reissue contains a new foreword by Philip Johnson reflecting on the impact of these principles over 60 years after they were first set forth.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book is a landmark in American history, and a unique and historical document which should provide general readers, critics, and historians with a time machine through which to view our changing perspective on modern architecture.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
• Publication date: 1966
• ISBN 10: 0393003116
• ISBN 13: 9780393003116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 273