International Style Exhibit & Bauhaus Lecture Vocabulary

A collection of vocabulary terms and key architectural works related to the International Style and the Bauhaus school as presented in the lecture notes.

International Style Exhibition

An exhibit held at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in $1932$ that established the canon of Modern architecture based on principles of modern materials, functionality, and flexibility.

Walter Gropius

The founder and first director of the Bauhaus ($1883$-$1969$) who later served as the Chairman of the Department of Architecture at Harvard after fleeing the Nazis.

Fagus Factory ($1913$)

A shoe factory located in Alfeld, designed by Walter Gropius, which features a primarily glass facade with large windows as an early example of Modernism.

The Bauhaus

A German school of art and design that shifted away from Beaux-Arts education to focus on the founding principle of the “Unification of the arts through craft.”

Bauhaus School ($1925$)

A building in Dessau designed by Walter Gropius featuring a pinwheel plan, glass curtain wall, and steel-frame construction.

Pinwheel plan

The specific architectural layout used by Walter Gropius in the design of the Bauhaus School in $1925$.

Glass curtain wall

An exterior wall feature used in the Fagus Factory and the Bauhaus School made of glass and a steel-frame.

Mies van der Rohe

The third and final director of the Bauhaus ($1886$-$1969$) who served until the school closed in $1933$ and later became the Director of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

$860$-$880$ Lake Shore Drive Apartments ($1949$)

A significant advancement in skyscraper design by Mies van der Rohe featuring controversial I-beams on the exterior.

Farnsworth House ($1951$)

A residence in Plano, IL, designed by Mies van der Rohe to be raised off the ground with interior colors that reflect its surroundings.

Crown Hall ($1956$)

The architecture building on the IIT Campus in Chicago designed by Mies van der Rohe, noted for its “Universal space.”

Universal space

A design concept used in Crown Hall referring to a free and unobstructed interior space.

Seagram Building ($1958$)

A Modern skyscraper in New York City designed by Mies van der Rohe that features I-beams and is set back from the street to create an active plaza.