International style

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International style (International modern style) Name for the architectural style that developed in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, and stresses function and abhors superfluous decoration in design. It characteristically features austere white walls, asymmetrical cubic shapes and large expanses of glass. Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius were early exponents.

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International style