designstyle. architecturalstyles

Modernism is a global architecture and design movement that emerged in the 1920s as a response to accelerated industrialization and social changes. Pursuing order and universals in architecture, modernism utilized new materials and advanced technology and rejected old, traditional, historical ideas and styles, and ornamentation. Modernism emphasized function, simplicity, and rationality, and created new forms of expression with a new aesthetic. This new aesthetic resulted in modern buildings characterized by clean lines, simple geometric shapes,…

Modernism is a worldwide architectural and design style that began in the 1920s as a response to rapid industrialization and social change. Modernism used new materials and improved technology to pursue order and universals in architecture, while rejecting old, traditional, historical ideas and forms, as well as ornamentation. Modernism became the single most important new style or philosophy of architecture and design of the twentieth century, rejecting ornament and embracing minimalism. It was linked to…