International style was a phase of a modern movement that came about in Europe and the United States in the 1920’s. It was given this term in connection with an architectural exhibition that was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1932. After World War II architects and clients were building with the aspiration to “get on with the business of progress”, and the style prospered with the building boom of 1948 through 1949. The style gave a new prominence to the appearance of structure, the reduction of mass, and the enclosure of dynamic areas.

 This style is simple with prismatic shapes. They are designed with flat roofs and even measures of windows in bands or grids such as ribbon windows. Materials most commonly used for the exterior are glass, steel, aluminum, concrete, and occasionally brick infill. The most common materials used for the interior are plaster, travertine marble, and polished stone. Most often you will find that international style buildings show off the skeleton-frame construction, revealing its structure.