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Late Moderne Architecture
Late Moderne is a phase of Moderne architecture as defined by the National Register of Historic Places. Style The Late Moderne style incorporates elements of both the Streamline Moderne and International architecture, International styles. The first examples could be seen in the late 1930s, however, late Moderne reached its zenith in large-scale government and commercial buildings during the late 1950s and the 1960s. The style can be detected by several trademark features, such as the Bezel (jewellery) , bezeled window, where a protruding flange resembling a bezel incorporates and outlines groups of windows. Often the single material and color of the walls and any structural projections contrasts with the frames (or other surrounds) of windows, but not using brickwork or stucco window dressings as in Baroque and High Classical architecture , Classical. An example of the Late Moderne style in Palm Springs is the Dollard Building (1947), designed by John Porter Clark and Albert Frey (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moderne Architecture
Moderne architecture, also sometimes referred to as Style Moderne, Art Moderne, or simply Moderne, Jazz Age Moderne, jazz modern or Jazz Style, describes certain styles of architecture popular from 1925 through the 1940s. It is closely related to Art Deco. Art Deco and Moderne architecture: terms and evolution The terminology is not very firm; during the time when the styles were used, they were simply known as ''Moderne''. A distinction between subtypes was later introduced by David Gebhard: ''Zigzag'', ''Streamline'', and ''PWA (Public Works Administration) Moderne''. The term ''Art Deco'' was only popularized by Bevis Hillier in 1968 and then used quite indiscriminately, and therefore some researchers prefer to use it only for the decorative forms and, when referring to architecture, only for the highly ornamented buildings of the late 1920s. Originating in the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held in Paris in 1925, the style has expre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
