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International (1910-)



 

 


As technology and transportation made communication and travel easier and faster, there was a more rapid and free exchange of ideas from country to country.

The Bauhaus School in Germany was very influential until it was closed by the Nazis.

It has been during this century that we have seen widespread use of concrete, glass and steel construction and the development of the skyscraper.

Although he died in 1907, William Le Baron Jenney was one of the pioneers of the skyscraper.

one of the main architects:
Frank Lloyd Wright - "organic" architecture