International Style emerged in the 1920's and 1930's, the decades of Modern architecture. The book in which this term came from outlined three principles of Modernism: the expression of volume opposed to mass, the emphasis on balance opposed to symmetry, and the expulsion of applied ornament. The International Style has a significant contemporary characteristics of those displayed in the Dutch de Stijl movement. This time consisted of simplified forms, rejection of ornamentation, use of glass, steel and concrete, transparent buildings, construction, and acceptance of industrialized mass-production techniques.
Walter Gropius was one the few significant architects during this time. His style was unornamented, functional and industrial free. Gropius was the director of the schools of fine art and of applied art at Weimar, he merged the two schools together to form the Bauhaus. The Bauhaus became one the most famous structures of this period. The Bauhaus was one of a number of European schools concerned with reconciling craft tradition and industrial technology. This new educational program held a relationship between emerging modernism and all types of art and design. The building also included an industrial design, utilizing materials such as wood, metal, ceramics and textiles. The location at Weimar closed due to economic and political problems and a new one was built in Dessau, but was forced to close in 1933.
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