AMERICAN ART DECO:
THE SKYSCRAPER STYLE
IN THE LATE 1920S AND EARLY 1930S, AN EXUBERANT AMERICAN VARIANT OF ART DECO APPEARED IN THE CHRYSLER BUILDING, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AND ROCKEFELLER CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY, AND GUARDIAN BUILDING IN DETROIT
POSTWAR MODERNISM IN EUROPE
IN THE LATE 1920S AND EARLY 1930S, AN EXUBERANT AMERICAN VARIANT OF ART DECO APPEARED IN THE CHRYSLER BUILDING, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AND ROCKEFELLER CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY, AND GUARDIAN BUILDING IN DETROIT
LE CORBUSIER AND
THE CITÉ RADIEUSE
SHORTLY AFTER THE WAR, THE FRENCH ARCHITECT LE CORBUSIER WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW APARTMENT BLOCK IN MARSEILLE
MODERN ARCHITECTURE, OR MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE, WAS THE DEFINITIVE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE BASED UPON NEW AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES