Style
Modern
Simple forms in concrete, steel, timber and glass, little or no applied ornament, dramatic roof shapes, walls of glass, freestanding bell towers.
- When
- c. 1920s onward (most U.S. examples after 1945)
- Where
- Worldwide
- Tell it apart
- Some modern buildings quote older styles in simplified form (a pointed A-frame, a bare round arch); the materials and the lack of ornament give them away.
The tells
- Simple geometric forms with little ornament
- Concrete, steel, laminated timber and glass
- A-frames, zigzag or swooping roofs
- Walls of glass or slabs of coloured glass
- A separate bell tower or none