Moderne architecture

This article is about American architectural styles of 1920s-1940s. For an earlier style, see Modern architecture.
Club Moderne, Anaconda, Montana. Designed by Fred F. Willson, 1937.
1430 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida, on a c. 1940 postcard.

Moderne architecture, also sometimes referred to as Style Moderne or simply Moderne, Jazz Age, Moderne,[1] Jazz Modern or Jazz style, describes certain styles of architecture popular from 1925 through the 1940s. It is closely related to Art Deco.[2] Both belong to the architectural Modern Movement, which broke with tradition on purpose to create a fresh look that was uninfluenced by earlier forms and styles.[3]

Originating in the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held in Paris in 1925, the style has expression in styles traditionally classified as Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, Late Moderne, and, in the U.S., PWA/WPA Moderne. Architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson characterized the style by the eclectic co-existence of "traditionalism and modernism".[4]

  1. ^ Sharp, Dennis (2002). Twentieth Century Architecture: A Visual History. Images Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86470-085-5.
  2. ^ "Art Deco", Wikipedia, 26 March 2024, retrieved 29 March 2024
  3. ^ "Art Moderne Moulding & Trim Architecture". Mouldings One. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ Wilson, Richard Guy (2002). Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont. Oxford University Press. p. 519. Oxford University Press. p. 519.