The style of Germanic architecture can best be summarized in one word, modernism. ... Next came along Gothic architecture. ... Dialectic was facilitated by Hitler's dislike for modernism, so the German modernists came over to the United States and America took a lot of credit for these German ideas. ... Talbot's private quarters and is 13 by 50 feet. ... The windows are located around the room so that you can see the entire life of town. ...

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Their ideas would change the way of architecture and would have a lasting impression on architecture in the future along with how it was taught. ... Modern architecture has its roots in a number of different origins. ... The Chicago School, an American architectural movement based in late 19th-century Chicago, was the first manifestation of modern architecture. ... After the war Jenney settled in Chicago, where he opened his own architectural office, where many members of the Chicago School served their architectural apprenticeships on his staff, including Louis Sullivan. ... In tha...

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By the end of the nineteenth century the pre-industrial economy and way of life had almost disappeared. ... Modernism is one of the key words of the first part of the century. ... Against Modernism it was said that it produced chaotic and difficult writing, that it moved beyond the capacity of many readers and became elitist. ... But all through what might be termed the period of Modernism there were writers who kept working away in more traditional modes. ... Late Hardy Few poets better convey the uneasy transition from Victorianism to Modernism than Thomas Hardy. ...

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is a permanent intergovernmental body of the UN that aims to maximise the trade investment and development opportunities of developing economies and to assist their efforts to integrate into the world economy The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a private not-for-profit foundation that operates conferences for business, political, intellectual and other society leaders. ...

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